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How will Saints line-up this season?

9:24am Friday 18th July 2008

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Saints fans will get their first real insight into Jan Poortvliet's plans for 2008/09 when Celtic visit St Mary's tonight.

He will deploy the 4-2-1-2-1 system used in the friendlies so far - that we do know, but which players will he pick ... and how will the system work?

In today's Daily Echo, Adam Leitch talks through how the system is meant to work and which players are available for each position.

Don't miss today's edition for the full break down on Jan Poortvliet's options.


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SFC76, anywhere but St Mary's says...
10:05am Fri 18 Jul 08

Quite frankly i could not give a monkeys where saints line up this year. I will be boycotting Saints while lowe, wilde and portaloo remain at the club.

What we need to do is get relegated and go into administration. Its the only way to get rid of these clowns

Mike, Hampshire says...
10:14am Fri 18 Jul 08

SFC76 wrote:
Quite frankly i could not give a monkeys where saints line up this year. I will be boycotting Saints while lowe, wilde and portaloo remain at the club. What we need to do is get relegated and go into administration. Its the only way to get rid of these clowns
Glad to see all the true Saints fans are out in force this morning!!

Funny I thought we supported the club and the 11 players on the pitch and not the boardroom. Guess I was wrong then!

The loyal saints fans will be at the game tonight saying farewell to a true legend. Quite frankly SFC76 the club doesnt need your sort of fan , bet you havent had a season ticket since we dropped out of the Premiership one of the so called fair weather fans.

Sheep, says...
10:16am Fri 18 Jul 08

Baaaa!

Adam, says...
10:16am Fri 18 Jul 08

SFC76 wrote:
Quite frankly i could not give a monkeys where saints line up this year. I will be boycotting Saints while lowe, wilde and portaloo remain at the club. What we need to do is get relegated and go into administration. Its the only way to get rid of these clowns
Im glad you are boycotting the stadium as we don't need such negativity about the place. Poortvliet has not even managed a championship game for u, so how can you judge him as the results we have had so far are not poor. Lowe and Wilde are doing what they feel is best for the club and only time will tell whether it works or not.

Saint Ash, At work says...
10:21am Fri 18 Jul 08

SFC76 wrote:
Quite frankly i could not give a monkeys where saints line up this year. I will be boycotting Saints while lowe, wilde and portaloo remain at the club. What we need to do is get relegated and go into administration. Its the only way to get rid of these clowns
Being a Skate, what you actually mean is;
"how Saint's line up" not "where Saints line up" as ther will be lining at the same place they have for the last 5 or 6 seasons.
What kind of supporter Wants his club to go into Administration? Dope.
And as for LOWE OUT, another Dope.
Just glad we wont be seeing SFC76 and LOWE OUT at any of the games this season,oh well every cloud.......

jamie, cowes says...
10:34am Fri 18 Jul 08

SFC76 wrote:
Quite frankly i could not give a monkeys where saints line up this year. I will be boycotting Saints while lowe, wilde and portaloo remain at the club. What we need to do is get relegated and go into administration. Its the only way to get rid of these clowns
imbecile !

Good riddance to you.

Sam, The Northam over 'ere says...
10:39am Fri 18 Jul 08

I'm just trying to be as optimistic as possible, its gonna be an unpredictable season, thats for sure. The players need our support at this time and I'm reserving judgement on the new management team until at least 5 games into the new season.
I'm hoping a packed house at St Marys tonight to show respect to Claus, a true Southampton legend.

COYR!

Devon Saint, says...
11:20am Fri 18 Jul 08

SFC76 wrote:
Quite frankly i could not give a monkeys where saints line up this year. I will be boycotting Saints while lowe, wilde and portaloo remain at the club.

What we need to do is get relegated and go into administration. Its the only way to get rid of these clowns
You mate, are a total f**king ****.

SFC4EVA, Soton says...
11:35am Fri 18 Jul 08

SFC76 wrote:
Quite frankly i could not give a monkeys where saints line up this year. I will be boycotting Saints while lowe, wilde and portaloo remain at the club. What we need to do is get relegated and go into administration. Its the only way to get rid of these clowns
PRAT!!

dangerousMike, says...
11:48am Fri 18 Jul 08

SFC76 wrote:
Quite frankly i could not give a monkeys where saints line up this year. I will be boycotting Saints while lowe, wilde and portaloo remain at the club. What we need to do is get relegated and go into administration. Its the only way to get rid of these clowns
Yeah lets get rellagated, go into administration then in a Luton like moment of genius by the football league have 30 points deducted. How is any club meant to survive after that? Why did the league not just relatgate them. I smell the smell of Rupert Lowe behind all this.

