Badger

If and when in Southampton, I still ask for and buy a "Football Echo".I missed out on the transition and it remains a "Football Echo" as far as I'm concerned. No idea when or why some spastic,presumably in the marketing department,decided to call it 'the pink',or what they hoped to achieve by it.I do not recall ever hearing it referred to as the pink,or 'pink 'un' as suggested.

fungus

I detest Gary Neville and do not want to see him in a Saints shirt.

luke

mangled

Do you expect Carlton or Leeds to be willing to let them go and will they not be looking to move up from L1 if they do leave their current clubs? Austin,would he get the nod over Barnard to play alongside Lambert or be an expensive bench warmer limiting his progress into the bargain? Again he might be looking above L1 if he leaves Swindon(assuming they aren't in the CCC already).

Signed by Luggy for Swindon by the way. Not that I want to reopen the debate about Luggy as a manager or his limited time with us

I have no doubt that other clubs will falter and drop points,but its our inability to pick up the points we should - eg Tranmere,Wycombe etc - and take advantage that will dictate where we finnish. Despite AP's comments regarding "bossing the game" at Brighton,the general concensus on here from those who attended appears to be that we did not play well.

(kate) bush

potato

David Copperfield.

Must be difficult retiring having earnt far more in a limited career than most earn in a lifetime.The prospect of retiring in a state of financial security - let alone at such a young age - is not one I can easily contemplate,but if push came to shove I reckon I might be able to cope with the pressure it brings. That said,I can understand that he may feel like a 'spare limb' after his playing days come to an end. Go along with that.

You may be right about Leeds next season,and the loss of key players from the current squad.However a club of their stature will always be able to attract good players for the division we are in.

My recollection as well. (By the way,your reply was to Window Cleaner and the comments in the quote were his rather mine!)

Except for his distinctly average time at Sheffield Wednesday,and his time as the nearly man at Bristol City,and wilderness year or so at Hartlepool. No,on balance I'd take Pardew.

Time will tell.The same was no doubt once said of Tony Funnell in Saints promotion season (likened to Gerd Muller at one stage,I kid you not) and Trevor Senior at Reading.

Was it Stuart Dennis? I wondered what he did when there was no Saints game on.

dot.com

Put simply, Swindon have a group of players who play as an effective team,rather than a collection of expensively assembled individuals.

hole

Bates

That is the Alan Ball/Jimmy Case type I also referred to above,but a player we have been crying out for since 1991 (or whenever it was Branfoot came in and released Jimmy Case). As a vague possibility,although nowhere near the AB/JC standard,what about Matt Oakley? Now experienced in L1/CCC with a couple of promotions and play off challenges behind him he might be the answer. Although if he came back to us the likelihood is he'd become the injury plagued player he was with us before rather than the injury free midfield driving force he has been with Derby and Leicester!

A good prospect no doubt,but don't we already have a few wingers/speed merchants ? Who would you release to make way for him,Papa,or Antonio bearing in mind we also have Puncheon ?

Isn't Bialkowski also out of contract at the end of the season ?

Forecast