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Here is some context for you. I don't know your age but for Leeds in 74, think Man City at their best, full of internationals. Some great photos in this report. http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk/matches/19740219.htm

You should focus on the club getting some of our heroes from the past back into the club and into a retake of their old kit rather than the anniversary.

Reckon Trevor could still run the midfield and pick out Conway with a through ball.

Wow. The old badge too. A clever video, I have to say when I get dressed in the dark like that it doesn't usually end well.

If I was to guess it might have been over watered but it looked fine to me. Here are a couple of images courtesy of the City official site, hopefully ok to post on here? No sign of any cabbages to me. Are the Saints players sat down looking for them or planting them? A bit early, still a chance of frost?

More moans on there about the crap pitch? Geez, if you can't play football on that..... Apparently they passed it but we played on the break, but 2 of the goals were not on the break. It reads as though some never actually saw the game and picked their comments from the Losing Team Excuses Handbook.

Vibration and resonance are not something you want in a structure. It may start to sway like bridges sometimes do.

I am a bit worried about the new stand. If the club shirts 'weigh heavy' and the supporters are all wearing them, should the structural engineer redo his calculations?

If you are going to make contact, might as well go all in! Nearly kicked him out of the penalty area.

Much like a good wicket keeper in cricket, a good goalie makes the team look better than maybe they are. They are both individual positions and mistakes are glaringly obvious. Let's get behind Max when he plays (not literally ) as confidence is a key factor.

*** maybe they were shouting 'why is our ground worse than this?'

I am happy with Max. As for saying what his level is, anyone who saw the West Ham game v Arsenal would wonder how Areola gets that job, he was poor.

Well, I am feeling generous today so first of all, a good win for them last night. Secondly, giving those fans a telling off seems a bit odd - at least they were the ones that were there! Going 2 down won't have helped so the players need to take some blame if they were quiet. As for heavy shirts, that will be the Bristol City stitching on the sleeves, made out of the heaviest thread we could find!

I agree with the sentiment. There is a bit of me though that is excited by seeing how we CAN play, the potential, so last night still means something to me. Apart from the Leeds game, the boss now has something to point at in training, a short collection of good performances, the hint of a blueprint, not just results.

I may be wrong but I would like to think we were more complimentary when we got totally outplayed by Leeds. One of the most one sided 0-1s you are likely to see. This is one down side of a long successful run, it does lead to a skewed view of things. We see it on here after a short successful run!!

Yep, saw a few slips, maybe the pitch was over watered but the surface was sound and flat, not exactly Upton Park in the winters of 1970.

Comment from Saints fan on that site - 'the pitch was a leveller' Err, dont think so!

Surprised we are all talking about City, for those at the game who are yet to see their Sky recordings, the match was of course, all about Southampton!

I think we are entitled to criticise Sky because it felt as though they had set up the programme to be about Southampton from the start. As disappointed as I was after the Leeds game, that win tonight was a cracker and I am glad that Sky chose to show City having a great win and absolutely deserving it.

One area I think we have improved is when regaining possession we have looked to pass forward into space rather than the safer option in the other direction. Whether that is because Southampton were pushed up a bit further than most I am not sure. We looked a threat all game long. Could easily have been 5 goals for us. Meanwhile Sky are STILL droning on and on and on about the team that lost.

Just sayin'.........

Cheerio, cheerio....

Beautiful!

Huge problem for the commentators now. They pinned their flag to Southampton and have to find a different theme.

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