SaintJackoInHurworth

As things stand I am hoping I will be able to get to the game on Saturday, but if there is anyone going from the North East I would still be keen to hear from you. Failing that, a friend of mine from Newcastle will hopefully give me a lift, dropping me off on the way to Manchester, where he is going to watch United play. Incidentally, I don't think anyone answered the question of whether there will be any tickets on the day. I haven't got a ticket yet and if I can't get one on the day will have to get sorted soon. Thanks!

FWIW, I agree with both the original poster and Macey. Before I even read this thread, just seeing the thread title, those were the two that came to my mind - both simple to remember and sing and if an effort were made to promote one of these (or both) I am sure they would soon catch on. However, rarely does anything genuinely different make it to the terraces. We just keep rehashing the same old songs ad infinitum! If the truth be known, those songs that are used are the ones that a determined group of fans promote. Usually the type of fans that do this are the ones with lower than normal levels of self-consciousness!

I am still looking for a lift if there is anyone going! Thanks!

Is there anyone going from the North-east? I am really keen to get to this match, but I cannot drive at the moment, for health reasons. Like the poster above, I have been trying to get to this match ever since we got relegated, as a friend follows Huddersfield, but each year something seems to crop up to stop me!

PS I don't have Sky, so I hope that someone who does is going to report on what is actually said in this interview!!

OK - I have tweeted a number of questions to Ben Shepherd to ask Alan Pardew: * What difference did the death of Marcus Liebherr make for both you and the club? * Why were you sacked... or, at the very least, was it for on- or off-field reasons? * What advice would you give Nigel Adkins for dealing with Nicola Cortese in order to be more successful? * If you were still Saints manager and had money to spend to buy/loan players, where would you strengthen? * If you were to set up the management structure of a club, how different/similar would it be to Saints & why?

Whoever said that we are now an extra 3 points of automatic promotion was wrong - before the game we were 8 points behind Peterboro. Now we are 8 points behind Bournemouth. However, before the game we were 9 points off the top spot, whereas now we are 11 points behind the leaders.

3-0 now!

Head says 2-0 to Saints, but I 'know' in my heart of hearts that it will be a resounding thumping: Yeovil 0 Saints. 7

This is correct. For anyone who wants to understand this, take a look here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8858634.stm I think that explains it pretty well, but, basically, clubs have a 25-man squad of over-21 year olds which can then be supplemented by any of their under-21 year olds.

How can we remind you that you're wide of the mark if you can't even tell us what your guess is?!! It's a bit like Paul Daniels saying he can predict which card someone will choose from the pack, telling nobody what his prediction is and then, when they choose it, saying 'that's the one I thought it would be; aren't I a great magician?! Please give me a job!' Pointless. If you have a suggestion at the very least please pm everyone what your prediction is and then we can give you your ITK rating out of 6.0 when the truth is announced!!!!

Ah! But ur assuming that the words are asterisked because they are swear words - perhaps the original poster just wanted to keep the actual county quiet. Incidentally, there is another manager who technically manages in Yorkshire who one could possibly understand being linked to the job... WGS as manager of Middlesbrough, technically manages a Yorkshire club!! (But can't see him coming here tbh!)

I've been having the same problem - it's clearly not 'Brum' cos there's no county called Brumshire - it's the Unitary Authority of Birmingham - so that wud rule out a certain manager from there!! Clearly, the stars must stand for York - hence the well known experienced manager in question must have last managed in Yorkshire... ...so I guess we must be talking about... George Graham or David O'Leary! -Ahhh! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

According to Sky Sports Score Centre Barnard was sent off for a second bookable offence one minute after his first booking. It doesn't indicate what his second offence was however, so it could be that on consulting his linesman the ref upgraded his decision to a straight red. More likely, though, I would guess that Barney argued too strongly over the decision and got a second yellow for dissent. If that is right then is merrimd right in saying it will only be a one game ban?

