John B

Yes I agree I was going to add something like that but could not remember in detail what happened but I think I would be upset if I left somewhere to better myself after putting a lot of effort into the success which was achieved to receive a great deal of hate and vitriol without thinking of the other person's point of view. Liverpool v Spurs it is a shame both cannot lose

Lallana is a professional footballer not a delusional fan like you football is his job so it is not surprising that he left to go to one of the top clubs not only in this country but in the world instead of staying with us where he seems to be doing reasonably well.

No it is not a bad thing as we get players in who want to improve not dead beats who want to earn loads

Terry Paine was not a particularly likeable person either I believe but I am glad we signed him from Winchester

Probably with a young striker they are the ones who cost the most I dont think Saint Fred realises we have lost three goal keepers from last season STEK Gazza and Kelvin

Why do we need to buy £30m mercenary players when hardly any are worth it

So what has been wrong with any of the last four managers. So called proven PL managers usually have been sacked and the likes of Poch and Puel spend time developing players which for SFC is what is required

You are not a weirdo just some unrealistic mug with delusions of glory. Why not enjoy supporting the Saints like I have for the past sixty years or so in a period where we have had success for a number of years instead of whingeing . In the last sixty years I can assure you that the last six years have been the most successful but of course it will not last it never does just look at Liverpool not in Europe Man U not in the Champions League and past European Cup winners Nottm Forest and I think Villa too not even in the PL

I agree with your comments I am not really expecting much this season but I do feel that this team could develop into a very good team in the next season or two. But the problem with all PL teams is that there are so many teams offering obscene amount of money in wages that it may be impossible to keep our better players which has been the case so far

We won the Cup in 1976 and done nothing much in the last forty years a couple of relegations three promotions a couple of cup Finals the JPT Trophy win so I am not expecting much really. We are just an average PL team with average PL fans who expect too much but lets face it compared with the thousands of football teams in the country we are probably in to the top dozen or so our players are not that bad so lets not complain too much when they dont perform that well sometimes and make mistakes.

If you want regular European Football support some other team but I will support the Saints like I have for the last fifty years or so through thick and thin

Because it is likely that SFC will get more revenue if away tickets at St Marys is cheaper that is the point of sponorship for our club to get more money

The 1966 Man City game was not but first game but I remember it well as there were loads of their fans with knuckle dusters causing trouble at the Milton Road End something we had never experienced before. With regard to Ron he did score loads of goals but it was Paine and Sydenham who were key to his success

Independen economist's backed up by similar analysis in the Treasury and elsewhere, is that Brexit would not just cause a short term economic downturn: cutting wages and increasing unemployment for just a year or two. By making it harder to trade with our immediate neighbours it will reduce UK trade overall, and the evidence suggests that this will permanently reduce people’s living standards yes very optimistic

The only problem with that scenario is that it is very likely they will be worse off with BREXIT and wait longer for doctors appointments as less money will be available for the NHS. If they had voted Labour or Lib Dem in GE 2015 they probably would have been better off.

Surely you are not suggesting Derry is talking Bollix

And of course most Tory MPs were for remain and it has been the policy of the Tories to be a member of the EU for almost 60 years

I am pleased that Mrs May is trying to find the best way to get out of the EU instead of opinionated people who have little idea of the ramifications of the UK not being in the single market

I am the same vintage as you I have been watching the Saints and Hampshire since 1962 so perhaps we may have bumped into each other over the years . Yes the batsmen you mention RE Marshall Greenidge Jesty Smith and Smith were the best and the latter four I saw on the field in a Test Match although with Jesty he was 12th man at Sydney in 1983 and came on with a sweater for some one and Vince is not in that company as yet. I think Jesty would have become a Test Batsman if he had not been such a good bowler he got 585 wickets at 27.47 and sometimes even opened the bowling sometimes especially in 1976 when Roberts was playing for the WI. That attack was probably as bad as ours today where I season has been the most disappointing for years caused by injuries sickness and the investment in old deadbeats Richards however was in a different class without doubt the best batsman I have ever seen and probably one of the best of all time. I remember being at Bournemouth in 1982 when Jesty was in prime form and was scoring a hundred with a series of covers drives I said to some old member that he looked like Barry Richards at his best the member then said that Barry was as good as Jack Hobbs who was the best batsman he had ever seen

I agree I just dont think Vince is a Test class batsman he reminds me of Lallana a lot of show but a lack of an end product what do you think

So why have we left the EU if our economy is going to suffer which it is we are going into low or negative growth nave no plan and no economic confidence and no idea when we will even invoke Article 50

From your post I have looked on its merits and decided you are an even bigger knob than I originally thought. Have you any idea who IPSO Mori are

From your post I have looked on its merits and decided you are Knob

Still a massive downgrade by IMF by -0.9% for UK in 2017 & probably too optimistic but only time will tell but only a somebody with little economic knowledge would be suggesting things are going well economically hopefully Hammond will do something to boost the economy he cannot leave it all to the BOE http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/update/02/pdf/0716.pdf … We will of course be leaving the EU but if we had an agreed plan we would be in a better position but we can always blame the Tory Government of Cameron and Osborne but that does not help really

Brexit impact is going to be horrible apparently so I wonder who will take the blame for the economy faltering for a year or so