Adkins satisfied with a point (From Daily Echo)

Confucious wrote:
We're two points ahead of Cardiff in second and not two points behind in third. Not a bad day at all.

David Crook wrote:
The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

David Crook wrote:
The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

oh when the saints wrote:
Why is it when I talk to 90% of Saints fans, they speak so negatively about them. This is the best I have seen them in years! We should be thinking positively, enjoying it and getting behind the players and manager!!!

Baddesley Bill wrote:

oh when the saints wrote:
Why is it when I talk to 90% of Saints fans, they speak so negatively about them. This is the best I have seen them in years! We should be thinking positively, enjoying it and getting behind the players and manager!!!

Count me in the 10% bracket...along with the silent majority!

Over the Edge wrote:
A good performance by the lads, I think Dowd was watching another game, Fox 1st yellow was the great tackle, got the ball 1st, studs to the side, conditions made him fellow through, he couldn't, 2nd yellow, my Mrs gives me haerder love pats, the geezer was already falling.

We're 2nd in the league, for all negative people 2nd means promotion, who cares if WHU are above us today, we are the best side in this league by a country mile.

In Onwards and Upwards,, COYR

milton road wrote:
Well 4 tough games two played and whilst we should of picked 3 up against cardiff, overall we have done well. We have played some good football and today i htought at times we played some good football in impossible conditions. The fans were great and I hope those that went get home safe and sound.
I wonder who is the happier manager this week big Sam with a 5-1 defeat at Ipswich and 2-1 win against Millwall or NA with draws against the 2 form teams of the division. We showed we are still very much in the mix.
Proud of the Red and White.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
The most revealing think today for me was the Sharp interview where he said Donny had agreed a transfer fee with Leicester and he had agreed personal terms but held off signing. He also said he came to Saints for less money than he would have got elsewhere but fancied us more and wanted to work with Nigel again. The man's a total god!

DisplacedFan wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

oh when the saints wrote:
Why is it when I talk to 90% of Saints fans, they speak so negatively about them. This is the best I have seen them in years! We should be thinking positively, enjoying it and getting behind the players and manager!!!

Count me in the 10% bracket...along with the silent majority!

Count me in, too!!

saint Compo wrote:
A good point and Saints adapted better to the dreadful conditions than Brum. Fox's first yellow was arguably not even a foul - he played the ball cleanly and couldn't help but slide into the opponent who inevitably made a meal of it to get the free kick. The second yellow was a clear push on the opponent but it's something you see happening all the time (sadly) in football and it wasn't in a particularly dangerous position. (Even the Brummie supporting commentator on Sky thought the second yellow was wrong.)

Dowd is a pratt - I don't understand why referees feel obliged to dish out yellow cards. West Ham's second goal today was a travesty - their forward clattered into the Millwall goalkeeper and left him lying flat on the ground while another forward banged the ball into an empty net. That ref needs to go to Specsavers!

A solid performance by Saints who did well to pass the ball so well on the snow. A game that perhaps wouldn't have been played if it weren't on TV. At least nobody broke a leg.

COYR

St Retford wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
The most revealing think today for me was the Sharp interview where he said Donny had agreed a transfer fee with Leicester and he had agreed personal terms but held off signing. He also said he came to Saints for less money than he would have got elsewhere but fancied us more and wanted to work with Nigel again. The man's a total god!

Which man? Nigel or Billy?

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

DisplacedFan wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

oh when the saints wrote:
Why is it when I talk to 90% of Saints fans, they speak so negatively about them. This is the best I have seen them in years! We should be thinking positively, enjoying it and getting behind the players and manager!!!

Count me in the 10% bracket...along with the silent majority!

Count me in, too!!

I'm one of the 10% and so's my wife.

PressBoxTeaBoy wrote:

Confucious wrote:
We're two points ahead of Cardiff in second and not two points behind in third. Not a bad day at all.

Give it a week or two.

BLACKPOOLTOWERROCKS wrote:
Oh well your on that slippery slope and the gap between you and west ham is getting bigger and other teams like Blackpool to which i am a fan are closing the gap......so looking forward to kicking your arse when we play you in march !!!! a blackpool fan whos got passion....

PressBoxTeaBoy wrote:

BLACKPOOLTOWERROCKS wrote:
Oh well your on that slippery slope and the gap between you and west ham is getting bigger and other teams like Blackpool to which i am a fan are closing the gap......so looking forward to kicking your arse when we play you in march !!!! a blackpool fan whos got passion....

Way t'go mr Blackpool. They're rubbish, you'll beat em easy.

RedArmy1 wrote:
A good day out today ,,,

Like Cardiff in the Second Half - they had their chances to win and collect all 3 points.

COYR

Tirau Dan wrote:
Something has to gel as games are ticking over quickly now but the points aren't. Some decent weather, a firm pitch and a decent ref would go down a treat for the West Ham game.

Well smash Millwall at Home! Rest Rickie and let's see Billy and Chung with Connors on the bench.

Tirau Dan wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

DisplacedFan wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

oh when the saints wrote:
Why is it when I talk to 90% of Saints fans, they speak so negatively about them. This is the best I have seen them in years! We should be thinking positively, enjoying it and getting behind the players and manager!!!

Count me in the 10% bracket...along with the silent majority!

Count me in, too!!

I'm one of the 10% and so's my wife.

Is it unique to Southampton or South Coast or just a Southampton Football thing? not sure but not for a split second has any of the Saints fans down here moaned. They are playing the best football for ages. We have fantastic bosses doing brilliant business and we are going to win this league and get to the prem. By the way ask the doubter what they think of Southampton as a town and most will run it down.. I love it and family there... miss ya lots X

saintkenny wrote:

Tirau Dan wrote:
Something has to gel as games are ticking over quickly now but the points aren't. Some decent weather, a firm pitch and a decent ref would go down a treat for the West Ham game.

Well smash Millwall at Home! Rest Rickie and let's see Billy and Chung with Connors on the bench.

i dont know rickie had 3 game break you could give barny a go he needs games now tandy on the bench play guly wide chaplow to get match fit rest adam billy sharp if he wants him to settle in the team rest spiderman in play hammond .chaplow holding role here goes biakoski richardson harding fonte martin chaplow hammond guly sharp lambert barnard subs davis tandari cork lallana reeves seabourn connolly spiderman

City Saint wrote:

Tirau Dan wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

DisplacedFan wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

oh when the saints wrote:
Why is it when I talk to 90% of Saints fans, they speak so negatively about them. This is the best I have seen them in years! We should be thinking positively, enjoying it and getting behind the players and manager!!!

Count me in the 10% bracket...along with the silent majority!

Count me in, too!!

I'm one of the 10% and so's my wife.