romsey saint, romsey says...
11:58am Fri 18 Jul 08

as always some has to blame Rupert, don't get me wrong I have no love for the man but I support Southampton Football Club, not the board or the premiership but the club and the 11 men that run out onto the pitch to play football, come on you SAINTS the only way is up

dangerousMike, in the Dark, Dark house says...
12:44pm Fri 18 Jul 08

I hope to see us line up in the slightly wonky christmass tree with no presents under it that Hoddle and Vennibles used to play with England. It should really suit the club

Kareem Abdul Jabar, 555-159 says...
1:12pm Fri 18 Jul 08

Ric Flair wrote:
We need to fill up the team with 7 foot 8 tall players who weigh 42 stone.
No rick we aint playing Basketball over here in little old England. Else i might play for them Saints in goal.

mallet the saint, taunton says...
1:16pm Fri 18 Jul 08

we are going to the game tonight leaving at 3pm will get home around midnight.we are doing this for claus'also to see what sort of team we will have and to see who could be are best ever manager gordon srachan.i am feeling positive about the new season as the new manager is doing what most people wanted while burley was in charge.so mr sfc76 stay home and play with yourself

Osama Bin Laden, A Cave far far away says...
1:38pm Fri 18 Jul 08

According to the other articles on the Echo Website it looks like alot of them will not be lining up in saints shirts next season

SFC76, Boycotting St Mary's says...
1:43pm Fri 18 Jul 08

I dont care what any of you say Enough is enough. Let's make next season an all out anti Lowe campaign. F*** all the crap about getting behind the team during games. Portaloo and Watt are complete failures so next season is a right off anyway. From the first minute to the last minute of games is the time to vent your fury against Lowe and Wilde and their useless managers.

Exacerbated & Fed Up, Southampton says...
1:50pm Fri 18 Jul 08

Well it doesn’t take too much or for too long before the “True” Saints fans come out. They slate anyone who dares to speak out against Lowe, they berate anyone who dares to make a stand against the board by rightly boycotting the club so the board can’t take more money out of the club, while all the while claiming to be the true Saints fans. Well true Saints fans, for me, it takes more than a few wins over teams who are of an insufficient standard to even test us. SFC did not the type of change that Lowe has inflicted upon the club. Letting Pearson go. Making redundancies of support staff, taking away the bus service for the FANS, appointing a manager who is not good enough for this league and will be exposed during the Season, and the biggest insult ever, making Claus pay for his own testimonial. They wouldn’t even fund a new pitch for someone who has genuinely given the Saints his all. Instead they take their 6 figure salaries out of the small pot that the fans are putting into, to line their own deep and greedy pockets. The apathy of the “True” Saints fans is very much not needed at SFC. All the while the “True” Saints fans keep going to St Mary’s Lowe will continue to take take take with his smug grin and egotistical arrogant Etonion attitude.

PorkPiePete, Southampton says...
1:56pm Fri 18 Jul 08

SFC76 wrote:
I dont care what any of you say Enough is enough. Let\'s make next season an all out anti Lowe campaign. F*** all the crap about getting behind the team during games. Portaloo and Watt are complete failures so next season is a right off anyway. From the first minute to the last minute of games is the time to vent your fury against Lowe and Wilde and their useless managers.
You have to actually be there if you want to vent!!

From your previous comments that hardly seems likely does it?

James, Southampton says...
2:07pm Fri 18 Jul 08

To all the know alls out there who believe their opinion IS the correct one.
I am a season ticket holder and have been for 22 Years. I love Saints but despise what Rupert Lowe has done to our club.
What to do because I will clearly offend one set whatever I decide to do.
Why people cannot have their own opinions and be respected for it is beyond me.

Bizarre, says...
2:10pm Fri 18 Jul 08

Not saying Lowe is either God or the Anti-Christ but I don't understand a lot of the knockers. Say, you get your wish and Lowe stands down.

Who would takeover?
Why would they?
Would they bring superior managers?
Would they bring in superior players?
If so where would the money come from?

Convince me there is a better solution out there? Can't see the point of chucking one administration out without having a plan (B).

Devon Saint, says...
2:33pm Fri 18 Jul 08

SFC76 wrote:
I dont care what any of you say Enough is enough. Let's make next season an all out anti Lowe campaign. F*** all the crap about getting behind the team during games. Portaloo and Watt are complete failures so next season is a right off anyway. From the first minute to the last minute of games is the time to vent your fury against Lowe and Wilde and their useless managers.
you are a poisionous little snake my friend. your bitter propoganda war will surely fail and where will you be then? supporting the 'football club' like all the other boo boys i should imagine. not one single person on the saints forever forum has agreed with your principles and no one on this forum wants to hear it either. crawl back under your slimy stone and try to evolve before you make another comment.

