John B

It is not going to be easy in the Championship this season with Cardiff West Ham Birmingham Leicester plus Blackpool Nottm Forest Brighton and Derby

And in Hampshire of Course

Blackpool v Peterborough Cardiff v Bristol City I must admit I dont really care as I have seen a League Table with the Saints top After two games Millwall were top last year

Why is it a stupid ruling

Why do we need a LB on the Bench?

Is that Burnley Fan Alistair Campbell by any chance?

Yes good start to the season money available to enhance the squad mind I think the deal should have been done some time ago But the future looks very good

I think players are more likely to care how much they are going to be paid

I thought as a country the UK wanted less immigration so if Jemal cannot get a work permit the Tory government is doing what the country wants

I dont think it is worth discussing anything with you as you appear to have little idea of what the average Pompey supporter is like. But I expect they are in general happy with the way the club is treating them with Senior tickets for the over 60s no surcharge for tickets on the day and other innovations.

Yes I do think you probably need a little help as Portsmouth appear to be a club which is trying to get more customers with Senior tickets for the over 60s no surcharge for tickets on the day. Good luck to them I say if they are looking after their fans

It is a newspaper article not a ****ing book

Here is another which seems reasonable http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jul/31/championship-predictions-new-season

I think Guly will start not sure about Hammond

But you could watch the Cricket Test matches which I cannot do now

Sydenham was very good as you say very left footed very quick and a good crosser did not score that many goals. Used to serve him petrol for his Austin A40 in the filling station on West End Road in Bitterne really nice chap too as you would expect from a fellow ex St Mary's College pupil

Are you sure I went to that game but I dont remember being outnumbered of course I maybe wrong I did go with a Man U fan as I did with the same one two years later at Wembley for the Cup final. Seeing him after the game I knew what sick as a Parrott meant

Exactly I was hoping that we would get in an experienced midfielder of centre back who could be the leader on the field something we do seem to lack

I hope he remembers the day might be a little young though and follows the Saints like I have all over the country I took my Dad to his First Saints Match in 1962 it was against Sunderland Cloughie was playing and it was a goaless draw My brother was born forty minutes after the Leeds Game in 1950 and he cannot remember a thing about it!!!

He has only managed us in League 1 at the moment but he is doing an OK job but lets wait and see what happens

So do really think Cortese decided to get involved with SFC to save it for the fans. More likely he thought it was a good investment where he could earn an extremely good salary and bonuses whilst having a bit of fun ****ing Dune off with a ticket tax

The problem I dont think you have grasped is that Cortese can do whatever he likes at the club and as long as the team is relatively successful he will not have any real problems I am not bashing him just posting some thoughts. Of course he needs to be kept in check otherwise more fans will become disenchanted as are the 60-64s and those having to pay parking fees to renew season ticket holders. Cortese earns in a year what it probably takes a significant number fans over twenty years to earn based on the current average weekly wage of less than £500 So he cannot really expect to continually raise money from the average fan especially during the austerity regime of the Tory Led Coalition. We need to think that the club is being run for the fans and the City and Region of Southampton and not to line Cortese's Pocket but as most people want guaranteed success this appears to be the only way possible. NC and ML are well respected because they are percieved as having saved the club after the desperate days of 2009 but a club like Southampton was always likely to survive and prosper after administration no matter who were the owners were because of the loyal fans and the infrastructure of the club.

All Saints Supporters who did not go to the game that includes me please go to the naughty corner where Mr Gemmell will tell you off. To the football yesterday we have a thread about Bart or Kelvin but I find it quite interesting to see who will be in CM Probably Hammond and Cork??

I agree with you

Thats what I said so I thought The other people you mentioned were running the club in a higher division than Cortese has done so far with less financial muscle and did have Burley for the manager as well which did not help