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Saints' new kit reminds me of Monaco's old kit, maybe that is why Adu didn't join in the end?

What? A Model like Barca's, one that is heavily dependent on homegrown talent from the respective country?

This is an easy one in hindsight only. This song sums up England, it sums up how alot of people feel. It satisfies what people want. Something modern. Something edgy. It is also written and "sung" by someone highly intellectual. This song is perfect. It really gets me riled. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBld-lkKu-w

I saw that, he is a friend

I have been told the said flat he is seen leaving and entering is in North East Road Sholing.

I am pretty sure Cortese said he wanted to be in the big 4 in England when he said he would never settle for mediocrity, midtable in the prem is mediocrity. HTH

£18.85m lol

Although we are no longer a selling club (you'd hope) young players are going to be of value for two reasons. 1. We will get a few brilliant youngsters that will pull through into the 1st team a la Scholes, Beckham, Butt, Brown, Neville, Neville and Giggs @ 'Utd but 2. We will also get income from our young players that aren't good enough, or are wasted at us @ a la Rossi (utd) Carson (l'pool) . The point made by chrisobee is very good. The last players to really pull through from Liverpool's youth system was Gerrard and Carragher and Owen. All around 28-31 now. Although Arsenal are seen as the team of youth by alot not many from their youth actually come through do they? Wenger very much uses the Carling Cup, (occasionally the FA Cup) as a selling window for his young players. Some come through, Clichy, Denilson and Diaby. But even they were bought at the age of 18. None of their strongest XI came from their own youth system except maybe Bendtner/Vela. Most are sold to other clubs; Flamini, Lupoli, Owusu Abeyie, Hoyte, Muamba, Larsson and (Aliadere ).

Darius Vassel

That'll be why I saw Pardew @ SMS yesterday. Sorting out DC and Richardson stuff (overseeing transfer).

I was at the stadium today, and i can confirm pardew is about. I saw him walk from the shop direction past me at the ticket office and into his car in the car park. I also saw the new season tickets; they are black and gold and still stub ones.

I've got snorkels, I've got snorkels, I've got snorkels down my pants I've got snorkels down my pants

Spiderman will score for fun this season.

ITV isn't paid by taxes, Jeremy Kyle is on ITV. HTH

Owen

It is me.

Would prefer we replaced Mills with two right backs and either dropped him out of the 23 or replaced Holmes with him I would like to think that we can start the season with a 23 that doesnt include Holmes, I rate him, Pardew clearly doesn't so I dont see the point in him being in a 23. Yes 2 more strikers is ideal, 1 foreign export that is young one experienced striker that when is needed steps up for Lambert and draws energy out of the team and inspires performances. I would happily chuck Oxlade Chamberlain into that 23, and Gobern, not too sure on McNish

GK: Paul Robinson RB: Micah Richards LB: Leighton Baines CB: Phil Jagielka CB: Curtis Davies CM: Jermaine Jenas CM: Danny Murphy CM: Scott Parker RWF: Theodore Walcott LWF: Ashley Young CF: Gabriel Agbonlahor

no.

Makaton Man: Now someone please try and tell me that they haven't deliberately tried to reduce Season Ticket numbers again? Do we need to advertise Season Tickets? I am sure we already have a bigger fanbase than most teams, if not all, in our league and probably rank in the top half of the Championship, going on last season's average attendance of 20,982. With Norwich and Leeds promoted that leaves us as the club with the highest average attendance of the league because Sheff Wed had 23,719 and with their ST sales decreasing due to relegation, they may be the only club to rival us for average attandance, as Peterborough and Plymouth both had average attendances under 11,000. With the fact that our tickets are the 2nd/3rd most expensive in the league paired with the fact we have the 1st/2nd highest average attandance, that probably makes us comfortably the most profitable club from gate receipts. Now knowing that, is advertising really necessary? Ok, I understand that printing a story on the OS is free but excluding that, every other form of advertising could potentially cost more than it earns back. If the individual game prices haven't risen, as some have said, (I actually haven't looked into it, I just bought my ST and got on with life like one of those plain old boring people because for me all the advertising I needed was last season, a team that play for each other and some top quality players, oh and a Wembley trip), we should still sell roughly 5000 non season-ticket tickets for each game. If Cortese is simply here to make money out of quickly, or want to come across as fan loving with his sponsorless shirts etc but then actually making up the loss on tickets etc, why would he then make no effort to sell tickets? I would argue that scrapping half season tickets is a subtle push in the direction of buying a season ticket actually, making people buy one knowing they cant get one in January, and if they dont do that they will be buying per game, thus paying slightly higher prices for Cortese to lace our team with class. How many businesses are successful without being harsh occasionally, Cortese and Leibherr bought a football club not a charity, so we can't expect 70's prices for tickets. Another point worth mentioning is that it isn't just ticket prices etc rising, the cost of everything is rising (in general), with higher costs for the club they are going to have to raise income. What will speak for itself is when the season starts; last season looked daunting at the beginning, I am sure some part fans/plastic fans didn't purchase a ST last season and may do this season and with a long time left till they go off of sale, you can expect ST sales to keep rising. Success breeds success too, so when Saints get off to their winning start ticket sales will slowly rise as we march up the table. I honestly dont understand why people are moaning! We love to wind up Porksmuff down the road about how we have bigger attendances but now we are suggesting our own chairman is trying to reduce attendances. I don't think DBP is a Cortese hater, he is an antagonist that sparks interesting debate from some but occasionally it turns into a slagging match. He makes good points, not always, but he does and I would rather prove him wrong by constructing a sensible arguement than by rofl lolling owning pwning him.

Isn't that what we did with our Wayne Thomas?

Stu is a great antagonist behind a computer screen isn't he? In the flesh he is probably a recluse that spends all his life behind a screen, I am actually suprised that football is your fancy. Don't oyu have mushrooms to eat, turtles to ride and a brother to run around with in a matching outfit?

What if you have an average wand, you are an amatuerish magician, but you can **** like the rabbit in your hat?

what if you like men and your a man? Or is that why DBP hasn't posted in this thread?

and Kim Jong ll will admit to his country that they are out of the World Cup