Adkins: We have to be ruthless (From Daily Echo)

Saint Chris wrote:
Looks like a week of panic buys to look forward to then. Predicting over £10m to be spent this next week.

WobblyCat wrote:
What have we done to upset the BBC? Their report refers to 'a sparsely filled St Marys'. 29,604!! Forgot how the BBC love us! Good first half, poor in the second. Jose Fonte Byebye!!

Saint Chris wrote:
Looks like a week of panic buys to look forward to then. Predicting over £10m to be spent this next week.

anothergaysaint wrote:

bazza wrote:
Mmmmmmmmm.that was painful today.Wot ever way you look at it you have to win your home games.Should of changed things earlier in my opinion.A few players were dead on there feet after sixty mins.Would of been nice to have played two strikers at home.Lambert won on the knockdowns.oh well think adkins will buy.peformance was good but no good losing to Wigan me thinks.

Need to fill the stadium.
Need to spend quite a few seasons in the prem,
Need two FA cup finals
Need an FA cup win

and then we might be able to claim we're worthy of comparison with Pompey..

In the mean time, relegation in front of a half full stadium will be just fine provided we spend a couple of years above Pompey..

batesieboy wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:

bazza wrote:
Mmmmmmmmm.that was painful today.Wot ever way you look at it you have to win your home games.Should of changed things earlier in my opinion.A few players were dead on there feet after sixty mins.Would of been nice to have played two strikers at home.Lambert won on the knockdowns.oh well think adkins will buy.peformance was good but no good losing to Wigan me thinks.

Need to fill the stadium.
Need to spend quite a few seasons in the prem,
Need two FA cup finals
Need an FA cup win

and then we might be able to claim we're worthy of comparison with Pompey..

In the mean time, relegation in front of a half full stadium will be just fine provided we spend a couple of years above Pompey..

Another Gay Skate...haven't you got enough troubles of your own?!

anothergaysaint wrote:

batesieboy wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:

bazza wrote:
Mmmmmmmmm.that was painful today.Wot ever way you look at it you have to win your home games.Should of changed things earlier in my opinion.A few players were dead on there feet after sixty mins.Would of been nice to have played two strikers at home.Lambert won on the knockdowns.oh well think adkins will buy.peformance was good but no good losing to Wigan me thinks.

Need to fill the stadium.
Need to spend quite a few seasons in the prem,
Need two FA cup finals
Need an FA cup win

and then we might be able to claim we're worthy of comparison with Pompey..

In the mean time, relegation in front of a half full stadium will be just fine provided we spend a couple of years above Pompey..

Another Gay Skate...haven't you got enough troubles of your own?!

Battyboy, I like the sound of your name. We should meet.. Mwah xx

anothergaysaint wrote:

bazza wrote:
Mmmmmmmmm.that was painful today.Wot ever way you look at it you have to win your home games.Should of changed things earlier in my opinion.A few players were dead on there feet after sixty mins.Would of been nice to have played two strikers at home.Lambert won on the knockdowns.oh well think adkins will buy.peformance was good but no good losing to Wigan me thinks.

Need to fill the stadium.
Need to spend quite a few seasons in the prem,
Need two FA cup finals
Need an FA cup win

and then we might be able to claim we're worthy of comparison with Pompey..

In the mean time, relegation in front of a half full stadium will be just fine provided we spend a couple of years above Pompey..

anothergaysaint wrote:

bazza wrote:
Mmmmmmmmm.that was painful today.Wot ever way you look at it you have to win your home games.Should of changed things earlier in my opinion.A few players were dead on there feet after sixty mins.Would of been nice to have played two strikers at home.Lambert won on the knockdowns.oh well think adkins will buy.peformance was good but no good losing to Wigan me thinks.

Need to fill the stadium.
Need to spend quite a few seasons in the prem,
Need two FA cup finals
Need an FA cup win

and then we might be able to claim we're worthy of comparison with Pompey..

In the mean time, relegation in front of a half full stadium will be just fine provided we spend a couple of years above Pompey..

bludknut wrote:
Don't use pompey as a yard stick,
use Chelsea.
A Championship team will not survive in the Premiership.
Adkins is not a Premirship Manager and never will be.
Accountants are governed by statistics
Speculate to accumulate.

WobblyCat wrote:
What have we done to upset the BBC? Their report refers to 'a sparsely filled St Marys'. 29,604!! Forgot how the BBC love us! Good first half, poor in the second. Jose Fonte Byebye!!

insane saint wrote:

Saint Chris wrote:
Looks like a week of panic buys to look forward to then. Predicting over £10m to be spent this next week.

in that case please please please let one of them be a left back to get rid of yo know who.

up saints wrote:
fox and guly must be doing something right lasted 90 min in both matches.so not a hope for luke shaw

bigfella777 wrote:
Ridiculous formation,Guly absolutely useless,Adkins is clueless,why the hell did he buy Billy Sharp!

SaintDon13 wrote:

insane saint wrote:

Saint Chris wrote:
Looks like a week of panic buys to look forward to then. Predicting over £10m to be spent this next week.

in that case please please please let one of them be a left back to get rid of yo know who.

Foxy was on the receiving end of some hard knocks today, didn't see him complaining.

Enrico Palazzo wrote:

bigfella777 wrote:
Ridiculous formation,Guly absolutely useless,Adkins is clueless,why the hell did he buy Billy Sharp!

He bought Billy Sharp because he knew he was a quality championship striker who would get us over the line last season. Even if he never plays again and we sell him at a loss the financial reward of getting to the Premiership far outweighs how much we spent on him last season.

bigfella777 wrote:
Ridiculous formation,Guly absolutely useless,Adkins is clueless,why the hell did he buy Billy Sharp!

bigfella777 wrote:
Ridiculous formation,Guly absolutely useless,Adkins is clueless,why the hell did he buy Billy Sharp!

RedArmy1 wrote:
I think the comments above about Jose are correct IMO - he struggled at times last Season and is being found out at this level ...

Nigel is right in that we have to be more ruthless.

WE MUST FIGHT AND WIN.

Need to get up off the floor and start scoring goals regularly and getting th points that we need.

Every Game in the Premiership is like a Cup Final and we need the players to go out and deliver.

Let's get behing the Manager and Team and start doing the business - with Passion - With Goals - and getting the success that we know we can achieve.

RED ARMY. FIGHT. COYR.

anothergaysaint wrote:

wild rupert wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:

batesieboy wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:

bazza wrote:
Mmmmmmmmm.that was painful today.Wot ever way you look at it you have to win your home games.Should of changed things earlier in my opinion.A few players were dead on there feet after sixty mins.Would of been nice to have played two strikers at home.Lambert won on the knockdowns.oh well think adkins will buy.peformance was good but no good losing to Wigan me thinks.

Need to fill the stadium.
Need to spend quite a few seasons in the prem,
Need two FA cup finals
Need an FA cup win

and then we might be able to claim we're worthy of comparison with Pompey..

In the mean time, relegation in front of a half full stadium will be just fine provided we spend a couple of years above Pompey..

Another Gay Skate...haven't you got enough troubles of your own?!

Battyboy, I like the sound of your name. We should meet.. Mwah xx

This is a football thread discussing the the Premiership which the closest your get to is watching MOTD .So fcuk off back to fish town ya gippo

"Closest your get"? Appropriate that gippo rhymes with thicko.. We'd make a nice pair.. x

shaun_inuk wrote:
Seems obvious to me that NA hasn't a clue if or who we'd be signing and that is the same reason he plays Guly, NC pulls all the strings and Guly was a NC deal.

I think NC believes too much the Don Cortese persona and tries to run rough shod over other chairmen, remember this is the guy who asked NA to quit Scunthorpe so we wouldn't have to pay compensation.

