East Kent Saint

ffs Palace have sold their soul to a new investor as have Everton that is where their new money is coming from !!!! Transfer fees are only part of a deal , wages are now a higher percentage of a clubs turnover than ever before , why don't you get that ? If you want Saints to go down the -10 points route again then buy 6 £50 M players on £250K a WEEK and watch the club in free fall while the same said players continue to have first dibs on their £250K a week !!!!!

Let him go , showing signs of age last season, he wants a last pay day but I don't think he will do well away from St Marys which will be sad but his choice. If he was "made" to stay his performance would not be quite as good as before and as he is already "on the edge" ( like Terry) it will be bad for us and him !

The step up to be one of the top 4 is a big one and the Club would lose something if it could do that. We would need a bigger stadium and be able to fill it , much better commercial success with all that goes with that and probably new owners that could finance all that . It would not then be the club we have supported . I hope we stay in the prem for years , building until we get a shot at the title .

Mane plays when he wants to but this is a PSF with Baca so he wants to try really hard . He doesn't remind me of the out and out cheat Suarez , who although skillful has always fouled off the ball to gain space etc etc . If Mane was told to stay another year do you think he would have been professional and played at the top of his game ? or turned up late and be half arsed ???

Koman did miss the odd game with his leg in plaster for some reason I don't remember , perhaps his running around days are long past !!!!

Re Hodgson:Agger has recently retired (injury) , he said Benitez was an excellent tactition who kept his cool when things were going wrong , Hodgson did the same training session day after day to the extent that Agger hated the thought of going to work each day ! Rogers ,he says ,would berate the defence during a match so Agger went over and told him " what do you expect we are doing what you have told us to do all week "

As regards the Club's response perhaps it should be left to Puel. I would hope it would be a traditional 2 minutes silence before the first match .

Re immigration to France , during the days of the French empire , when they took over various countries around the world , all the people of these countries were granted French citizenship. This allowed them to live in France which is why there are large groups from other countries in France . As you know these people have not on the whole done well economically over the years which has led to groups of disaffected people with links to various other countries . Colonialism is also one of the reasons GB is not universally loved around the world as well . There is now emerging a new world order where the west does not dominate the world anymore so life will never be the same (despite UKIP thinking we can return to the good old days) The new borderless europe has turned out to be a bit of a mistake security wise , not sure they would have stopped the Jackal these days ! ( I know it's fiction)

You can sign who you like but if they do their knee in training etc you are back where you started . Having said that if you are in the Europa competition you need a large squad to have a team still able to run around after christmas.

On holiday in Wales as a family , we walked into the pub for lunch , they were talking in English as we walked in then as soon as they realised we were English changed to welsh . I thought that this was just an urban myth but it turned out to be true ! No big deal but not exactly welcoming .

Iceland wern't that bad , France just played proper international standard football and it was a joy to watch Griesman show what he can do .

Pele played for Italy in the same way as he plays for us , the commentators noticed him more as it's the Euros . His link up play was the same , lots of chesting down etc but not much domination in the box for a No9 . His goals were scored late on when defence was stretched but he did get in the right place . Still few attempts on target etc as for us ! So I suspect he will still be a Saint this coming season .

Got tickets for the few matches we wanted without membership , even the last home match . The only problem is the tickets available are usually at the back or dotted around and sometimes I choose a pair and they are blocked as it leaves a single seat ! although that appears to be a random feature on line . It is usually easier to ring up as people are more flexible than the computer . Actually the view from the top of stand is good in the Kingsland !

He looks past it to me , pace of the prem may be too much ......

How bad is Lukaku now ? who would buy him , he seemed to be off the pace and didn't look like connecting with the ball let alone scoring ! It has taken Colman 4 years to get the Welsh team playing this well , he was slated at the begining even offered to resign after a bad run of results at the begining , would any England manager be given that amount of time by the media/ex players ?

Hodgson seemed to lose it whenever we got to the tournament proper , OK during qualifying then totally changing the way of playing at the last minute plus making strange team selections which played people out of position. Although Big Sam is not the best manager ever he would , I think , have a plan and stick to it ! He's worth a try plus the media may eventually have to lower their expecations afterthis debacle .

Jenkins , didn't stop until he hit the stand !

Betting , who gains ? I hate the betting ads around football on the TV they should be taken off air full stop .

I suspect Vardy (newly married) thought Arsenal , will I get a game , will they change their philosophy of keep passing before you get to the 6 yard box before you shoot ,what did they do for Walcott , Chambers , etc ? Then thought £100K a week and nothing changes ! I'm with MLT on this one easy life and football !

We also visited St Petersburg , was supposed to be Moscow but the special forces had just gassed 300 hostages in the terrorist attack on a theatre . It was almost like a film set in that the front of the buildings were well rendered and painted but if you looked down the side it was pretty rough. There was an obvious divide between the few haves and the the majority have nots . There seem to be numerous different Police forces , we were advised not to use public transport , not to drink the water and even use bottled water to brush your teeth . The "Mafia" were obvious as they all drove round in BMWs and Mercs . The Mrs fell foul of the local water (parasite laden) and was ill for 3 months back in Blighty. The Winter Palace etc were very impressive , Catherine the Great had bought Monets by the dozen for about 5/- each ! So would we go back ? NO ! Not strictly football related but if you take notice of what goes on in Russia and what officials say about the Euros , drug testing etc you would only go to the world cup if you were on a guided visit . We had guided trips and they stopped us getting short changed etc several times .

Would he play in the same team as Sturridge ? Depends who they ship out this window , would be a good outlet for Lallana's flicks / passing though and make Lallana more effective .

The main complaint was that he didn't score goals , otherwise one of the industrious players who are not usually in the limelight . It's good he is staying but where would he go ??

Pelle ran around like a youngster in the first match so was probably "burnt out" today plus he probably thought his goal is enough for now until the knockout stages . Also Hart was laughing and joking with Bale during their match so letting in the free kick was probably a bit of spot fixing .

Walker was given the ball at every opportunity but did he actually get a cross in ? Alli fancy but nothing came off for him , lallana actually looked good !

why even take Sterling let alone play him , he has been out of form all season , pointless taking Rashford not ready like Walcott wasn't . Why pick Kane , he looked out of form probably as he is knackered . Roy's excuse is Sterling looked good in training ! At least Vardy and Sturridge are on 45 mins late....