John B

At what point are you going to stop being hysterical and read what was posted 7 odd years of excellent growth and stability, followed by some less than satisfying performances all be it we're still top half etc and all of a sudden it's thread after thread and post after post of utter mongness! At what point are you f***tards gonna trust the OWNERS?

Do you remember New Years Day 1970 which was not a public holiday and this sequence of games 30/08/1969 A Stoke City 1:2 06/09/1969 H Burnley FC 1:1 10/09/1969 A Derby County 0:3 13/09/1969 A Nottingham Forest 1:2 20/09/1969 H Newcastle United 1:1 27/09/1969 A Everton FC 2:4 04/10/1969 H Tottenham Hotspur 2:2 08/10/1969 H Manchester United 0:3 11/10/1969 A Sheffield Wednesday 1:1 18/10/1969 H Coventry City 0:0 25/10/1969 A Liverpool FC 1:4 01/11/1969 H West Ham United 1:1 08/11/1969 A Manchester City 0:1 15/11/1969 H Leeds United 1:1 22/11/1969 A Sunderland AFC 2:2 29/11/1969 H Crystal Palace 1:1 06/12/1969 A Arsenal FC 2:2 13/12/1969 H Nottingham Forest 1:2 26/12/1969 A Chelsea FC 1:3 27/12/1969 H Stoke City 0:0 20 games 11 draws no wins followed by beating Everton 2 0 Things have been a lot worse than today but we are not playing well which is hardly surprising with the team continually changing but the sheer number of games including those during the International is not helping a young and relatively inexperienced team with little physical presence But yes you are correct we have had relatively good results for six years and only a fool would expect it to continue if we lose player like Wanyama Mane Pelle every year but lets see what happens just like when Lowe was here we really dont have the financial muscle to successfully compete with the top teams

I agree with what you are saying but the main reason I think is the sheer number of games we have had to play plus the games that our internationals have had to play as well has caused the problem There has been little time for preparation and full recovery other PL clubs have struggled when they have been in the Europa Cup We have four games in what ten days or so it is not easy to have the same team out is it. Lets hope things improve next season when we will not be in Europe and will only lose VVD in the summer I know he is a very good player but players like Wanyama Mane and Pelle are much more difficult to replace than a CB and perhaps we can add to the squad instead of just replacing players. The team in my opinion is light weight and lacks a top class striker is young but will improve but is inconsistent but that is the story of SFC over the last 50 years or so.

Because you have no idea as your biased with an agenda.sometimes the opposition do well as the BBC suggest 'Matt Phillips levelled to cap a slick move' Matt Phillips has taken that so well it’s a moment of magic from Phillips and he’s placed it ever so brilliantly in the corner.”

As a matter of interest what clubs outside the top 6 in the PL are regularly serving up entertaining football on a regular basis and are above us in the table. It is results that count and league position at the end of the day. Pretty sure our football would have been better if we had not been in Europe but we were and fans will remember their trips for ever

I agree but playing in Europe has not helped us and lots of other English clubs who have played in the Europa League over the years with regard to playing in the PL

Further investment I dont think will help much it is more revenue that we need not just TV revenue which other clubs get but ticket revenue and from hospitality shirts etc but that is unlikely to happen as we have a relatively small fanbase compared to the clubs above us in the League. Transfer fees and agent's fees associated with them probably attract VAT so Man U may have paid £25m for Morgan but we would not have received that much

Currently about 70% of our income goes on wages The Big Five Clubs have turnovers of a least three times ours whilst Spurs is about double ours. I think that the reason SFC does not spend mega bucks on players is they just cannot afford the wages . Of course it would be great to sign top class players but it is not going to happen that is why I accept that the way the club is being run at the moment is the correct one and accept that we will be beaten often by clubs like Spurs with better resources. I think our average position in the Top Division until our relegation in 2005 was roughly 12th so since our return we are doing better but to improve our position further we need an extra £100m or so income per year

Chelsea Man U Man C Arsenal Liverpool and Spurs are top teams with loads of money who can pay for the best players and for some reason usually have success and win things. Southampton FC who I have been supporting since the late 1950s are not a top team with unlimited resources and have only won one major trophy in that time helped by a getting to Wembley by beating Bradford and Crystal Palace. During that time we have had some great results but mostly we have been pretty average like between 1990 and 2005 and sometimes dire However I am quite happy at the moment to see them 8th in the PL after finishing in similar positions in previous seasons and in the SF of the League CUP and we have a plan to succeed in the Top 10 of the League which seems to be a great deal better than the other clubs of a similar size We will sometimes perform well against a top team but will usually will get beaten that is how the PL works What you write is very true if we had better players than say JWP Romeu and Redmond we would probably get better results but we can only get the best that we can afford. I do remember in 1974 SFC buying Peter Osgood who was one of the best players I have ever seen to improve our team with some goals but after fifteen or so games he finally scored a goal at Everton as we were relegated so getting in players with a top class pedigree does not guarantee success but it usually does like with Rickie Lambert in League 1 when we were a really top club in that League and could buy the best . There are of course other teams in the PL and they are trying to be successful too so it is not easy for a club like Southampton to be successful but our future seems brighter to me than most of the others below us in the PL but maybe affected if Newcastle get back to the PL and are run properly Happy New Year