Is it unique to Southampton or South Coast or just a Southampton Football thing? not sure but not for a split second has any of the Saints fans down here moaned. They are playing the best football for ages. We have fantastic bosses doing brilliant business and we are going to win this league and get to the prem. By the way ask the doubter what they think of Southampton as a town and most will run it down.. I love it and family there... miss ya lots X

We struggle with the pressure ogf being Division-beaters. for most of my life, we've either fought drelegation, or indeed been relegated. The negativity is part coping mechanism (talk it down so if we blow it, we expected no less) and part growing pains (we don't know how to demand more without sounding ungrateful). But every fan on here is a fan. Except the haters from Pompey, Brighton and, bizarrely, Celtic.

saintkenny wrote:

RedArmy1 wrote:
A good day out today ,,,

Like Cardiff in the Second Half - they had their chances to win and collect all 3 points.

COYR

at the end of the day we have just drew with cardiff in bham who will beat skates on tuesday ,stopped them gaining on us .that is a plus and now seaborn is training puncheon is back chaplow de ridder hoovield barnard add sharp and tandanari where not going to be far away the run in is not bad after febuary 8 wins couple of draws full strength will be enough ,and we have 8 games at home yet

Tirau Dan wrote:
Something has to gel as games are ticking over quickly now but the points aren't. Some decent weather, a firm pitch and a decent ref would go down a treat for the West Ham game.

Well smash Millwall at Home! Rest Rickie and let's see Billy and Chung with Connors on the bench.

David Crook wrote:
The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

flashhart2000 wrote:
I watched in spanish I wish i had just stayed listening to Dave Merrington at least I could of imagined a good match.

I say keep us off the Telly until Europe!

Cpt. Kirk's illegitimate love child wrote:

City Saint wrote:

Tirau Dan wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

DisplacedFan wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

oh when the saints wrote:
Why is it when I talk to 90% of Saints fans, they speak so negatively about them. This is the best I have seen them in years! We should be thinking positively, enjoying it and getting behind the players and manager!!!

Count me in the 10% bracket...along with the silent majority!

Count me in, too!!

I'm one of the 10% and so's my wife.

Is it unique to Southampton or South Coast or just a Southampton Football thing? not sure but not for a split second has any of the Saints fans down here moaned. They are playing the best football for ages. We have fantastic bosses doing brilliant business and we are going to win this league and get to the prem. By the way ask the doubter what they think of Southampton as a town and most will run it down.. I love it and family there... miss ya lots X

We struggle with the pressure ogf being Division-beaters. for most of my life, we've either fought drelegation, or indeed been relegated. The negativity is part coping mechanism (talk it down so if we blow it, we expected no less) and part growing pains (we don't know how to demand more without sounding ungrateful). But every fan on here is a fan. Except the haters from Pompey, Brighton and, bizarrely, Celtic.

Exactly what I was thinking! The team might have the winning mentality but to some of us fans it comes a bit harder. Years of telling your 'big club' (Arsenal, Manure, Chelsea. etc.) mates that you support Saints and know what you are talking about as far as football goes then trying to give a realistic assessment of your team's non-existent prospects of winning anything does leave you sort of used to a stoic negativity. Maybe it's in the blood. Maybe that's why some of us became Saints fans in the first place (not me I hasten to add). Anyway I can see that negativity/pessimism is a harder habit to break for some than others. All I can say is that there is nothing of any real importance to be negative about nowadays. We have a club on the up and the future is truly bright. Get used to it. Get on board the bus while Nigel and the players row (?) us to glory! Leave those negative thoughts behind. They belong in the past.

batesieboy wrote:
Personally, I am happy with that point. A little worried that Saints did not create any clear-cut chances, and Brum might have snatched it if the had taken one of theirs. So it's on to a good win against Burnley. Not too worried about Millwall.

Linesman wrote:

David Crook wrote:
The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides.

The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

DisplacedFan wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

oh when the saints wrote: Why is it when I talk to 90% of Saints fans, they speak so negatively about them. This is the best I have seen them in years! We should be thinking positively, enjoying it and getting behind the players and manager!!!

Count me in the 10% bracket...along with the silent majority!

Count me in, too!!

I'm one of the 10% and so's my wife.

mack chinnon wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

DisplacedFan wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

oh when the saints wrote: Why is it when I talk to 90% of Saints fans, they speak so negatively about them. This is the best I have seen them in years! We should be thinking positively, enjoying it and getting behind the players and manager!!!

Count me in the 10% bracket...along with the silent majority!

Count me in, too!!

I'm one of the 10% and so's my wife.

I was going to say that.

David Crook wrote:
The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

WobblyCat wrote:

David Crook wrote:
The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

I went, I felt sorry for me, it was bl**dy freezing! A good point in difficult condtions against an inform team unbeaten at home. Think we are on the way up again after a poor run and will soon be back up there. Also means we see the back of rent boy and nothern gobshite! Saints forum people, not a sounding board for the also rans.

thomasupton wrote:
Wish the club were giving us more information on injuries. When is Chaplow coming back and where was Lee yesterday and how come conners played before Sharp and Guly?

legod7 wrote:

thomasupton wrote:
Wish the club were giving us more information on injuries. When is Chaplow coming back and where was Lee yesterday and how come conners played before Sharp and Guly?

Connolley played because he, like the rest of the starting X1 had a very good game against Cardiff, and so deserved to start against Birmingham.

insane saint wrote:
the maiin question that is being asked today is why are we strugling to have a shot on goal?

thomasupton wrote:

legod7 wrote:

thomasupton wrote:
Wish the club were giving us more information on injuries. When is Chaplow coming back and where was Lee yesterday and how come conners played before Sharp and Guly?

Connolley played because he, like the rest of the starting X1 had a very good game against Cardiff, and so deserved to start against Birmingham.

He played terrible against Cardiff. Hence why he got taken off. Lee came on and had an instant impact. I think Lee is going to be a major asset. Can't understand why he wasn't there yesterday.

SouthamptonLegend wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

legod7 wrote:

thomasupton wrote:
Wish the club were giving us more information on injuries. When is Chaplow coming back and where was Lee yesterday and how come conners played before Sharp and Guly?

Connolley played because he, like the rest of the starting X1 had a very good game against Cardiff, and so deserved to start against Birmingham.

He played terrible against Cardiff. Hence why he got taken off. Lee came on and had an instant impact. I think Lee is going to be a major asset. Can't understand why he wasn't there yesterday.

The conditions...??

thomasupton wrote:

WobblyCat wrote:

David Crook wrote:
The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

I went, I felt sorry for me, it was bl**dy freezing! A good point in difficult condtions against an inform team unbeaten at home. Think we are on the way up again after a poor run and will soon be back up there. Also means we see the back of rent boy and nothern gobshite! Saints forum people, not a sounding board for the also rans.

Fair play to you going in them conditions, great respect due. You sung your hearts out and drowned out the brummies.

Linesman wrote:

David Crook wrote: The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides. The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

David Crook wrote: The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides. The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Linesman are you a skate or just a miserable fool?