Enrico Palazzo wrote:
Dear me, what a lot of fuss over nothing. This will turn out to be a 'good thing' - a result like this gives us a kck up the *rse and will only serve to guard against complacency and naivity in future lower table battles. If we had won today we would all have been saying how amazing we were only to go and do the same thing further down the line. It's happened and we need to learn from it, which is what Adking will do. We do need to strengthen as people say; CB/LB/ also some pace needed. It's a shame that the early fixtures almost certainly mean we'll be playing catch up for a while but that's the hand we're dealt. Two promotion in two seasons makes Adkins an amazing manager of a well run club. Don't panic, at least w're not languishing in league 1 with no money and no players. UTS.

shaun_inuk wrote:
Seems obvious to me that NA hasn't a clue if or who we'd be signing and that is the same reason he plays Guly, NC pulls all the strings and Guly was a NC deal.

I think NC believes too much the Don Cortese persona and tries to run rough shod over other chairmen, remember this is the guy who asked NA to quit Scunthorpe so we wouldn't have to pay compensation.

wild rupert wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:

wild rupert wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:

batesieboy wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:

bazza wrote:
Mmmmmmmmm.that was painful today.Wot ever way you look at it you have to win your home games.Should of changed things earlier in my opinion.A few players were dead on there feet after sixty mins.Would of been nice to have played two strikers at home.Lambert won on the knockdowns.oh well think adkins will buy.peformance was good but no good losing to Wigan me thinks.

Need to fill the stadium.
Need to spend quite a few seasons in the prem,
Need two FA cup finals
Need an FA cup win

and then we might be able to claim we're worthy of comparison with Pompey..

In the mean time, relegation in front of a half full stadium will be just fine provided we spend a couple of years above Pompey..

Another Gay Skate...haven't you got enough troubles of your own?!

Battyboy, I like the sound of your name. We should meet.. Mwah xx

This is a football thread discussing the the Premiership which the closest your get to is watching MOTD .So fcuk off back to fish town ya gippo

"Closest your get"? Appropriate that gippo rhymes with thicko.. We'd make a nice pair.. x

Did you not read the whole message
Fcuk off you inbred Cnut

saintmicky wrote:
Admittedly not the same level of performance as last week. Still some positives, we do create chances. Most people agree on the things that need to be changed and it is unlikely that NA/NC have not noticed what we have. Can we get in some quality during the remaining part of the transfer window? No one expected us to get much from the first 4 games so lets just keep the faith, turn up and get behind the boys!

COYRS

shaun_inuk wrote:
Seems obvious to me that NA hasn't a clue if or who we'd be signing and that is the same reason he plays Guly, NC pulls all the strings and Guly was a NC deal.

I think NC believes too much the Don Cortese persona and tries to run rough shod over other chairmen, remember this is the guy who asked NA to quit Scunthorpe so we wouldn't have to pay compensation.

anothergaysaint wrote:
Just watching the game on MOTD. Empty seats in every section.. Kinda kills the theory that it was only Wigan fans that didn't turn up..

Is it always that quiet?

Enrico Palazzo wrote:
Dear me, what a lot of fuss over nothing. This will turn out to be a 'good thing' - a result like this gives us a kck up the *rse and will only serve to guard against complacency and naivity in future lower table battles. If we had won today we would all have been saying how amazing we were only to go and do the same thing further down the line. It's happened and we need to learn from it, which is what Adking will do. We do need to strengthen as people say; CB/LB/ also some pace needed. It's a shame that the early fixtures almost certainly mean we'll be playing catch up for a while but that's the hand we're dealt. Two promotion in two seasons makes Adkins an amazing manager of a well run club. Don't panic, at least w're not languishing in league 1 with no money and no players. UTS.

anothergaysaint wrote:
Just to put this result in perspective, Pompey beat Wigan 4-0 at home in their relegation season..

Tirau Dan wrote:

Enrico Palazzo wrote:
Dear me, what a lot of fuss over nothing. This will turn out to be a 'good thing' - a result like this gives us a kck up the *rse and will only serve to guard against complacency and naivity in future lower table battles. If we had won today we would all have been saying how amazing we were only to go and do the same thing further down the line. It's happened and we need to learn from it, which is what Adking will do. We do need to strengthen as people say; CB/LB/ also some pace needed. It's a shame that the early fixtures almost certainly mean we'll be playing catch up for a while but that's the hand we're dealt. Two promotion in two seasons makes Adkins an amazing manager of a well run club. Don't panic, at least w're not languishing in league 1 with no money and no players. UTS.

Cheers Enrico..well said - probably all that needs to be said at least until after the window has closed..

I hear the call for the window to be shut before the season kicks off.. I wish that were so.

anothergaysaint wrote:
Just watching the game on MOTD. Empty seats in every section.. Kinda kills the theory that it was only Wigan fans that didn't turn up..

Is it always that quiet?

loosehead wrote:
After watching Saints Man City I said we needed to shore up our defence & buy some good defenders & maybe a goalie? I got ripped into for that.
listening on telly the second goal was taken off of Fox & Kone scored well that's one defender who should go. why after last week are we chasing attackers?
I know the best form of defence is attack but last week we had all eleven men in defence which usually means the attack doesn't have faith in the defence so please tell me I'm wrong if you were there but we need a better defence don't we?

St Graz wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:
Just to put this result in perspective, Pompey beat Wigan 4-0 at home in their relegation season..

Just to put it in perspective we beat Carlisle 4-1 at Wembley. Laff it up Whiteslime.

st1halo wrote:
anothergaysaint wrote: Just watching the game on MOTD. Empty seats in every section.. Kinda kills the theory that it was only Wigan fans that didn't turn up.. Is it always that quiet? yeah i know only 29500 attendance, kinda crap really. Nice to know youre watching us on tv and spending all day talking with saints fans skate boy. hope your boyfriends dont mind!! Its dark now so time for you to get off to the park. (fratton of course). After all, it is the largest public convenience in the south.!!!! I thangyou STID

J.P.M wrote:
TEE HEE HEE HA HA HA HO HO HO IT WAS SOOOO FUNNY

anothergaysaint wrote:
Just watching the game on MOTD. Empty seats in every section.. Kinda kills the theory that it was only Wigan fans that didn't turn up.. Is it always that quiet?

saintshorse101 wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote: Just watching the game on MOTD. Empty seats in every section.. Kinda kills the theory that it was only Wigan fans that didn't turn up.. Is it always that quiet?

you are the worst type of person on this site, now i dont mind a good debate with the fishy few as you never win! but you are an idiot you obviously have a dislike of the saints and i have no probs with that, but you also appear to be homophobic (hates gays, as such a big word). you try to wind us up and goad us, and again no problem with that, however your statments are so easily rebuked i sometimes wonder why any of us bother! but here goes. 1. st marys holds 32689. todays attendance 29604, so can you do the maths on you fins sorry fingers, no here you are then empty seats is 3085. now wigan did not sell out so take say 1500 off of that leaves around 1500 empty saints seats. 2. so if there were around 1500 wigan fans today out of 29604 that would give a attendance by saints fans of around 28000. 28000 saints fans today thats probabley double the amount of fans at your local, pack the park, derby last week! 3. 3085 empty seats is less than 10% of capacity. half of that saints so around 4% of our allocation empty. does that clear it up for you? i know its hard for a skate to comprehend such a large attendance but i cant help that! you might also find that some of the empty seats were brought by man utd fans as if you want tickets to see the utd game you needed to by for todays game, so utd fans would buy both and not go today! now please if you have any more questions regarding attendances and which team cant sell all its tickets for their biggest game in years, then dont bother as i cant be bothered to teach you basic maths again. and change your user name it dosent bother anyone and is not funny.