I think loads of other fans are going over the top it was highly likely that Spurs would win tonight especially as we dont have any outstanding attackers at the moment Very few of our players would get into top sides like Spurs that is why our better players leave to go to top teams. Our players are good but not outstanding I just do not understand why when they get beaten by a better team loads of people say they are rubbish we are a top 10 team not a top 6 team and will lose games like we did tonight. We are just not going to be able to recruit strikers like Kane and keep them for any length of time unfortunately because we are small in comparison to the top clubs

Why dont you ****ing support the team instead of ****ing whingeing when they lose you really are a crap supporter. By the way how many Saints players would get into the Spurs team not many if any apart from VVD as they have better players than us

I fully understand your your inability to discuss the issues which are relevant to the UK leaving the EU because you have little idea of them many of which you think do not affect you but certainly do affect other people . Unlike you who come across as a loud mouth selfish knowall who thinks everything he feels is correct I have a social conscience and realise that leaving the EU is going to cause hardship and problems for many fellow citizens and is a wrong decision for the security and long term financial and social prosperity of the country. You will eventually realise that the so called project fear is the truth and you will have been sold a pup and then you will get angry but I wonder who you will then blame

So your take is mostly dont know not able to answer and has not happened yet despite the majority people who know about the subjects saying it is likely to happen. Of course I agree with your answers regarding repatriation but the people who are affected no doubt are suffering quite a bit at the moment and should be told what is going to happen so they can plan for the rest of their lives .

Really so perhaps you can answer some of these questions Have you seen a plan? Remind me, what does Brexit mean? What’s your problem with parliament? Do you know what the odds of winning in a game of 27 to 1 are? What’s great about being out on your own? Tell me precisely which EU regulations you want to get rid of? Have you seen that £350 million a week bonus yet? Precisely what control have you got back? Are you expecting two million UK nationals living in the EU to return home soon? How are you going to decide who you’re sending home? Do you know what someone who is forced to leave the country where they live is called? How are you going to make sure the NHS has the nurses it needs when we impose migration controls in 2019? Which UK universities are you happy to see go bust because of a shortage of EU students? Do you know who picks most of the UK’s fruit and veg? Who do you think will be doing so in the future? Why are you so keen to deny our young people the chance to live, learn and work abroad? The EU was intended to prevent war ever happening again in Europe. How does leaving help that? What’s the plan? How is increased paperwork for every single import and export going to save British business money? How precisely will we be better off when we have to pay tariffs on most things we import? We import more than we export. How are we going to win from tariffs? How are the 30,000 new civil servants working on Brexit cutting red tape? Did you want to encourage Northern Ireland and Scotland to leave the UK? When the City is based in Frankfurt where will you find replacement tax revenues? Did you want the UK to be a tax haven with no chance if you benefitting? What is it that the Australians are going to buy more of from the UK? Where are you going on holiday next year? Expecting a warm welcome?

Sanctimonious rubbish the electorate had little idea what they were voting for and what the ramifications of leaving the EU are. Most who voted out thought leaving would have no affect on their standard of living which is going to be cruelly exposed in the next few months You just wait and see

Lord King is expressing an opinion which is not based on any facts just like most Brexiteers but if the the things mentioned in the article come to fruition things will look bad. Brexit still looks to me dumbest decision ever taken by British people worry now is who will be blamed when none of promised benefits get delivered?

This does not look very encouraging for the future The Trump administration planning to exploit BREXIT for the benefit of the US http://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2016/12/25/a-worrying-christmas-present-for-the-brexiteers-from-team-trump/ Dozens of UK banks and financial firms 'looking at moving to Ireland' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/25/uk-banks-financial-firms-moving-ireland

Why? He cannot make it with a team placed 6th he may have peaked and is now on a downward curve

It shows we are the third most unlucky team in the PL. Perhaps we can get lucky in 2017 and improve our league position

Perhaps the Club unlike you do not want to flog these players to death and think they deserve a rest fair play to SFC

I thought as you are a trade unionist you would be pleased that the club preferred to for go profit to ensure that the youngsters from the U23s were given time off before Christmas in regonition for their endevors during the first half of the season

I thought the club had given the players a few days off before XMAS

Really what have you heard Just because there are some greedy unprincipled bastards in Switzerland does not mean that the population as a whole are unprincipled bastards. Its like saying Austria is full of hysterical and attention seeking Saints Fans just because Alpine Saint is there

You mean unlike the British who pillaged and invaded half the world

It is plain for all to see that the usual suspects are more than just voicing frustration but are deliberately seeking attention ! All IMHO of course too. Realistically sometimes Saints play well sometimes they play crap whilst the opposition play well sometimes and sometimes they play crap. That is football it is a funny old game but having followed the Saints since the 1950s I have seen some great performances but loads have been mediocre and some have been dire. But the last four or five seasons have been the best for good consistent performances that I have seen Saints play in the Top Division something I never thought I would say ten years ago