John B

Maybe a telephone conversation perhaps they do happen

Complaining about the bowlers when we have only 3 batting bonus points all season is pretty unbelievable

The main problem I feel is the retirement of Dawson which has left us without a top class spinner and crap batsmen. Baker is sometimes erratic I agree but he played well in the Hundred and got regular wickets

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Going to Villa would be a good move for him I cannot imagine him wanting to play all his career for Southampton

I thought he fucked up badly spying on Middlesboro when we were virtually in the PL Now with minus 4 points and Wolves Burnley Millwall West Ham and Middlesboro in the league it is going to be so much more difficult to go up

I never liked Alan Ball as he kept Terry Paine out of the 1966 World Cup team and on Boxing Day told Bob Wilson where Micky Channon was going to place a penalty at the Milton Road End at Christmas 1973. We drew that match and hardly ever won again that season and eventually were relegated I met Bob forty years later and he remembered that penalty save as he was useless at saving them. At Christmas 1977 I went to the Valley when we beat Charlton possibly 3 1 and saw what a great player Alan Ball was and convinced myself that we would be promoted that season which we were in a 0 0 draw with Spurs. It was the first time I saw Glen Hoddle play and he in my opinion was one of the best managers we have had in the PL With regard to strikers when we have been promoted we have had top class Championship goal scorers Chivers Boyer/Macdougal Lambert and Armstrong so we need another one although Larin may become one but it is a gamble

I think we may have to finish 3rd to get to the QF so highly unlikely Scores & Fixtures - Cricket - BBC Sport Scores & Fixtures - Cricket - BBC Sport

Alan Ball was well past his best when he joined us but helped the team massively to get to Div 1 in 1978 That said I do not think we need JWP but we need a decent striker not a young kid from Man City

A Win for us and loses for both Essex and Worcestershire if we beat Derbyshire we may be in the QFs

Time will tell but football is a funny old game I will wait until January to make any predictions I admire your confidence

How many games has Long played in the the Saints

It is not likely to be a long ban I would have thought but we are still in the Championship where at the end of last season we were undoubtedly the best team in the league. In fact our results were the best I can ever remember in the sixty five years I have been supporting the Saints, Lets hope we get promoted this year because the opinion of Tonda may change among the fanbase only time will tell

But as usual we need a Centre Forward

Unfortunately no one knows what Championship winning side looks like this year with Wolves and West Ham in the mix but like you I have my doubts that it will be Southampton The squad played really well before the playoffs but it is not guaranteed that it will do so this season without a top class striker

He already has had dealings with the FA when he was at Barnsley Lets face it he has been a very naughty boy

It is nothing to do with what the players think Do you not realise he has proved to be dishonest and people like you should accept that fact.

Because he lacks integrity

The bloke is fucking guilty get over it and wait and see what punishment he gets He appears to lack integrity and may have jeopardized the future of the club if he was not the messiah he would probably be sacked

You must have missed the fact that the club accepted that they had done wrong

What do you think is a suitable punishment for somebody who ruined for so many young supporters a day they would have always remembered and possibly caused long term damage to SFC if we do not get promoted this year. I personally can not understand why he put at jeopardy our return to the PL when at the end of the season we were clearly the best team in the Championship with some of the best players.

I always think Joe is not a good cricketer a good batsman yes but does not always understand what he should be doing to make sure the team wins

He is young and inconsistent and I am pleased for him when I first saw him I could see he had something about him Lets hope he plays in the Championship and keeps us up He needs more first class experience and perhaps he could be ready for the next Ashes

Clearly they are not good enough to beat the top countries I would have thought