John B

The forum is discuss SFC matters and recalling the past is better than thinking about the present. It is not the place to post offensive comments about people who plainly rightly or wrongly do not like Mr Lowe

Chatted to Harry at Rownhams Motorway Filling Station we were both filling up with Petrol he was manager at West Ham at the time and had just lost to Charlton who were relegation candidates with us.

I went to live in London in the 1960s and watched Chelsea a lot Ossie had fantastic skills scored lots of goals he was not quite so good after breaking his leg Probably slightly better than MLT for me but not by very much .

I also met them in a pub in Lodge road after a couple of games around that time I also Spoke to Ossie on the Train down from London one match day. Also used to serve John Sydenham petrol pn West End Road Bitterne 45 years ago. Footballers in those days seemed more normal than those of today

Arlott born and bred in Hampshire was originally a Policeman in Basingstoke I think Used to live in Alresford before moving to the Channel Isles

Ted Bates was my favorite manager by a long way.

So Lowe may have been right?

I agree

We have only had one striker this season and he is learning his trade. The others Pekhart and Robertson have not been good.

We have only had one striker this season and he is learning his trade. The others Pekhart and Robertson have not been good.

What bribe the ref to give a lucky penalty?

You could say it was unlucky to miss two penalties

Saints were lucky to get lower division teams in the Cup Semi Finals when we progressed to the final . In the 80s i think we failed twice against top division teams in the Semi Finals

We may if they can get a two or three year contract on the wages they are currently getting. Viafara was released from his contract

Yes I saw Saga last summer he looked quite good But where did this Revolutionary New Experiment term come from. I thought owing to lack of money we had to play with a lot of youngsters who hopefully would develop into good players in the future. I thought it was a commonsense approach getting in old pros on high wages had failed and caused us serious financial harm Of course the person who writes the Saints Web Pages may have as usual put a different spin on it

Yes I agree defenders will be marking SAGA and perhaps McGoldrick will get less attention

Of course luck plays a part in all aspects of life and we are not having much at the moment.

Probably right although hindsight is a wonderful gift in these situations But getting the right CB is important and there seems to be more available in the window than at other times

Yes it would appear so but in general our luck has not been good this season

Yes Sorry I always think a tinker is a change for no real valid reason Of course JP may have had the odd tinker but most of his changes are because of injuries and suspensions as you said. Apart from the right wing where like me JP appears to have no idea who should be there. I would like a winger but we dont seem to have one

So he made a change not a tinker I thought it was difficult to tinker with a losing team anyway

I disagree we need a forward who can score goals whether experienced or not Goal Scoring Forwards cost loads of money where do we get one from? If they are scoring goals their clubs will not release them. Surely if Rudi or Rasiak was sold we would have kept Stern John

I thought most people thought Surman was not a full back

I totally agree we do not seem to have had much this season

Yes but injuries and suspensions have not helped. Also if the team had been winning there would be no need to change it either. Should Lallana play on Saturday ? Does BWP justify a place I agree with Andy above