| Forum Reply | Season ticket sales looking good. How many will we sell? at 14:00 6 Jun 2024
It's going to be quite a revolution at St Mary's to see and hear a proper home end at last. The away fans who used to rule the roost are going to be in for quite a shock now that they'll be the ones hidden away in a corner. [Post edited 6 Jun 14:03]
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| Forum Reply | Transfer Rumour Thread at 21:32 5 Jun 2024
So far this is about as exciting as aTV debate between Sunak and Starmer. |
| Forum Reply | England at 09:20 5 Jun 2024
You'll be disappointed. It's just a big rock with houses clinging to it, not even in a particularly picturesque way. You can see it all in a couple of hours. I've been to most of the countries in the world and Gibraltar runs Qatar close as the most boring one. If you want to visit a small country which is beautiful and fascinating, I'd recommend Bhutan. Closer to home, Georgia, Armenia, Montenegro and Norway are all well worth visiting, and even Malta is a lot better then Gibraltar if you're looking for a small country with a British influence. [Post edited 5 Jun 9:34]
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| Forum Reply | Potential points deduction at 11:58 2 Jun 2024
English football is shooting itself in the foot with this so-called FFP. Our smaller clubs are being put at an even greater disadvantage while our big clubs are becoming less competitive in Europe. Real Madrid has dominated European competition by having the biggest debts in world football for years, at one time reaching nearly a billion euros. |
| Forum Reply | Season Ticket info released at 11:44 31 May 2024
"Prices still remain lower than in the 2016/2017 season, Pricing for the 2016/17 season ranged between £853-£584." Our season ticket prices are still lower then Bournemouth's. Pricing is largely determined by supply and demand, so the smaller the ground in relation to the size of the fanbase, the higher the ticket prices. Demand at St Mary's was also exceptionally high in 2016/17 due to recent success, which is another factor. We begin next season on a high after the Wembley victory so you'd expect most home games to be sold out. What the Club don't want right now is overheating i.e. demand massively exceeding supply and causing frustration and disaffection in the fanbase, which with last season's ticket prices they probably would have got, and they are not yet anywhere near ready to expand the stadium so prices will be used to regulate demand. [Post edited 31 May 11:58]
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| Forum Reply | Dragan at 16:41 28 May 2024
The second tier will be built on the Kingsland, similar to the development at Cardiff City Stadium. It will take the capacity up to around 38,000. |
| Forum Reply | Could Adam Lallana Make A Surprise Return To Southampton at 20:25 27 May 2024
As a general rule, let's not write players off too soon. If you look at top teams like Real Madrid, they have a lot of players in their 30s, like Modric (38), Rüdiger (31), Alaba (31), Carvajal (32), Courtois (32), Joselu (34) and Kroos (34). There may be other issues, like injuries, which might not make Lallana a good signing but there is certainly great value to be had in signing players in their 30s if our main aim is to stay up next season. I'd be very happy if we signed 3 or 4 players in that age group, especially a goalkeeper, central defender and striker. Players in their 30s often come on free transfers whereas youngsters usually command big transfer fees. Our most successful years under McMenemy were built on a transfer policy of signing star players towards the end of their careers. He found that was a way we could compete with the top clubs. [Post edited 27 May 20:36]
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| Forum Reply | First £20m spent from the transfer kitty. Who else. at 10:45 27 May 2024
The first priority has to be a new goalkeeper. Otherwise we are going to see Bazunu back getting us relegated again. The problem is that the Club has invested so much money in Bazunu that I can't see them getting rid of him, even though to nearly every fan, he is an obvious liability. McCarthy will be staying, I know. Solak appeared to be telling him that when McCarthy went up to receive his medal. But, apart from these playoff games, when he has been very good, let's not forget he has also been a liability for us for many years. His weakness at the near post is known to all Premier League strikers and they will happily exploit it again. Bazunu has been so bad that McCarthy has possibly established himself now as the lesser of the two evils but as soon as he starts making mistakes again, Bazunu will be back. That's why we need a new goalkeeper. [Post edited 27 May 10:53]
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| Forum Reply | FA Cup 4th Round Ball Numbers at 10:21 27 May 2024
" As it’s only the playoffs that keep the league entertaining to watch for the typical positions of 5th down to like 12th...... otherwise all these leagues would just end up being the same as the American sports ones from the mid points onwards, as they’re only entertaining for fans for the first half of the year" ????? The Americans invented playoffs in sport! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_playoffs [Post edited 27 May 10:37]
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| Forum Reply | Oh dear at 10:10 27 May 2024
It's funny how the image of Leeds has changed during my lifetime. Until Don Revie arrived in the 60s, they were an insignificant club, who'd never won anything and whose greatest ever achievement was that they'd once reached an FA Cup Quarter-final. |
| Forum Reply | That Great Friday Feeling, moving on to Sunday at 20:33 25 May 2024
Until Don Revie arrived, Leeds' greatest achievement was reaching the quarter-finals of the FA Cup once. It's amazing how much one manager can transform a football club. Even the white kit they'll be wearing on Sunday was his idea because he thought it would make them look like Real Madrid. Their traditional colours were blue and yellow. [Post edited 25 May 20:35]
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| Forum Reply | Can Saints fans step up - again? at 10:54 21 May 2024
Leeds probably have the loudest away fans in England. So, off the pitch, we'll be doing well to compete with them, but a lot depends on how the game goes. They weren't very loud when we beat them at Elland Road recently. [Post edited 21 May 10:58]
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| Forum Reply | Have Leeds fans been able to get tickets in the Southampton end? at 10:24 21 May 2024
How massive Leeds fans say they are has been a running joke for years. Whenever anyone posts a picture of a large number of away fans from other clubs, there are always the ironic, "Leeds would have taken more," comments. The surprising thing is that when you compare Saints' and Leeds' average home gates in recent years there's not a lot between them in spite of Elland Road's bigger capacity. Leeds have struggled to sell tickets in many years (I've skipped the COVID season). Saints.....................Leeds 29,373...................35,989 30,440...................35,566 29,889...................36,308 29,675...................35,321 30,139...................34,033 30,794...................31,525 30,936...................27,698 30,751...................22,446 30,652...................24,052 30,212...................25,088 30,873...................21,572 [Post edited 21 May 10:30]
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