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

David Crook wrote: The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides. The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Linesman are you a skate or just a miserable fool?

Neither, but you are a moron if you cannot see the truth in what I wrote.

Were the conditions better for Birmingham than they were for Southampton?

Of course not.

Did Davies have to make more saves than their keeper?

Yes he did. In fact, I cannot recall their keeper having to make any saves at all.

As Red Army1 @ 10:38 agrees with my comment, do you consider him to be 'a skate or just a miserable fool' as well?

Baddesley Bill wrote:
Does anyone agree that we are seriously missing Chaplow? I think he would have been a telling factor in the game at Brum. I really believe that it's his hassle and harry that frees up Cork to make the plays. Get fit soon please Chappers...because I don't think the games ahead are gonna be much easier. COYR

insane saint wrote:
yes fox should not have been sent off but he should not have given the ref the option he is crap. he can not pass to a saints player he gets caught on the ball he does not get down the line to over lap he tries to many cross field balls and most of our goals we concede comes from him being caught on the out side. Harding is by far a better player in the left back poss he does all that i have mentioned except getting caught by letting players passed him easily.
sorry for being a bit negative but this is what i feel we will not miss him. so COYR

mcsaint wrote:
Just to add to my last post ...

What a journey home !! Sure there was a lot of snow, but the roads were a disgrace .. not a plough or gritter to be seen. Coming out of Birmingham for 15 miles was terrible .. but I wasnt worried because I knew the M40 motorway would have at least 1 lane cleared. But no...

The M40 was a f..... disgrace. It was like driving in a field of snow .. no idea where the road was, cars parked up everywhere cars spining, at one point there was a "carpark" and it was like the dogems!

A34 was not too bad .. well done Hampshire for clearing that. I got home at 1.30, but at least I got home .. I saw about 100 cars were stranded on the M40 overnight. Must have been a few saints fans in there.

Well dont all the loyal followers who cheered the team on and TOTALLY outsung the Brummies (who had a pathetic 17,500 attendance).

Comittment like that will see us to the premiership. COYR ...

mack chinnon wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

DisplacedFan wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

oh when the saints wrote: Why is it when I talk to 90% of Saints fans, they speak so negatively about them. This is the best I have seen them in years! We should be thinking positively, enjoying it and getting behind the players and manager!!!

Count me in the 10% bracket...along with the silent majority!

Count me in, too!!

I'm one of the 10% and so's my wife.

I was going to say that.

tugboat wrote:
When are refs going to stop re-acting to players that roll around as if theres a sniper in the crowd....Lamberts straight red is another prime example,Fox,s first yellow was instigated by the reaction of the actor he tackled. He was holding his leg as if it had snapped then straight after the card had been given ran away-embarassing to watch. The cards that are being doled out at present in the game are not for the tackles,their like giving out oscars.
I wouldnt mind if it was funny,but it could scupper our season if some dough brain ref gets sucked in every time. Judge the tackle not the following performance .

Thorshammer wrote:

mcsaint wrote:
Just to add to my last post ...

What a journey home !! Sure there was a lot of snow, but the roads were a disgrace .. not a plough or gritter to be seen. Coming out of Birmingham for 15 miles was terrible .. but I wasnt worried because I knew the M40 motorway would have at least 1 lane cleared. But no...

The M40 was a f..... disgrace. It was like driving in a field of snow .. no idea where the road was, cars parked up everywhere cars spining, at one point there was a "carpark" and it was like the dogems!

A34 was not too bad .. well done Hampshire for clearing that. I got home at 1.30, but at least I got home .. I saw about 100 cars were stranded on the M40 overnight. Must have been a few saints fans in there.

Well dont all the loyal followers who cheered the team on and TOTALLY outsung the Brummies (who had a pathetic 17,500 attendance).

Comittment like that will see us to the premiership. COYR ...

A mirror of my experience, did a 360% spin in the services !, the last place you would expect to be neglected.Where were the gritters and ploughs for those heading South ?.
We knew it was coming days ago yet these planks put our lives at risk, Grr,
Well done to the wonderful supporters who got there and I hope you all got back to your Fams safe.

mcsaint wrote:
Just to add to my last post ...

What a journey home !! Sure there was a lot of snow, but the roads were a disgrace .. not a plough or gritter to be seen. Coming out of Birmingham for 15 miles was terrible .. but I wasnt worried because I knew the M40 motorway would have at least 1 lane cleared. But no...

The M40 was a f..... disgrace. It was like driving in a field of snow .. no idea where the road was, cars parked up everywhere cars spining, at one point there was a "carpark" and it was like the dogems!

A34 was not too bad .. well done Hampshire for clearing that. I got home at 1.30, but at least I got home .. I saw about 100 cars were stranded on the M40 overnight. Must have been a few saints fans in there.

Well dont all the loyal followers who cheered the team on and TOTALLY outsung the Brummies (who had a pathetic 17,500 attendance).

Comittment like that will see us to the premiership. COYR ...

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Thorshammer wrote:

mcsaint wrote:
Just to add to my last post ...

What a journey home !! Sure there was a lot of snow, but the roads were a disgrace .. not a plough or gritter to be seen. Coming out of Birmingham for 15 miles was terrible .. but I wasnt worried because I knew the M40 motorway would have at least 1 lane cleared. But no...

The M40 was a f..... disgrace. It was like driving in a field of snow .. no idea where the road was, cars parked up everywhere cars spining, at one point there was a "carpark" and it was like the dogems!

A34 was not too bad .. well done Hampshire for clearing that. I got home at 1.30, but at least I got home .. I saw about 100 cars were stranded on the M40 overnight. Must have been a few saints fans in there.

Well dont all the loyal followers who cheered the team on and TOTALLY outsung the Brummies (who had a pathetic 17,500 attendance).

Comittment like that will see us to the premiership. COYR ...

A mirror of my experience, did a 360% spin in the services !, the last place you would expect to be neglected.Where were the gritters and ploughs for those heading South ?.
We knew it was coming days ago yet these planks put our lives at risk, Grr,
Well done to the wonderful supporters who got there and I hope you all got back to your Fams safe.

You, and all the 1,550 fans who were there, are fantastic.

I could hear you loud and clear here in Strasbourg and that was with the windows shut :)

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

David Crook wrote: The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides. The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Linesman are you a skate or just a miserable fool?

Neither, but you are a moron if you cannot see the truth in what I wrote. Were the conditions better for Birmingham than they were for Southampton? Of course not. Did Davies have to make more saves than their keeper? Yes he did. In fact, I cannot recall their keeper having to make any saves at all. As Red Army1 @ 10:38 agrees with my comment, do you consider him to be 'a skate or just a miserable fool' as well?

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

David Crook wrote: The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides. The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Linesman are you a skate or just a miserable fool?

