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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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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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Reply | Stoke Sign Rotherham Keeper
at 14:28 20 May 2024
Goalkeepers are usually at their best in their 30s but I'm not sure buying a player that age suits our recruitment policy, which is why we ended up with an expensive, unproven youngster like Bazunu.
Our best years came when McMenemy bought Shilton in his 30s and, of course Pompey had their best spell in the modern era when they got David James in his 30s, and he was absolutely brilliant for them.
One I wanted us to buy was the Finnish goalkeeper, Hradecky, who this year, at the age of 34, has reached his absolute peak for Bayer Leverkusen. [Post edited 20 May 14:32]
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Reply | Point Of Order
at 11:40 20 May 2024
It's simple. One is the team we support; the other isn't. |
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Reply | Stoke Sign Rotherham Keeper
at 11:38 20 May 2024
Oh well. How could we possibly compete with Stoke?
Would they take McCarthy pushing Bazunu in his wheelchair in part exchange? [Post edited 20 May 11:44]
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Reply | Membership
at 10:52 20 May 2024
I predict that if a few Leeds fans manage to end up in the middle of 35,000 Saints' fans, they are not going to have either a very good time or a very long one at Wembley. I pity them. But, as you say, it's just a few sad Leeds and Pompey fans trying to stir things online. For those who are desperate, as only 71,000 tickets are being sold by the clubs, there will still be about 20,000 neutral tickets available, many of which will go on sale, either online or outside the ground, and I wouldn't be surprised if a few thousand of them still remain unused, leaving the final attendance short of capacity. [Post edited 20 May 11:03]
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Reply | Fans drove that team on tonight
at 12:50 18 May 2024
With the changes made by the Club to the setup at St Mary's aided by the backing of a dedicated group of young fans, I predict that next season will see the best home support ever at St Mary's and the Northam becoming one of the best home ends in the league. [Post edited 18 May 12:51]
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Reply | Did we go into the WBA game
at 16:18 13 May 2024
In many ways, anyone but Mara is a no brainer; a bit like anyone but Bazunu. The problem is they feel they have to persist with these youngsters to justify all the money that was spent on them. [Post edited 13 May 16:27]
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Reply | Crowd of less than 25,000 looming for play-off semi home leg
at 16:11 13 May 2024
The whingeing and moaning on here were bad enough when they anounced they were going to move the away fans into a corner and create a proper home end. Imagine how bad it's going to be when they announce the stadium expansion plans  [Post edited 13 May 16:21]
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Reply | Did we go into the WBA game
at 16:06 13 May 2024
We went there with Sekou Mara up front so a scoreless draw was the best we could do. |
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Reply | WBA and Norwich
at 10:53 12 May 2024
Getting promoted from the Championship is what West Brom and Norwich do. WBA have been promoted to the top flight 10 times already and Norwich 9 times. In fact, there can be few teams that have done it more than they have. |
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Reply | Big weekend for Southampton boxers
at 23:03 11 May 2024
What a brilliant performance from Ryan Garner. Contender for fight of the year as OWTS rings round York Hall from all the Saints fans there.
So all 3 of the Southampton boxers fighting tonight remain undefeated. |
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Reply | Big weekend for Southampton boxers
at 21:46 11 May 2024
A routine points win takes Barney-Smith to 10-0 and up to #8 in the UK Super Featherweight rankings.
The Ryan Garner fight should be on around 10pm. |
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