Weston Saint

You have to see him every week to see what a good player he is. His distribution is above League 1 standard. He is an important part of our midfield. A provider of the telling pass wide that sets up attacking moves.

Sorry meant Mellis not Harding. You are correct he did score.

13 outfield players used tonight against Charlton and 10 of them have scored for us this season. Only Harding, James & Schneiderlin have not scored. Pretty impressive stuff Edit - Meant Mellis not Harding

Shame on you Thanks to DD getting extra tickets (I thought I was going to be away) I was able to go. Enjoyed the game. Enjoyed another win. Enjoyed winning in front of the Sky cameras. Enjoyed our front play, the way our midfield defended when we did not have the ball but moved forward when we did and a pretty decent display at the back. That is 10 of the players on the pitch today who have scored this season.

Let's make one thing clear. Barclays did not put us in Administration. They would need to apply to the court for that (Clapham Saint please confirm the court bit) Barclays refused to honour a couple of cheques. Lowe, acting correctly, decided that, because of that, we were no longer a going concern and put us into Voluntary Administration. I understand from someone close to the action on the inside that initially no one insolvency practitioner wants to get involved. It was thought in the market that Southampton Leisure incorporating SFC was incapable of finding funds for a buy out. Lowe, and I assume his legal/financial advisors, finally was able to persuade Begbies Taylor to take it on. I do not know the terms but I suspect they included a high success premium. Here, I am making a big assumption based on sensible thinking - Lowe wanted to continue to advise Begbies Taylor on the football front. Fry stated that Lowe would have to step aside completely if he was to act. As there were no other takers it was that or liquidation and SFC would be no more. The fact Begbies Taylor and particularly Fry succeeding was the reason the award was given.

I noticed that. Not the first time a perfectly reasonable title has been changed without the posters consent. I am getting a little worried about such alterations. What next, altering posts!

You just copy what others have put on the Web as my two links prove

or this MLG http://www.evilbible.com/what_would_jesus_do.htm

MLG anyone can cut and paste. http://www.rationalchristianity.net/index.html

You have my PM in reply to yours. Let us leave it at that shall we.

Just found out why Pound Tree Road was so named In 1770 an act of Parliament set up a body of men called the Improvement Commissioners with powers to pave and clean the main streets of Southampton They also towed away carts blocking the streets of Southampton. They were chained to a tree known as the pound tree and the owner had to pay a fine to get them back. Bloody clampers even in those days

Blimey, you took a long time to write that.

I am glad you never quoted the full name of the P word

I wonder if many realise that Bitterne, Sholing, Woolston, Weston, Peartree, Bassett and Swaythling only became part of Southampton in 1920, Millbrook, Redbridge, Harefield and part of Thornhill in 1954.

It appears from what I have been told that the problem with Matt Paterson is that he is a shy quiet lad who presently lacks confidence. If the rumour that he has turned down a spell at Torquay is correct it might be because he does not have the confidence to go elsewhere. The lad needs to get games and goals so that his confidence improves and his reported talent can shine through. He is not good enough for the first team yet. When he has played he has looked like a fish out of water. He needs to be managed well. Pardew will be able to do that, I am sure, but a spell on loan to a lower division club would seem to be the best approach becasue he now needs games and goals.

Not sure if this will help but here is the link http://www.neverthirsty.org/pp/corner/read1/r00454.html

But that is the hook, surely. It is done all the time to get readers attention. Will be interesting to see if any sensible repies are posted. I have my doubts. Wrong audience I suspect. As for me, yes I am a believer. Moral truth and virtue comes from within. The bible is the light which guides you and should not be taken literally. Science has shown as much. I do not attend church much, if at all now. Too much happy clappy bt that does not alter my belief.

And there was me getting all excited about an evening with Marc Jackson

Sorry but this was your first response. I an not going to engage you further. It will serve no purpose

Now for the love of me I cannot see this post sported controversy or that it was trolling. If you cannot just answer the questions and opinions, St Will, then please do not post at all. It is boring, ruins threads, courts antagonistic responses (something you seem good at) and adds nothing to the spirit of this forum. Please re read the rules. It seems to me you regularly break them with your replies. For me I am satisfied Pardue does his homework, Alpine. He has two styles available to him. He seems to like to try to contain with a holding midfielder for the first part of the game using Papa to run riot down the right. This system was applied because Pardue was worried that Papa had not learned to track back and help out the defence. We were hit by an early goal but usually our two centre backs have been able to cope with the ball in the air. Against MK Dons it was a free kick very late in the first half. I blame Davis for not sorting out his wall properly. Barnsley scored 2 identical goals last season. Against Southend, again it was a superb free kick that equalised our goal. Can other teams work us out? No more than we can them. The essence is that we have two excellent systems now and can quickly change them If one is not working. That is one thing Pardue has bought to this team. See St Will, easy isn't it.

Lambert has 6 assists to date plus 1 in the cup James has 2 plus 1 in the cup Lallana, Mellis & Schneiderlin 2 each. Stats prior to Orient game

Kevin Keegan was top league scorer in 1981/82 with 26 whilst with Southampton

They were joint top goalscorers with 28 league goals each.

I know it was before Boyer but how about Ron Davies first season with us. Topped the scoring charts with 37 league goals. Sir Geoff Hurst was second (29) and Jimmy Greaves third (25). Martin Chivers was the second Saints player on the list with 20.

I think you have missed the point of this evening. The event was advertised as a charity event costing £40 a ticket. For that you had a meal plus a guest speaker, Matt Le Tissier. McMenemy was not named as an attendee. He was a suprise additional guest. No matter what we may think of McMenemy and his recent Saints involvement or his refusal to pay for a ticket to SMS you cannot fault the time he puts in for Charitable events. I think some of the responses on this thread are over the top and out of order. I hope my explanation helps as I feel from your posts you misunderstood the event.