Neither, but you are a moron if you cannot see the truth in what I wrote. Were the conditions better for Birmingham than they were for Southampton? Of course not. Did Davies have to make more saves than their keeper? Yes he did. In fact, I cannot recall their keeper having to make any saves at all. As Red Army1 @ 10:38 agrees with my comment, do you consider him to be 'a skate or just a miserable fool' as well?

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

David Crook wrote: The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides. The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Linesman are you a skate or just a miserable fool?

Neither, but you are a moron if you cannot see the truth in what I wrote. Were the conditions better for Birmingham than they were for Southampton? Of course not. Did Davies have to make more saves than their keeper? Yes he did. In fact, I cannot recall their keeper having to make any saves at all. As Red Army1 @ 10:38 agrees with my comment, do you consider him to be 'a skate or just a miserable fool' as well?

My comment is not about this post in isolation, it is everything you spout.

I haven't heard much from you for the year in which we have been brilliant and now we have a sticky spell you are back with your negative rhetoric. I hope for your sake you are just a sad skate rather than an incredibly miserable sad saint.

Oldfan wrote:
Got a point and which was great Zigic big loss to them and lucky for us. So without creating anything we got a 0-0. Yes it was a good point although fear that if they had scored we woud not have got anything at all as we offered noting in the final third. Hope that Sharp and Lee will change this. PS thought Martin had excellent game.

RedArmy1 wrote:

Tirau Dan wrote:
Something has to gel as games are ticking over quickly now but the points aren't. Some decent weather, a firm pitch and a decent ref would go down a treat for the West Ham game.

Well smash Millwall at Home! Rest Rickie and let's see Billy and Chung with Connors on the bench.

SMASH ... Millwall at home.... Now you're talking ..

Let's also crush Burnley (getting that first goal is so important)

and get the result against West Ham that we know we are capable of.

We're all going up West Ham -

hopefully the weather will not be snow which slows down our passing game.

(Won't affect west ham with their hooooooof ball and Cole on the end to score for them.)

west ham are a nervous crowd and with good play we can keep their supporters nice and quiet ...

Red Army...Red Army...Red Army.....Red Army....Red Army..... .

COYR

insane saint wrote:
yes fox should not have been sent off but he should not have given the ref the option he is crap. he can not pass to a saints player he gets caught on the ball he does not get down the line to over lap he tries to many cross field balls and most of our goals we concede comes from him being caught on the out side. Harding is by far a better player in the left back poss he does all that i have mentioned except getting caught by letting players passed him easily.
sorry for being a bit negative but this is what i feel we will not miss him. so COYR

puppy saint wrote:
Next time I'll f%king listen to the severe weather warnings. Didn't get back till 02.30.

Confucious wrote:

puppy saint wrote:
Next time I'll f%king listen to the severe weather warnings. Didn't get back till 02.30.

I was shirking watching the telly at home. So as Kipling nearly said...

Puppy! Puppy! Puppy!
You intrepid travelling Puppy Saint
Tho' the snow so deep delayed you
By the livin' Gawd that made you
You're a better fan than I am Puppy Saint!

Confucious wrote:

puppy saint wrote:
Next time I'll f%king listen to the severe weather warnings. Didn't get back till 02.30.

I was shirking watching the telly at home. So as Kipling nearly said...

Puppy! Puppy! Puppy!
You intrepid travelling Puppy Saint
Tho' the snow so deep delayed you
By the livin' Gawd that made you
You're a better fan than I am Puppy Saint!

Over the Edge wrote:
Millwall team selection

Bart, Harding, Martin, Jaidi, Butterfield, Hammond, Puncheon, Barnard, Guly, Lee, De Ridder, with kids on the bench

Burnley team selection

Davis, Fonte, Hooiveld, Richardson, Harding, Lallana, Schederiln, Cork, Hammond, Lambert, Sharp.

Just a Sunday afternoon thought.

rob the saint in NZ wrote:
Just wanted to say a big "thank you" to the 1500 true Saints who made the trip to Brum (& back again which sounded pretty horrendous)!

The rest of us, particularly the overseas contingent, really appreciate your magnificent, loyal & loud support.

I could hear you loud & clear - you did us all proud!

2 wins this week please Saints - COYR!!!

insane saint wrote:
any way when is Pompey going to the wall

Baddesley Bill wrote:
Another little nugget from the news site...

"Mr Chanrai if you want your money back give Appy a few million to buy a couple of players to get us in the PL then you can have all your money back in one chunk."

Some of em don't really get it do they! :O)

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

David Crook wrote: The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides. The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Linesman are you a skate or just a miserable fool?

Neither, but you are a moron if you cannot see the truth in what I wrote. Were the conditions better for Birmingham than they were for Southampton? Of course not. Did Davies have to make more saves than their keeper? Yes he did. In fact, I cannot recall their keeper having to make any saves at all. As Red Army1 @ 10:38 agrees with my comment, do you consider him to be 'a skate or just a miserable fool' as well?

My comment is not about this post in isolation, it is everything you spout. I haven't heard much from you for the year in which we have been brilliant and now we have a sticky spell you are back with your negative rhetoric. I hope for your sake you are just a sad skate rather than an incredibly miserable sad saint.

If you could be bothered to look, you would see that I was responding to a post made by David Crook. If he had not made that comment, I would not have posted what I did. What I said was neither negative nor positive, purely and simply, a fact as I saw it in that the conditions were as bad for Birmingham as they were for Southampton. That is not negative nor is it positive, it is a fact. If you watch a replay of the match, you will see that Birmingham's keeper did not have a shot on target to save, but Davies did. That is not being negative, it is stating the truth. I was watching Saints when they were in Div3 South, with Ephgrave in goal and Bill Rochford, an FA Cup winner, was at left back. When you can match that time-scale, you will have something to shout about, but I will no longer be around.

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
Another little nugget from the news site...

"Mr Chanrai if you want your money back give Appy a few million to buy a couple of players to get us in the PL then you can have all your money back in one chunk."

Some of em don't really get it do they! :O)

Now that IS funny.

Tirau Dan wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote: Another little nugget from the news site... "Mr Chanrai if you want your money back give Appy a few million to buy a couple of players to get us in the PL then you can have all your money back in one chunk." Some of em don't really get it do they! :O)

Now that IS funny.

From the court explanation.. There are three possible results: Pay the debt, sell the club or wind up. 20th Feb nuff said!!

Balders76 wrote:

Tirau Dan wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote: Another little nugget from the news site... "Mr Chanrai if you want your money back give Appy a few million to buy a couple of players to get us in the PL then you can have all your money back in one chunk." Some of em don't really get it do they! :O)

Now that IS funny.

From the court explanation.. There are three possible results: Pay the debt, sell the club or wind up. 20th Feb nuff said!!

