John B

Seeing them Playing in the Premier League

Yes I agree seems a bit of a strange signing especially as Harding was supposed to be one of our better players last season. Dont really see Harding as RB so we will have to wait and see what happens but Dickson does seem to be a good player so it is a positive signing

D for Donkey Svennson's replacement Jacobsen

Yes I agree when I saw him I thought I would prefer the club was wound up

I think it was David Miliband and Abbott went to Cambridge

Yes you are probably right but I dont really give a toss whether Pardew is sacked I just want to go and watch the Saints once a month knowing that they are trying to win with a reasonable team . If he cant do that he probably deserves to be sacked Leeds did well in the Cups last year and finished second

No its not

Was does 95% certain mean You are either certain or not

And dont forget that they will make a large profit when they eventually sell

I think the main point of this argument is the Saints Charter which says This supporters Charter will be the embodiment of what we stand for and it will target what we deliver year in year out Which clearly the club has gone back on it seems profit is more important than fans. Which maybe OK to some but not for others

Yes you are probably right

It was 2 2 after twelve minutes not sure after 5 may have been 1 1

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