Velleity wrote:
Just seen a friend off after a dinner party. He spent the best part of Monday trying to book three seats for today's game but couldn't get three seats together in any section, so he ended up not going. Looking round the ground today there were any number of sets of three seats. The first section in the Itchen was about 1/3 empty. Looks like the management team may have to have words with the new ticketing company and find out what the hell is going on.

anothergaysaint wrote:

batesieboy wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:

bazza wrote:
Mmmmmmmmm.that was painful today.Wot ever way you look at it you have to win your home games.Should of changed things earlier in my opinion.A few players were dead on there feet after sixty mins.Would of been nice to have played two strikers at home.Lambert won on the knockdowns.oh well think adkins will buy.peformance was good but no good losing to Wigan me thinks.

Need to fill the stadium.
Need to spend quite a few seasons in the prem,
Need two FA cup finals
Need an FA cup win

and then we might be able to claim we're worthy of comparison with Pompey..

In the mean time, relegation in front of a half full stadium will be just fine provided we spend a couple of years above Pompey..

Another Gay Skate...haven't you got enough troubles of your own?!

Battyboy, I like the sound of your name. We should meet.. Mwah xx

anothergaysaint wrote:

bazza wrote:
Mmmmmmmmm.that was painful today.Wot ever way you look at it you have to win your home games.Should of changed things earlier in my opinion.A few players were dead on there feet after sixty mins.Would of been nice to have played two strikers at home.Lambert won on the knockdowns.oh well think adkins will buy.peformance was good but no good losing to Wigan me thinks.

Need to fill the stadium.
Need to spend quite a few seasons in the prem,
Need two FA cup finals
Need an FA cup win

and then we might be able to claim we're worthy of comparison with Pompey..

In the mean time, relegation in front of a half full stadium will be just fine provided we spend a couple of years above Pompey..

randre wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:

bazza wrote:
Mmmmmmmmm.that was painful today.Wot ever way you look at it you have to win your home games.Should of changed things earlier in my opinion.A few players were dead on there feet after sixty mins.Would of been nice to have played two strikers at home.Lambert won on the knockdowns.oh well think adkins will buy.peformance was good but no good losing to Wigan me thinks.

Need to fill the stadium.
Need to spend quite a few seasons in the prem,
Need two FA cup finals
Need an FA cup win

and then we might be able to claim we're worthy of comparison with Pompey..

In the mean time, relegation in front of a half full stadium will be just fine provided we spend a couple of years above Pompey..

Half full, wow I didn't realise our stadium could hold 60,000 now. When did that happen. Looked the same size to me today though.

Just under 30k is not half full in a stadium that holds 32,500! Wigan also had a huge block of allocation that they didn't fill.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

loosehead wrote:
After watching Saints Man City I said we needed to shore up our defence & buy some good defenders & maybe a goalie? I got ripped into for that.
listening on telly the second goal was taken off of Fox & Kone scored well that's one defender who should go. why after last week are we chasing attackers?
I know the best form of defence is attack but last week we had all eleven men in defence which usually means the attack doesn't have faith in the defence so please tell me I'm wrong if you were there but we need a better defence don't we?

LH I think you should stick to your egg chasing, you are not a good football pundit. Hows the love affair with the Iron Lady going?

wild rupert wrote:
My concern is that NA is another Neil Warnock ,a manager that excels in getting the best out of average players with his man management skills at a lower level but struggles at the top level.Also his transfer dealings are not great compared toPardew or maybe its NC who has taken on that role .It seems we are upsetting every club we attempt to deal with

Saintjock wrote:

shaun_inuk wrote:
Seems obvious to me that NA hasn't a clue if or who we'd be signing and that is the same reason he plays Guly, NC pulls all the strings and Guly was a NC deal.

I think NC believes too much the Don Cortese persona and tries to run rough shod over other chairmen, remember this is the guy who asked NA to quit Scunthorpe so we wouldn't have to pay compensation.

Guly had great first half faded second half but still had quality touches in amongst the disappointing performances after Wigan scored. It's a point that has been made before on this site that this who actually play footie get Guly. How anyone can single out Guly today for criticism is beyond me. My take on the game - good first half but didn't take chances and their keeper made three excellent saves. Wigan punished our mistakes because they are PL quality and last season we got away with it in the Championship. Wigan kept the ball well and played as a unit to their strengths, and deserved their win. Our defence will be exposed again and again until better players come in, with pace. Most disappointing today was the lack of support after Wigan scored, and the mass exodus after Wigan's second. Suspect it might have been first time at SMS for some of them. Some of the moaning comments and texts to Radio Solent are unbelievable.

Saintsayer II wrote:

wild rupert wrote: My concern is that NA is another Neil Warnock ,a manager that excels in getting the best out of average players with his man management skills at a lower level but struggles at the top level.Also his transfer dealings are not great compared toPardew or maybe its NC who has taken on that role .It seems we are upsetting every club we attempt to deal with

The qualifications that Adkins has proves that he is capable of learning I have every faith that he will learn how to win matches at this level for me if that means bouncing back into the championship so be it, but I would still keep Adkins

Enrico Palazzo wrote:
Dear me, what a lot of fuss over nothing. This will turn out to be a 'good thing' - a result like this gives us a kck up the *rse and will only serve to guard against complacency and naivity in future lower table battles. If we had won today we would all have been saying how amazing we were only to go and do the same thing further down the line. It's happened and we need to learn from it, which is what Adking will do. We do need to strengthen as people say; CB/LB/ also some pace needed. It's a shame that the early fixtures almost certainly mean we'll be playing catch up for a while but that's the hand we're dealt. Two promotion in two seasons makes Adkins an amazing manager of a well run club. Don't panic, at least w're not languishing in league 1 with no money and no players. UTS.

loosehead wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

loosehead wrote:
After watching Saints Man City I said we needed to shore up our defence & buy some good defenders & maybe a goalie? I got ripped into for that.
listening on telly the second goal was taken off of Fox & Kone scored well that's one defender who should go. why after last week are we chasing attackers?
I know the best form of defence is attack but last week we had all eleven men in defence which usually means the attack doesn't have faith in the defence so please tell me I'm wrong if you were there but we need a better defence don't we?

LH I think you should stick to your egg chasing, you are not a good football pundit. Hows the love affair with the Iron Lady going?

Funny that? until I saw the light I went to Bradford,Ipswich,Wes

t Brom,Arsenal,Tottenh

am,Chelsea do I need to name any more football grounds I've been to following Saints?
I was also at the FA Cup final ( we won) league cup,charity shield & Zenith Data cup so I honestly feel I can comment on Saints & our defence stinks.
you can see it Adkins must see it but will he change it?

Saintjock wrote:

shaun_inuk wrote:
Seems obvious to me that NA hasn't a clue if or who we'd be signing and that is the same reason he plays Guly, NC pulls all the strings and Guly was a NC deal.

I think NC believes too much the Don Cortese persona and tries to run rough shod over other chairmen, remember this is the guy who asked NA to quit Scunthorpe so we wouldn't have to pay compensation.

Guly had great first half faded second half but still had quality touches in amongst the disappointing performances after Wigan scored. It's a point that has been made before on this site that this who actually play footie get Guly. How anyone can single out Guly today for criticism is beyond me. My take on the game - good first half but didn't take chances and their keeper made three excellent saves. Wigan punished our mistakes because they are PL quality and last season we got away with it in the Championship. Wigan kept the ball well and played as a unit to their strengths, and deserved their win. Our defence will be exposed again and again until better players come in, with pace. Most disappointing today was the lack of support after Wigan scored, and the mass exodus after Wigan's second. Suspect it might have been first time at SMS for some of them. Some of the moaning comments and texts to Radio Solent are unbelievable.

