Tractor_Saint

@SchneiderlinMo4: 6 years of an amazing journey #saintsfc DESTROYED in 1 hour !!!"

Pulled together (aka nicked) from @connorarmstrong by TractorSaint Our fans will be pleased with the final product, I am sure. Ronald has become a key piece of keeping the Saints on that level. We know it's going to be a challenging season. He is a person who is there for Southampton. He wants to build with us, long-term. If you look at the facts, since January we have built an entirely new board, coaching staff and new playing staff. If you look at Koeman's background, he could come in with a swagger. He leads by example. We are looking to truly have a squad that has everybody pulling in the same direction. For Ronald, it's best to get the players in tomorrow. We are working as quickly as possible. I believe that we are very close to a few deals. It's about getting the right players in the right deal, that fits the way Ronald wants to play and we want to play. We know that he needs more players and we need more depth in our line up. Ronald Koeman has done an outstanding job with his staff so far. Come September, it is judgement day. We are in a process and it is far from over. Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and will be a part of our club as we enter the new season. We needed to stay silent to bring in the best deals for the club. We are completely ready to have players stay where others did not meet our prices. Even against their will. There was interest brewing before the World Cup and quite clearly we stayed patient and didn't make quick deals. We will continue to build forward with players and with a team that are prepared to go the hard way into Europe. It is in the best interest of the club and the rebuild. We set premiums on the players and we reached those premiums. It was quite clear that we had multiple players interested in taking a short-cut to the Champions League. We did not put any players for sale. What we did say is, we would watch the process and listen Quite clearly, we entered the transfer window with a plan. We have a clear strategic approach.

You gotta love Guly

5XL sounds a little better than XXXXXL ...

Stolen from twitter but does anyone know the story behind this? There *has* to be a story right? Back of the shirt reads: "Supporting the bored"

What were they and how much did it come to? Have my twitter ramblings made them drop telling you you're being charged £2.50 per ticket?!

There's no £2.50 charge if you book via the online website - however Saints are currently upgrading their website so, therefore, you're penalised and have to pay the £2.50 additional per ticket. That's not very fair, they should waive the £2.50 if they can't provide the online booking system to fans.

Exactly! It's not £10 a ticket because their online ticket booking is currently under maintenance so you can't book that route. It's £12.50 per ticket in reality. Not very happy tbh. As the online booking is down they should waive the booking fee surely? Also, amazingly, my purchase is showing up on the online booking system...

Indeed - but surely better than fitting into a 'medium' and knowing you're the runt of the family?

It was as if I was looking in a mirror. However, as folks have said, sizes are way out. I'm using XXL, had to go to 5XL (the largest). As you can see, pretty long in the sleeves and overall shirt. Feel sorry for those that are going to be buying this online - there'll be loads and loads of returns.

OS website is currently unavailable, looks like the domain has disappeared.... Hmmm

You saw the away kit here first..

I like

Very quickly done: or At least it's not the away kit...

Well at least that's stopped the twitter lot moaning about signings

lol - to be fair I'd completely forgotten about the friendlies so it was a definite bonus you adding all of those - cheers

In addition to this board putting the fixtures here : http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/fixtures I've also updated the Southampton FC Google calendar. It'll be updated as games get moved around as well by either myself or Lasse (cheers for the help Lasse!) Link is here: http://bit.ly/saintsfc2014 Android users can just add the calendar to their existing calendar and that'll keep it sync'd (button at the bottom of that page). Apple users need to move to a decent OS like Android (but I'm sure someone will post how to get them into your iPhone) Thanks to TUS further down for these instructions for iPhone users: You can add this to your google account and sync with an iphone by going to: http://www.google.com/calendar/syncselect Tick the calendar and save. Re-sync on the iphone

A sign Boruc thinks he's staying, a sign I've got way too much time on my hands or a sign I need to charge my phone?

The BT cameraman who was running the line laughed many times at the chants from the crowd. Excellent banter yesterday.

Ah, might be a bit too late but Karndean flooring is worth a look if you want wood-esk flooring: http://www.karndean.com/en-gb/floors?

Childish but funny

Ings is going to leave Burnley - that's a fact. Whether he comes to Saints is another matter. His grandparents live here but we'll see.

Google Play "LiveNow!TV" app

For those asking for Poch to go, suggest you support those fishy few down the road instead. You're obviously not behind the team.

Yup, same here - I haven't got XL but I do have channel 549. Result!