stevegrant

Morning gents, Apologies, I've not been around most of the weekend so only just picked up on this. We've had a long-standing problem (from around 2010/11ish) where PayPal makes a mess of some subscriptions that were created in the "early years" of SaintsWeb (2008-2010), which basically means that, while the payment is taken by PayPal, it then doesn't send the correct notification to the forum to automatically update your account on here. I have spent a couple of hours this morning going back through everything, I think everyone's subscriptions should now be up to date, but I would suggest that anyone whose PayPal subscription dates back to 2008-2010 cancels it (log into PayPal, and go to Profile -> My Money -> My pre-approved payments) and then sets up a new one when the existing forum subscription expires.

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/two-games-sell-out-339280.aspx

In all fairness, that needs to be put into context - I don't see an issue if they've got a couple of players on that sort of money (I'd expect Connolly to be, deservedly, on a fair whack as he's a class apart at that level), but the problems start if it's something running right through their first team squad...

Connolly's so much better than anyone on that pitch, it's embarrassing.

To be fair, he ALWAYS scored against us

All 4 goals that Accrington conceded at Newport last week came from bog-standard crosses into the box, so no great surprise there!

If you book at the right time, you can get Megatrain services from Waterloo to Southampton for £1 each way, but it's quite restrictive in terms of which services you can actually get. Really good value though. The train from Romsey to Southampton is about £6, I think, which is scandalous for a journey that barely takes 10 minutes

Once again, the answer is no. What's the point? Everyone has already made up their mind who the good and **** posters are, and such a system would only end up getting abused.

No problem, thanks for letting me know

Disagree, Lallana was called up as a late replacement due to a load of injuries and it was a competitive game so only 3 of the subs could actually get on the pitch. As this is a friendly, Hodgson will be able to use 6 (I think) from the bench, and despite being named in the squad I'd fully expect Rooney to drop out.

Despite all the striker injuries, it's fair to say that's a bit of news I was not expecting to hear!

Full draw: Carlisle v Leicester Doncaster v Leeds Nottm Forest v Millwall Sunderland v MK Dons West Brom v Newport Bristol City v Crystal Palace Peterborough v Reading Barnsley v Southampton Burton v Fulham Burnley v Preston Liverpool v Notts County Norwich v Bury Leyton Orient v Hull Everton v Stevenage Stoke v Walsall Huddersfield v Charlton Aston Villa v Rotherham Tranmere v Bolton Morecambe v Newcastle QPR v Swindon Derby v Brentford Watford v Bournemouth Yeovil v Birmingham Accrington v Cardiff West Ham v Cheltenham Can't say I like the whole "pre-draw" nonsense where the unseeded teams were drawn before the televised bit as either home or away, either do the whole draw on TV or none of it.

I'd take that, although only finishing 6 points above the bottom 3 would mean the end of the season would still be a bit nervy.

Wigan don't enter until the third round, and would have been seeded anyway

Yeah, they brought it forward for some reason. Announced that a couple of days ago IIRC.

Teams we can be drawn against: Preston, Barnsley, Bournemouth, Brentford, Newport, Bury, Cheltenham, Peterborough, Doncaster, Bristol City, Leyton Orient, Accrington, Millwall, Morecambe, MK Dons, Walsall, Rotherham, Burton, Yeovil, Stevenage, Swindon, Tranmere, Notts County, Carlisle, Huddersfield. Orient away, please

Not sure that particular change is relevant. The company on there appears to be in the process of being dissolved, so removing directors from the register is probably just a natural consequence of that.

Pretty sure if 2500 is the figure we've taken (and sold), that IS the full allocation, despite what footballgroundguide.com says. The capacity at the Hawthorns is 26,500, and they are only obliged to give us 10% of that amount (and it seems reasonable to assume the "missing" 150 seats would be swallowed up by segregation netting etc). With prices as they are for this game, it's no great surprise that we've sold our allocation before general sale. Other Midlands games will be more expensive or less attractive (or both), so I'm sure you'll get tickets for other games. In future, your best bet is probably to acquaint yourself with a season ticket holder who doesn't go to every game but would be willing to let you use their customer details in order to buy tickets for the games you're able to go to (assuming it correlates with games they're not going to at the same time!). I know loads of non-STHs who have got tickets for this game because they know STHs with an away purchase history who weren't bothered about going.

And then there were 12 GK: Chris Summers DF: Michael Hole, Matty Lee, Kev Thornton, Chris Bulpitt, Mike McIntyre MF: Michael Fordham, Julian Ganley, Chris Knight, Stu Holloway FW: Steve Grant, Mark Keenan with Andy Porter still on the "maybe" list, depending on whether he's managed to get a ticket for the game in the afternoon.

Excellent, we're up to 10 now

By popular demand, I present

I particularly like the subtle amendment to the sponsor name at the top of the stand

http://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/article/rovers-sign-louis-for-bluebell-wood-960041.aspx

Let's face it, it could be worse, we could be Doncaster Rovers, who have just signed a member of One Direction

It's all relative to need, though. That Sunderland side was in need of a big shake-up, so it was inevitable that they would be bringing a lot of players in - they also had to replace Mignolet as well. We've not been forced to sell any key players, and we've got a reasonably settled squad so for us I think it was always likely that we would only make a few additions in key areas, and only for players who are almost certain to improve the first team.