spyinthesky

Can't disagree with your comment. His bloody wife is just as bad in her field....what ever that is!!! All that said, I wonder what our collective view would be if we had, as reported at the time, signed him (for approx £1m? when he was playing for Fleetwood. Whatever we all say about the git, you can't dispute his ability to score goals and if he had signed for us, VVD would not have got crocked.

I agree with Duncan re his comments on BBD. I have a mate who is a Blackburn Rovers season ticket holder. Like Duncan, my mate reckons BBD is a confidence player and certainly seems to have spells when he is a regular goal scorer and others when hie is frankly 'crap' as per his outings for Saints so far. The only glimmer of hope I have seen so far in his career at SMS was a very tidy goal in the game v Lazio pre season when he cut inside a curled a beauty into the net. Apart from that he has done buggar all and doesn't look fit. I whole heatedly agree with Duncan's opinion on Sports Republic. Off the field I believe they have done pretty well and credit to them (or the Commercial Dept perhaps?) for that. Overall though, the purchase of players, apart from one or two exceptions, has been dreadful and whoever is in charge of recruitment should be looking for alternative employment.

The sad fact of life I cant see the current Saints side scoring anything beyond 2 goals even on a good day, which is a bit embarrassing.

You're right Viktor Gyokeres did Ok at Coventry then went to Portugal and is now likely to be subject to a multi million £££ transfer at some stage.

Harika hikaye!!!

Looks like one of our old Corporation buses depicted in the supporters flag!! Allez Va!!

Does Ivan speak English?

What's the situation with Bella Kotcha? Is he actually training? Presume he still gets his £60k ish a week wages?

Fair play to Russell. He's invited Swansea fans to stay over at his gaff in Winchester on New Year's Eve before heading down to Fratton Park for the New Year's Day game v Pompey. He and Lucy will provide a hearty breakfast using part of his compo from his exit deal with Sports Republic.

Deadline dates 1st January to 3rd February so plenty of time to get rid of dross and bring in a load of new blood, at reasonable cost and ready for next year's assault on promotion!! I hope!!

I have to agree with your comments. KWP is one of my favourite players who consistently puts in good performances but he was not very good last night although I think he was often exposed along Spurs left flank. Downes was one of our top players last season but it is no real surprise why West Ham werent that worried to keep him and then negotiated a decent fee for him. Manning, who to my mind, is no more than an average Championship player, exceeded my assumptions last night and put in a very decent shift. Spot on with Aribo and Arma, the later in particular last night. Fernandes did OK and Dibling excelled going forward and is beginning to slowly improve on his against the ball play. Currently we are shipping vast amounts of goals but I reckon our back line is not as bad as the goal difference indicates although it was very porous last night. Midfield is nowhere near strong enough to offer protection and as far the forward line is concerned, what can I say apart from nondescript. I reckon most teams could play with a youth team player in goal as we never seem to threaten the important area between the opponents goal posts. The club seems to have gone for quantity over quality when the amount of players did not contribute anything last night ie Tall Pall, Taylor, Bella Kochap Bereton Diaz Lallana Fraser Bree Edwards Ugochukwu Loan Cornet " Stewart Injured (permanently?) Larios " " Smallbone Injured plus Sulemana who got hauled off after 15 mins and has contributed very little since his £20m+ transfer

Ron, Cardiff benefited from European One, Two and Three funding from the EU as well as other capital that the Welsh Assembly managed to obtain from Central UK Govt. When I was younger Cardiff Bay and surrounding area was decrepit now it is buzzing and the city has two decent sports stadia. Southampton and the area generally has only received crumbs off the EU and UK tables in forms of Investment. Dont expect any influx of capital now we have left the EU and at a time when the Govt is trying to fill a significant financial black hole. You are right to say that the city receives revenue via third party revenue streams but none of this finds its way directly to the Council. IF, and its a big IF, the aggregate companies can be persuaded to give up their rights to the land on the west side of the Itchen River then there may be institutional investors willing to underwrite the cost of leisure, commercial and housing developments in the space available but probably concentrating on housing, similar to the development at Woolston on the eastern side of the Itchen.. However this has to be balanced against the City Council's desire to see their development plan on land they own from the Central Station to the Holiday Inn progressed and this is stalling due to lack of financial backing. As for increasing the capacity of St Marys, I think this is well down the pecking order of priorities. When you compare the £80m it cost to expand the Anfield Rd end at Liverpool's ground, to the £32m the club spent to build St Marys, it provides an idea as to how much building costs have spiralled in recent years.

