None whatsoever, in fact nobody in my family was even born in Hampshire, including myself (although I've lived here since the age of 1). Neither of my parents are originally from the area but both moved to Southampton or nearby in childhood and met later on. My Dad was the first to support Saints but I'll be ensuring any of my children support Saints if and when that time comes. My family on both sides have been a bit nomadic. To be honest even I intend to move away from the area in the near future.
Both Puel and Pellegrino beat West Ham
The Puel win in particular was one of our best away performances. Hopefully we'll see a repeat in endeavour, spirit and determination.
We have to beat West Ham, no ifs, no buts. Thankfully, Hughes has come out and said as much, which is refreshing from the 'a draw is as good as a win' approach.
Huddersfield losing is good news for us - Palace have a pretty easy set of fixtures, Huddersfield have a nasty set and will get dragged back down.
I'd love it if Bournemouth got sucked back into the battle as well.
We've just got to hope that we can do enough now in the games we've got left. Effectively Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City are free hits, so that leaves us needing three wins from West Ham, Bournemouth, Swansea, Leicester and Everton.
First (permanent) Saints manager to have played at St Mary's before (Dennis Wise and Jason Dodd did but they were only caretakers). Mark Hughes played for Blackburn in 2001.
They've announced the new badge... although they've got the date wrong, the current club was only founded 6 years ago? Someone needs to mock one up and correct it
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#Pompey boss Kenny Jackett told me today he hasn't had extensive chats about the budget for next season yet, but he ISN'T expecting an increase
That news won't go down with the blue phew...
It'll be interesting to see how Paul Cook approaches the game. I can't see them parking the bus for 90 minutes like they did against Man City, and we're probably the weakest opponent they've faced thus far, apart from Bournemouth who named a weakened team.