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The story sounds a bit far fetched to me. However I realise we have for some time been slipping towards -not only administration- but becoming Ruperthampton F.C playing at the 'Rupertdome'.

Ditto. Golac simply has no rivals for this in my book.

Shame we can not force the Eurovision hierachy to accept Norton to compere it annually (or should that be anally ?) for the rest of europe to witness. In retaliation for their constant rigged voting they we could make them suffer the spectacle of that pouting queer for an evening every year.

Something that might have been overlooked by Mr Burley however. As for "come on you greys", the simple remedy is to change the last word to 'Saints'.It has often irked me that we sing 'reds' (MancU and L/pool are the 'reds' we are the Saints ) as we don't play in plain boring red shirts.

They played together for us just before,and during the early Keegan era.Surprisingly they didn't strike me as a particularly reliable duo especially away from home.

Interesting dilemna there really,especially after the last time we drew those mancy c^nts in the cup.Are we going to see a Saints side similar to the one we currently - and pre 1/1/09 regard as our strongest take the field - or one that is minus some of our better players. Frankly the cup selection in 2005 was one that left me feel hugely cheated before a ball was kicked,never mind the capitulation that followed.

A replica of Hilda Ogden's "murial" would indeed be a fitting epitah to the soap opera we have become.

John McGrath With either Michael Svennson - never has an injury to a single player been more costly- or Jim Steele,especially for 1/5/76. For this to be a 'greatest' Saints team it has to embody the greatest spirit of Southampton;that is the team spirit of The Alehouse.And no one brings that quality more than John McGrath. Jimmy Gabriel by the way would be a first choice sub who could play CB,midfield,and if needed centre forward.

Morcombe or Cheltenham Town away.

Another cost cutting measure by that b^stard Rupert no doubt.

That makes a change from his usual facial expression which lokks as he has just sh!t himself.

Or Adolf and Eva .

In the earlier thread I said Mark Dennis shaded it ahead of David Peach.Dennis was certainly one of the best left backs I have seen at Saints for skill and commitment. However the above statistics are outstanding for Peach.So its a bit of a u-turn from me to vote for David Peach ahead of 'Phsyco'. If Bridge wins this however it will be a travesty and really will show more about the age of voters than a true testimony of the players.

That is it in a nutshell.

That song really does date it,taken from a long forgotten - and for many on hear completely unheard - 'Teenage Opera'.Can't recall who it was by though.

Such decisions will not be of JP's making,so its unfair to judge him on such matters.

Its not hard to believe it,just an impossibility to have happened. Mills joined after certainly Channon and Keegan had left the club,and probably Watson as well.He was in the Saints team with Shilton,and Ball after he returned. I respect your vote for Mills,but I think your judgement of Mark Dennis is as flawed as your memory.His disciplinary issues might have detracted from the claim to greatness, but on his day he was a commited and class defender.In my book only David Peach as lb can hold a candle to him.Young pretenders such as Bridge and Bale are a fraction of the player Dennis was.Steve Mills,we will never know.

For which Sir Matt Busby offered the then mind shattering potential record of £200,000. Saints rejected it.Although it was public knowledge that Big Ron was disappointed not to make the move,there was no sulking,strikes or huffs to engineer the move.How times have changed.

And then on out to The Testwood Hotel,Totton for a 'lock in'.* *Not that I ever witnessed this first hand as I was well below drinking age at the time,but this was legendary amongst my father,grandfather etc.

Careful.They might read that and take offence.

I've already given my vote for Dennis,but should just also add my agreement to your comment about his international pedigree. Its been a long held view of mine - and frequently argued after a few beers - that if it had not been for Mark Dennis' off field problems,he'd have been England's first choice left back,and Stuart Pearce would not have got near the national team.

Mark Dennis;a great player and a cult hero as well. Dennis though only shades it ahead of David Peach.Dennis played his peak with Saints in the top flight whereas Peach,although a top class performer, was at his best for us in the od second division. How tragic that Steve Mills might have eclipsed both but for his accident.

Mr *Really Welsh name removed by mod* Swansea Do you think he mistook it for the Welsh Nationalists ?

I share your view of Shilton and that he had passed his 'best before date' when he joined us,as he had really peaked during his time at Forest. However the facts don't really support us as he joined us in 1982,and 8 years later - having p!ssed off to Derby in between- he was still Englands No1 in the WC Semi-final team.Shilton is the greatest keeper to have played for us. I never really took to Shilton,he was an England player who happened to play for Saints,rather than one of ourplayers who achieved greatness.If I were voting for my favourite GK,then Niemi,Flowers and Eric Martin would be well ahead. Voting for a goalkeeper from a given season then it would be Niemi who played for us in 2002/3 - ie the triple save season vArsenal.That would match any single performance of any other keeper we have ever had.

Watford will soon have the 'new manager effect'. Lets just hope it is the 'Burley new manager effect' and they go for weeks/months without their first win however.Or could that only happen to us ?