spyinthesky

Absolutely awful performance from every player

And it seems that the much vaunted Trade Deal that we could do with the USA as a consequence of Brexit is under pressure from the Democrats as they are not at all happy that the UK Govt is trying to renege on a deal they were happy to sign off. Yet another Brexit 'bonus' in peril!!!

Problem is if 'The Moggster' gets mugged off as an MP he will immediately receive an honour to enable him to have regular naps in The Lords whilst continuing to make a decent living elsewhere.

I have a couple of mates who worked for the Foreign Office. Boris was looked upon as a bumbling buffoon who rarely read his briefing notes.

I cant see us selling too many for next season. I was in a group of 5 and am the only one renewing which is a shame as we have all been at St Marys since the move from The Dell.

Dont think that our emerging talent such as Shaw, Bale and Ox managed to play in the Prem. I think Thierry Small will definitely make the grade for us but his lack of experience was very apparent v Coventry.

Am I right to recollect that we 'sold' a young central defender to Man City recently?

Wonder how many Liverpool fans will be in home ends and corporate areas?

If Leeds lose against Chelsea we are safe but if we take our current form into next season it will spell disaster.

Just to add an addendum to my OP, the club benefitted by the departure of Ings, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Lemina and Hoedt to the tune of approx £250k per week ie £13m per annum in salary terms.

Salary/Contract details courtesy of SalarySports.com Age.........Per week......Per Year.......Contract JWP..................26...........£100k...........£5.2m............6/26. Redmond.........27.............£74k............£3.8m............6/23. Walcott............32.............£72k............£3.7m............6/22. Forster.............33.............£72k............£3.7m............6/22. Bednerak.........25.............£60k........... £3.1m...........6/25. Romeu.............29.............£59k.............£3.0m..........6/23. Elyonoussi.......26.............£59k.............£3.0m..........6/23. Long.................34.............£58k.............£3.0m..........6/22. S. Armstrong...29.............£58k.............£3.0m...........6/24. A. Armstrong...24.............£58k.............£3.0m...........6/25. Adams.............24..............£52k............£2.7m............6/24. McCarthy........31..............£52k.............£2.7m............6/22. (but recently extended?) KWP.................24.............£50k.............£2.6m............6/25. Lyanco.............24.............£50k.............£2.6m............6/25. Stephens.........27..............£50k............£2.6m.............6/22. Diallo................22.............£41k.............£2.1m..............6/24 Peraud.............23.............£38k.............£2.0m............6/25. Salisu...............22.............£39k.............£2.0m............6/24. Djneppo...........23.............£34k.............£1.7m.............6/24. Valery...............22.............£16k..............£832k............6/23. Tella..................21...............£9k..............£468k............6/23. Broja..................19...............£8.5k ..........£442k............Loan. Livramento.......18................£7k..............£364k............6/26. Smallbone........21................£6k..............£312k.............6/24. Simeu................19................£5.4k...........£281k.............6/24. Caleb Watts......19................£3.4k...........£177k.............6/23. Lancashire........32...............£1.8k.............£94k..............6/22. H. Lewis............23...............£1.2k.............£62k..............6/22. J. Byecroft.........19...............£1.1k..............£57k...............6/24 Total Players salaries including Youth team etc= £60m Based on the above I am sure people will have their own views on individual players value to the club. There are some who seem excessively well paid for their contribution and others who will expect to see an increase. It is assumed there may be some additional payments ie appearance money, bonuses etc which may not be included within the above . It is perhaps sobering to note that the combined salaries of Ronald, De Gea and Sancho at Man Utd total £64m!!

I dont think it has been hit, just another example of an internal explosion which has had a minor affect on the vessel. However it is heading into another storm in the Black Sea and there is the possibility of this causing the ship to sink. The good news is that all crew will be saved and able to join others at the May 9th celebration in Red Square. Any alternative reports are simply Fake News put out by discredited Western media.

I remember when Saints had a decent Youth team (smashing Pompey 7-0 etc) with the likes of Sam Gallagher/Hesketh etc in the team. They were on a decent run in the Youth Cup and played Nottm Forest at home in the latter stages. Patrick Bamford scored 3 or 4 in a humbling defeat for our youngsters and I dont think we have had a decent crop of youngsters since then. Hopefully they can do a number on Man City. I am old enough to remember our Youth team playing Man Utd in the mid fifties in a team of top rate youngsters some of which, including the fabulous Duncan Edwards) who lost their lives in the Munich Air Crash a couple of years later. We had the likes of Terry Paine and John Sydenham in our team and got thumped 5-2 at The Dell but actually beat Man Utd 2-1 at Old Trafford in the second leg. If we can get one or two youngsters who go on to perform at the same level as Paine (and Sydenham) then that would be great.

It is said that Brexit has been described as an anti-elitist revolt was but was, in fact, a coup by one set of Oxford public schoolboys (amongst others Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Jacob Rees-Mogg and David Cameron etc many of them members of the Bullington Club) against another. There certainly seems a paucity of information about the benefits of Brexit. One of the main reasons quoted by my Brexit supporting friends was 'taking control' and not allowing unregulated immigration. All the news coming out nowadays is the continued flow of mainly young men regularly arriving at Dover at a time when the M20 leading to Dover is gridlocked by trucks trying to reach the continent.

Wouldnt it be interesting if Nadine Dorries and Dianne Abbott were both in Government together under the control of Liz Truss

I know it is akin to looking at the season through a microscope but in view of our recent dire form since the heavy defeat at Villa Park, if JWP hadnt scored the two crackers at Brighton and Fraser Forster hadnt been in such good form v Arsenal, we could now be looking perilously over our shoulder on 36 points with 2 away games remaining (assuming another hit to our goal difference at home to Liverpool)

Jim Ratcliffe has Southampton links as he owns (or used to own) a nice pad on the river at Beaulieu.

Dusic, Fair comment. However there were two ladies on our table who were taken by the looks of Sam McQeen and Jack Stephens (a beardy thing I understand) so I assumed in todays world there is a degree of equality. However I have learned a lesson and it wont happen again .

Went along to SMS last night for a packed (and I mean packed!!) dinner event to raise funds for the Saints Foundation - now 20 yrs old. Raised over £100k for the charity. Good to see Ralf, the new owners, Kat Liebherr plus families, Martin Semmen etc plus JWP, Oriel and Jack Stephens plus a cameo appearance from Sam McQueen. We may be average on the field but the club seems to do a very good job in the Community. Perhaps wrong to say this but a couple of the Saints womens team who were up on the podium looked very attractive and I am sure they are excellent players.

Pope?

Interesting comparison. Presumably the £113m v £44m includes all the wages costs rather than player costs although the gap between the two is difficult to understand. The £44m is provided by a company by the name of Sportrec and apparently covers the salaries of 26 players broken down, as follows: 1. Goalkeepers £7.3m 2. Defence £6.0m 3. Midfield £12.1m 4. Attackers £18.3m Transfer costs @ £48.5m

According to a table in Planet Football, Saints wage bill is £44m which fits in exactly with the clubs current League position. At the top is Man Utd with £208m (what value they are experiencing) and at the bottom is Brentford with £12m (tight wads!!!!)

55th year? You are just a nipper compared to some, me included!! (but well done though, we have been through a lot together and it doesnt get any easier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Our away support has been pretty decent in recent times. Just wonder what take up would be like if we had a reasonably successful team. Meantime a big up to Norwich who seem to fill their stadium for home games and the away end always looks full when they travel despite being the worst team in the Prem.

Is it correct that we have sold all the away allocation for the game?