Frankie, w says...
3:01pm Fri 18 Jul 08

way back when.....I was a saints supporter and Ted Bates was the manager, he steooed down and an idiot by the name of Mc enemy took over and got us relegated.
I was one of the crowd who chanted to get rid of him outside the Dell , he came out and spoke to us about the pressures and what he was trying to achieve. We all decided to give him a chance, it took 5 years (I think) but we got back to the top and then we surpassed everything that had gone before.
I saw him many years later and introduced myself as one of the screamers and he shook my hand and said thank you for still beiing there as the club could not survive without people being there.

Do you think this still applies ?
or do you want this marvelous club to disappear ?
like Wimbledon ?

there are bigger clubs than this who wished to be rid of there board , got what they wanted but look at the cost they paid !

Leeds, Nottingham Forest

s.locke, pennington says...
3:55pm Fri 18 Jul 08

SFC76 wrote:
Quite frankly i could not give a monkeys where saints line up this year. I will be boycotting Saints while lowe, wilde and portaloo remain at the club. What we need to do is get relegated and go into administration. Its the only way to get rid of these clowns
oh boo hoo you had your say when he left last time and look we are worse off now with dept, still in the championship so no improvement when the old board were in . so the way i see it is you stay away as we don't need part time glory saints fan's any way .

SFC76, Boycotting St Mary\'s says...
4:27pm Fri 18 Jul 08

Oh Mr Devon Saint another typical lowe luvvie, if you think I am going to crawl back under my slimy stone think again. Its not only lowe, wilde and portaloo who are destroying the club but lowe luvvies like yourself giving him the funds to destroy the club into oblivian.
Open your f****** eyes and see the damage they are doing to the club.

Squirrel killer, Southampton Common says...
4:29pm Fri 18 Jul 08

Jan Poortvliet's plans for 2008/09
Do a good job managing the club, then leave the first time a premiership club shows the slightest bit of interest.

NC Fan for Life, Chandlers Ford says...
5:12pm Fri 18 Jul 08

4-5-1 is more like it from what I've seen which could get us a few draws but not many wins.

jack, Southampton says...
6:28pm Fri 18 Jul 08

Devon Saint wrote:
SFC76 wrote: Quite frankly i could not give a monkeys where saints line up this year. I will be boycotting Saints while lowe, wilde and portaloo remain at the club. What we need to do is get relegated and go into administration. Its the only way to get rid of these clowns
You mate, are a total f**king ****.
well said

jack, Southampton says...
6:32pm Fri 18 Jul 08

Devon Saint wrote:
SFC76 wrote: Quite frankly i could not give a monkeys where saints line up this year. I will be boycotting Saints while lowe, wilde and portaloo remain at the club. What we need to do is get relegated and go into administration. Its the only way to get rid of these clowns
You mate, are a total f**king ****.
well said

The Major, The Regiment says...
7:32pm Fri 18 Jul 08

SFC76 wrote:
Quite frankly i could not give a monkeys where saints line up this year. I will be boycotting Saints while lowe, wilde and portaloo remain at the club. What we need to do is get relegated and go into administration. Its the only way to get rid of these clowns
You are a fool,you to me are the enemy.the clowns left us last season,you as a clown should leave as well.
Love to get into my army,and knock some sense into you me lad.
Remember the Major

David Crook, Yorkshire says...
9:41pm Fri 18 Jul 08

What a great result to-night,the future looks very very good.
come on you saints

Jack Bourne, Weymouth says...
11:09pm Fri 18 Jul 08

If it was me i would play 4-3-3 .Celtic ain't a good side but hopefully Loyal Saints fans we can sell our crap goalkeeper K.DAVIS to Ipswich and get Richard Wright as well.

saints no 1 fan, New Forest says...
12:25am Sat 19 Jul 08

SFC76 wrote:
Quite frankly i could not give a monkeys where saints line up this year. I will be boycotting Saints while lowe, wilde and portaloo remain at the club. What we need to do is get relegated and go into administration. Its the only way to get rid of these clowns
Quite frankly the club doesnt need this negativity about it when it is going through tough times. No matter who is in the board room (not that I am a Lowe Supporter), I believe that SFC needs all the support more than ever. So SFC76 stay away and leave us loyal fans to support the club we love and are proud of.

IanRR, Romsey-ish says...
1:41am Sat 19 Jul 08

Lowe is the man in charge, whether we like it or not. It really doesnt matter how many wave the OUT banner, he is there to stay. We will be in better financial shape, long term. That has to be good news. At least we have a future!

Stern John told a mate of mine, weeks ago, that he was leaving, so lets just get used to that idea.

We have a young team, that will do one of two things. If its awful, then its no worse than last season. But what if we have just started the revolution, that we have needed for years......?

Get behind the boys. Its a fresh start. Show the same loyalty that we have been famous for. Unlike our glory hunter neighbours, who only go through the turnstyles, when things look rosy!

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