Dave Benson Phillips

Nick himself. I really don't think he would lie about something like this, do you? I have known for a couple of weeks they had refunded his season ticket money... it's not just happened overnight and someone leaked it happened, he hasn't be going around spouting off to the press this time. Do you honestly think he wouldn't be desperately trying to find out what the fook is going on? Come on... I respect your devils advocate role that you love to try and play, but please be realistic.

We shouldn't talk about pre/post match strip clubs on the main board. Surely you know that everyone on this board simply travels straight to the stadium and home again, it's all about the 90 minutes you see.

I know. Her last words to me were " If you play up tonight I am going to kick your c*nt in " R.I.P Denise. :-(

Oi http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1298622/Denise-DCourtenay-Strip-club-owner-stabbed-death-Dominican-Republic.html :-(

Was she the one that looks like Trevor McDonald?

OMG! She is dead!!! ( I didn't read the link ) Her last words to me were " If you play up tonight Stu I am gonna kick your c*nt in " R.I.P Denise. :-(

Can you get Group Saver on the train? Looking on Trainline it comes up at £40 each? Is that without group save?

She is amazing. Meet her every time an away trip is in London / involves changing at London.

Southamptons FIO and the home teams FIO as far as I am aware. Wouldn't suprise me because our FIO isn't the brightest spark. A couple of people started a completely made up rumour that loads of lads were travelling to Bristol City on that Valentines weekend last year... in reality nobody was travelling as they were all with their other halfs ( well the ones with no backbone ). Mr Pointon took it for gospel and hey ho... around 100 riot police in the Saints end.

I think this is a good example which can be transferred to the blind love for Cortese. People believe what they want to believe. Norwich are mainly known as a 'Category A' team that need little or no policing. I will get told I am gloryfying violence again but Southampton have one of the largest and most active 'Youth Elements' in the country. This is one of the main reasons we are policed so toughly, the other being that we are a bunch of p!ssheads.

You posted as I added it, yes you're right, it's the match that is categorised, Hartlepool away last season would have been dropped to a Cat B game. Most teams apart from Leeds, Millwall and us last season though didn't have any matches in 'Cat C' , most Saturday games of Saints are Category C. Which means high level policing to what other teams may experience.

It might be a joke, but that's what we are. You have to remember though that no other teams are being 'pwopa nawty' nowadays, so you don't have to be some uber hooligan club to be Cat C. I would point out though that it's on a match by match basis, so our Category would drop to B probably for a midweek trip to Hartlepool, for example.

I think Nick G was also going to disagree on how police categorise 'risk' but then realised he didn't know what he was talking about and was only disagreeing for the sake of it... again. *yawn* For your benefit Nick, here is a breakdown of the categories. Club Security only- no trouble expected, no police are required, let the match stewards get on with it. Category A match – Low risk of disorder, some police presence usually requested. Category B match – Medium risk of disorder, police required in sufficient numbers to employ tactics suitable to reduce potential threat. Category C match – High risk of disorder. there probably will be trouble and policing is definitely needed and the police need sufficient numbers to deal with the level of problems that they anticipate. Category C+ match – Increased risk of disorder is likely. You know there is going to be trouble and you know that you are going to have a lot of police at the ground, not only for trouble but to ensure that people’s safety is secured.

No they are not. Norwich were one of the best travelled sets of fans in League 1 last season in terms of numbers and they were classed as Category A. We are not Cat C for our 'hooligan' element in my opinion, we are Category C because of our 'Youth' and because our away support is generally one which likes to get rathered lagered in comparison to other support.

No it's not, the Categorys have nothing to do with how large the support is, it's how likely trouble or disorder is. The Categorys are A-C, A being the most pleasant fans whom require little or no policing ( the Norwich's of the world ) and C being clubs whose following are likely to be involved in disorder and need high level policing. Last season Millwall, Leeds and Southampton were the only Cat C teams in League 1.

No doubt I will get told I am gloryfying football violence again ( yawn ) , but Southampton is not seen as a 'nice friendly family club' . We are a 'Cat C' team for policing at away games. Infact now Leeds and Millwall have gone up, we are the only Cat C team in League 1.

Let's not troll this one as well eh? It's not representative of Saints fans as a whole and you would never market based on the opinions on this forum.

Because the vast majority on this forum are in the core of our support, the sort that will renew at any cost, want Premiership football and don't mind paying over the odds to achieve it etc etc. So, as a result this forum will always give a more positive view on things than what you might expect if you surveyed the less ardent fans.

No, definately not.

No, it is not representative of the majority of Saints fans.

LOL The most vocal 'anti-Saints Trust' and 'anti- Fan on the Board' person on this forum is without doubt me. So that blows that theory right out of the water eh?

I most definately am not a Rupert Lowe fan. I tell you what as well, I am not at the stage of 'Cortese Out' yet either, I just think he needs to wind his f*cking neck in and realise that SFC and their supporters have been here long before him, and will still be here long after he has gone. But the less respect he shows towards them, the less money he will get through the tills.

Does it? Really? Are you sure? Can you provide me a link to where the club have stated the high adminstrative costs are down to defaulters from Swaythling or Thornhill? Link? My god, I am sure only a few posts ago you were mentioning people passing off speculation as fact... look at you go.

OMFG - Not only have you stated a complete NON-FACT ( The club have NEVER used defaulters as a reason for the installment plan removal ) , you also even narrow them down into areas where the defaulters come from. What a **** you are. As for what has changed? The cost of supporting SFC is already rising rapidly and will continue to do so.

Once again, just to repeat, I didn't say there was anything wrong with him wanting his bonus... but it does seem he will bulldoze through everything in his way to get it... including fans. And as I have stated before, I am not interested about seeing Saints in the PL, certainly not any more than a couple of seasons. To me, the Championship is the best league to play in.