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Hope I'm wrong in some of these: Saints - 43 points - Relegated -Brighton Champions - Liverpool (hoping City) Other two CL spots - Spurs and Utd Promoted - Norwich and Leeds (hoping Sheff Utd) Playoff winner - Villa (hoping Bristol City) FA Cup - Man City Champions League Final - Spores (just a horirble feeling) Pompey - Up via Play offs Eurovision - A Barnier-Junker duet singing a remake of "Long Live Love"

I read he still has a home near Liverpool.

Hadn't heard of these characters before reading that. Wonder what our European Operation Officer does for us, is he the head of scouting in Europe for the Academy ?

Hoping for an Ajax v Barcelona final then.

I expect Pascal Gross will be higher up Ralph's shopping list though.

I wouldn't worry about the missed opportunity with Ziyech. Had Reed recruited him and then put him in a squad under Puel and Pellegrino, Ziyech would now be on a salary of £70,000 per week but out on loan in Spain.

Leeds won't be selling players if they come up though.

Obviously didn't see it at the game but noticed him doing something with his hands in the clip on MOTD as he ran towards the Itchen corner. Pretty idiotic thing to do. I'm not sure the name is confined to the 80's though as the yob who attacked Grealish was sporting a logo on his jacket about this as well.

Anyone use this without problem yesterday ?

Season not over yet and West Ham linked with everyone already. Nothing new.

Wonder if Ralph knows a good GK coach he can bring in.

Can also be the other way round, in that the new head, whether it's Chairman or DOF, wants to change direction and bring his own people in. Lowe , Pearson and Poortvliet spring to mind. Given our recent history and is it any wonder supporters see making things difficult for ourselves as 'theSouthamptonway'# ?

I go along with your view of Krueger. I think we have lost sight of his initial impact arriving in the wake of the Cortese fall out, and Poch going,to help steady things. Overall I think he has been good for Saints, although the blemish on his record is allowing Reed too much room and time. Like every departure we see, the loss is only as bad as the replacement, and it does show how KL's influence is waning. We've seen nothing of note from Gao to inspire confidence, that remains my biggest concern along with whether this effects RH's enthusiasm to stay at the club.

Hasn't he previously been labelled a voice piece for the club in getting out 'our' side of the news ?

Also hope AFCB beat Brighton to keep them in the mix a bit longer.

Swansea supporting colleague was also telling me about their CB Joe Rodon, 6'4" with a bit of flair on the ground rather than just a lump.

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That was one of the worst Saints shirts ever, on a par with the two Cortese abominations when we arrived in the PL. Of all the retro kits to select from that really is bottom of the pile. Would prefer the 'candy stripes' from 1976- 80 than that, or even a reworking of the Denmark shirt (as hideous as it was at the time).

What's our record with these two involved ?

I saw a pre-season friendly between Saints v Japan at The Dell in the early 1970's. Think Saints won 6-2. Their national side has improved immensely since then.

That shirt looks fine, but if we're staying with stripes then it should be full stripes without the plain back. Can't imagine the change in shorts to navy happening although it wouldn't worry me if we did. Preference would be retain the 'Keegan' style in some shape or form, but it won't happen so soon after last season. Finally whatever the kit don't f^ck it up with a dreadful sponsors logo (or anything written in Chinese).

They really are a self-indulgent bunch of c^nts.

They seemed to manage it quite well at Molineux earlier in the season when they put Traore on to beat us for pace. I agree that they can blow hot and cold (some excellent performances, but losing at Huddersfield and Burnley) but think they've got a few options open to them from the bench to change things. Hopefully they'll still be in shock after today.

Unfortunately I fear City will be the ones to slip with the exhausting schedule ahead. Don't they play Spurs three times in four matches, and Utd away being the other one ?

Couldn't go last night so only just saw the highlights on MOTD. Disappointed but not surprised by the result but having watched tonight it was a typical Long in front of goal moment at 1-0 that proved critical. Thought Gunn looked weak for their first goal. Another embarrasing w^nkfest by the pundits.