LuckyNumber7

Agree, I remember a few games in the Championship around that time when the ground was really rocking. Shame it's not like that anymore, but shows what we are capable of.

I'm in the Kingsland North and thought the Itchen were excellent yesterday while the Northam was very quiet. When the Itchen were singing non stop for about 20 mins we were really trying to get the Kingsland N/Northam to join in but no one seemed interested. Even more disappointing as the team really needed us in that second half. Would love to get back to the good old days before the Itchen corner was closed, we had one of the better atmospheres in the country then but it's never been the same since. Well done the Itchen yesterday though.

Little Saints riding high in one of the most competitive leagues in the world might not mean much to you but it does to me. I realise we are unlikely to stay there which is why I want to see how long we can keep it going, as this season has been great fun so far.

The league of course, we are sitting in third and I want us to stay there for as long as possible. I would be far more disappointed at losing today than in the cup game.

Whilst not our best performance, we really weren't that bad, just unfortunate that Spurs played very well and wouldn't let us get into our stride. We had to lose at some point, sometimes you just have to give credit to the opposition. Shame we've now got two weeks to mull over a defeat.

The Departed

God I ****ing hate footballers. They need to try living in the real world.

I actually thought he spoke pretty well. He couldn't have been more emphatic in saying Jay and Morgan WILL stay, and it seems there will be players incoming very soon. Would love to believe him, only time will tell. I'm angry at what has happened like most are, but I think some just want to criticise for the sake of it.

I buy my season ticket to go and SUPPORT my team, through thick and thin. Obviously I want us to have quality players but I will support whoever pulls on the red and white stripes. It will actually be a relief to get back to watching games rather than reading about one departure after another on here. I am still gutted about what is happening though.

Just feel drained by this summer now. Gutted.

If only Cortese was still here, United wouldn't stand a chance.

So you think if we told Lallana, Lovren etc they had to stay after seeing their mates move to top clubs they would be fine with that and not kick up a huge fuss? As good as these players are, if they don't want to be here then it's counter productive to keep them and have a poisonous atmosphere develop in the squad.

Thing is it could only go one of two ways this summer. Either we held onto all our top players, or they all left. As soon as the first goes it creates a domino effect and the rest were always going to follow. Lovren is all but gone and I would be amazed if we kept Morgan. I don't like it any more than you, but I accept football has a food chain and once the top clubs come knocking on the door we had no realistic chance of keeping our best players. Sadly that's how football works and I think some are being very naive in thinking otherwise. I'll reserve judgement on the board until September 1st when we see exactly how we have replaced the outgoing players.

Of course I realise not all are slagging him off just for leaving, but some are (Jackanory for example). And yes imo Lovren's comments are worse, the worst thing Adam said was some guff about dreaming of playing for Liverpool, I don't recall him slagging the club off in public whilst still an SFC employee.

Ridiculous over reaction from some. If you can't understand that he moved to better his career whilst at his peak then there's no hope for some. I'm sure 99% of us would do the same. Sure he said one or two things that were ill-advised upon leaving, but do people truly believe he meant them? I take most things said by footballers with a pinch of salt and to me they were just cheap sound bites aimed at his new fanbase. I'd far rather remember him for the many good things he did for us and the loyalty he showed in the lower leagues. Save your bile for Lovren, whose comments are far more deserving of it imo.

Absolutely this.

The players are leaving because they want to play Champions League football and be challenging for titles, something they cannot realistically achieve at Saints. Yes it's sad and it hurts, but unfortunately that's how things work in football. The board are doing their best in very difficult circumstances and while I'm hugely disappointed myself, I at least have confidence in them and Koeman to get good fees and reinvest in the team as best as possible. At least wait and see who we bring in.

Lambert coming to the end of his career. Ings is 21 and was the Championship Player of the Year last season, a bit better than 'okay'. For £8M he would be a sound investment imo.

Has been over hyped imo. A decent, tidy player but certainly doesn't look like a star in the making...yet. However, he's still only 19, with plenty of time on his side to develop and I would love to be proved wrong. Hopefully Koeman can take his game to the next level.

I don't believe in god and hate the royal family, I wouldn't sing it either. As said it's not even an English song ffs. Not singing that terrible dirge is in no way representative of a lack of passion or desire to win. Needs changing.

I'm in Miami and was at the game, although it's just a friendly I thought England were very poor. Adam was ok first half but faded a bit second. No one really played well but Welbeck and Johnson were particularly poor. As for the delay, although frustrating there was some pretty close lightning overhead at times so understandable. Nice to meet several other Saints fans here too!

What a bellend.

These Hummel kits are absolutely hideous.

Very nice kit, shame it's fake.

So many high points it's impossible to choose, but the one that sticks most in the mind is the late comeback at Brighton, that's when I knew we were going up. Low point was Adkins' sacking, obviously everything has worked out well since but I really fell out of love with Saints and football in general for a while after that. Closely followed by the 2-2 against P*mpey which was a real kick in the gonads. On the whole though it's been an incredible 5 years, and we need to realise how lucky we actually are and enjoy it while it lasts. Hopefully we can push on again over the summer, rather than see everything dismantled which would be a real shame.