Fatty x Ford Worker wrote:
Looks likely that we gotta spend some serious money that team needs major surgery!

rossofficial10 wrote:

Saintjock wrote:

shaun_inuk wrote:
Seems obvious to me that NA hasn't a clue if or who we'd be signing and that is the same reason he plays Guly, NC pulls all the strings and Guly was a NC deal.

I think NC believes too much the Don Cortese persona and tries to run rough shod over other chairmen, remember this is the guy who asked NA to quit Scunthorpe so we wouldn't have to pay compensation.

Guly had great first half faded second half but still had quality touches in amongst the disappointing performances after Wigan scored. It's a point that has been made before on this site that this who actually play footie get Guly. How anyone can single out Guly today for criticism is beyond me. My take on the game - good first half but didn't take chances and their keeper made three excellent saves. Wigan punished our mistakes because they are PL quality and last season we got away with it in the Championship. Wigan kept the ball well and played as a unit to their strengths, and deserved their win. Our defence will be exposed again and again until better players come in, with pace. Most disappointing today was the lack of support after Wigan scored, and the mass exodus after Wigan's second. Suspect it might have been first time at SMS for some of them. Some of the moaning comments and texts to Radio Solent are unbelievable.

you must be seeing a different game to everyone else mate! lol

SaintinCanada wrote:

Velleity wrote:
Just seen a friend off after a dinner party. He spent the best part of Monday trying to book three seats for today's game but couldn't get three seats together in any section, so he ended up not going. Looking round the ground today there were any number of sets of three seats. The first section in the Itchen was about 1/3 empty. Looks like the management team may have to have words with the new ticketing company and find out what the hell is going on.

Let me see now....

29000 divided by 3 means 9666. They must have been on the roof then?

Novel idea!

ghk230473 wrote:

Velleity wrote:
Just seen a friend off after a dinner party. He spent the best part of Monday trying to book three seats for today's game but couldn't get three seats together in any section, so he ended up not going.

Looking round the ground today there were any number of sets of three seats. The first section in the Itchen was about 1/3 empty.

Looks like the management team may have to have words with the new ticketing company and find out what the hell is going on.

Your friend is a knob like you then, why not get 2 together then 1 in front/behind. Bore off, don't want to hear any lame dumb a55 excuse why any1 didn't go, if a real fan you get over these things. Tw4t

andysaints007 wrote:

rossofficial10 wrote:

Saintjock wrote:

shaun_inuk wrote:
Seems obvious to me that NA hasn't a clue if or who we'd be signing and that is the same reason he plays Guly, NC pulls all the strings and Guly was a NC deal.

I think NC believes too much the Don Cortese persona and tries to run rough shod over other chairmen, remember this is the guy who asked NA to quit Scunthorpe so we wouldn't have to pay compensation.

Guly had great first half faded second half but still had quality touches in amongst the disappointing performances after Wigan scored. It's a point that has been made before on this site that this who actually play footie get Guly. How anyone can single out Guly today for criticism is beyond me. My take on the game - good first half but didn't take chances and their keeper made three excellent saves. Wigan punished our mistakes because they are PL quality and last season we got away with it in the Championship. Wigan kept the ball well and played as a unit to their strengths, and deserved their win. Our defence will be exposed again and again until better players come in, with pace. Most disappointing today was the lack of support after Wigan scored, and the mass exodus after Wigan's second. Suspect it might have been first time at SMS for some of them. Some of the moaning comments and texts to Radio Solent are unbelievable.

you must be seeing a different game to everyone else mate! lol

Well summed up

Velleity wrote:
Just seen a friend off after a dinner party. He spent the best part of Monday trying to book three seats for today's game but couldn't get three seats together in any section, so he ended up not going.

Looking round the ground today there were any number of sets of three seats. The first section in the Itchen was about 1/3 empty.

Looks like the management team may have to have words with the new ticketing company and find out what the hell is going on.

anothergaysaint wrote:
Just to put this result in perspective, Pompey beat Wigan 4-0 at home in their relegation season..

St.Yorkie wrote:
I streamed it in Yorkshire and I thought we were a bit unlucky - but as I predicted pre-season if we don't convert our chances, we are prone at the back and Premiership strikers won't miss!
Think some people should take a reality check - we are very new to this Premiership lark! As fans we should accept we will not win games every so often. We did the same last season - we will this! What happened to getting behind the team?
I honestly believe although working hard behind the scenes - we will not have any new signings to cheer by Friday 11pm. Ramirez was a pipe dream (although someone has rumoured 15-million Euros has been transferred to a bank in Balogna!). The Japanese defender - Phillips are all going to have to wait - probably until January.
Let's face it we have to step up a level as individuals and a team. It may be a step too far for many - and as fans we need to do the same!
Unfortunately I won't be attending as regularly this season - the cost of The premiership is a step too far for me. I have other priorities.
I would rather have Adkins in charge for the next 10-years and be a yo-yo club than have the constant change striving to stay a Premiership side.
Good luck Nigel and the team - let's give United a taste of Southampton at it's best next Sunday.
Of all the clubs I want to beat this season - United still is the one team. Ever since that muppet Kean jestured at the game that sent us down 7-years ago...Come on lads you can do it!

St.Yorkie wrote:
I streamed it in Yorkshire and I thought we were a bit unlucky - but as I predicted pre-season if we don't convert our chances, we are prone at the back and Premiership strikers won't miss! Think some people should take a reality check - we are very new to this Premiership lark! As fans we should accept we will not win games every so often. We did the same last season - we will this! What happened to getting behind the team? I honestly believe although working hard behind the scenes - we will not have any new signings to cheer by Friday 11pm. Ramirez was a pipe dream (although someone has rumoured 15-million Euros has been transferred to a bank in Balogna!). The Japanese defender - Phillips are all going to have to wait - probably until January. Let's face it we have to step up a level as individuals and a team. It may be a step too far for many - and as fans we need to do the same! Unfortunately I won't be attending as regularly this season - the cost of The premiership is a step too far for me. I have other priorities. I would rather have Adkins in charge for the next 10-years and be a yo-yo club than have the constant change striving to stay a Premiership side. Good luck Nigel and the team - let's give United a taste of Southampton at it's best next Sunday. Of all the clubs I want to beat this season - United still is the one team. Ever since that muppet Kean jestured at the game that sent us down 7-years ago...Come on lads you can do it!

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Velleity wrote:
Just seen a friend off after a dinner party. He spent the best part of Monday trying to book three seats for today's game but couldn't get three seats together in any section, so he ended up not going.

Looking round the ground today there were any number of sets of three seats. The first section in the Itchen was about 1/3 empty.

Looks like the management team may have to have words with the new ticketing company and find out what the hell is going on.

As far as the seating is concerned I found the Saints Official site imposible to navigate to find out what exactly was available, the OS is too complicated, the ticketing issue is so paranoid that it has become imposible to find out what is available, there a lot of people who did not try to go because of the uncertainty, we may be in the Premier but there are still some issues that are not being addressed and I am sure it is costing the Club money.

malcher wrote:
Most disapointing thing yesterday was the the epty seats. Everyone at the club has done a remarkable job and invested so much to get us back and look how are they rewarded. It really is pathetic and there are no excuses. They'llall be there next game though! If you watched matches on TV you wil not have seen so any vacant seats at anywhere else. Embarassing and shamefull.
Also I have never seen so many people leave games early as they do at our place. No matter whether we are winning, loosing or even drawing as soon as that clock hits 80 off they go. Idiots!! There is no need to. If you stayed you would see ther is no real difficulty getting away. I have never left before the end and nor will I. Do you leave the cinema 10 mins before the end!
Some of you so called fans do not deserve this club and they don't deserve you!

