Oh, Fonte....

you did it again. We need a new central defender for next season. Most important position to strengthen, imo.

I am so ****ing fuming with him. He gave hem the opportunity and I thought Davis was too far over n the goal.

you did it again. We need a new central defender for next season. Most important position to strengthen, imo.

This

****ing seething.

We're going down

pathetic from fonte

Costing us promotion! If cov is on telly ŵe are fukkkkd

Dreadful but he does have potential.

No, we're going up. But Fonte will struggle in the premiership. Not strong, quick or smart enough.

Fonte outmuscled by little scott dobbie against Blackpool, at fault for 2 reading goals, and now that today! If you want to go up and stay up you have to perform in the big games.

Jose is not doing this at all!

you did it again. We need a new central defender for next season. Most important position to strengthen, imo.

I think we need a complete Defence

Useless ****! He can't keep costing us, **** him off. If we make it up he'll be an absolute liability in the prem!

He's not a shadow of the player he was and I can only think of three possible reasons - League One was his level, things aren't right for him off the pitch, or he struggles to play alongside Jos.

Fonte was so immense last season but has been a liability for us in a fair few games this season. We need a new defender next season whichever division we are in to challenge him for a place.

Needs to move on.

Shame I like fonte!

I still believe, BUT agree, few weeks now!

I would start with Martin.

COYS

I still believe, BUT agree, few weeks now!

 

I would start with Martin.

 

COYS

NA is probably damned if he does, and damned if he doesnt.

Alpine - why not log off the forum and go and have a beer or something?

NA is probably damned if he does, and damned if he doesnt.

Alpine - why not log off the forum and go and have a beer or something?

Why dont you f**k off with the bandwagon jumping Mr 28 Posts ?

I think Fonte has reached his level - whether we go up or not he needs to be dropped to the bench next season and we need to bring in one if not two first choice centre backs.

Fonte looked to be one player who could cut it in the Premiership but the in the tail-end of the season has cost us too many points. Blackpool, P-mp-y, Reading, Boro - very poor performances from Fonte and from those games we got 1pt from 12. If we go up he needs replacing.

Out of the back four and goalie I only think Jos is Premier League standard.

When he attempts to defend rather than wrestle the opposing strikers then he isn't bad.

Why dont you f**k off with the bandwagon jumping Mr 28 Posts ?

I'm not normally one to jump on a bandwagon, but I agree with cynicalsaint... Mr 19132 posts needs to calm down and have a beer. Next weekend we will go up at home (here's hoping anyway...)

This is not the time to start finding scapegoats. Fonte has his weaknesses like any other player and they are being exposed. Every player is flawed and he is going trhrough a poor run of form. How about the crucial challenge to stop them scoring in the first half?

How about Fox and Hammond's ability to keep giving the ball away in crucial moments.

FFS get a grip and get behind him.

It was a crap piece of defending, but no-one on Sky mentioned the fact that Jutiewicz (can't be arsed to check the spelling) had his left hand grabbing Jose's shirt. Bizarrely, players get away with more shirt pulling in the Premiership than in the Championship, so when we get there (and we will) the type of foul given today probably won't be next season. Jose is still quality in my opinion.

Alpine - why not log off the forum and go and have a beer or something?

NA is probably damned if he does, and damned if he doesnt.

Why? I agree. However seaborne maybe instead of Martin.

On my way home... Gutted because he let me down again.

Believe me when I say... I once thought he was god.

On my way home... Gutted because he let me down again.

Believe me when I say... I once thought he was god.

A number of players have lost their form and Fonte is just one of them - I thought Davies should have saved both of their chances. The worst one is Hammond where is the defensive midfielder in the 'D' actually nowhere:blush:

Fonte

is not good enough for this team shouted very loud indeed.

Having said that nor is Davies who was a million miles from the middle of the goal and about two hundred people in the pub were screaming at him to cover the goal more central but he didn't, very poor goalkeeping indeed he musty be dropped it happens continuously poor poor goalkeeping very poor - drop him from a great height. So really really annoyed with the bad performance by the back line. The defence is very poor indeed ............

