CanadaSaint

What a brilliant line! Another one for my gigantic "I wish I'd said that" book.

Stop doing it then.

The Burnley 5 Forest 1 result adds some perspective to our draw up there.

Yeah, there aren't many I'd want back, especially given the style we play, but that's not really the point. It's sounding more like the "Southampton Style" is a root and branch concept of Cortese's, which would explain why he's not interested in re-attaching any old limbs!

Wow! I didn't see a smiley so I assume that you are serious about that Dave. Cork and Chaplow were both loanees so I guess it could be true, but it certainly raises some questions/concerns.

It's a risk and reward thing for me. Would we be risking more than we stand to gain by bringing Beatts back? The dressing room chemistry is one of the cores of our success over the past year, and so is our ability to play high-tempo football with multiple focuses (rather than just a big guy up front). I'd hate to see us jeopardize these things for the chance of a negligible gain. I'm a strong "No".

I have no doubt that Alpine's intentions were good with this thread but the entire problem is that some people are asking (or even forcing) us to choose between our past and our future. I resent that and I'm sure that Alpine feels the same way. This has been going on since football was invented, and the irony is that I can remember Lawrie Mac saying shortly after his arrival that Ted Bates needed to come to terms with the fact that things would be changing. The only difference I can see is the fact that Cortese has been saying for some time that there are forces actively seeking to destabilize the Club. The more of these incidents there are, the more likely it is that he's right. All the more reason for him to be very careful that he doesn't needlessly add fuel to their bonfire.

I'm not sufficiently in-tune from this distance to know about people like that, um, but right now I'd give anything a shot. Whoever it is will need the patience and serenity of the late J. Christ of Bethlehem (if that isn't going to anger the PC lot these days). Why don't you give him a call. Bransgrove that is, not JC!

We've had this conversation before and there's only one entity with the power to do that. But it has to be fan-organized, not media-organized, which means some kind of petition. And then we all cringe at the thought of deciding who the organizers will be.

Thank you.

Not me. But I'd still like to know why I get dragged into it.

Shiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttt! I can't find my cyanide pill.

Go for it, Sherlock, I'm dying to hear this. :lol::lol: God, you've come out with some doozies in your time but this could be the best/worst.

Exactly. They all need to give their heads a shake - and so do people who think they know all the facts. I'm sure there's sh*tloads we don't know about.

You've been sneeringly calling him "clotese" for months. Don't dislocate your ankles backpedalling on your own stupidity.

God, that's the best laugh I've had in ages. If the qualification for being such a plant is a history of calling you out on the utter drivel you post, I'd say there are about 2,000 suspects. Anyway, don't let me interrupt another of your "Woe is me" panty-wetting sessions.

Okay, hypo, try this one - from the Leicester match thread: If you could help me out too mate I would very much apprecite it. You don't go to many games (don't mention Ipswich away yet again) so the least you could do is pay for Saints Player - or else you're just another freebie-taker. If it's a petty insult to call you out on your hypocrisy, so be it.

This I've got to hear.

I've got it. That "people looking for freebies" comment landed a little close to home, didn't it hypo?

You do a lot of them on the match thread - snide comment here, snide comment there. Do you post from your seat at SMS? I'll always idolize MLT as well but, unlike you, I'll keep an open mind on this nasty little affair. Calling him "Clotese", as you've done for months, just shows you up for what you are. I'd love it all to go away but I suspect that a lot has happened beyond our sight and hearing. Sing away, dune. At least until your wife tells you to shut up.

Gonna sing it at the radio are you?

Sounds like there's trouble at t'mill.

No, it's 0-0 (touch wood and whistle). Three teams on 18 points - still top on GD.

Losing but still top of the Championship at the end of September. Who would have predicted that six months ago?

It is when you should be outside smoking.