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Seems to have had an effect cos its down whilst they "refine" it. That must be techno speak for getting it to work !

I am right in thinking that Bournemouth would have a say in the pricing policy for this match as it is a Cup game ?

Indeed, the irony is quite incredible. Tell me, how many of the pre-season games have been officially announced ?

Same here, put in Customer Number, Surname and Postcode and get a log in error !

The whole sorry mess of Capello's decision making in this competition was summed up when, 3-1 down and needing goals he not only decided to bring Heskey on but he took off a striker, Defoe. Admittedly the germans scored again before the useless tub of lard got on the pitch but please, where is the sense ? Had he bought him on as an extra, and I use the word lightly, striker then thats one thing but to swap one for another was incredibally inept. And lets just remember who scores goals when bought on as a sub for England - Peter Crouch - yet Capello ignored him and went for a guy who hasnt scored since February. The players were by and large awful, no argument, BUT you cannot blame them for basic tactical **** ups like that.

No, its not an offer ! If you want to sell you could try Tracks - http://tracks.co.uk/ they buy and sell. Even if they offer you a bad deal its quite good to see how much stuff is selling for. Went to see Macca in Cardiff last night. The guy is getting better and better as he gets older. I have seen him about a dozen times since 1990 and last night and the O2 gig in December were the best two shows I have ever seen - incredible

It will be soon, most contracts end 30th June so players are then officially available, we report back to pre season 1 July and AP wants the squad together so we hit the ground running. I will be surprised if by this time next week we haven't heard of at least 2 new signings.....and hopefully confirmation that Bart and Connolly have signed new deals.

Sticking with the Friday theme eh ?

Possibly cos his current ons doesn't end until 30th June ?

Not with our usual slow start and the Sky jinx, no :-)

If its an original German version its worth about £100 hamster !

WWOOOOOOOSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH ............there goes someone elses opinion flying clean over the top of your head ! How the hell you reached that conclusion based on what I said beggars belief. I think the growing up and non selfish "I'm alright Jack" atttitude should come from you !

Sorry but thats crap....its not lazy. Imagine you have been a season ticket holder for the past 20 or 30 years. You live outside Southampton, like you do, and are elderly and have no computer or access to one. For the past 20-30 years you have had a renewal form sent to you, you fill in that form and send it back, hey presto you have renewed your season ticket. This year you have had no renewal reminder, remember you have no access to a computer and you live 70 miles away. How do you know the prices and when you can renew by ? Now before you say "contact the club" - why the **** should you ? You are a customer, you are giving them £400 and you are paying for their product. How many other companies would work like this ? If you get your car MOT'd or serviced at Kwikfit for example the following year they will remind you and tell you how much those services will cost this year. Why is it any different ? As someone has said before people on here tend to live in a bubble. Forget us, the users of this forum, we know about the renewals, many of us have already I suspect. Just put yourself in someone elses shoes, like the guy whose Dad waits for the form. There are hundreds of people like that. Why would a company only contact 75% of their custom through one medium when they can reach 95-100% by usung another simple and relatively cheap medium ? You dont need a big glossy book, one or two sheets of A4 paper would do it - how much would it cost ? The price of 2 season tickets ? You send out a renewal reminder to all Season Ticket Holders on your database. Job done, no worries. What is so hard to grasp about that ?

Hope Radio Solent do their Forum at the start of the season and Cortese is on the panel. I will be e-mailing my question about the renewals and non computer using Saints fans in. Cant wait to see what the answer to the alienating a section of fans who want to give the club money is.

Joe Cole is better than Lampard and is certainly good enough. Gerrard is always played out of position to accomodate Lampard. WTF is it with the over paid nephew of redcrapp ?

Anyone remember the last time Frank Lampard had a good game for England ?

They have still spectacularly missed the point. If you are a Season Ticket Holder who does not have a computer and lives outside Southampton (ie outsdie the Echo's patch) how the hell are you supposed to know about renewal details when the club cannot be arsed to send out renewal forms/reminders ? It really beggars belief. The only ones who will benefit from this are people living in Southampton, if they have not renewed by the end of the month already. Have the club any idea how many season ticket holders live outside the city ? Oh yeah, they have a database dont they ? Around me there are Season Ticket Holders who come to every game from Wimborne, Weymouth, Bournemouth, Guilford, Woking and Wincanton. Several are elderly and do not have a computer......how the hell are they supposed to know about renewing and when you can claim your own seats by ? Its a bloody shambles. Its more of a disgrace, I think, than the Half Season Ticket and Installment Plan being dropped. Even Mr Lowe realised you had to make your potential customers aware by every means possible !!

He is a paid employee of the club, or ML. What are you suggesting ?

Go XL if you like them a bit baggy - thats what I did and I normally take a medium or large depending on manyfacturer's genirosity on sizes. I couldnt decide between L and XL but plumped for XL - long sleeve, and the shirt is "roomy" on the body but a perfect fit on the sleeves - a Large would have had tight cuffs. Its like a bloody tailors convention on this thread at the moment !!

Well, for one not everybody, especially a fair number of older people use a computer, so without looking on here or mores to the point the OS how would they know about the renewal arrangements ? Now before you say "the Echo you dumb f**k" what about the people who do not live in Southampton and dont get the paper ? Please tell me how, without a renewal form being posted to them, these people are supposed to know ? The renewal form acts as a reminder as one poster has already stated. It is also the only form of communication those who live outside the Southampton area and do not have a computer would have. How can a company who want to attract as many customers as they can be so bloody incompetent in getting their product out not only to the mass market but perhaps more importantly to those who have stuck by them year after year ? Not sending out renewal reminders ? Absolutely ridiculous.

Is there a long sleeved version on sale did you notice ?

It is a new take on the original Saints shirt.....its a retro design, as you say 125 years worth.....what would you want to make it more exciting ? It is only for one season, as a mark of the anniversary in the same way Arsenal went for the maroon shirt a few years back.....I really dont see what you expected tbh.

I wonder if there will be a long sleeved version ?

Having taken a quick look at that site the only thing you can believe is the word Rumour !

As opposed to the people of the country who found themselves in negative equity after her "buy your own home" plans went tits up ! She may have sorted out a few messes but she as sure as hell replaced them with her own.