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Reply | At least we won't have to tolerate Shearer tonight.
at 17:06 25 Jun 2024
Funny about the BBC coverage as I was half tempted to be one of those annoying licence payers who puts in a Freedom of Information request to ask how much is it costing to provide commentary and punditry for the tournament to the BBC and thus licence payer.
The reason for my slight irritation is, why do the, BBC have to base themselves in Berlin in front or behind the Reichstadt and provide pre, half time and post match analysis from Berlin when they could do it just as well in front of a screen in the UK? I can understand having commentators and analysis actually at the stadium in which the match is taking place but being in Berlin to watch it on a screen is no different for a pundit than watching it on a screen in the UK. I assume they will all have been paid for accommodation, meals, drinks etc. I know ITV are doing it as well but they are commercially supported. |
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Reply | Jan Valery To Sheffield Wednesday
at 14:22 22 Jun 2024
I think Sheff Wed could do well next season if they do not do their usual imploding off the field. Danny Rohl seems to know what he is doing and speaks with gravitas and authority. |
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Reply | Newcastle Away
at 13:59 22 Jun 2024
I am sure it was a first away game a few seasons ago and I went and I am sure it was a 2-2 draw - I actually can't recall who our manager was! My memory is shot...............
It is quite an easy one for me to get to as I live near York so in that respect not a bad one location wise. I don't think we'll get a win as we just start seasons so poorly so a draw would be something. I am not sure about Newcastle - they can be good but I think Eddie Howe has to deliver this next season (either a trophy or a top 6 position). It is probably a flawed logic but I was sort of hoping a Man City or Liverpool or someone like that in the hope those teams would have a slow start with players at the Euros etc. |
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Reply | Adams Or Ings
at 21:27 20 Jun 2024
Neither feel like the answer to me. Adams conversion rate is poor and that was costly in our last period in the PL. It is irrational I know, but I cannot warm to Ings. He comes across as mercenary and I am not even convinced he can deliver at PL level any more. Do I have an answer to this, No, not really. |
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Reply | Only A Week Left To Go
at 09:14 12 Jun 2024
I am with you you on that Nick.
I cannot actually recall when we last had a good start to a season. We are slow starters traditionally. The one I last recall was the season we ended up finishing second in the old first division - I am sure it has happened since but I don't recall it. |
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Reply | Broja
at 17:40 1 Jun 2024
Completely agree Grumpy. |
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Reply | Broja
at 13:30 1 Jun 2024
I did want us to sign him when he initially came on loan to us, but I went off him by the time he departed and I am with you Grim. I am not convinced he would be good for us. |
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Thread | Am I odd?????
at 09:05 29 May 2024
....now most people that know me would respond with a resounding yes and probably people on here who put up with my various missives from me on anything Saints and football would not argue with that too much, but.................
in this case am I odd in still feeling on cloud 9 over Sunday and it being one of the best footballing days in decades of following Saints, but (and here is the negative) I cannot get excited about being in the Premier League? I wanted to win, I loved the experience and the joy it brought and that can never be taken away, but no matter how I try I just cannot warm to the PL. The thought of attending games with little or no hope of winning, or dodgy VAR decisions or indecisions and the soap opera that goes with the PL, the tourist fans and diluted support as a result, etc. |
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Reply | Honouring ex Saints
at 22:26 28 May 2024
Never undervalued by me Nick. He was a fantastic manager for us. He took us to places in the league and made us a force to be reckoned with and we were respected and loved by many for the type of football he instilled. Players came to us that would not normally had done so. He has never been matched in my view. I think Adkins drew the similar respect but was not given the chance to see it through. Koeman gave us hope for a short while. But McMenemy. There has been no one else quite like him at the club. |
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Reply | Would Southampton Fans Welcome Back Adam Lallana To St Mary's
at 14:18 28 May 2024
I am not interested in all the stuff around the manner in which he departed. I think he got it wrong and he realised it after the event, but who amongst us has not made an error of judgement? Just move on - he gave us years of good quality service before that.
I am not opposed to him coming back it depends what they hope or think they can get out of him. Is it as a player to back up occasionally (in which something like play and pay) or as some sort of coach? |
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Reply | So How Was Everyone's Day On Sunday
at 12:58 28 May 2024
One of the best Nick. I am in my 60s and been more disappointed than I care to remember but for moments like that when they happen are all the sweeter.
Came down from East Yorkshire Saturday evening and stayed at a Premier Inn in Bracknell and got the train in to Waterloo and back via Paddington after the game.
The atmosphere on the train on the underground with Leeds fans as well was good and special in many ways.
Went to the Metropolitan bar at Baker Street.