SAINTStevie61163 wrote:
❝OSPREYSAINT wrote:
❝Velleity wrote:
Just seen a friend off after a dinner party. He spent the best part of Monday trying to book three seats for today's game but couldn't get three seats together in any section, so he ended up not going.

Looking round the ground today there were any number of sets of three seats. The first section in the Itchen was about 1/3 empty.

Looks like the management team may have to have words with the new ticketing company and find out what the hell is going on.As far as the seating is concerned I found the Saints Official site imposible to navigate to find out what exactly was available, the OS is too complicated, the ticketing issue is so paranoid that it has become imposible to find out what is available, there a lot of people who did not try to go because of the uncertainty, we may be in the Premier but there are still some issues that are not being addressed and I am sure it is costing the Club money.Here's an idea...Try using a telephone and talk to a real person?”

have you ever tried speaking to a real person at the TO it is a near impossible task.
NC has got to look at the way we are selling tickets because at the moment it is more touble then it is worth and this is sure to alienate the occasional supporter.
even when using the online booking system to actually find a seat you have to individualy view each block to find a spare seat. according to this EVERY seat is sold for manure next week. Even when i went to by my ST it said that the whole of block 3 was sold this is obviously not the case. when away tickets go on sale online the system crashes or it lets you buy more tickets then you are entitled to.there were tales of people by 6 or 7 tckets for the arsenal game that had not been to citeh.....this will cause problems later with distribution of the remaining tickets. when you try to ring the complaints department all you get is a recorded message saying that all operators are busy please call back later..............n

ot even a queuing system and even on constant redial it may take upto an hour to get through. Even last week at citeh according to one of the local plod because of an error at the Saints TO not all the tickets were sold or even made available to Saints fans The point i am trying to make is that Saints do not make it easy to purchase match tickets and only hav e themselves to blame for poor attendances either home or away.........RANT OVER!!!!

StevieSteve wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Velleity wrote:
Just seen a friend off after a dinner party. He spent the best part of Monday trying to book three seats for today's game but couldn't get three seats together in any section, so he ended up not going.

Looking round the ground today there were any number of sets of three seats. The first section in the Itchen was about 1/3 empty.

Looks like the management team may have to have words with the new ticketing company and find out what the hell is going on.

As far as the seating is concerned I found the Saints Official site imposible to navigate to find out what exactly was available, the OS is too complicated, the ticketing issue is so paranoid that it has become imposible to find out what is available, there a lot of people who did not try to go because of the uncertainty, we may be in the Premier but there are still some issues that are not being addressed and I am sure it is costing the Club money.

Here's an idea...Try using a telephone and talk to a real person?

malcher wrote:
Most disapointing thing yesterday was the the epty seats. Everyone at the club has done a remarkable job and invested so much to get us back and look how are they rewarded. It really is pathetic and there are no excuses. They'llall be there next game though! If you watched matches on TV you wil not have seen so any vacant seats at anywhere else. Embarassing and shamefull.
Also I have never seen so many people leave games early as they do at our place. No matter whether we are winning, loosing or even drawing as soon as that clock hits 80 off they go. Idiots!! There is no need to. If you stayed you would see ther is no real difficulty getting away. I have never left before the end and nor will I. Do you leave the cinema 10 mins before the end!
Some of you so called fans do not deserve this club and they don't deserve you!

SAINTStevie61163 wrote:
❝OSPREYSAINT wrote:
❝Velleity wrote:
Just seen a friend off after a dinner party. He spent the best part of Monday trying to book three seats for today's game but couldn't get three seats together in any section, so he ended up not going.

Looking round the ground today there were any number of sets of three seats. The first section in the Itchen was about 1/3 empty.

Looks like the management team may have to have words with the new ticketing company and find out what the hell is going on.As far as the seating is concerned I found the Saints Official site imposible to navigate to find out what exactly was available, the OS is too complicated, the ticketing issue is so paranoid that it has become imposible to find out what is available, there a lot of people who did not try to go because of the uncertainty, we may be in the Premier but there are still some issues that are not being addressed and I am sure it is costing the Club money.Here's an idea...Try using a telephone and talk to a real person?”

have you ever tried speaking to a real person at the TO it is a near impossible task.
NC has got to look at the way we are selling tickets because at the moment it is more touble then it is worth and this is sure to alienate the occasional supporter.
even when using the online booking system to actually find a seat you have to individualy view each block to find a spare seat. according to this EVERY seat is sold for manure next week. Even when i went to by my ST it said that the whole of block 3 was sold this is obviously not the case. when away tickets go on sale online the system crashes or it lets you buy more tickets then you are entitled to.there were tales of people by 6 or 7 tckets for the arsenal game that had not been to citeh.....this will cause problems later with distribution of the remaining tickets. when you try to ring the complaints department all you get is a recorded message saying that all operators are busy please call back later..............n

ot even a queuing system and even on constant redial it may take upto an hour to get through. Even last week at citeh according to one of the local plod because of an error at the Saints TO not all the tickets were sold or even made available to Saints fans The point i am trying to make is that Saints do not make it easy to purchase match tickets and only hav e themselves to blame for poor attendances either home or away.........RANT OVER!!!!

Block 34 wrote:
Shame to hear the Northam singing that tired old Pompey anthem within 5 mins of the start! Change the record lads, try supporting the Saints throughout the game instead of singing about a League 1 side!!!!

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

loosehead wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

loosehead wrote:
After watching Saints Man City I said we needed to shore up our defence & buy some good defenders & maybe a goalie? I got ripped into for that.
listening on telly the second goal was taken off of Fox & Kone scored well that's one defender who should go. why after last week are we chasing attackers?
I know the best form of defence is attack but last week we had all eleven men in defence which usually means the attack doesn't have faith in the defence so please tell me I'm wrong if you were there but we need a better defence don't we?

LH I think you should stick to your egg chasing, you are not a good football pundit. Hows the love affair with the Iron Lady going?

Funny that? until I saw the light I went to Bradford,Ipswich,Wes


t Brom,Arsenal,Tottenh


am,Chelsea do I need to name any more football grounds I've been to following Saints?
I was also at the FA Cup final ( we won) league cup,charity shield & Zenith Data cup so I honestly feel I can comment on Saints & our defence stinks.
you can see it Adkins must see it but will he change it?

OK you are right of course, only teasing, imo you are a better supporter than those plastics! They are going to be disappointed as Rooney looks to be out for four weeks. We will still expect to be given another football lesson next Sunday are you going or watching on the box?

RNsaint wrote:

Block 34 wrote:
Shame to hear the Northam singing that tired old Pompey anthem within 5 mins of the start! Change the record lads, try supporting the Saints throughout the game instead of singing about a League 1 side!!!!

some singing is better than none at all.The whole ground need to raise their voices not just leave it to the Northam. If we dont sing then nobody does.

bigfella777 wrote:
Ridiculous formation,Guly absolutely useless,Adkins is clueless,why the hell did he buy Billy Sharp!

Confucious wrote:
The result didn't surprise me that much so I wasn't that disappointed. It could have been a different game but for two inches of woodworkon Adam's shot.

But a win yesterday could have induced a little overconfidence. All this will have sharpened the quest for new signings this week and maybe loosened the cheque book - signings we needed regardless of yesterday's result.

It could well be a blessing in disguise.

In any case it's far too early for gloom - like calling a bad year on January 7th.

Full marks to the many who stayed and cheered the team at the end. Negativity makes some feel better, but overall it's a destructive trait.