It is our money they owe - well maybe not yours kiwi Dan but you what I mean. What got me about last time was we (the taxpayers) wrote off what they owed then they splashed out on some half decent players like Kitson for at least a £mil. Basically their fans were laughing - they had 3 or 4 years watching their small time club filled with international players and winning a cup. And the penalty? To be back to the position they belong anyway, where they started before they stole a load of money. Every team may as well do that if that is the only consequence. Now they are here again - this time they need to rot for the sake of justice and to set an example for the rest of the league that you can't just live the high life at the expense of everyone else.

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

David Crook wrote: The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides. The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Linesman are you a skate or just a miserable fool?

Neither, but you are a moron if you cannot see the truth in what I wrote. Were the conditions better for Birmingham than they were for Southampton? Of course not. Did Davies have to make more saves than their keeper? Yes he did. In fact, I cannot recall their keeper having to make any saves at all. As Red Army1 @ 10:38 agrees with my comment, do you consider him to be 'a skate or just a miserable fool' as well?

My comment is not about this post in isolation, it is everything you spout. I haven't heard much from you for the year in which we have been brilliant and now we have a sticky spell you are back with your negative rhetoric. I hope for your sake you are just a sad skate rather than an incredibly miserable sad saint.

If you could be bothered to look, you would see that I was responding to a post made by David Crook. If he had not made that comment, I would not have posted what I did. What I said was neither negative nor positive, purely and simply, a fact as I saw it in that the conditions were as bad for Birmingham as they were for Southampton. That is not negative nor is it positive, it is a fact. If you watch a replay of the match, you will see that Birmingham's keeper did not have a shot on target to save, but Davies did. That is not being negative, it is stating the truth. I was watching Saints when they were in Div3 South, with Ephgrave in goal and Bill Rochford, an FA Cup winner, was at left back. When you can match that time-scale, you will have something to shout about, but I will no longer be around.

ok so you are the bloke who sat behind me at the dell moaning about Moran "apart from the 3 goals he scored today Moran's done nothing". A bit of me wishes were a skate.

If you care to read what I just said before, that last diatribe is irrelevant. However if you want me to pick on that I will, it is a fact but it is another deliberately isolated fact designed obviously at taking the most negative slant. Here are more facts: We had more possesion, we kept a clean sheet, we got a valuable draw away against a team unbeaten at home and top of the form table, the conditions were not suited to a team like us who play a passing game, they do suit a hard team with a giant striker. Why do you never mention any of the positive "facts"? Because you are either a skate or the most miserable negative saint.

So you are a saint? So here is your chance to show your colours. What is your overall summary of the state of our club, and our team right now? Here is mine - We are a brillaintly run club, with great fans, being treated to some excellent free flowing football from a team that want to be here. We have a fantastic manager who supported by the chairman brings in quality players one after another. We have had a wobble mostly due to injuries but we are still in a promotion position in our first year back at this level. It is a joy to support SFC in the last two years and the future is bright.

Go on see if you can be honest.

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

David Crook wrote: The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides. The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Linesman are you a skate or just a miserable fool?

Neither, but you are a moron if you cannot see the truth in what I wrote. Were the conditions better for Birmingham than they were for Southampton? Of course not. Did Davies have to make more saves than their keeper? Yes he did. In fact, I cannot recall their keeper having to make any saves at all. As Red Army1 @ 10:38 agrees with my comment, do you consider him to be 'a skate or just a miserable fool' as well?

My comment is not about this post in isolation, it is everything you spout. I haven't heard much from you for the year in which we have been brilliant and now we have a sticky spell you are back with your negative rhetoric. I hope for your sake you are just a sad skate rather than an incredibly miserable sad saint.

If you could be bothered to look, you would see that I was responding to a post made by David Crook. If he had not made that comment, I would not have posted what I did. What I said was neither negative nor positive, purely and simply, a fact as I saw it in that the conditions were as bad for Birmingham as they were for Southampton. That is not negative nor is it positive, it is a fact. If you watch a replay of the match, you will see that Birmingham's keeper did not have a shot on target to save, but Davies did. That is not being negative, it is stating the truth. I was watching Saints when they were in Div3 South, with Ephgrave in goal and Bill Rochford, an FA Cup winner, was at left back. When you can match that time-scale, you will have something to shout about, but I will no longer be around.

ok so you are the bloke who sat behind me at the dell moaning about Moran "apart from the 3 goals he scored today Moran's done nothing". A bit of me wishes were a skate.

If you care to read what I just said before, that last diatribe is irrelevant. However if you want me to pick on that I will, it is a fact but it is another deliberately isolated fact designed obviously at taking the most negative slant. Here are more facts: We had more possesion, we kept a clean sheet, we got a valuable draw away against a team unbeaten at home and top of the form table, the conditions were not suited to a team like us who play a passing game, they do suit a hard team with a giant striker. Why do you never mention any of the positive "facts"? Because you are either a skate or the most miserable negative saint.

So you are a saint? So here is your chance to show your colours. What is your overall summary of the state of our club, and our team right now? Here is mine - We are a brillaintly run club, with great fans, being treated to some excellent free flowing football from a team that want to be here. We have a fantastic manager who supported by the chairman brings in quality players one after another. We have had a wobble mostly due to injuries but we are still in a promotion position in our first year back at this level. It is a joy to support SFC in the last two years and the future is bright.

Go on see if you can be honest.

So you want to keep changing the subject, to prove what?

This sequence started because David Crook said that the game should not have been played because of the conditions.

In response, I stated that it was as bad for Birmingham as it was for Saints and it could not be why their keeper had no shots to save but Davies had.

RedArmy1 @10:38 agreed with me.

By making that comment, you decide to behave like a naughty schoolboy and start calling me names, but I note that you have not had a pop at RedArmy1 for agreeing with me.

As you have got no joy, and discover that I was going to the Dell long before you were thought of, you now want me to give my opinion on various aspects of the club.

Why?

So that you can throw another tantrum if I should say something that you don't like or that you disapprove of?

I remember when Charlie Wayman was centreforward, and Saints were certs for promotion to the old Div 1 because they had, I think it was, a 6 or 8 point lead at the top of the table, and not too many matches left.

Charlie had a 'mysterious injury' and Saints were not promoted, and Charlie sold the two cafes he owned in Southampton and was transferred to PNE.

We thought that the club was well run then.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Tirau Dan wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote: Another little nugget from the news site... "Mr Chanrai if you want your money back give Appy a few million to buy a couple of players to get us in the PL then you can have all your money back in one chunk." Some of em don't really get it do they! :O)

Now that IS funny.

From the court explanation.. There are three possible results: Pay the debt, sell the club or wind up. 20th Feb nuff said!!

