Lord Duckhunter

Trond Soltvedt

Like it, there are loads who love it.

Has anybody heard anymore about this. Who else has been confirmed as a guest as I haven't seen anything more about it. Has there been anything in the local press?

I would have thought it was more likely to be Crouch than Lowe. Surely even Lowe knows it's over as far as the fan base are concerned, there is no way he could come back. Personally I think the whole thing is BS, the money involved is way out of either Lowe or Crouch's league. We've moved on to a higher plain finacially, if they wanted to buy in again, it was pre ML not after.

This is spot on. Govt's should be concentrating on tax take and not tax rates. There should be some serious research and attempts to understand the rates of tax that would bring in the most money.The problem is no Govt of any party has the balls to do it.They are too busy playing to the gallery and tax cuts for the rich doesn't play well. People are going to come on here and say that Govt's should enforce the tax regime and chase the rich and make them pay, but just like clamping down on benefit cheats it's just empty words.

I thought County were a pretty decent defensive unit. We are not going to win every game from now on in, not even all our home games. Our defence is so solid now that we'll pick up points in games where sides shut us out. People were just getting a bit carried away after the last 5 games, we're always going to be able to score goals with or with out AL. It is a solid back 4 that will take us up.

I really dont get it, all this fawning over their Managers by the Supporters and the local media. Grant is now be found out, and Cotterill is a similar sort of clown. They have a decent keeper, in Mokeana and Sonko a solid CB pairing, they have had Brown in CM. Nugent scores goals at that level, Kitsons pretty decent, and despite being 52 Kanu is class. Liam Lawernce is premiership standard, way too good for them and Halford is pretty steady.Add to that the likes of Rocha, and HH and thats a pretty decent squad. How then is Cotterill getting away with it. On Solant yesterday they were on about what a great achievement mid table will be as they should really be facing relegation. I just dont get it. The rest of football must think the same because I've yet to see Cotterill linked to any of the 20 odd jobs that have been available this season.

The Tory parties position on Europe has been the same for election after election. There is only 1 major party that has had a manifesto committed to withdrawing from Europe and that is Labour.Even idiots like Ken Clarke have been consistant over Europe, as have the Lib/Dems. There are members of the last Govt who went into an election pledging to withdraw, but when rejected by the people changed their principles. The whole New Labour approach to power was "dont like my principles, here's another set", and the core Labour supporters were so desperate for power that they rolled over and let them hijack the party.To try and hold the Labour party up as some sort of prinicpled body is a joke, it was a Labour Govt that took us into Iraq, a Labour Govt that chipped away at our personal freedom and locked up more people than ever before. A Labour Govt that followed opinion polls rather than lead the Country.It was a Labour Govt that allowed the banks to make as much money as they could and gamble like a drunk in a casino. Where were the Labour principles then? The Labour movement have no principles, the ones they did have they gave up in a grab for power.

I would rather Brighton beat Peterboro. Doesn't really matter if we finish second and ten points behind Brighton, it means nothing in the Championship.

Your principles appear to be rather flexible. I presume you were for clause 4 (which was a "core" principle for the party) and against Europe. But are now pro European but against Public ownership. If you've kept the same principles as the Labour party, they've been moving all over the place.

My Boscombe supporting mate reckons Bartley has been class all season and could improve a lot, whereas Pearce is at his peak in League 1. I thought Bartley was average at SMS and couldn't see it, but he watches them week in week out and says that was just an off day.

This is always going to be a loaded question as there isn't an election and wont be one for a number of years. The Coalition's whole stragegy is getting the worst over as soon as possible and to go into an election with economy seemingly on the up.People seem to forget that we would be facing cuts had Labour won the election and 6 months into their term, they would also be unpopular. There is one thing people should take when looking at the coalition's performance so far and that is that in every poll, they have come top when asked who people trust on the economy. I'm amazed that people are surprised the Lib/Dems support is so low. Take away all the Labour supporters who voted for them to keep the Tories out in Tory areas and all the Tories who voted for them to keep Labour out of Labour areas, and you get their core support. Their support has always been boosted by tactical voting. As for my vote, I'll be waiting until I've seen what the economy is like in 5 years time, if like Mrs Thatcher the Coalition have managed to sort Labour's mess out, then they'll get my vote (Tory), despite wets like Clarke and the assorted bunch of sandal wearers in Govt at present. If they haven't then I may turn to UKIP or not bother at all. I certainly wont be voting for any party that puts Alan Johnson up to run the economy.

Online sales suspended by the club, must be due to the free for all mentioned earlier in the thread. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2267117,00.html

One of my Mums favs, which I used to pretend I hated on the basis that you had to hate your parents music.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvjDgAhG9JI

Why wait, I'm sure once your in and they have taken the money you're in.

Wasn't there the same problem with the Skate match last season, with S/T holders getting more tickets. Did everyone get in ok that had the extra seats. I've just been offered seats from a mate whose a S/T holder who claims that the online system allowed him to book his and his wives ticket and then another 2. I have a slight concern that if I take them, I wont get in on the day, although my Mrs reckons if they are in his hand and paid for, they wont be double booked, so wont be a problem. What are peoples thoughts? He is a good lad and is not looking to profit, just saw on here that there was a glitch, tried it and got me and my boy a couple of seats at face value. If they come through by Tuesday I wont go and get one, so I wont be profitting either.

Quite rightly S/T holders will get the first shout. I just find it wrong that everyone else is lumped in together, whether you've been to 1 game before or hundreds.There has to be a better system in the future.

There are really strong rumours that Mitchell is in trouble again.I'd be surprised if Howe is not aware of these rumours as they're pretty widespread in and around Poole/Bournemouth. Therefore, it surprises me that he wants to stay as his stock may never be higher.Perhaps he feels a bigger job will come along later, but I think he has come across as weak and unable to make a big decision. Personally I reckon his fannying around will put other clubs off. Adkins had as much sucsess and respect at Scunny, and the decision would have been just as tough for him, but he made it and there was none of the agonising that we've had from Howe.

I look at this as a great chance to show not only Nicola and ML's family, but players like Fonte, what a great club we are. I'd love to see Al, AC and Guly rip their back 4 apart and let the country know Southampton are back. The last meeting we just laid down and died, we played to keep the score down (admittedly after a sending off).

Webb couldn't wait to give it. The lino had the best view and he never signelled it was a foul.

I have a feeling that a win on pens technically is a draw for the records.

One thing I'd say about old Rupes was that he had the ticket priorites pretty much spot on. Perhaps he should come back and run the ticket office for us. After the JPT and the Skate game last year a decent fair system should have been put in place. I'm not the best fan we have, but I'm pretty sure I'm in the top 28,000. There should be some sort of nod towards purchase history.

I got some stick last week when I posted that I wanted us to all out to try and win the cup. A lot of posters said they couldn't care less about the cup and that they weren't bothered if we went out. Therefore I'm hoping tickets will be easy to get for those of us non season ticket holders who have been to each round so far.

I agree that was the most pitiful Saints performance I've seen in 40 odd years, we just rolled over and died.That did it for me with players like Lundekvam and Oakley, suppossed to be Saints through and through but both were like little boys lost. I can take lack of ability (see our 4-1 last season) but a lack of fight is shameful, especially when it meant so much for the supporters. We were lucky to keep it down to 4, as at one point I was worried about 6 or 7.

1960-2005 they were below us.