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I have to say that the Turkey / Wales game was one that I really enjoyed. Bit 'old school' ie plenty of activity around the box rather than a lot of passing around. Wales had a couple of top class players with some 'Journeymen' players who provided enthusiasm and dedication. It also showed that someone as a target man up front provides a different option. Well done Wales.

Has anyone had a problem reconciling their credits against the expected 'Free' cost of next years season tickets?

Apparently Sunderland have sold well over 20,000 season tickets and Everton the same which reflects fans 'solidarity' to their respective clubs. I have been a season ticket holder for as long as I can remember and have renewed as a sense of misguided loyalty. I'm not looking forward to the new season with any feeling of anticipation.

Am I right to understand that, even if you have the required amount left over from your 2020/21 season ticket in the club's Piggy Bank account, you still have to pay £100 to 'secure' your seat for next season?

I can remember that game too at SMS, perhaps Lemina's first season. Lemina absolutely bossed Pogba. He could be so good and so poor in equal measures.

I wonder if then padded cushions will be glued to the seat. If not then after our 5th consecutive home defeat into the new season on a wet Friday night, the already disgruntled occupants of Block 31 will be using their cushions to litter the pitch as a way of showing dissatisfaction!!!

Down from a height of 20,000+??

Takes me back to when I was a nipper and paid 1/- (5p) to stand (in all weathers) in the old Chocolate Boxes at The Dell having queued outside for almost an hour to ensure we had the best view. The club then got promoted from the old Third Division in 1960 and one of the first home games was against Liverpool (we beat them 3 times that season btw!!) Without any notification t andhe club decided to jack up the Boys entrance charge to 1/6d (ie a 50% increase) which many of the boys didn't have, myself included) Fortunately the stile man knew my Dad, who was a steward at the time, and allowed me to enter the ground, find my Dad and get the additional sixpence. That experience has lived with me for 60 years and may have put me and others off watching Saints if I hadnt been fortunate. I wonder how many regular supporters will be put off by this rather ill considered 'initiative'?

Perhaps there would be value if the Saints home form was a tad better than some of the dire performances post Koeman!!

In my opinion the club will see a significant drop in season ticket sales for 2021/22, for a number of reasons. I doubt if too many supporters will take up this offer. Some may choose to re-locate whilst others will either give up attending full stop or choose to buy tickets on a match by match basis. The club seem to have a habit of making silly decisions. There were 47 boxes filled at round £50k a pop in the early stages at SMS. This has been reduced to a handful now due to daft sales policies and on occasions when big clubs arrive and demand ramps up, boxes are sold off to opposing fans which flouts all segregation issues. Also I understand from a mate who has paid for a season ticket in the corporate area since 2004, ridiculous hikes in ticket prices have reduced the amount of well heeled supporters willing to pay for this part of the ground.

Wonder if this pub will then be the focus for away fans looking for a bit of 'argy bargy'?

I took my youngest boy who was in the early stage of his life as a Saints fan. It could possibly have been his first (evening?) game. He was delighted we were 3-0 up at HT and suggested we could win by 5 or 6. I told him that bitter experience told me it was never that easy being a Saints fan and the next goal would possibly determine the result. On the way home I wondered whether it was child cruelty indoctrinating a young child into the Saints 'cult' Fair play to him he remains a faithful Saints fan.

What about Brooks at Bournemouth if they dont go up? Swap with Shane Long?????????😁

I reckon we need a left footed midfield/forward player. We are a very right footed forward team which means any player on the left has to check inside to deliver a cross or path. A Pelle type player ie decent in the air, would also be helpful to provide a different option but realise this is likely to be an expensive option.

Salisu at Right Back. Really?

Dont think anyone could criticise JWP this season. He may not be the best player in the world but his commitment in every game is beyond reproach and he has weighed in with some decent goals

Wonder if anyone will ask when the stadium capacity will be increased😏

Werent both teams marooned inn their hotels due to protestors gathering outside?

We have suffered 3 sendings off against Leicester. Bertrand in the 9-0 hammering. Vokins in the 2-1 win at their place and Vestegards yesterday, Seems a bit unfair when Vardy escaped punishment for clobbering VVD at SMS and rolling around like he had been shot in yesterdays game.

Brilliant day for a long serving Saints supporter. Mid table second tier team against the 'mighty' Man Utd with lots of high quality players, yet we won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To my mind we need to stiffen midfield which will in turn better protect the back four and goalkeeper. Also need a big lump up front which provides different attacking options, especially when chasing the game

This must be quite worrying for the Management team as the club's strategy is to buy young players with potential eg Salisu, Diallo, Djneppo, McAdams etc, develop them and sell them on, whilst supplementing them with the cream of the Academy crop. It seems, for the moment, at least that talent from the home grown crop has withered significantly.

I have had the pleasure of meeting MLT on a few occasions and found him to be an intelligent (for a footballer) and decent individual. That said I am really surprised about the contents of his twitter account. It is as though it has been hi jacked. As a Saints player he is up there with Mick Channon, Terry Paine and Ron Davies. I am so grateful for all the good times he has provided me with as a long suffering Saints supporter. You could not have written the script for the last goal of the Prem. Thank you MLT.

I have a soft spot for Everton as a consequence of their history, their old fashioned ground (including dug outs!!!) and the fact that they are generally supported by people living in Liverpool, Wirral and N Wales.

I cant remember seeing any posts linking climate change to nuclear explosions since WW2. The two H bombs dropped on Japan released significant amounts of pollutants and since then there have been numerous atomic bomb tests across the world. Surely this, relatively recent, detrimental impact on the ozone layer must have had some profound effect on the climate. Apparently there are over 40,000 nuclear warheads ready to go around the world. We have been relatively lucky so far but, to me, this is the world's biggest threat.