It is our money they owe - well maybe not yours kiwi Dan but you what I mean. What got me about last time was we (the taxpayers) wrote off what they owed then they splashed out on some half decent players like Kitson for at least a £mil. Basically their fans were laughing - they had 3 or 4 years watching their small time club filled with international players and winning a cup. And the penalty? To be back to the position they belong anyway, where they started before they stole a load of money. Every team may as well do that if that is the only consequence. Now they are here again - this time they need to rot for the sake of justice and to set an example for the rest of the league that you can't just live the high life at the expense of everyone else.

You won't be coming to Fratton in the show of solidarity then? :)

Chipster wrote:
Anyone know when Chaplow will be returning to the fold? This injury seems to be dragging on a bit too long for my liking, we need his bite in midfield! Overall considering the weather it was a good point, lets now move on and up our game and actually start winning again! COYR's! FOP!

RedArmy1 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

David Crook wrote: The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides. The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Linesman are you a skate or just a miserable fool?

Neither, but you are a moron if you cannot see the truth in what I wrote. Were the conditions better for Birmingham than they were for Southampton? Of course not. Did Davies have to make more saves than their keeper? Yes he did. In fact, I cannot recall their keeper having to make any saves at all. As Red Army1 @ 10:38 agrees with my comment, do you consider him to be 'a skate or just a miserable fool' as well?

My comment is not about this post in isolation, it is everything you spout. I haven't heard much from you for the year in which we have been brilliant and now we have a sticky spell you are back with your negative rhetoric. I hope for your sake you are just a sad skate rather than an incredibly miserable sad saint.

If you could be bothered to look, you would see that I was responding to a post made by David Crook. If he had not made that comment, I would not have posted what I did. What I said was neither negative nor positive, purely and simply, a fact as I saw it in that the conditions were as bad for Birmingham as they were for Southampton. That is not negative nor is it positive, it is a fact. If you watch a replay of the match, you will see that Birmingham's keeper did not have a shot on target to save, but Davies did. That is not being negative, it is stating the truth. I was watching Saints when they were in Div3 South, with Ephgrave in goal and Bill Rochford, an FA Cup winner, was at left back. When you can match that time-scale, you will have something to shout about, but I will no longer be around.

ok so you are the bloke who sat behind me at the dell moaning about Moran "apart from the 3 goals he scored today Moran's done nothing". A bit of me wishes were a skate.

If you care to read what I just said before, that last diatribe is irrelevant. However if you want me to pick on that I will, it is a fact but it is another deliberately isolated fact designed obviously at taking the most negative slant. Here are more facts: We had more possesion, we kept a clean sheet, we got a valuable draw away against a team unbeaten at home and top of the form table, the conditions were not suited to a team like us who play a passing game, they do suit a hard team with a giant striker. Why do you never mention any of the positive "facts"? Because you are either a skate or the most miserable negative saint.

So you are a saint? So here is your chance to show your colours. What is your overall summary of the state of our club, and our team right now? Here is mine - We are a brillaintly run club, with great fans, being treated to some excellent free flowing football from a team that want to be here. We have a fantastic manager who supported by the chairman brings in quality players one after another. We have had a wobble mostly due to injuries but we are still in a promotion position in our first year back at this level. It is a joy to support SFC in the last two years and the future is bright.

Go on see if you can be honest.

So you want to keep changing the subject, to prove what?

This sequence started because David Crook said that the game should not have been played because of the conditions.

In response, I stated that it was as bad for Birmingham as it was for Saints and it could not be why their keeper had no shots to save but Davies had.

RedArmy1 @10:38 agreed with me.

By making that comment, you decide to behave like a naughty schoolboy and start calling me names, but I note that you have not had a pop at RedArmy1 for agreeing with me.

As you have got no joy, and discover that I was going to the Dell long before you were thought of, you now want me to give my opinion on various aspects of the club.

Why?

So that you can throw another tantrum if I should say something that you don't like or that you disapprove of?

I remember when Charlie Wayman was centreforward, and Saints were certs for promotion to the old Div 1 because they had, I think it was, a 6 or 8 point lead at the top of the table, and not too many matches left.

Charlie had a 'mysterious injury' and Saints were not promoted, and Charlie sold the two cafes he owned in Southampton and was transferred to PNE.

We thought that the club was well run then.

Look - I was in the terraces and had a thoroughly good day out.

When was a bit (lot) of snow going to ruin it for me ...

For a 0-0 - it was a good game and although I recorded it on Sky TV - it was a lot lot better on the Terraces.

West Ham is gonna be immense and I am confident that we will do there and WIN. (low scoring game)

As posted before the Crowd were immense and the Players were very good.

Super ... Super Kelv did a great interview when he said we came to WIN.

That's what this side is all about ... we SMASHED Birmingham at St Mary's - so why not go up there and do it again.... ?

I did agree with Linesman yesterday that we could have got more shots off and tested their keeper - but I then re watched the game on Sky and saw the lads did crack in some shots but they were blocked by Birmingham.

With the lads coming back from injuries - we have a good side and Billy Sharp looks useful - he was pretty close to getting a goal ...

We are in the race and we are in the mix for Automatic Promotion. The crowd do make a big difference to the Players and Together we can do this.

Getting ahead of myself - looking forward to end of Season Celebrations (on the p.....) and playing Premiership Football next Season. If Norwich can do this - then why can't we ???

Looking back to where we were .. that 4-0 defeat to Swindon in the JPT last Season and see how far we have come
It's been great - long may it continue !!!


NO FEAR

WE ARE THE MIGHTY SOUTHAMPTON

RED ARMY.
THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION.

Linesman wrote:

RedArmy1 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

David Crook wrote: The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides. The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Linesman are you a skate or just a miserable fool?

Neither, but you are a moron if you cannot see the truth in what I wrote. Were the conditions better for Birmingham than they were for Southampton? Of course not. Did Davies have to make more saves than their keeper? Yes he did. In fact, I cannot recall their keeper having to make any saves at all. As Red Army1 @ 10:38 agrees with my comment, do you consider him to be 'a skate or just a miserable fool' as well?

My comment is not about this post in isolation, it is everything you spout. I haven't heard much from you for the year in which we have been brilliant and now we have a sticky spell you are back with your negative rhetoric. I hope for your sake you are just a sad skate rather than an incredibly miserable sad saint.

If you could be bothered to look, you would see that I was responding to a post made by David Crook. If he had not made that comment, I would not have posted what I did. What I said was neither negative nor positive, purely and simply, a fact as I saw it in that the conditions were as bad for Birmingham as they were for Southampton. That is not negative nor is it positive, it is a fact. If you watch a replay of the match, you will see that Birmingham's keeper did not have a shot on target to save, but Davies did. That is not being negative, it is stating the truth. I was watching Saints when they were in Div3 South, with Ephgrave in goal and Bill Rochford, an FA Cup winner, was at left back. When you can match that time-scale, you will have something to shout about, but I will no longer be around.

ok so you are the bloke who sat behind me at the dell moaning about Moran "apart from the 3 goals he scored today Moran's done nothing". A bit of me wishes were a skate.

