Lord Duckhunter

As Alex Ferguson says "working hard is also a talent". Gaston gives the ball way in the wrong areas way too much and his set piece delivery is woeful. Matt's all round game was far better than his, Gaston is just not good enough at the basic stuff you need in English football.

Spot on. Somebody has decided to put this together to make money. Fair play to them, I think it's quite a good idea and maybe could spread to other players of other teams. They also have this Soccer Saturday tour and I see The Game podcast is going on the road as well, so there's obviously a market for this sort of stuff. But I fail to see why the club would be expected to put someone up. None of them would have played with Matt, and none to my knowledge were Saints supporters.

You've summed up there exactly what Fox is up against. Whatever he does he cant win. A "generic lofted into the box ball". What, did it just happen to land in perfectly between the back 4 and the keeper and, just happened to find the head of our best header of the ball. It's about hitting an area, and he hit it perfectly and with the right pace. If you think he's shiete, fine, but don't try and rewrite history. That was a good delivery, certainly better than anything Rameriez has delivered from set pieces since he's been here.

I'm 49, so I'm well aware of their contribution to the club, but I dont think that automatically mean the club should support a commercial enterprise like this.

Xavi wasn't appearing as a representative of Barca but as a fan, surely you can see that Adam and Rickie would be doing so as representatives of SFC. Whther you like it or not the CEO of any company is perfectly entittled to block any use of his company for commercial gain. How is this much different from the after dinner circuit? Would you expect the club to hire out its employees free of charge to an explayer making money from that. Just randomly having a "tribute to night" looks suspiously like a money making oppurtunity to me. Fair play to the people who make the money and fair play to the people who want to go, who knows it maybe so sucsessful they'll have another one next year, but why should the club be slagged off for not wanting their players involved?

Redknapp's gonna big himself up again.

If the city had honoured him, if it was for charity, if he was ill or passed away then you would have a point. Nobody has suggested it was anything other than a commercial event. Rickie and Adam would be contributing , not as supporters as I dont believe that either ever have been, but as representatives of the club. Maybe the club dont want they're emplyees being used to help the promoters profit. Matt's my joint favourite player and lawrie my favourite manager, but when will this matt & lawrie roadshow end, and why should the club put someone up when its a commercial venture? Who was the promoter?

Just to make it absolutely clear, I have no problem at all with someone arranging this. If people want to attend, then that's up to them. My point is that if it was a commercial money making night, then it is understandable that some people or organisations don't want to be involved.

I don't particularly want to get into a bunfight, but what was the reason behind this tribute? I know he was to most our greatest player, certainly in the top 3, but what triggered this particular night. I could understand it if he'd reached a milestone, maybe his 60th birthday, or 30 years since he signed. He's not died, is not ill to my knowledge, or is retiring from the club. Was it a charity venture or a commercial one. If it's a commercial one, then maybe this is the reason the club didn't want anyone involved in an official capacity. Is there going to be another one in 5,10,15 years time, maybe one for Lawrie or Franny? To me, his tribute was his testimonial , but I find this whole tribute thing a bit strange if it's just a random date. If it's a money making commercial venture, then good luck to them, but I can well understand some people not wanting to get involved if that's the case.

If Bazza moved back, they'd have to. If I paid £1 for a house and then found out Bazza lived nearby, I'd want some change.

I used to stay with a mate from Southport, whenever saints played up north . Must be 20 odd years ago now. Some great nights.My mate emigrated , so don't go there now. One thing I remember was being up there one orangeman's day , must of been around '92. Could not believe it, all marching through Southport like it was ****ing Belfast or something. Big booze up more than anything sinister, but I was not aware of it up there before I saw it. Don't know if it still goes on.

Liverpool is a great city with some great people, I love visiting, but personally prefer living on the south coast. Maybe I could be tempted to Southport or somewhere similar, but personally i prefer the quiet life here in Poole. The weather is better, there's enough pubs and restaurants for me and we're a stones throw from beautiful beaches and countryside. I've met plenty of liverpudlians over the years and not many of them ever moved back, so it can't be to everyones taste. At the end of the day, if you're happy and feel you're at home, does it matter what any ody else thinks. I have lived in many places and this is the place I've most felt like I belong .

The middle class, whether families or pensioners should not be "receiving" or "claiming" benefits. Nothing will be done about it because they vote in large numbers. As a nation we spend enough money on welfare, but it is spread way too thinly. The giverment is handing over millions to feed the middle class' kids, heat their homes, pay for their tv licences , pay them for just having children whilst an underclass struggle to get by from week to week. We over tax the average person and then distribute it back to them in various benefits. The overriding view is "I've paid for the welfare state, so I am entittled to something back". Why ?. I pay my house insurance, that doesn't mean im entittled to money back from The Nationwide. However it gives be the peace of mind that if disaster fell , they'd be there for me. Why can't people view the welfare state the same way. We have over 80k coming into our house each year from 3 earners, why should I be able to claim £140 odd pound a month child benefit. That money doesn't grow on trees, it either comes from the pockets of the poor via lower benefits for them, out of the working mans taxes , or is borrowed by the giverment be paid back by my children and grandchildren.

I'm not particularly keen on Southampton, but anyone who thinks its anywhere near the bottom of the pile of UK towns/cities has either never visited many or is on a wind up. Personally I think the city lacks decent pubs, but other than that its pretty decent. Its not Liverpool, Manchester, Cardiff or London, but not many towns/ cities are. Liverpool is my fav, bit wouldn't want to live there as I might bump into Bazza.

