Badger

So were Mandaric and Alan Sugar but we have not resorted to this stance before. NC might be right in his view of the bloke,but it seems a pretty petty step in my view as it will rebound on SFC publicly,coming after the photographers issue. Personally I think NC would have been better off publicly inviting him to say live on Solent, when exactly did Howe ever have an offer.

Great news! In NC we trust

Ht .

Saints corner

Whilst Potter is at Sheff Weds.

yeovil corner

Saints playing at a decent tempo, we seem comfortable.

saints keeping the ball much better- yeovil are sloppy

Same

Same. I get nothing from solent but I can listen to the yeovil radio

I was at this game in 1970,and have a vivid recollection of Alex Lindsey rising - unchallenged- to head into his own goal at the Milton Road end. Although I was aware of 'The Alehouse' term given to us by Shankly I did not realise it was after this game,but thought it had originated in 1968or9.So learnt something new,and am rather proud of having been at the match where the 'Alehouse' term was phrased. Lots of names mentioned here , McGrath was one of my favourite players of all time, Gabriel,O'Neill and Paine were in the thick of it.One other worthy of a mention from that season was Hugh Fisher who made up one of our most fearsome midfield line ups ever.

fill me in someone???

2-0 Saints!!!

I've thought for some time that the Warnock connection might be a problem in holding on to Fonte.

Does not wish to be known as Yvette Balls then?

lallana just wide

lallana just over wednesday booing

Yyyyyyyeeeeeesssssssssssssssss

As someone else pointed out the above has a familiar ring to it. I had felt quietly confident until reading you had lost three on the trot. I can assure you that from my 40 years of following Saints you could not wish for more obliging opponents than Saints when you're on a run of defeats,or have not scored for 9months or whatever.

BBC said in their coverage on Saturday that the photographers ban "had been lifted". so option f)Nicola graciously stepped down or g) Nicola capitulated and did a 'u' turn depending on your starting view of NC.

I don't see why recognition of Saints former glories and heroes,compared with the businesslike approach should be mutually exclusive. I am sure NC and ML were aware of the clubs history and it is something they should embrace etc.Whether that recognition is as much as perhaps individuals may expect is of course another matter. Not sure about LM undermining the current set up,but you can't blame Lawrie for speaking to the Echo about AP's future when asked.Perhaps a little more openness and communication from the club on that topic earlier might have prevented the media hysteria last May.

But hasn't Barnard got a hernia ? (Did I read that somewhere or is it just my own dementia setting in ?). If so, I don't think we can afford to be that patient and reinforcements are required.

In the good old days though there was no public pre-match warm up.Teams would enter seperately for about a five minute kick around before kick off. On several occasions as a youngster I'd be reading the programme - or a Football League Review insert -at The Dell to hear a modicum of polite applause around me(yes,this is a bygone age),and hear a comment such as "christ,theier out early" as the opposition ran out from the West stand-Milton corner.Depending on who we were playing of course there might be some cheering from the Archers or general booing from the home fans to follow. Sorry,did not mean to hijack your thread but that comment allowed me to wallow in a bit of Dell nostalgia.

Agree with most of that except I would not want to rely upon DC as being an option as striker.In view of his age and injury record,he is a "back up" at best,when he is fit. I am comfortable with Harding at LB but would like to see Dickson playing in front of him at LM until Lallana is back. Intersting observations on formation and subsitutions though.Didn't Adkins seek a 3-5-2 towards the end of the game yesterday ? If so then its good to have a manager -at long last - with a plan B.

Crosby?