Irony? Sardony? I hope so, cos the original words are of course 'Oh When The Saints'! As for Leeds singing 'Come on you whites' or similar, it's a real shame that many of their fans (and many fans around the country) have forgotten the clubs proper nickname, The Pea****s!

So what about sponsor? It would be great to have 'Saints Transport Ltd' as our sponsor: http://www.saints.co.uk! When I first saw their lorries on the motorway a couple of years ago, I thought they were something to do with Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC and kept pointing out how Saints were being marketed up and down the motorways by the lorries! I was gutted to discover that they had no relation to the club at all! hehe

This... but I don't think we should think about it as a best team - I think the best team will depend upon the opposition. Against some teams we will play 4-4-2 with Lambert and Connolly, while against other teams we will play Lambert and Barnard up top; in still other games, Lallana will play as a striker rather than in midfield and in quite a few games he will play out on the wing. I could go on for all sorts of positions. The thing is that AP has assembled a squad with many options, which is brilliant!

There's going to be a takeover of Pompey and merger of the two clubs. The new club will be known as Solent Saints FC and play its games at St Mary's. The Football League have agreed that the new club can take Pompey's place in the Championship. OR... They are going to redevelop the ground to increase its capacity to 50,000 and, following financial difficulties encountered by Plymouth Argyle, have agreed with the FA that St Marys can be used for the World Cup bid instead of Home Park. OR... They are preparing to announce the shock signing of a new German right-back from Bayern Munich. He goes by the name of Philipp Lahm. OR... They are preparing to announce more details of the development of the club's academy. It is going to be run as a joint operation with a number of other clubs across Europe including Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Porto. Younger players from those clubs will train with Southampton and if by the age of 19 they have not made the transition into the senior teams of those clubs, Southampton will have the option to sign them for free. OR... Markus Liebherr's business operations will all be moving to Southampton when he completes the purchase of the nearby industrial complexes. This will include a factory producing diggers and other machinery, a sales storge depot for his products and the relocation of all of his offices to Southampton, including his own persoanl office moving to within St Marys.

I notice that both Papa Waigo and Antonio are still listed in the Saints squad on the OS, while all the other players that left are gone. Does this suggest that we are indeed intending to have both players here next season? My guess is that they are just waiting for the end of June when contracts end, etc. After that they will be unveiled as Saints players. I'm only guessing, but it does explain their continued presence in the website squad profiles.

U - Uwe Rosler A or D - should be Ali Dia

If you read the posts above caraefully enough you will note that it wasn't an article, but a news item on telly. Sadly, living in the North-east I am unable to watch it and cannot access it online. It may be possible for those who live in the south here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sn9fx

Sorry to interrupt the discussion, but can I ask... is there any plan to put updates to the first post of the HCDAJFU thread like there have been in previous years? Usually someone puts up a list of all the players that have been suggested and then updates this with news of what has happened to each of the suggested players. For what it's worth, I have really appreciated the effort that people have made in the past to do this. I appreciate that doing this is hard work, so I guess I understand why it is not happening this time around. Nevertheless, I think it's worth just expressing my appreciation of all those who have made the effort to do this in the past. Of course, it maybe that someone has already asked this question, in which case please accept my apologies for raising it again. I haven't got the time to wade through all 23 pages of this thread!

Crystal Palace are saved from extinction Crystal Palace have been saved from extinction after an agreement was reached in principle for CPFC 2010 to buy the club and Selhurst Park. Full story to follow. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/8714650.stm at 4.36pm

Looks like they won't be going into liquidation if the Guradian are right: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/01/crystal-palace-consortium-lloyds-guilfoyle

Wouldn't it be more likely they would charge £125 for a half season ticket or a special 'one-match-a-month' season ticket, which as it says gives you the chance to attend one match every month. In practice this would buy you attendance at 10 league matches across the whole season at £12.50 a match. Or as someone else posted, they might do a scheme aimed at providing cheaper season tickets for young people. Alternatively, they could do a scheme where for £125 you get a Saints shirt and attendance at five matches of your choice. There's all sorts of things they could do which are probably way more likely than a £125 season ticket.