John B

Yes I saw that too - not doing a good job then?

Not so if you win the remaining games through out the year

An interesting Article on the Subject http://www.clubfanzine.com/southampton/v2.showNews.php?id=28031

Although it would be nice to be in First Position by September we could still be promoted In 1959-60 we were ninth in October and finished Champions

Exactly so we need to be patient even in 1959-60 we were ninth in October and finished Champions Something I was not last season when there was little evidence at the end of August that we were improving.

Yes I think you are right - I dont see why they published a Fans Charter then a few months later ignore a significant part of it

Yes I agree We started well in 1965-66 1 21.08.1965 Derby County away W3-0 2 25.08.1965 Carlisle United home W1-0 3 28.08.1965 Portsmouth home D2-2 2 5 4 31.08.1965 Carlisle United away L0-1 5 04.09.1965 Bury home W6-2 6 08.09.1965 Coventry City home W1-0 7 11.09.1965 Norwich City away W4-3 8 14.09.1965 Coventry City away L1-5 1 11 9 18.09.1965 Wolverhampton Wndrs home W9-3 10 25.09.1965 Rotherham United away L0-1 and we were second but slipped to sixth at Christmas In 1977-78 not so good 1 20.08.1977 Brighton and Hove A home D1-1 2 24.08.1977 Stoke City away L0-1 3 27.08.1977 Mansfield Town home W1-0 4 03.09.1977 Notts County away W3-2 5 10.09.1977 Burnley home W3-0 6 17.09.1977 Millwall away L0-3 7 24.09.1977 Hull City home W1-0 8 01.10.1977 Sheffield United away L2-3 9 04.10.1977 Leyton Orient home W1-0 10 08.10.1977 Sunderland home W4-2 and we were sixth But started playing better and got to third by the end of the year

I dont mind Liverpool as a team but dont like the arrogance of some of their supporters expecting a top four spot as a divine right similar to some of our fans perhaps in football you have to earn the points I think they will struggle next season

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8724605.stm I wonder if he will take any Liverpool players with him.

I just think Patience is required we have the nuecleus of a good team which will be added to in the next few weeks. Even if we performed as well as last season we will get to the play offs so whats the problem

I am really dreading the season if results do not go our way in August and Mr Cortese shows more signs of of apparent arrogance with regard to the fans a little bit of communication would help. That said Cortese has every right to run the club how he wants and we should have a very good team more than capable of getting promotion. I was at a Football Memorabilia Fair on Saturday and most of the fans from other clubs expected us to get promoted. So I am very positive that results over the whole season will be very good but worried if the high expectations are not met during the first few games

and Erivine

He can still bowl Lumb out in First Over seems to struggle with spin

Team Hampshire: Adams, Lumb, Carberry, McKenzie, Christian, Ervine, Razzaq, Pothas (W), Cork ©, Briggs, Wood Cork Captain !

ok then

Dont see why he should be picked - he is hardly a Hampshire Player

It does say on this WEB Page being Grumpy is good for you http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8339647.stm

The bloke appears to be pompous and arrogant and probably looking to make a quick buck

Or perhaps you will have one pint less:(

Dont know but at the Oval I bought six tickets for the Test Match and the booking fee was on each Would you be happy if Teco charged a fee every time you bought something

It is because he is a Tory he does not like Stealth Taxes I would have thought Not being a Tory myself I dont like Stealth Taxes either

An Update http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/8196108.Saints_boss_bides_his_time_on_signings/ I wonder who the player is they may off load to Bristol Rovers

I dont disagree with what you are saying but I feel an installment plan is quite impractical as we are now in June. Ideally season tickets would be sent out after the final payment

I would suggest that an extra £3 per ticket is going to be quite a lot of money

I think Steve knows more about what is going on than most on this Forum