Junior Mullet

There on merit. Good team and they played good football when they played at SMS. Good luck to them. Sport needs teams like Swindon because it shows you don't have to spend a fortune to progress.

He really has been playing poor this season. Would not want him at Saints now.

The chap was a middle aged guy a few rows in front of me. He was very loud in telling Pards to shake it up, there were also a few shake it up hand gestures (nothing worse). Pards did react and politely put a finger to his lips as if to tel lthe guy to pipe down. A few minutes later Lallana scored his first. Pards spun round immediately and shouted back at the guy in the crowd along the lines of "there you go, how's that?!". Personally I thought the way Pards handled the initial loud winge was very dignified (as opposed to Burley a few years ago who effed his head off one afternoon at just about everyone in the crowd when they gave him stick) and I thought the passion shown by Pards when Lallana scored was brilliant. The guy who shouted at Pards did pipe down and Pards did begin to shake the team up. So who won? The team. I did see the stewards having a word with the chap at half time but it was well natured with lots of smiles from both sides. No need to make a mountain out of a molehill. Also no need for uneccesary conjecture from anyone who didnt see it all take place. Passionate fans, manager, owner and players are exactly what we need and it's what we've got at long last.

Think you may find the money has already been spent on 'expenses'.

Yes, but given their overheads and lack of new money from season ticket sales they will be in real trouble. Mark my words, if West Ham go down they are really going to suffer. Certainly won't pose a threat to pinching our players.

Spot on - and when he waved the Saints flag on the steps that for me showed he cares. Pardew will be the one who leads us to automatic promotion next season. I can't wait! I can't remember the last time we had a manager who seems to be watching the same game as the fans. Do any of you recall just how bad George 'fills out his team selection cards when he's pished' Burley was?

West Ham will have no money. They would be in dire financial straits, having already cashed in on their season ticket sales for the next two seasons.

Went on a stag do in Manchester, having left car in Richmond. Car broke down, AA man arrived and I said I thought he was quick arriving to which he said, "that's the first time I've heard that today, the place is bloody packed with Saints fans". His face was a picture when I told him I was a Saints fan too.

Anyone else see him in the dressing room after when Sky cameras went in? He was chucking water everywhere and if you didnt know any better looked off his head! Brilliant, clearly meant a lot to him. Can you imagine how he would react if we won the FA Cup? Great stuff.

She got unfeasibly long neck

Gutted for him, he really deserved a run out at Wembley. Thanks for helping us get here Wayno.

Yup, not signing Danns in January, for whatever reason, is IMO the reason we will not put together a real push for the playoffs this season.

Shall we just dig up the racist threads from last time rather than go through all that again? LOL. Head like a wotsit, he's got a fukkin head like a wotsit

Disagree. We could hit the woodwork and have balls cleared off the line all day, every day and not win. Goals win games. Our balls into the box lacked quality and we lacked a good first touch all over the park. Also, the tempo we played at allowed a decent Swindon side to organise their defence and midfield in front of us to stifle our play. I was impressed and surprised by Swindon. They played a very good game. They showed skill and purpose and didnt just come for a draw as so many teams do. I also can't fault them for timewasting. OK there was a little bit near the end but Saints would have been much worse. And please don't anyone say their defender who was taken off injured was time wasting - he was clearly in a lot of discomfort and despite his best efforts couldnt carry on, nearly losing his side a goal in the process after he went down a second time. At times last night I thought some of our players looked a little arrogant. With arrogance quite often comes complacency and I think that may have contributed. That and the fact we have no Plan B. BTW, is anyone else less than impressed with last night's Plan A, ie. lump balls from wherever up to the edge of their box and fight for the scraps. Even the warm-up was geared to controlling a bouncing ball on the edge of the box then shooting. Wasn't very pretty and after about 60 minutes you could see it wasn't very effective either. Plan B for the sleeve and quicker tempo please Mr Pardew.

* Female commentators. I don't care if they really know their stuff and I don't give a toss about equal opportunities, it still sounds like I'm being nagged. * Not being able to drink beer in my seat. * Not being allowed to throw wet sponges at bad referees while they are locked in stocks after matches. * The ammateur commentator in the Kingland who has a negative disposition and a monotone voice. Feck me, I had 10 days in counselling after just one half sat in front of him. * Fans that talk about wanting to smash up rival fans but don't actually do it or pick fights with rival fans who don't actually want to fight. * People that spit a lot when they shout. * People that are too posh for football. "I say ref, even I could do a better job than you" and various other polite ditties were heard last night - gosh, the poor ref is probably still having nightmares after such severe castigation.

Agreed. Andy, bite the bullet and get yourself a train ticket mate. We are going to give Swindon a good hiding tomorrow and you know you want to be there to see it. Re your earlier post: £37 quid well spent methinks, especially as you will be able to text your step brothers all the way back on the train.

Hi Andyb1. How do we know that you are not some deranged Pompey fan? I have seen films like this. Admittedly most take place on deserted roads in America but still it makes you think. Worse still you could be the sort of person that has either a really sunny or depressive disposition. It's bad enough being stuck with people like that in the ground let alone for a couple of hours either way in the car. Hope this helps.

+1 Is this crimewatch or a forum for saints fans?

First football dream since 1976?? Pah, call yourself a real fan? ;0) Last night I dreamt about playing for a Saints waifs and strays team against Pompey who still had Defoe, Crouch etc. We battled back well and think ran out convinving winners (5-2 or something). Curiously David Jones (the former finance director, not the former manager) was there offering encouragement.

The ref today cheated. I can forgive a ref who doesnt see everything, we are all human afterall. But he must have seen several blatant fouls against us and handballs by Leeds yet chose to stick two fingers up to the crowd by giving decisions Leeds' way. He wanted to show the crowd who was boss. I hope he gets severely reprimanded. Most inconsistent and just plain curious ref performance I can remember seeing. Cheat.

This is the first warning bell I have heard coming from the new management team. Something like this has to be approached with real caution and a whole number of questions have to be answered such as what would happen if Marcus died mi-move. There are some obvious risks to our club with ambition, as well as the obvious excitement. I just hope we don't lose sight of the fundamentals in the way Poopey have.

Ricky Lambert shoould be fine then.

Are you sure you're in London? Really? This post sounds a bit like GM's Last of the Summer Wine analogy, which surely only applies to ex-pats.

Not sure why, but I lol'd.

Even if the OP had been about 16 1/2 stone body building solicitors from North Baddesley I wouldn't have bitten! I don't need to justify the way I choose to support saints nor the way I post about them on an open website. I think the OP says as much about the way GM reads posts on here as it does about the posts themselves. I choose to gloss over and/or not get wound up by the cr@p posts, except the ones where there is genuine decent debate about football.