The game itself - loved it, though if you ask me, I honestly struggle to remember that much about it. My impression is we were professional without the drama. Did a job and as a team we were competent in all areas.
After the game enjoyed the celebrations in the stadium, the walk down the streets to a bar (can't recall the name of it) on the way back to Baker Street, endless singing and chanting in the back yard of the bar even in the rain and then back to Paddington station to Reading and then Bracknell.
I am surrounded by Leeds fans where I live and work and did dread it to some extent. All the Leeds fans I came across on Sunday were pleasant and after the game the ones I came across took the defeat graciously and did not make any excuses.
Went with my brothers and my son. I don't get to spend that much time with my son and it was memorable to see the joy and happiness on his face and all the people around me. It was a special day all round.
if I am honest, the Premier League does not appeal to me and I have enjoyed this season in a way I have not enjoyed a season for ages. I just hope that having got back up we do the best we can to compete and don't just become another meal for the so called big boys to feed off. |
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Thread | A day in my life to never forget.
at 23:31 26 May 2024
A day in my life I will never forget. All the disappointment, the pain, the lows makes these rare days all the sweeter.
I am still speechless. I have no idea who played well and who didn't, it was all too tense but it was just a fantastic team performance and the support out of this world.
I have had mixed feelings about our manager but congratulations to him for sticking to it.
I have enjoyed the championship and some great days out but today was something special. |
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Reply | Referee for sunday.
at 11:06 25 May 2024
If it is a 50-50 decision or even say 55 - 45 our way it will go to Leeds Utd. The PL all the pundits, commentators etc all want Leeds Utd in the PL and not us. Plus the fact that officials will be more concerned about upsetting Leeds Utd FC and their fans than say "little" Southampton. I know I am being cynical (and it may be misplaced) but that is how I feel. [Post edited 25 May 13:04]
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Reply | wembley tickets
at 22:57 24 May 2024
I suspect that is the case with my brother's post as he has had similar issues before and it is clear it has been held. The problem is Basingstoke in their infinite wisdom closed down their distribution centre and merged it with Reading and Swindon. My instinct is that those centres deal with post in their areas first and then Basingstoke. As they say, there is 1st class, 2nd class and Basingstoke class (not that you would normally put the words Basingstoke and class in the same sentence!). |
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Reply | wembley tickets
at 17:40 24 May 2024
My brother managed to order the tickets at 9:30 Monday but his tickets have not turned up and unless they turn up tomorrow he has to go to Wembley for 11am on Sunday - flipping stressful. He lives in Basingstoke and always has a nightmare with the post. Collecting them from Southampton FC did not appear to be an option. Just hope they come tomorrow to save the Sunday hassle and worry. |
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Thread | Have Leeds fans been able to get tickets in the Southampton end?
at 22:49 20 May 2024
It may be rubbish but as I live and work in and around York quite a number of Leeds fans are boasting that they have purchased tickets through Southampton and have supposedly shown their purchases on-line (with some bits erased). As much as I am looking forward to the final I do have a gut feeling that there could be trouble - they are certainly upping the anti up here. |
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Reply | Stoke Sign Rotherham Keeper
at 18:21 20 May 2024
I don't think in this case the division would have mattered Nick as at worst we remain in the championship - the same as Stoke City and we are a better prospect than Rotherham and I would say Stoke as well - and he could have ended up in the PL. But, you are probably right, it was never likely to happen. |
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Reply | Stoke Sign Rotherham Keeper
at 12:15 20 May 2024
Opportunity missed. Shame.
The early bird catches the worm - we don't really do early bird unless you go back to McMenemy who was adept at making sudden signings. |
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Reply | Fans drove that team on tonight
at 10:24 18 May 2024
Brilliant and fantastic evening, support, atmosphere and game. Just a pity about the needless stupidity and behaviour at the end, especially as WBA fans had been so welcoming and accommodating before and after the game last Sunday. It is a pity we did not reciprocate it. But, that aside a memorable evening. |
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Reply | Did we go into the WBA game
at 17:52 13 May 2024
I think the away sides in both games largely went with the intention of not losing or certainly not losing by much rather than winning and put the onus on the home sides to go out and win. You are right, it could come back and bite us as I did feel that later in that second half we could have sought that win, though equally we nearly had our habitual kamikaze moment in our own penalty area.
I did enjoy the day out though. Easy to get to, easy parking at Mercure, good rapport between both sets of fans before and after, the hottest chicken Tikka at the Vine that I can recall ever eating, good atmosphere in the ground and pretty easy to get back home to East Yorkshire. I thought we were professional on the whole. |
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