I said to the guy next to me before the corner was taken "he'll blow for a foul", it was so obvious what was going to happen. Saints players obviously realised as well, because there was not much arguing about what was a perfectly good goal. Ref's obviously think that this is the best thing to do, but I'm not so sure. They are always on about respecting the ref and accepting decisions, but the only reason Dean knew he'd made a mistake was the reaction of 3 or 4 Swansea players. Had they just accepted the ref's decision and thought "oh well, it's a tough job and he's doing his best", Dean would not have realised his basic error and they'd have been 2 down. By caving in and making things even it proves that argue enough and the ref will be influenced.

I dont want to hear about people's individual problems when tuning in to a political debate, you will never have enough time to assess whether they're genuine or not. If they want to offer themselves up as part of the debate, then the politicians on the panel should be able to correct them. I've heard some right bollards from the audience. That's why any questions is so much better, any answers the next day is a phone in and I don't have to listen. As for mh, the application wasn't known, but the book serialisation was. Dimble should have done his homework and then added after his rant " didn't you take their money for your book". Jo colburn did this to Ann diamond on the daily politics. Following another rant , outrage , disgust at the mail, Jo said " of course you used to write for them Ann didn't you".Diamond replied " yes I used to take their money" "and would you again " asked jo " im a journalist , id write for anyone " came her reply. See that's what gets to me, the rants, the disgust , the outrage at the disgraceful mail, yet these peoples morals dont quite streech to not taking their dosh. Its not like diamond or medhi are on the breadline, needing mail money to feed their hungry mouths. They're well off, established journos who should practise what they preach.

If he does get picked again should we get on his back, or the guy that picks him?

The food at SMS is ****e. The Beer at SMS is ****e. If somebody has to eat it or drink it, then that's their choice, but why keep coming on here telling everybody what we already know? It's not as if anybody is going to post "thanks for that, I was going to eat there next game but wont now". There's no football next weekend and I'm going to watch my local pub team at the Rec. I know they'll be ****e before I set off, so what's the point in moaning about the lack of premiership skills on show. It's like Masterchef on here sometimes.

With lambert up top I'm sure they would have pushed and pushed and eventually got an equaliser, we just couldn't get out and move them up the pitch. Jay Rod had energy and pace that gave us an outlet and gave them something to think about. It's a difficult one, because RL and Osvaldo are clearly better players than Jay Rod, I guess it's just a question of horses for courses. If we're controlling the ball and playing our game, then I'd go with the established 2. Hopefully Jay Rod will develop his game and become a real alternative to Rickie. He won a couple of headers yesterday and generally made a nuisance of his self, so the signs are good.

If he was as bad as you make out, MP would have played Clyne on the left and Chambers on the right. If he was as bad as you claim, he would have got another LB in during the window. The fact he didn't do either must mean that MP feels Fox can do a job, but then what does he know compared to you, he's only an ex international centre half whose side have only conceded 2 goals this season.

He was sat in first class, he didn't appear to get off at Southampton but it was absolutely packed so we may not have seen him.

A lot of our experts wanted Boruc out last season. When a side come through the division very quickly, there are going to be players that are around the squad who aren't good enough for the new level. Coming up so quickly means that the squad will look slightly lopsided as the gap between Championship and Premiership means you need to focus on the starting 11. To build a squad takes time. All you can ask is when called upon the back up players do the best they can, and "get away with it". Despite what some people think, Fox has done his best this season and just about got away with it. Long term we're going to need to strengthen in a lot of back up positions, left back being one of them. But, why on earth do people think it's acceptable to get on a players back is beyond me. It also seems very selective, with others mistakes overlooked yet Fox's highlighted. It was obvious from the start that both full backs were badly exposed yesterday. However Clyne got off relatively scot free because Routledge was pretty average compared to Dyer, and Clyne also has the pace to get back in. Second half when W-P came on to give Fox some support, the right side was tightened up. Fox is no worse a player than FB was, it's just that the standard is a lot better now. Cheering sarcastically when a pass is made is just embarrassing. So is getting on the back of a reserve player who is coming in to fill a gap and doing his best. Fox doesn't pick the team, but these experts cant boo the bloke who does cause that'll really make them look stupid. If Fox turned round to MP and said "don't play me, I'm not good enough", this place would be in meltdown.

He got on the train 11 o clock train at Branksome on Sunday morning. My mate was stood on the platform with him.

I enjoyed Miley's video a great deal by playing it with the sound off listening to a Mavis Staples CD in the background. This is the way to listen to modern chick music, watch the young birds wriggling around half naked whilst listening to some proper female singers you wouldn't want to see cavorting around unless in a burka.

Question time has become a joke, clowns like Brand and Johnny Rotton. Together with hypocrites like Medhi H who as we established was allowed to make a mad rant against the Mail and nobody pointed out his job application and the selling of his book to the mail. Dimble needs replacing by Andrew Neil . I'm also sick of listening to the audience's opinions, Any Questions is far better because they ask the questions and then listen to the panel. Instead of making political comment all we get from the audience is "I cant get a job" or "I cant afford a house" or the "banks wont lend to me", or my favourite "I didn't cause the bust".