MarkSFC

"spot the cvnt" competition. Ties will be decided by the following: "..........…… is the worst cvnt of all because ……...................(complete in no more than 10000 words)

My teens . Amazing team. Remember the million passes move?

I don't think it has anything to do with ambition. I think it's the major failing of Pardew not to get the 4th striker he went on and on about and nor did he get an extra CM or a nippy winger. I'm sure we will see some permanent signings in those areas come January. Until then carry on finding anything to moan about......

This result will not matter. It was always going to be the hardest game of the season (look at thtir home record) and we are only 6 points behind 2nd place and have played most of the top half already. Disappointing day but nothing to concern ourselves with too much. Adkins will learn from this.

Some hystyria on here. Yes we have played well lately and we will still go up but we are playing the team with the 2nd best Home record in English football over the last year. First real test of NAs tactical and motivational powers in half time.

Well said...

Keep it at worst 1-0 at half time and I think we will get at least a draw!!let's hope this half is the worst for a long while.

Surprised neither Dickson or Holmes are on the bench. They give great options up the left. All of a sudden we look extremely strong.

They may well be but I think he doesn't need to! He is one of just a very small group of true Saints Legends who are widely regarded as so nationally and even internationaly.

Just been on Danny Bakers show playing "the sausage sandwich game"!! Always great to listen to him and hear his famous KK story again. Shame he made a couple of very subtle digs towards NC but he dos also praise his intentions for the club!

Who? Never heard of him so can't have been very good. Happy Birthday anyway whoever you are.

The big thing for me in the difference between NA and Pardew is Adkins unadulterated enthusiasm for the job. You can tell from the very moment he " walked in the building" (to nick one of he phrases!) that he has landed his "dream job" (not that he dreamt about managing Saints persee) in the terms of a fairly big team, great stadium, great training facilities, and financial backing. As well as that feeling he will have it is also his first real opportunity at achieving unlimited success. In theory (although unlikely) Saints could win the Champions League or even the Premiership with the money we potentially have. It's almost like he has a credit card with unlimited funds to do exactly what he wants. In comparison he'd maxed out the three 5k cards he had!! Pardew and many of the other "journeyman" managers are not always fresh when they walk unto a new job. Almost always tainted by their previous failure (otherwise they are unlikely to be available!!) and probably more motivated by continuous employment to pay the bills than the excitement of the job. Pardew particularly this year seemed to be just " going through the motions" and for whatever reason that maybhave been the case we now have someone who I suspect would have taken this job on a "commission only" basis. I doubt anyone else would have, least of all Pardew!! I'm glad Pardew was here but I'm extremely happy we now have Adkins. He has the enthusiasm of youth with the head of a pro.

It's an interesting one this. I voted for Morgan and Dean but think NA may stick with Chaplow!! I wasn't at the game Saturday so didn't watch him play but when he came on against Bournemouth I thought he looked very energetic but a little lost! Either way we will win!!

may I refer you back to my thread in mid Sept?!! http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?25298

Whether they had been to football earlier is irrelavent. Trying to pass this (alledged) offence off as football related is wrong. Even if the incident was between two saints fan and one tranmere fan it's not "football violence". Under the suggested logic in the article " anyone who's been to the game" and on the same night (or early Sunday morning) who chooses to get into a fight will be deemed to have their offence rated as football related. Doesn't make sense does it?!!! Violence that ensues in a ground or within a certain distance of the ground AND within a certain time of the game should be the definition of "football related". Equally "organised" fights between the moronic "yoof" and others should only be regarded as "football related" if their is definitive proof...i.e. Email, phone calls etc etc!!

Last summer Pardew said that staying here would give Lallana (and others) the chance to put "titles and trophies" on his cv not just a few noughts on his bank account. He stayed and won a trophy. If he'd gone to Spurs say last summer almost certainly he would have spent sone of the season out on loan somewhere and maybe similar to Surman get a move. However, I think he's alot better than Surman. Assuming we go up this year he is likely to stay and I would think that one season in the Championship would be fair to both sides. After that if we don't go up immediately I wouldn't blame him for moving to the Prem. At that point he will be 23/24 which will be a good age to start out in the top division. He would also be " a winner" and that will count for a lot. In essence I think his move up the leagues and any move away will be determined by and mirror our success over the next few years.

Good idea as long as they have enough staff on to ensure very quick service. Obviously plenty available from other areas. Also minimises the "downtime" between pints after the game! The downside is the choice of pint!!

The council seem to have their own vision of the riverside from OV through to Northam, the Beach idea for one. With the Woolston redevelopment up and running I suspect the view of the other side of the river as it stands won't make the Woolston venue "prime" real estate but with a redevelopment along the stadium side would make it more desirable. I'm sure the gravel merchants and other businesses could find another venue with the right incentive so the whole riverside could be a very exciting development which Saints could surely be a major part of. The stadium I think should be between 42&48k. Big enough for major competition, and big enough for a spike in attendances. We averaged over 95% capacity in the prem, some of that missing % taken from the neccessary sectionibg off in the Northam. With proper development that could be removed. I honestly think that when we get back to the Prem we will again average 30k plus but with room for 42-48 wr would average over 40. With bigger capacity comes more away fans too so upto to 4800 in league and 7200 in the cup. This means roughly 10-14k more than a capacity game now. We know we have significantly more than 50k who actively watch Saints so I think this is far from unrealistic. And obviously the opposition will be quite good in the main. I also hope the stadium redevelopment increases the hospitality facilities in order to generate more as Arsenal in particular I believe make more from that than the normal crowd. I could be wring but in sure I read that somewhere!!! Anyway, we aren't likely to need a 60k stadia mainly due to the density of the demographic in and around the city but we certainly can sustain 40k crowds in the prem.

Tesco used to only sell groceries. Now they sell everything virtually. It's all about entanglement with one company. If Southampton is just a football club do you think they should never hold any gigs, hire out their facilities for conferences and corporate do's either? This type of vision from Cortese will ensure that the club has every possibility to be totally self-sustaining AND compete in the Prem. Without the Leibherrs money and investment over the coming years we will just be a football club who if the Leibherrs money ever disappeared would then become just a run of the mill team possibly yo-yoing. 4-5 years of infrastructure development in the ground, the team, the training facilities and a "saints village" type of development coupled with the inevitable "burst bubble" in the Prem and we will be very well placed to be a real competitor. Exciting times, not just for a year or two!!

35 games left...5 groups of 7. 15 points from each run of 7 will give us 90. Should be enough for top 2!!

I suspect some arrangement will be made based on Saints getting promotion this season in which case another 2 years maybe with other caveats in regard to Prem and if we fail to go upethos season he is free to move(subject to the usual compensation).

Definitely the toughest game of the season but not a benchmark game for the season. Regardless of result I am 100% certain we will be fighting Huddersfield for top spot before winning by some margin!! Think we will win next weekend though despite their win yesterday as their form hasn't been great.

Not commissioned by Saints though is it?!!

You'll be happy and saying "I told you".

unbelievable.....boycott needed I think