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Jim Steele was a decent player on the field notwithstanding his mistake v Anderlecht in the QF of the ECWC. Have met him a couple of times off it and he didn't come across as one of the nicest people in the world. All that said, it is a shame the club does not appear to generally welcome ex players.

Steve Thanks for this it gives the results a bit more perspective

Anyone see the BBC2 Documentary about the Russian Hooligan Firms last night? It is understandable that the BBC would make the threat of violence more likely against English fans but for anyone who is considering going over for the competition the situation does seem rather worrying. I am sure it wont be just the English fans who will be targeted, I guess the Germans and Poles and possibly the Dutch will need to be very wary but there does seem to be a very worrying resurgence of Russian nationalism inspired by Putin and his cronies. Unfortunately, if the comments made by some of the Russian 'fans', especially by the guy who spoke very good English, it was the British hooligans in the 1970's who were their inspiration. We are now seen as soft, overweight, drunken reprobates whereas the Russians are in the gym working out and getting ready for combat!!

To be fair I probably could have written it better. To clarify what I was trying to say was that, if given the choice at the start of last season, most Leicester fans would have happily accepted the chance to win the premiership and compete well (so far) in Europe if this meant the possibility of relegation this season . Hope this makes better sense as I definitely not a new generation of premier league fan, I was at the Dell when Len Wilkins played his last game before retiring to live in Canada. (bet very few on here remember Len Wilkins!!)

I guess tonight's results put our disappointing Europa league performances into some sort of perspective Sparta Prague lost 4-0 at Rostov and Be'er Sheva lost 3-1 at home in their 1st leg ties

A very fine example to all of us who follow Southampton FC and are proud of our city

I have never seen Caceres play, don't know if he is fit or whether he will do a good job for us but feel rather put out that he hasn't signed yet

Whilst, like most supporters, I was disappointed not to have progressed into the knockout stages, I wonder if our often abject performances turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The prospect of more injuries to our already depleted squad and the likelihood of playing away in Turkey the Thursday before the League Cup Final would not have been great preparation and an even bigger drain on the wallets of die hard fans. I wonder how Leicester fans view their forthcoming European ties? I would assume most of them would not trade their success of last year (and indeed in Europe this year) against safety from relegation this season.

With hindsight probably this valuation is too low bearing in mind continually inflated transfer figures, so willing to take the flak. However as I assumed we reportedly paid a relatively low £5m to buy him last year,his wages are fairly high and he has had another lengthy injury, I assumed there might not be too many clubs willing to take a risk. Hopefully you will forgive me for my poor assessment. As a regular at the Dell and SMS for well over 50 years time does take its toll and, of course, I have no idea how Football Manager and all the modern tools of the trade work. Best wishes.

Appreciate any info on car parking at SMG for away games? I guess there will be a lot of demand and wonder if it is possible to book. Is it £5.00 for the day?

According to a reliable source his fee was: Euros £17.5m (approx. £15m) plus Euros 200k after 10/30/40/50/75 appearances = Euro 1 mill Euros 500k after 12/20/30/40 goals = Euro 2 mill So at his current strike rate Les and Claude will be instructing teammates not to pass to him before the end of the season However if Manolo is as prolific as we all would hope his transfer fee could end up at around £17.5m

Assuming we stay up (and much more confident after yesterday) then (assuming contract terms/wages etc etc): Keepers: Forster/Hassen/McCarthy (Taylor free) Right Back: Cedric/Piet (Martina £500k?)] Left Back[/b] Bertrand/McQueen (Targett £3m) Defensive Midfielders Romeu Big/Athletic b**ggar (£15m) Central Defence New CD (£15m?)/Stephens VVD (hopefully)/Yoshida (Gardos - Free?) Midfield Hojbjerg (Claisie - £6m?) JWP (Isgrove - Free) Davis Tadic Sims Hesketh Forwards Gabbiadini (Austin - £3m) Boufal (Rodriguez- £8.5m) Redmond (Long - £10m) Gallagher Big Target Man (£15m) Seagar So £45m to spend versus £31m incoming. Net spend of £14m Futures of McCarthy and Reed to be determined

One of the many good memories of 76 was driving back along the M3 (much shorter length of motorway then) and seeing the 'South Coast Manchester Utd Supporters' coach broken down on the side of the road with a lot of forlorn looking Utd supporters standing around and having to put up with joyous Saints fans gesticulating and offering friendly advice on their way home.

Begs the question, if we had got smashed 4-0 today to make our bad run even worse, I wonder whether the remaining tickets would have gone? Fortunately there is a feel good factor after yesterday. Just a real shame about VVD missing out

Good summary Bit harsh on JWP I think In my opinion worth more than a 4

Love the first comment Remainder not so sure about!!!

Apart from first 10 mins we were completely in control Bit like Bournemouth but even more comprehensive

Not too much contentious to deal with but thought he was excellent today

Will be interesting to see how many coaches make the trip. I think there were 105 for the JPT final We went up on the Greyhound service that day. No longer running

Glad to see that, after all the problems they are having with SISU Coventry supporters will enjoy a day out at Wembley for the Checkatrade Trophy. I guess there will be a decent turnout of their fans but would be surprised if they got near our 51k+ figure There were only 11,000 at the Ricoh for their semi final game v Wycombe but that is understandable bearing in mind the crap hand Coventry supporters have had to face in recent times.

Interesting attacking option. What would worry me would be the formation when we are under pressure. West Ham had more or less free reign down our right flank on Saturday and Cedric was often isolated

According to the Echo he could be out for a few weeks. Doesn't get any better does it?

Looked lively at Swansea and again today in an overall abject performance Sods Law the knock he took today will keep him out for a while and this will add to our growing problems

I seem to be in a minority about Foster. Ok he has not been in the same form at previously but I cant see how he can be blamed for the 3 goals today Davis has been an excellent signing for us for the money. By no means was he the worst performer today. He needs the right formation to fit into which may be the overall problem with the current team

Generally I am not one of those who believes in sacking Managers. However if rumours are to be believed that Koeman's job was under threat after the poor run of results around Xmas last year then Les and Ralph must be looking at what the Black Box can offer. In comparison this run of poor results and abject performances is much worse and the team look totally dispirited and demoralised I have a mate who put £50 on us to go down in December at 50/1 to pay for a couple of a few years season tickets in the Championship if things went tits up. Looks like he will be amongst those suffering watching the Saints in the lower leagues if this mess continues