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Ballsed up that post !!

In hindsight his dispute with Chris Nicholl and subsequently the club, is the blot on Dennis time with us. I didn’t think protests got going as they might have done as the next home game with protests planned was postponed (as I recall) due to a waterlogged pitch. I arrived in a pub in Southampton after a two hour drive to be told it was off. At the time I suspected Chris Nicholl had been up all night witn a hose. It was unfortunate as it came to a head after a press article and the episode meant we sold one of our better players and it damaged Nicholl’s popularity for a while.

Dennis remains in my view the best LB I’ve seen in my time following Saints (1960’s). Many will make a case for Bridge, but MD met every criteria of being able to defend, tackle (sometimes over enthusiastic) , and cross the ball ( remember the Wallace overhead kick). Cult figure in his time with us.

More likely to be nearer Kurt Zouma’s cat with Dennis’ on field reputation

None of the reasons you give would make RM a contender for the Brighton job, only why he might be interested in it. I can’t see Brighton regarding him as sufficiently experienced (for where they now see themselves).

Any idea what the allocation is for away teams there ?

Isn’t Jimmy Saville ‘one of theirs’ ?

Also, we changed at WBA, but they remained in their home kit last night. That didn’t seem to confuse anyone.

Thanks, but doesn't explain the term "wools" , for exiles or 'out of towners'. Any further background ? Genuinely interested. (Is this a Southampton phrase ?)

He and mate had one each. Facing prosecution, but told they don't have a leg to stand on.

One thing I saw last night stuck with me, a bloke ran on with his son (probably 11-12) from the Itchen corner. They went past a WBA player, big black bloke (No 4 I think), and the child stood next to him and said something , the player looked down, and then the lad held out his hand to shook hands with the player. Does this represent a better class of hooligan at Saints, or should we call for banning orders and tell them to fuck off and follow rugby instead, as there is no place for such behaviour at football ?

Can you imagine explaining to them this morning, or on Monday morning, why they won't be going to Wembley , or St Mary's for a while ? I understand the euphoria that led to it, but it did end the celebrations for most people and the team prematurely. Also accept what Billy says that not everyone acted badly, the goading of the WBA fans was unnecessary and pointless. There are some clubs that merit abuse perhaps, but don't think Albion fans deserved that crap. Wonder if all the hard cases would have been so keen if it was Milwall, or at Wembley with Leeds ?

Chairman's vote of confidence and all that ..... Nothing would be off limits for Saints. From my time following them, just when you think things are harmonious and fine someone throws a bit of a fit and it all falls out. I'm thinking Alan Ball leaving us, Merrington being sacked despite having achieve the season's goal, the Souness tantrum, Pearson not being kept., Koeman moving on, all at times when you thought things were settled at the end of the season. We don't know the set up, and how working relationships have gelled, or how Wilcox fucking off will affect things.

Have we really extended his contract ? We seem to have a blind spot in a)identifying GK's , and b)then offering contracts their performances simply don't warrant, and at times when if anything we should be looking to offload them.

They both probably also know Farke will go the same way if Leeds don’t go up.

Here’s hoping

I don’t know enough about the Leeds squad tbh, but it’s possibly a bit blinkered to assume they didn’t have matches where they weren’t hampered by absence of key players. I read in one of their forums that they felt it went a bit flat with four players after Wales failed to qualify for the Euros (apparently they had four players involved). Not something that troubled us ( I don’t recall it anyway).

Exactly. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Big dilemma , does RM start and keep all his penalty takers on, even if they look to be flagging a bit, or keep a couple back for ET if needed.

Anyway, just loaded the foam hands in the car. Just about to find the old wooden rattle and I’m on my way.

Didn’t Leeds have any injuries during the course of the season ?

Martin once said he wanted to return to manage Norwich one day. Wonder if that still sits among his ambitions?

Would have thought Johansson would have made a decent EPL squad keeper at least. Would certainly prefer risking him there than any on our books currently.

I’m sure you can rally your DEF for tomorrow night. And I’m getting two (not one, but two) foam hands down from the roof space especially for the occasion

What’s a “wools v locals” ? The quote about the Saints fans reminds me a bit of one of Lawrie’s comments when he first arrived that a lot of our fans do their singing and dancing in their kitchens.

Perhaps he visited Wolverhampton this week...