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There are plenty who fit that bill over the years.

Of the names linked you suspect this might be the way it goes. The other key avoid for me is an average striker from the Belgian league.

Certainly ranks highly on the De Ridder scale. And don’t see him coming to us.

Berkovic was a bit of a strange one. Was it widely known when he joined that it was a loan ?

But did they sail from Southampton or Plymouth ?

The original was predominantly white. No excuse for the plain white back though.

Gets my vote. Alderweirald a close second. If only we could have kept either of them ( Ekelund barring injury)

Perhaps he’s a slow reader

Should add: 1.”drive him there myself”…. 2.People observing Flight Radar website and linking an incoming private flight into Southampton with a player whose club is in close proximity to outbound airport. 3.As towards end of window references to “slam shut” and images of Sky reporter with dildo in his ear

Fair point, but other clubs have managed to build on, or expand what you might term their ‘main stand’ before. Everton for example had a third tier put on their main stand all housing the facilities you mention, in the early 1970’s. I’d have thought construction techniques and knowledge would have moved on since then to make it possible. Fully accept it might cause some disruption and timing of works might be critical.

All down to personal taste, and I’m more of a traditionalist, and don’t like seeing what I regard as psychedelic patterns ( Reading this season, or out hideous 2022/3 away kit for example). Palace’s fell into that category. But credit where it’s due, even with that design, Palace still retained stripes on the back. Why we can’t is beyond me.

Fucking hell Willo, hope your day job isn’t as an interior designer.

Perhaps I’m being thick, or just asking the obvious, why are the foundations for Itchen any different?

Although I though they rolled over and conceded the closure of the Bath satellite set up too easily. The production line from the Academy hasn’t been great for a while. That’s not laying the blame at SR, it pre-dates them.

Amusing that Everton, who were probably at their prime during that period, missed out due to the actions of some scallies from their own city.

Any idea why the Itchen was different? As I set out in a later post the railway line behind Kingsland could scupper major development there, whereas Councils can agree to reroute roads and closures a lot more easily.

That would no doubt be the preference but I’ve always thought that close proximity to the rail line might limit the Kingsland potential. Having said that no real idea how far they’d have to go back to go up.

Interesting that you refer to Barr bolt-ons, as you may not be far from the truth. I remember reading or hearing when we moved to St Mary's that every stand bar one was built in a way it could accommodate an expansion, or another tier going over it. I think the exception was the Itchen, the joke at the time being that they had to expand the ground without disturbing Rupert's wine cellar.

or second choice if we keep Bazunu

Or that hideous blue/green effort 22/23 in our previous relegation season. That was a different level of shit

I think he’s only left one club by choice, Derby. I think he’s been sacked in his other jobs ( perhaps unfairly at Chelsea).

Just found this, no idea if any implications for us but sounds like some shenanigans going on at United Group. Probably a load of bollocks, so have taken it down rather than waste anyone’s time. Not particularly interesting but helps cure insomnia

Answer is of course “no”. But this is Saints and in the past we’ve always been clever, and have known best.

Other grounds being Eastleigh, Totton and who else ?

Have Leicester given up on him though or have I missed something?