If you care to read what I just said before, that last diatribe is irrelevant. However if you want me to pick on that I will, it is a fact but it is another deliberately isolated fact designed obviously at taking the most negative slant. Here are more facts: We had more possesion, we kept a clean sheet, we got a valuable draw away against a team unbeaten at home and top of the form table, the conditions were not suited to a team like us who play a passing game, they do suit a hard team with a giant striker. Why do you never mention any of the positive "facts"? Because you are either a skate or the most miserable negative saint.

So you are a saint? So here is your chance to show your colours. What is your overall summary of the state of our club, and our team right now? Here is mine - We are a brillaintly run club, with great fans, being treated to some excellent free flowing football from a team that want to be here. We have a fantastic manager who supported by the chairman brings in quality players one after another. We have had a wobble mostly due to injuries but we are still in a promotion position in our first year back at this level. It is a joy to support SFC in the last two years and the future is bright.

Go on see if you can be honest.

So you want to keep changing the subject, to prove what?

This sequence started because David Crook said that the game should not have been played because of the conditions.

In response, I stated that it was as bad for Birmingham as it was for Saints and it could not be why their keeper had no shots to save but Davies had.

RedArmy1 @10:38 agreed with me.

By making that comment, you decide to behave like a naughty schoolboy and start calling me names, but I note that you have not had a pop at RedArmy1 for agreeing with me.

As you have got no joy, and discover that I was going to the Dell long before you were thought of, you now want me to give my opinion on various aspects of the club.

Why?

So that you can throw another tantrum if I should say something that you don't like or that you disapprove of?

I remember when Charlie Wayman was centreforward, and Saints were certs for promotion to the old Div 1 because they had, I think it was, a 6 or 8 point lead at the top of the table, and not too many matches left.

Charlie had a 'mysterious injury' and Saints were not promoted, and Charlie sold the two cafes he owned in Southampton and was transferred to PNE.

We thought that the club was well run then.

Look - I was in the terraces and had a thoroughly good day out.

When was a bit (lot) of snow going to ruin it for me ...

For a 0-0 - it was a good game and although I recorded it on Sky TV - it was a lot lot better on the Terraces.

West Ham is gonna be immense and I am confident that we will do there and WIN. (low scoring game)

As posted before the Crowd were immense and the Players were very good.

Super ... Super Kelv did a great interview when he said we came to WIN.

That's what this side is all about ... we SMASHED Birmingham at St Mary's - so why not go up there and do it again.... ?

I did agree with Linesman yesterday that we could have got more shots off and tested their keeper - but I then re watched the game on Sky and saw the lads did crack in some shots but they were blocked by Birmingham.

With the lads coming back from injuries - we have a good side and Billy Sharp looks useful - he was pretty close to getting a goal ...

We are in the race and we are in the mix for Automatic Promotion. The crowd do make a big difference to the Players and Together we can do this.

Getting ahead of myself - looking forward to end of Season Celebrations (on the p.....) and playing Premiership Football next Season. If Norwich can do this - then why can't we ???

Looking back to where we were .. that 4-0 defeat to Swindon in the JPT last Season and see how far we have come
It's been great - long may it continue !!!


NO FEAR

WE ARE THE MIGHTY SOUTHAMPTON

RED ARMY.
THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION.

My turn to agree with you.

GX Saint wrote:
Chaplow and Lee starting tonight which is one reason why having a replay is a good thing. Hopefully Sharp starts as well and they can all get some game time.

Gossie. wrote:
Nothing to do with the thread, but I wrote to the FL regarding Poopey, and this is their reply

Dear Graham,

Many thanks for your email the points of which have been noted. The Football League is actively looking into the situation to obtain the information we need. We need to ensure that the decision is the right one and one that is able to withstand scrutiny therefore only when we have this information will we be able to make a decision with regards to a points deduction.



The regulations that were in place when Southampton FC was deducted 10 points are different to those that are in place now. The current regulation relating to this can be found at 12.3 of our regulations available on the website here: http://www.football-

league.co.uk/regulat

ions/20110629/sectio

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As we are currently considering the issue of a point’s deduction it would be inappropriate for us to comment any further.



Thanks you for contacting The Football League.



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GX Saint wrote:
Chaplow and Lee starting tonight which is one reason why having a replay is a good thing. Hopefully Sharp starts as well and they can all get some game time.

Tirau Dan wrote:
Good on You Gossie.. may take the liberty of draughting a suggested reply

Dear Andrea

The night they night they receive a 10+ deduction, if you're available for bubbly and dinner let me know; I'll pick you up.

Kind Regards

Gossie

we'll have a whip round!!

Cpt. Kirk's illegitimate love child wrote:
some people just like a moan. Is linesman Victor Meldrew in disguise?

Cpt. Kirk's illegitimate love child wrote:

Tirau Dan wrote: Good on You Gossie.. may take the liberty of draughting a suggested reply Dear Andrea The night they night they receive a 10+ deduction, if you're available for bubbly and dinner let me know; I'll pick you up. Kind Regards Gossie we'll have a whip round!!

Yep, blow putting money in the bucket to save the blue few. £10 towards Gossie's celebratory dinner date with Andrea instead! That is by far a more worthwhile cause. Count me in :)

Cpt. Kirk's illegitimate love child wrote:
for the record I think you are right in that Brum did have the more clear cut chances. However, I thought we played well. Adkins himself said we needed more penetration. Apart from that we did alright. The problem is not so much what you say but that your posts come across in a negative way and that is why you are being jumped on. Try to find some balance not just negativity and life will be sweeter :)

Linesman wrote:

Cpt. Kirk's illegitimate love child wrote: for the record I think you are right in that Brum did have the more clear cut chances. However, I thought we played well. Adkins himself said we needed more penetration. Apart from that we did alright. The problem is not so much what you say but that your posts come across in a negative way and that is why you are being jumped on. Try to find some balance not just negativity and life will be sweeter :)

Read my posts again. I made no criticism whatsoever. To say that I have been 'jumped on' may be your impression, but if you had read other comments, you would see that Red Army1 agreed with me and my observation. Just because you may not agree with what I said, does not mean that I have been negative.

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Balders76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

David Crook wrote: The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides. The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Linesman are you a skate or just a miserable fool?

Neither, but you are a moron if you cannot see the truth in what I wrote. Were the conditions better for Birmingham than they were for Southampton? Of course not. Did Davies have to make more saves than their keeper? Yes he did. In fact, I cannot recall their keeper having to make any saves at all. As Red Army1 @ 10:38 agrees with my comment, do you consider him to be 'a skate or just a miserable fool' as well?

My comment is not about this post in isolation, it is everything you spout. I haven't heard much from you for the year in which we have been brilliant and now we have a sticky spell you are back with your negative rhetoric. I hope for your sake you are just a sad skate rather than an incredibly miserable sad saint.