Remind me of the piece from 'This Country' when Kerry and Kurtain go round singing...'He's Dead'..after hearing about the death of one of their old teachers. I can visualise more than a few Saints fans walking around singing....'He's Gone...

Couple of things Ron. Cardiff Bay was financed by a lot of European and UK Govt grant funding and the Council does not put any money into the port nor does it receive any direct revenue from the cruise business apart from rates and rent on the Carnival Offices at West Quay.

I'd be surprised if the MOU has anything in there specifically about stadium capacity. I imagine that the discussion with SCC was opportunities for developing the waterside land and possibly the old Gasholder site and industrial units at the back of the Chapel.

I must admit that I have wondered about the fitness level of our players. I am sure there are statistics available which show fitness levels. Would Russball tactics mean that players are spending too much time passing the ball in training rather than improving fitness?

I enjoy going when we win, or at least seem capable of winning, I tolerate going when our performances are bad (as has been the case for quite a while in the Prem) but I still go as, unfortunately. It is like a drug, expensive and addictive. I am very weak willed so I am so grateful that I have never smoked or taken illicit drugs otherwise I would be wrapped in a blanket outside of West Quay All that said I do find myself needing a bit more alcohol than normal recently to get me through dire times post match.

Rasmus Ankersen must be rueing his departure from Brentford. Seems that the club is on the market for £400m!!

Fair comments and as far as on field decisions they have made then arguably 70% bad and 30% good. However I was at St Marys yesterday and, by and large, they are possibly 70/30 in terms of Stadium/Matchday improvements. I think the railed standing was a positive step, bearing in mind the stadium is over 20 years old, and they appear to be positive in their approach to engaging with supporters even if you dont like the band/light shows/ facilities around the ground. However the stadium exterior is beginning to look a bit tired and ultimately the 'Feel Good' factor is on the pitch not around it. In my opinion SR could be better owners but we could have worse as has happened to quite a few of our rivals.

Championship it is then with the hope we can keep positive, get regular doubles against our friends down the road, and hope to one day to get promotion to the top tier and COMPETE!!

Not me, I'm old school and have a Season Ticket made from a piece of rock and detailed with a chisel. Problem is now I've fessed up and the authorities will know who threw their ticket on the pitch in disgust after another home walloping on Sunday.

I reckon this will be a great chance for Swansea fans who have a beef with their ex Manager to come along and make their feelings known, especially if Swansea do well against us, which is a real possibility if our recent games are anything to go by, especially Cardiff and Stoke games.

Re Sports Republic, they have come in a spent money and actually seemed to have an interest in taking the club forward unlike the previous owner, Chairman Gao. That said, taking away the last ditch promotion from the Championship last season, the team's record in the Prem since Sport Republic took over has been truly awful. The obsession with signing youngsters from Man City at inflated rates (apart from Lavia) has not been at all successful nor have many of the other signings To be successful in the transfer market there has to be a success rate of at least 70% and our signings have not reached that level, nowhere near it. Our transfer and wages outlay have been double or possibly triple what a successful Championship side would expect to spend and taking out the likes of Ramsdale, KWP, THB and Dibling, Saints currently look like a mid level Championship team and possibly worse. Having said all that, I dont necessarily agree with the 'Get Out Of Our Club' comments aimed towards Sports Republic. I say this as someone who has no idea about the club's finances and if Sports Republic did decide enough was enough and sought to recover as much money as possible by selling players, we could end up with another scenario of having to put up with playing youngsters and scratching around for loan players leading to further misery. In such circumstances, we may not have the good fortune to find another Markus Liebherr.

I wonder if that is why we cant get any offers in for him? Conversely why didnt the club check out his background when signing him? The personalities of players are a big factor as well as their playing ability.