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I've read this is another loophole to be closed. Just as Gao was the last one with some dubious history - but nothing pinned on him - to slip in under the radar before that was amended so we'll probably find that post PIF will be to our cost. Knowing our luck our Texan Oil Magnate/ Austrian Energy Drinks owner/ Former Lymington resident head of a Chemical giant (delete as applicable) will be barred due to an unpaid parking fine. Or, Mike Fucking Dean heading up the Fit & Proper Persons test.

I think Darras Hall has the monopoly on the better players nearby. Shearer could be your neighbour.

Agreed. Very underestimated part of the country. Southampton remains my home town although long since exiled - and I have an attachment to it for that reason - but hand on heart would I want to live there (or surounds) again ? Probably not. Son looked closely at going to Uni in Southampton some years ago, St Mary's of course a great attraction but the trip around the place to be shown the town by the Uni was quite an eye opener. Saw a Police car parked up at one point, and when we got home found out there at been a stabbing !!

Dave Merrington's cover on the forum revealed....

Weren't we linked with him before appointing Puel ? Think he was discounted in the media at least as being considered too old.

We are Saints after all

Found this. Jimmy Greaves debut for West Ham at Man City. Worth seeing for the state of the pitch.

Who do you want to replace Ralph ?

Don't think he has the pace, and he probably also realises it.

Bednarek looked to have taken the art of using your body strength from the Vestergaard textbook on defending, and when it came to tackling both were left looking at shadows. Good job we've got 'The Gorilla' biding his time to sort our defensive frailties out. According to his social media anyway.

Cheer up, perhaps Leicester will offer us £25m for Bednarek in January.

Serious question, but why was he regarded as a bit of a cult hero ? Both then, and now.

Found it: Obviously from a Port Vale slant but a good watch none the less. The assault leading to the red card makes the Oscar Goburn/Alexander Jankewic challenges the stuff of pussies. I remember the Vale games as a bit of a turning point as the draw at The Dell was played in a pretty hostile atmosphere with a lot of simmering resentment towards Branfoot boiling over. There was a protest in the car park afterwards, and it was as I recall packed. Not just the young hot heads but a lot of older grey haired season ticket holders who'd come to the end of their tether. Not seen anything like it before or since, even in the Lowe/Wilde days. I think Branfoot was gone a few days later and when the replay came round, Chatterley was in charge (possibly jointly with Merrington). Alan Ball was appointed soon after.

Bit of finishing practice going on at Staplewood this week:

"Southampton's a beautiful city ... reminds me of Miami ... " Can't we hire this bloke for a promotional video to bring in a new owner ?

Some very familiar comments in there. Good job for us they didn't do their research on this board or we'd still have him here. Appears he's found his form there which isn't up to his 3-4 month purple patch he had with us.

Convenient really as that's when we know to switch off, or at least expect the team to.

I'd have settled at 6, and I think Man Utd had until the cretin Dean invited them to plunder a few more. For all the lamenting the ref etc there's no escaping the fact that the remaining players afterthe sending off made this a training ground exercise for Utd.

Trouble is the Ings people use as a yardstick is the fit and firing on all cylinders one from his good spell, mainly 2020 prior to injury. Not sure from his early days with us, or the often injured/coming back from injury Ings, or the 'going through the motions' at the end of last season version would offer significantly better, or enough to turn down £25/30m.

Might be best not to pack your rainbow laces though.

"leg over" in the penalty area - definitely a red card, in fact indecent assault like that in a public place used to carry a custodial sentence.

One previously mentioned character , Steve Cooper, now back in the game. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58604822

Some repetition here, but did find a goal against Saints I think (2.51 - Milton Road end, Jimmy Gabriel seen in defence).

This is worth viewing, not only for Greaves goals, but the piches etc. Visual quality isn't great but the commentary much better than the muppets they role out now

No 'top knots' , leggings (although Keith Weller did wear stockings at one point in the 1970's). Players didn't need an arm full of tattoos either.