If you could be bothered to look, you would see that I was responding to a post made by David Crook. If he had not made that comment, I would not have posted what I did. What I said was neither negative nor positive, purely and simply, a fact as I saw it in that the conditions were as bad for Birmingham as they were for Southampton. That is not negative nor is it positive, it is a fact. If you watch a replay of the match, you will see that Birmingham's keeper did not have a shot on target to save, but Davies did. That is not being negative, it is stating the truth. I was watching Saints when they were in Div3 South, with Ephgrave in goal and Bill Rochford, an FA Cup winner, was at left back. When you can match that time-scale, you will have something to shout about, but I will no longer be around.

ok so you are the bloke who sat behind me at the dell moaning about Moran "apart from the 3 goals he scored today Moran's done nothing". A bit of me wishes were a skate. If you care to read what I just said before, that last diatribe is irrelevant. However if you want me to pick on that I will, it is a fact but it is another deliberately isolated fact designed obviously at taking the most negative slant. Here are more facts: We had more possesion, we kept a clean sheet, we got a valuable draw away against a team unbeaten at home and top of the form table, the conditions were not suited to a team like us who play a passing game, they do suit a hard team with a giant striker. Why do you never mention any of the positive "facts"? Because you are either a skate or the most miserable negative saint. So you are a saint? So here is your chance to show your colours. What is your overall summary of the state of our club, and our team right now? Here is mine - We are a brillaintly run club, with great fans, being treated to some excellent free flowing football from a team that want to be here. We have a fantastic manager who supported by the chairman brings in quality players one after another. We have had a wobble mostly due to injuries but we are still in a promotion position in our first year back at this level. It is a joy to support SFC in the last two years and the future is bright. Go on see if you can be honest.

So you want to keep changing the subject, to prove what? This sequence started because David Crook said that the game should not have been played because of the conditions. In response, I stated that it was as bad for Birmingham as it was for Saints and it could not be why their keeper had no shots to save but Davies had. RedArmy1 @10:38 agreed with me. By making that comment, you decide to behave like a naughty schoolboy and start calling me names, but I note that you have not had a pop at RedArmy1 for agreeing with me. As you have got no joy, and discover that I was going to the Dell long before you were thought of, you now want me to give my opinion on various aspects of the club. Why? So that you can throw another tantrum if I should say something that you don't like or that you disapprove of? I remember when Charlie Wayman was centreforward, and Saints were certs for promotion to the old Div 1 because they had, I think it was, a 6 or 8 point lead at the top of the table, and not too many matches left. Charlie had a 'mysterious injury' and Saints were not promoted, and Charlie sold the two cafes he owned in Southampton and was transferred to PNE. We thought that the club was well run then.

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David Crook wrote: The game should never have been played,the conditions for playind top level football were a joke,I felt sorry for the paying fans.

It was the same for both sides. The conditions cannot be blamed for the fact that Davies had saves to make, and their keeper did not.

Linesman are you a skate or just a miserable fool?

Neither, but you are a moron if you cannot see the truth in what I wrote. Were the conditions better for Birmingham than they were for Southampton? Of course not. Did Davies have to make more saves than their keeper? Yes he did. In fact, I cannot recall their keeper having to make any saves at all. As Red Army1 @ 10:38 agrees with my comment, do you consider him to be 'a skate or just a miserable fool' as well?

My comment is not about this post in isolation, it is everything you spout. I haven't heard much from you for the year in which we have been brilliant and now we have a sticky spell you are back with your negative rhetoric. I hope for your sake you are just a sad skate rather than an incredibly miserable sad saint.

If you could be bothered to look, you would see that I was responding to a post made by David Crook. If he had not made that comment, I would not have posted what I did. What I said was neither negative nor positive, purely and simply, a fact as I saw it in that the conditions were as bad for Birmingham as they were for Southampton. That is not negative nor is it positive, it is a fact. If you watch a replay of the match, you will see that Birmingham's keeper did not have a shot on target to save, but Davies did. That is not being negative, it is stating the truth. I was watching Saints when they were in Div3 South, with Ephgrave in goal and Bill Rochford, an FA Cup winner, was at left back. When you can match that time-scale, you will have something to shout about, but I will no longer be around.

ok so you are the bloke who sat behind me at the dell moaning about Moran "apart from the 3 goals he scored today Moran's done nothing". A bit of me wishes were a skate. If you care to read what I just said before, that last diatribe is irrelevant. However if you want me to pick on that I will, it is a fact but it is another deliberately isolated fact designed obviously at taking the most negative slant. Here are more facts: We had more possesion, we kept a clean sheet, we got a valuable draw away against a team unbeaten at home and top of the form table, the conditions were not suited to a team like us who play a passing game, they do suit a hard team with a giant striker. Why do you never mention any of the positive "facts"? Because you are either a skate or the most miserable negative saint. So you are a saint? So here is your chance to show your colours. What is your overall summary of the state of our club, and our team right now? Here is mine - We are a brillaintly run club, with great fans, being treated to some excellent free flowing football from a team that want to be here. We have a fantastic manager who supported by the chairman brings in quality players one after another. We have had a wobble mostly due to injuries but we are still in a promotion position in our first year back at this level. It is a joy to support SFC in the last two years and the future is bright. Go on see if you can be honest.

So you want to keep changing the subject, to prove what? This sequence started because David Crook said that the game should not have been played because of the conditions. In response, I stated that it was as bad for Birmingham as it was for Saints and it could not be why their keeper had no shots to save but Davies had. RedArmy1 @10:38 agreed with me. By making that comment, you decide to behave like a naughty schoolboy and start calling me names, but I note that you have not had a pop at RedArmy1 for agreeing with me. As you have got no joy, and discover that I was going to the Dell long before you were thought of, you now want me to give my opinion on various aspects of the club. Why? So that you can throw another tantrum if I should say something that you don't like or that you disapprove of? I remember when Charlie Wayman was centreforward, and Saints were certs for promotion to the old Div 1 because they had, I think it was, a 6 or 8 point lead at the top of the table, and not too many matches left. Charlie had a 'mysterious injury' and Saints were not promoted, and Charlie sold the two cafes he owned in Southampton and was transferred to PNE. We thought that the club was well run then.

The subject has always been your negativity as far as I am concerned. You can deviate as you wish, however if you want to claim I must stick to the topic then to avoid being a hypocrite you should stop banging on about the 1960's

But OK it makes a bit more sense why you are such a Victor Meldrew. You have been deeply affected, sorry I should have more sympathy. I have only been supporting for 30 years and even I have been tarnished. I now see what a lifetime must do to people.

Allow me to help. It is not too late. When you are being negative and moaning at the tiny bits that are not perfect I will be here to point out all the positives. It is not too late to change your spots. If you want to, do you?