Mush On The Beach wrote:
SFCOLDBOY stay positive fella, we will win more games this season than you will on your Tuesday night Bingo beanos and I ‘m sure you’ll still turn a profit you old hustler ... Eyes down, Number 4 Poopey Whore, Two fat Ladies Poopey Lil and Poopey Phil, -10 skunts cheat again.
HOUSE!!! ¾ empty Farton Park

SFCOLDBOY wrote:

Mush On The Beach wrote:
SFCOLDBOY stay positive fella, we will win more games this season than you will on your Tuesday night Bingo beanos and I ‘m sure you’ll still turn a profit you old hustler ... Eyes down, Number 4 Poopey Whore, Two fat Ladies Poopey Lil and Poopey Phil, -10 skunts cheat again.
HOUSE!!! ¾ empty Farton Park

Who told you about Tuesday nights?

I thought it was only me ladyfriend that new about it.
I'll be right in the poopey now, when the missus reads this.
I told her that I was at SMS every Tuesday.
Oh sh!t.

Mush On The Beach wrote:
SFCOLDBOY stay positive fella, we will win more games this season than you will on your Tuesday night Bingo beanos and I ‘m sure you’ll still turn a profit you old hustler ... Eyes down, Number 4 Poopey Whore, Two fat Ladies Poopey Lil and Poopey Phil, -10 skunts cheat again.
HOUSE!!! ¾ empty Farton Park

bluewhiteandred wrote:

Mush On The Beach wrote:
SFCOLDBOY stay positive fella, we will win more games this season than you will on your Tuesday night Bingo beanos and I ‘m sure you’ll still turn a profit you old hustler ... Eyes down, Number 4 Poopey Whore, Two fat Ladies Poopey Lil and Poopey Phil, -10 skunts cheat again.
HOUSE!!! ¾ empty Farton Park

Mush on the Beach
Dont take up bingo calling ! on the 2 wigan calls
As a bingo caller you would get the sack like adkins will with nil points

Farawaysaint wrote:
Squad of League 1 and Championship signings,not up to PL standard.
Spending 7 mill on your most expensive player is nothing at this level.
I hope they don't, but Saints look like they are going to struggle.

bluewhiteandred wrote:

Mush On The Beach wrote:
SFCOLDBOY stay positive fella, we will win more games this season than you will on your Tuesday night Bingo beanos and I ‘m sure you’ll still turn a profit you old hustler ... Eyes down, Number 4 Poopey Whore, Two fat Ladies Poopey Lil and Poopey Phil, -10 skunts cheat again.
HOUSE!!! ¾ empty Farton Park

Mush on the Beach
Dont take up bingo calling ! on the 2 wigan calls
As a bingo caller you would get the sack like adkins will with nil points

Confucious wrote:
The result didn't surprise me that much so I wasn't that disappointed. It could have been a different game but for two inches of woodworkon Adam's shot.

But a win yesterday could have induced a little overconfidence. All this will have sharpened the quest for new signings this week and maybe loosened the cheque book - signings we needed regardless of yesterday's result.

It could well be a blessing in disguise.

In any case it's far too early for gloom - like calling a bad year on January 7th.

Full marks to the many who stayed and cheered the team at the end. Negativity makes some feel better, but overall it's a destructive trait.

David Crook wrote:
Nigel, could this be a league to far for you,six more games no results,could Harry be back.

RNsaint wrote:

Block 34 wrote:
Shame to hear the Northam singing that tired old Pompey anthem within 5 mins of the start! Change the record lads, try supporting the Saints throughout the game instead of singing about a League 1 side!!!!

some singing is better than none at all.The whole ground need to raise their voices not just leave it to the Northam. If we dont sing then nobody does.

timbersaint wrote:
In atkins we trust!
this is my 1st message on here in a long time, but just want to say we need to cack a few eggs to make omelettes....
The start to the season is prefect in my eyes, even if we lose every game. We can learn so much from losing, I always feel winning (when it comes) is quite easy, once you know what your doing. Rest assured there will be signatures this week, but lets hope we buy better than we have, although I believe we have a solid team already. just need cover and the touch of spice. The team we have now, have worked soo hard to get us through the leagues they wont throw it away buy not turning up... we need adjusting and a little wake up call, but atkins and the team aren't complacent they know what needs to be done. All the Inches are around us... COYRS!!!!

Kings Lynn Saint wrote:
It amazes me how many "fans" can get things like names of players or managers of their team sooooooooo wrong.

It's ADKINS!!!!!

FFS!!!!!

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
How come there are suddenly so many new names on here posting negative shitte? Ok, some are your skunts obviously, but the others? Where were you in Div1 and the Championship? Bloody JCLs.

And for god sake can we please get the mans name right - Adkins with a D.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
How come there are suddenly so many new names on here posting negative shitte? Ok, some are your skunts obviously, but the others? Where were you in Div1 and the Championship? Bloody JCLs.

And for god sake can we please get the mans name right - Adkins with a D.

andysaints007 wrote:

shaun_inuk wrote:
Seems obvious to me that NA hasn't a clue if or who we'd be signing and that is the same reason he plays Guly, NC pulls all the strings and Guly was a NC deal.

I think NC believes too much the Don Cortese persona and tries to run rough shod over other chairmen, remember this is the guy who asked NA to quit Scunthorpe so we wouldn't have to pay compensation.

You get the ar*ehole of the week award numbnuts

upwherewebelong wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
How come there are suddenly so many new names on here posting negative shitte? Ok, some are your skunts obviously, but the others? Where were you in Div1 and the Championship? Bloody JCLs.

And for god sake can we please get the mans name right - Adkins with a D.

I think new people posting is good and should be welcomed rather than it becoming a cozey little clique of like minded people.

For whats it worth my opinion is Adkins is doing a great job BUT we can not and must not let the strange decisions go unnoticed and unmentioned. For example why play Guly and Jay out of position. Why only make a substitution yesterday with only 20 mins to go when the 28k Saints fans could see changes were required earlier. And the biggy lack of action in key areas in transfer market. Yes I fully understand it's not the same as signing players on computer games but Adkins does seem to be revelling in the fact he's left it late this season. This does not mean all his good points suddenly vanish but we can't all be as positive as you are Seedhouse but in my opinion just because someones opinion doesn't match yours doesn't make the view unimportant. And they may well have been supporting the club in League 1 etc just not posted here

ghk230473 wrote:

St.Yorkie wrote:
I streamed it in Yorkshire and I thought we were a bit unlucky - but as I predicted pre-season if we don't convert our chances, we are prone at the back and Premiership strikers won't miss!
Think some people should take a reality check - we are very new to this Premiership lark! As fans we should accept we will not win games every so often. We did the same last season - we will this! What happened to getting behind the team?
I honestly believe although working hard behind the scenes - we will not have any new signings to cheer by Friday 11pm. Ramirez was a pipe dream (although someone has rumoured 15-million Euros has been transferred to a bank in Balogna!). The Japanese defender - Phillips are all going to have to wait - probably until January.
Let's face it we have to step up a level as individuals and a team. It may be a step too far for many - and as fans we need to do the same!
Unfortunately I won't be attending as regularly this season - the cost of The premiership is a step too far for me. I have other priorities.
I would rather have Adkins in charge for the next 10-years and be a yo-yo club than have the constant change striving to stay a Premiership side.
Good luck Nigel and the team - let's give United a taste of Southampton at it's best next Sunday.
Of all the clubs I want to beat this season - United still is the one team. Ever since that muppet Kean jestured at the game that sent us down 7-years ago...Come on lads you can do it!

I think what gets some fans goat' is that its blatantly obvious we need signings and they're not being made.
We are entering the final/panic buy week and still short of quality. If I were dealing with saints I would put price up and so would the don!
More importantly we have players that will not get a game still on the books.
Dealings should have been done way before now so the squad and new members had time to gel and we wouldn't risk being held to ransom over players. And more importantly not lose must win games.

upwherewebelong wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
How come there are suddenly so many new names on here posting negative shitte? Ok, some are your skunts obviously, but the others? Where were you in Div1 and the Championship? Bloody JCLs.

