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We'll see against Rochdale yeah. I do genuinely hope I'm wrong.

Let me assure you I have a strong link to the family. AM was told by everyone he was best trainer during preseason,and AP told him by the end of the season he wanted him to be a first choice centre-back. A couple of weeks later though NC told AP that he was to pick his strongest 11 from the off as he expected a winning start which meant Jaidi came in to partner Fonte. Then the Leyton Orient game rolls round and AP tells AM that he is going to be on the bench for the game,but on Saturday it's Seaborne who takes his place,a decision even Seaborne is baffled by. AP takes AM to one side and tells him he is going to have to send him out on loan for reasons he can't say. Following the poor performace by Jaidi against Orient AP takes the gamble to bring Martin in against Bolton,a gamble that pays off and he continues to remain in the squad against Bristol Rovers at the expense of Jaidi,but Fonte comes out a couple of days later and says what a good partnership it is turning into and singing AM's praises. Then suddenly despite the ptretty much same team being picked tonight following AP's sacking AM is dropped from the first 11,in fact he's not even on the bench. Don't you find that a bit odd? I don't normally like ITK posters,and refrained from posting any of this info in recent weeks,but after AP's sacking it makes it clearer to me that sole responsibilty for picking the team isn't being completely decided by the manager. Whether you choose to believe any of this is up to you.

Martins. NC saw AP picking him as an act of defience.

I can tell you for a fact that if Pardew had still been in charge Aaron Martin would have been in the starting 11 tonight. Let's just say his face doesn't fit with Cortese.

This. I remember it being West Ham as Dodd talks about it on the Season Review DVD as all the players were aware of him being there.

Strachan took over the following month,its against West Ham he was spotted in the stands.

Just checked if there are any Kingsland tickets on the online and there appears to be plenty of them, i'd give them a call if I were you.

Yeah my bad,got my wires crossed. As he went on holiday with my brother and mates who did go to primary school with CD I assumed he was their age but he was in a different year. Both he and CD were taught by my ex's mum but in different years, Glenn was friends with my ex as a kid. He has definitely auditioned twice before though and failed to get past the boot camp. Can't remember the name of his previous band, pretty sure the other one from Southampton they were up against the second time round were called 4tune.

I'll only be happy with Zola if Steve Clarke comes too

My brother knows the second one, Glen Vine, as does my ex's mum from teaching him at primary school. He was in the same class as Craig David whom she also taught obviously. Hasn't been noticed in the papers yet but he has auditioned for the show twice before in a different band, even going up against another Southampton band the 2nd time.

Nobody mentioned it previously because it's bull****. There's no way a high-profile name like that would be able to attend a football stadium on a matchday without being seen by a lot of people. Not that I wouldn't mind him coming here though! If it's not him or Stuart Pearce I'll be disappointed.

Watching us lift a trophy at Wembley was one of the best days of my life, even if it was only the JPT. Rembering how good that day out was makes me think **** it, let's go for it again this year. It's the only trophy we have a realistic chance of winning for a while.

http://www.zxspectrum.net Enjoy!

Sat on the bingo bus outside the ground,what a game! Can honestly say thats the most one-sided away game ive ever been to,7-0 wouldn't have flattered us. Kelvin rarely troubled but for a blinding save in the first half that looked as if it'd gone in from where we were,and a hopeful lob that hit the bar in the 2nd. Fonte was immense,another solid performance by Martin too. Endless running by Barnard again,deserved his goal. Rickie still looked a bit out of sorts again, seems a bit behind on fitness. Onwards and upwards hopefully!

Cheers Andy, I'll give them a try in the morning. In the meantime if anyone is interested PM me asap.

Didn't think they did refunds?

Have got a match ticket for the terraces and a seat on the bingo bus from St Marys for sale,£30 the pair.

Looks to me like after they removed the layer of top soil (which was advertised on the official site for fans to collect free of charge), that they laid fresh turf over the top of it instead of seeding it and it hasn't bedded in yet which is making it cut up easily,just like Wembley.

As kpturner says his distribution was a bit wayward at times yesterday but that could easily be down to a bit of nerves at playing against a Prem team on only his 3rd start for us. He did the simple things right like putting the ball out for a throw instead of fannying about with it and was very vocal,just what you want from a CB.Think he'd be more than up to the task in League one, particularly if AP keeps him in the team for the next few games.

Looks like I was lucky just to end up with a sprained ankle,am never wearing blades again.

Just watching it through now,first 2 goals were crackers, didn't have the best view of Asa's from where I was stood so its nice to see it again. Gonna get my ass down the gym I think,the camera really does add 10 pounds.

What worries me with the squad at the moment is at the hour mark today I was trying to figure out who we could bring on that would provide a bit of spark to change the game and there isn't anyone. Connolly is a like for like replacement for Barnard and whilst OXO has some raw talent he is still young and I don't see him having the same impact that Walcott or Bale had. At least Waigo gave us something different and quite often swung games in our favour when he came on. Not saying we should resign him but we definitely need some players who offer a decent alternative.

I'll wear my fonejacker outfit to the next game, be worth a laugh.

That copper was from the Met police not Hampshire, dunno why he'd be filming us lot.

Cracking goal,still haven't scored a proper screamer on Fifa 10 yet,scored this curious one in the arena though http://www.easportsfootball.co.uk/media/play/video/19997062 Did score a peach on Fifa 09 though http://www.easportsfootball.co.uk/media/play/video/3572693