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What I dread the most is Pimpley going ahead and SMS going quiet, with players heads dropping. PLEASE - keep the songs going whatever - don't let those dirty fishy f00kers hear themselves throughout the game!!! It is OUR time - WIFM!

Lowe did some wise things like getting us into SMS and improving the training ground facility - both these things would eventually prove to be attractive propositions for eventual investent. The problem is the money came from borrowing while in the Prem. Due to the PLC model, commensurate money to spend on better players would not be made available (our top Academy prospects were not ready yet) and a succession of panic hiring of managers led to a squad of dross. And as a result the business and the football failed. Lowe did one thing particularly WRONG - he did not sell the club when it needed big investment to move on. The key point for Cortese will be how to deal with necessary investment when in the Prem. There will be a period of time before we see another Bale or Walcott come through the ranks and want to stay and feast with Saints at the top table. This interim period may require purchasing some better players and it will be very interesting to see if and how this happens.

Guys, guys, guys. Unravel your knickers and have a look at my previous pre-match posts (which strangely enough we've then gone on to win). Then read my post again and search out the winky face thing. I think you'll then understand. LOL

This is the match I have been dreading - it will define our run-in. Win and we're sailing - lose and the wheels come off. And you just know Philips will score - probably the winner too. I hate to say it once again, but it's got 3-1 to them written all over it. (;

Pretty much this.

Kelvin - Morgan - Lambert. Spine of the team. However, there are some less missed others too - Lallana due to his skill and trickery. Jos due to his natural left-footedness and aerial strength.

I think given other results that will go our way, we will need three wins and a draw to clinch promotion. Four wins and a draw could well be enough for the title, but probably five wins. However, we will bottle it now and blow the lead, crashing out of the playoffs in the 1st round. (;

My ST went from £395 to £515 when we went up to the NPC, so I'm fully expecting a similar hike in prices when we go up again to the Prem. Probably £620 I reckon - anything less than £590 and I'll be surprised and indeed 'happy'.

This is a game that we really should win. Which basically means we will choke and lose 1-2 thus allowing the chasers another stab at catching us. There will be no run-away success - that doesn't happen to Saints does it? (;

Thats messed that up then!

MASSIVE result. Prem material f'sure.

Once again another very tricky game that could very easily end in disaster. 1-2 Millwall...lucky break to win the game in stoppage time.

An interesting game - typical banana skin for Saints given it's a mid-table opposition. Lee has to start to give us the pace up front. It's with a heavy heart that makes me think this is not going to be good day - 1-2 to Barnsley, nicked in the last 5 minutes.

This is going to be a wake up call - Ipswich are on a good little run and we're due a loss. 0-2 Ipswich. De Ridder deserves a start ahead of Guly who has contributed little over the last few games, losing the ball and not getting into decent positions to receive. Lazy. Sharp probably isn't at fitness level to get the place ahead of Lee yet. Harding will be at LB I suspect.

The monitor took a shower of coffee for that one...thanks - made my day!

Good stuff - Murty is a model pro and a good communicator too. Should do well.

Wait and see... (;

Just the type of game to mess us up. Lambo and certainly Lallana will be doubtful, so it could be Sharp and Lee up front with Puncheon on the left meaning lack of cohesion in front of goal. Yep - this has 3-1 Leeds written all over it and there'll be calls for Adkins to be sacked on here f'sure. (;

This is EXACTLY how I feel about it. Good post.

Amazing result. Really thought this would be a banana skin game due to past exploits, but this team is just cooking and far superior to our past post-Prem teams in terms of spirit and determination it would seem.

Without the full facts surrounding this guys departure I think it's somewhat daft to get 'worried' about the future of Saints FFS! I've met plenty of Sales or overly commercial orientated people and to my mind they are driven by one thing - short-term, fast-buck, get-rich-quick motivation. Does that sit well with the strategy at Saints nowadays? Perhaps - perhaps not...however, what is abundantly clear is that Cortese is building an infrastructure for a future at the top of the Prem, so when all is said and done - as a supporter - why should we give a fig if a sales guy decides to make a bigger, quicker buck elsewhere? His loss.

Great news - he will grow in stature and ability from this experience playing with other top players. Good luck Chung.

Sorry to say this has banana skin written all over it. The players will consider this an easy game when Watford are more than capable of playing a tight game and nicking a win. 1-2 Watford. This may well be the game that sees us start a steady slip down into the play-off places. ):

I really couldn't care less if anyone wants to pay to drink and eat the rubbish served up at SMS, however what I do detest is when so-called supporters leave 5-10 minutes before the end of the game and then block my view because they slowly amble down the steps. IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE EARLY, GET OUT QUICKLY YOU D1CKS! Rant over.

Mid-70's - Top Rank. On leaving the venue, we had to run and fight our way through a gauntlet of fists and knifes from a large number of Pompey thugs looking for a bit of action. Even the girls. Hated them then. Since then I've met and befriended a few skates who are normal, decent blokes who, like me, enjoy some friendly banter. I came to realise that whatever size football club, there's a commensurate number of thugs who want a scrap. Doesn't mean everyone's like that though.