And for god sake can we please get the mans name right - Adkins with a D.

I think new people posting is good and should be welcomed rather than it becoming a cozey little clique of like minded people.

For whats it worth my opinion is Adkins is doing a great job BUT we can not and must not let the strange decisions go unnoticed and unmentioned. For example why play Guly and Jay out of position. Why only make a substitution yesterday with only 20 mins to go when the 28k Saints fans could see changes were required earlier. And the biggy lack of action in key areas in transfer market. Yes I fully understand it's not the same as signing players on computer games but Adkins does seem to be revelling in the fact he's left it late this season. This does not mean all his good points suddenly vanish but we can't all be as positive as you are Seedhouse but in my opinion just because someones opinion doesn't match yours doesn't make the view unimportant. And they may well have been supporting the club in League 1 etc just not posted here

Kings Lynn Saint wrote:

upwherewebelong wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
How come there are suddenly so many new names on here posting negative shitte? Ok, some are your skunts obviously, but the others? Where were you in Div1 and the Championship? Bloody JCLs.

And for god sake can we please get the mans name right - Adkins with a D.

I think new people posting is good and should be welcomed rather than it becoming a cozey little clique of like minded people.

For whats it worth my opinion is Adkins is doing a great job BUT we can not and must not let the strange decisions go unnoticed and unmentioned. For example why play Guly and Jay out of position. Why only make a substitution yesterday with only 20 mins to go when the 28k Saints fans could see changes were required earlier. And the biggy lack of action in key areas in transfer market. Yes I fully understand it's not the same as signing players on computer games but Adkins does seem to be revelling in the fact he's left it late this season. This does not mean all his good points suddenly vanish but we can't all be as positive as you are Seedhouse but in my opinion just because someones opinion doesn't match yours doesn't make the view unimportant. And they may well have been supporting the club in League 1 etc just not posted here

Can I just say that I have been a STH for nearly 20 years and have followed the mighty Saints from years of Division One/Premiership survival to relegation to Championship to playoff heartache at Derby (where I thought the team played fantastically and if they had shown that spirit and fight in the 04/05 season might not have been relegated anyway) to staying up in the Champ under Pearson to relegation and admin and to 2 promotions.

I am a regular viewer but an occasional poster (although I used to post uner the psydonym of Saint Ted until I moved).

I never say my views are correct, but they are my views, and I'm also open minded enough to read other fans opinions (is it opinions or opinion's) and tend to agree with them (unless they're from a skunt!!!!)

Thank you for your time

SaintMark wrote:
From Duncan Castles of The Sunday Times:

Southampton pursue Barcelona central defender Andreu Fontas

Elsewhere, Southampton are attempting to conclude a deal for the young Barcelona central defender Andreu Fontas. The promoted Premier League club are understood to have offered a deal worth €6m for the Spain Under 21 international.

Spirit of 58 wrote:
Too close to the truth perhaps Shaun - Lads have cut NA to 3/1 for the chop

charm_saints wrote:

timbersaint wrote:
In atkins we trust!
this is my 1st message on here in a long time, but just want to say we need to cack a few eggs to make omelettes....
The start to the season is prefect in my eyes, even if we lose every game. We can learn so much from losing, I always feel winning (when it comes) is quite easy, once you know what your doing. Rest assured there will be signatures this week, but lets hope we buy better than we have, although I believe we have a solid team already. just need cover and the touch of spice. The team we have now, have worked soo hard to get us through the leagues they wont throw it away buy not turning up... we need adjusting and a little wake up call, but atkins and the team aren't complacent they know what needs to be done. All the Inches are around us... COYRS!!!!

Agree

skin2000 wrote:

charm_saints wrote:

timbersaint wrote: In atkins we trust! this is my 1st message on here in a long time, but just want to say we need to cack a few eggs to make omelettes.... The start to the season is prefect in my eyes, even if we lose every game. We can learn so much from losing, I always feel winning (when it comes) is quite easy, once you know what your doing. Rest assured there will be signatures this week, but lets hope we buy better than we have, although I believe we have a solid team already. just need cover and the touch of spice. The team we have now, have worked soo hard to get us through the leagues they wont throw it away buy not turning up... we need adjusting and a little wake up call, but atkins and the team aren't complacent they know what needs to be done. All the Inches are around us... COYRS!!!!

Agree

Who is Atkins?

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

upwherewebelong wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
How come there are suddenly so many new names on here posting negative shitte? Ok, some are your skunts obviously, but the others? Where were you in Div1 and the Championship? Bloody JCLs.

And for god sake can we please get the mans name right - Adkins with a D.

I think new people posting is good and should be welcomed rather than it becoming a cozey little clique of like minded people.

For whats it worth my opinion is Adkins is doing a great job BUT we can not and must not let the strange decisions go unnoticed and unmentioned. For example why play Guly and Jay out of position. Why only make a substitution yesterday with only 20 mins to go when the 28k Saints fans could see changes were required earlier. And the biggy lack of action in key areas in transfer market. Yes I fully understand it's not the same as signing players on computer games but Adkins does seem to be revelling in the fact he's left it late this season. This does not mean all his good points suddenly vanish but we can't all be as positive as you are Seedhouse but in my opinion just because someones opinion doesn't match yours doesn't make the view unimportant. And they may well have been supporting the club in League 1 etc just not posted here

I've no problem with differing view points. However, there have always been a few that post criticism when things aren't going well but stay off when things are good. Why would you do that?

New posters are a good thing as long as they don't just bring negativity. For example we all want to see a full SMS but if you add negative people you'll have a flatter atmosphere in the Prem with 32k than with 21k in Div1.

You say NA has left things late. I don't think he's in charge of negotiations.

Kings Lynn Saint wrote:

upwherewebelong wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
How come there are suddenly so many new names on here posting negative shitte? Ok, some are your skunts obviously, but the others? Where were you in Div1 and the Championship? Bloody JCLs.

And for god sake can we please get the mans name right - Adkins with a D.

I think new people posting is good and should be welcomed rather than it becoming a cozey little clique of like minded people.

For whats it worth my opinion is Adkins is doing a great job BUT we can not and must not let the strange decisions go unnoticed and unmentioned. For example why play Guly and Jay out of position. Why only make a substitution yesterday with only 20 mins to go when the 28k Saints fans could see changes were required earlier. And the biggy lack of action in key areas in transfer market. Yes I fully understand it's not the same as signing players on computer games but Adkins does seem to be revelling in the fact he's left it late this season. This does not mean all his good points suddenly vanish but we can't all be as positive as you are Seedhouse but in my opinion just because someones opinion doesn't match yours doesn't make the view unimportant. And they may well have been supporting the club in League 1 etc just not posted here

Can I just say that I have been a STH for nearly 20 years and have followed the mighty Saints from years of Division One/Premiership survival to relegation to Championship to playoff heartache at Derby (where I thought the team played fantastically and if they had shown that spirit and fight in the 04/05 season might not have been relegated anyway) to staying up in the Champ under Pearson to relegation and admin and to 2 promotions.

I am a regular viewer but an occasional poster (although I used to post uner the psydonym of Saint Ted until I moved).

I never say my views are correct, but they are my views, and I'm also open minded enough to read other fans opinions (is it opinions or opinion's) and tend to agree with them (unless they're from a skunt!!!!)

Thank you for your time

skin2000 wrote:

malcher wrote:
Most disapointing thing yesterday was the the epty seats. Everyone at the club has done a remarkable job and invested so much to get us back and look how are they rewarded. It really is pathetic and there are no excuses. They'llall be there next game though! If you watched matches on TV you wil not have seen so any vacant seats at anywhere else. Embarassing and shamefull.
Also I have never seen so many people leave games early as they do at our place. No matter whether we are winning, loosing or even drawing as soon as that clock hits 80 off they go. Idiots!! There is no need to. If you stayed you would see ther is no real difficulty getting away. I have never left before the end and nor will I. Do you leave the cinema 10 mins before the end!
Some of you so called fans do not deserve this club and they don't deserve you!

The empty seats, might be down to actual cost of watching premiership football.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:
Just to put this result in perspective, Pompey beat Wigan 4-0 at home in their relegation season..

Who got relegated?

warrens 76 wrote:

RNsaint wrote:

Block 34 wrote:
Shame to hear the Northam singing that tired old Pompey anthem within 5 mins of the start! Change the record lads, try supporting the Saints throughout the game instead of singing about a League 1 side!!!!

some singing is better than none at all.The whole ground need to raise their voices not just leave it to the Northam. If we dont sing then nobody does.

Unfortunately vocal support is proportional to the S***hole of a city you live in...

No denying portsmuff do volume better than us...but would you live there?

RedArmy1 wrote:

Farawaysaint wrote:
Squad of League 1 and Championship signings,not up to PL standard.
Spending 7 mill on your most expensive player is nothing at this level.
I hope they don't, but Saints look like they are going to struggle.

In any League it is a f@cking struggle .... playing dirty Leeds or in League One all the northern grounds.

WE'VE GOTTA GET BETTER AND NOW !!!

Every effort must be made. treat each game as a must win Cup Final and get the goals hitting the back of the net. We have talented players who can score goals.

Yesterday was not good enough - but next week it must be

BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS.

The Players must give everything on the pitch - for themselves and the supporters,

Red Army is linked to the success of the Club.

WE MUST DO EVERYTHING TO WIN OUR NEXT GAME.

RED ARMY. THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION. COYR.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Spirit of 58 wrote:
Too close to the truth perhaps Shaun - Lads have cut NA to 3/1 for the chop

Can't blame everything on NA, if he is going to do the job right he has to have the tools.

anothergaysaint wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:
Just to put this result in perspective, Pompey beat Wigan 4-0 at home in their relegation season..

Who got relegated?

My point exactly. The worse team in the Premiership in 2010 beat Wigan 4-0 at home..

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Kings Lynn Saint wrote:

upwherewebelong wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
How come there are suddenly so many new names on here posting negative shitte? Ok, some are your skunts obviously, but the others? Where were you in Div1 and the Championship? Bloody JCLs.

And for god sake can we please get the mans name right - Adkins with a D.

I think new people posting is good and should be welcomed rather than it becoming a cozey little clique of like minded people.

For whats it worth my opinion is Adkins is doing a great job BUT we can not and must not let the strange decisions go unnoticed and unmentioned. For example why play Guly and Jay out of position. Why only make a substitution yesterday with only 20 mins to go when the 28k Saints fans could see changes were required earlier. And the biggy lack of action in key areas in transfer market. Yes I fully understand it's not the same as signing players on computer games but Adkins does seem to be revelling in the fact he's left it late this season. This does not mean all his good points suddenly vanish but we can't all be as positive as you are Seedhouse but in my opinion just because someones opinion doesn't match yours doesn't make the view unimportant. And they may well have been supporting the club in League 1 etc just not posted here

Can I just say that I have been a STH for nearly 20 years and have followed the mighty Saints from years of Division One/Premiership survival to relegation to Championship to playoff heartache at Derby (where I thought the team played fantastically and if they had shown that spirit and fight in the 04/05 season might not have been relegated anyway) to staying up in the Champ under Pearson to relegation and admin and to 2 promotions.

I am a regular viewer but an occasional poster (although I used to post uner the psydonym of Saint Ted until I moved).

I never say my views are correct, but they are my views, and I'm also open minded enough to read other fans opinions (is it opinions or opinion's) and tend to agree with them (unless they're from a skunt!!!!)

Thank you for your time

It's "fans' opinions", Kings Lynn (or is it King's Lynn?) :)

The apostrophe (fans') comes after the S because there are two or more fans. If there was only one fan, it would be "fan's opinions".

So: "With such a bright future, the Southampton fans' faces all have smiles on them." (well, most of them!)

But: "He travelled the length of the country and saw his team lose 4-2, so the skunt's face looked as long as the M6 on a wet saturday evening."

Eeeeezzzzy!

SFCOLDBOY wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Kings Lynn Saint wrote:

upwherewebelong wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
How come there are suddenly so many new names on here posting negative shitte? Ok, some are your skunts obviously, but the others? Where were you in Div1 and the Championship? Bloody JCLs.

And for god sake can we please get the mans name right - Adkins with a D.

I think new people posting is good and should be welcomed rather than it becoming a cozey little clique of like minded people.

For whats it worth my opinion is Adkins is doing a great job BUT we can not and must not let the strange decisions go unnoticed and unmentioned. For example why play Guly and Jay out of position. Why only make a substitution yesterday with only 20 mins to go when the 28k Saints fans could see changes were required earlier. And the biggy lack of action in key areas in transfer market. Yes I fully understand it's not the same as signing players on computer games but Adkins does seem to be revelling in the fact he's left it late this season. This does not mean all his good points suddenly vanish but we can't all be as positive as you are Seedhouse but in my opinion just because someones opinion doesn't match yours doesn't make the view unimportant. And they may well have been supporting the club in League 1 etc just not posted here

Can I just say that I have been a STH for nearly 20 years and have followed the mighty Saints from years of Division One/Premiership survival to relegation to Championship to playoff heartache at Derby (where I thought the team played fantastically and if they had shown that spirit and fight in the 04/05 season might not have been relegated anyway) to staying up in the Champ under Pearson to relegation and admin and to 2 promotions.

I am a regular viewer but an occasional poster (although I used to post uner the psydonym of Saint Ted until I moved).

I never say my views are correct, but they are my views, and I'm also open minded enough to read other fans opinions (is it opinions or opinion's) and tend to agree with them (unless they're from a skunt!!!!)

Thank you for your time

It's "fans' opinions", Kings Lynn (or is it King's Lynn?) :)

The apostrophe (fans') comes after the S because there are two or more fans. If there was only one fan, it would be "fan's opinions".

So: "With such a bright future, the Southampton fans' faces all have smiles on them." (well, most of them!)

But: "He travelled the length of the country and saw his team lose 4-2, so the skunt's face looked as long as the M6 on a wet saturday evening."

Eeeeezzzzy!

Proffessor Stras,
Thank you for the grammar lesson,I'm sure we will all have benefitted from it.
I being of only a Comprehensive school background and also now a bit
forgetfull (age), somtimes maces a few mistakes.
Un fortuneately I will have to pull you up on your spelling.
Even when I was writing on my slate at school I could easily spell (EASY) correctly.

Sir,
I hope that has helped you,and it will not be used in anyway against me.
Hate the slipper.
Still got Dunlop etched on my @rse.
I am cr@p at lines and essays.
COYR

bigfella777 wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:
Just to put this result in perspective, Pompey beat Wigan 4-0 at home in their relegation season..

Who got relegated?

My point exactly. The worse team in the Premiership in 2010 beat Wigan 4-0 at home..

Wigan were the most succesful team in the last 2 months of last season actually.

bigfella777 wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Spirit of 58 wrote:
Too close to the truth perhaps Shaun - Lads have cut NA to 3/1 for the chop

Can't blame everything on NA, if he is going to do the job right he has to have the tools.

He has got a whole squad of complete tools.

anothergaysaint wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

anothergaysaint wrote:
Just to put this result in perspective, Pompey beat Wigan 4-0 at home in their relegation season..

Who got relegated?

My point exactly. The worse team in the Premiership in 2010 beat Wigan 4-0 at home..