Fonte has really lost his form in the last few months. He's not turned into a bad player overnight that's for sure.

He seems to have lost some of his strengeth and is getting turned way too easily, which is then causing him to give away stupid fouls like today.

I'm not surpised to see the usual drama queens saying ''Get him out of the club'', but let's get a grip. He is on a bad patch of form, but luckily it shouldn't cost us. He'll play in the premier league next season, but CB is still an area we need more depth.

In the first half I was LOL'ing at those who have been slating Fonte, he was excellent! One goal-saving block in the 6yd box and he looked composed and in complete control. No blame attaching to him for the first goal and TBF we looked all over the shop defensively in the second half. Yes it was a silly foul to concede and yes it was an expensive mistake! But I don't see people steaming into Lambert or Lallana or Sharp despite the fact we only scored once in a game we dominated for long periods.

I really hate this slating of the players! Saints the last two seasons have given me as much football pleasure as I've ever had (and I'm 50!), we've had an honest bunch of pros giving their all at THE LEVEL THAT THEY PLAY! Indeed you could argue, certainly in this league, that we have 'over-achieved'.

More fool people that think we can move the bulk of a L1 side into the Premiership ... we can't, as the last few weeks have shown and I'm pretty sure we won't try to.

Fonte is no better and no worse than half a dozen other players; whatever will be will be but let's stay behind the boys for one more game!!!!

Start with Martin end of.....................And Bart.........I'm sick em both........Fonte and Davies

Start with Martin end of.....................And Bart.........I'm sick em both........Fonte and Davies

Yeah, I'm sick of them to. In fact I'm sick of this entire team for getting us on the brink of back to back promotions.

Sack the lot of them.

Yeah, I'm sick of them to. In fact I'm sick of this entire team for getting us on the brink of back to back promotions.

 

Sack the lot of them.

Get a grip man and be slightly more focused on the obvious issues............

Start with Martin end of.....................And Bart.........I'm sick em both........Fonte and Davies

Are you for real? (Or have I been whooosh-ed?')

Get a grip man and be slightly more focused on the obvious issues............

I've got a grip and I'm focused on the bigger picture, rather than the last few weeks. As if we get it sorted on Saturday then the bigger picture is that this team has got us to the premier league.

They have all been superb this year to get us to the position we are in. Criticism is fine, but getting ''sick'' of players that have contributed to our rise through the leagues is moronic.

Davies was actually so far from the centre of the goal that I was chatting to him in West End when the free kick was taken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he said the season was going well and what a lovely day then asked me what the score was.............

Davies was actually so far from the centre of the goal that I was chatting to him in West End when the free kick was taken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he said the season was going well and what a lovely day then asked me what the score was.............

'Captain' Chris?

I wouldn't trust you with the bibs 'n' cones.

Should've bought Gorkss.

I've been saying this for months but got shouted down around Christmas time for daring to question our defensive hero. He has not been good all season people are finally waking up to it.

I've been saying this for months but got shouted down around Christmas time for daring to question our defensive hero. He has not been good all season people are finally waking up to it.

I thought you were with the posh totty in Harrogate? Has she nodded off? (just like Jose did LOL)!

I thought you were with the posh totty in Harrogate? Has she nodded off? (just like Jose did LOL)!

Just got In mate. In the gate right now.

Just got In mate. In the gate right now.

Nice!

fonte is good for at least one big defensive howler per game

His time with us is resembling Claus'

you did it again. We need a new central defender for next season. Most important position to strengthen, imo.

What a load of rubbish.

I believe Jose has missed 4 league games this season. Do you want to play without him ?

Defeat against Bristol (0-1), Defeat again Seaweed (0-3), a 3-0 win against Forest where we played against 10 men for a hour and Defeat against Leicester (0-2).

The first foul yesterday was by the Boro player, but imo the Referee was there to make sure Sky TV had a choice of games to show next Saturday (the "sending off" (sic) proved that). Now they can select either a Play-Off game or a Promotion game.

I have slept on this to see whether I have another perspective on it the morning after. I don't.

The three reasons for us leaving that match are

1) It was on the television, the kiss of death yet again.

2) Their player should have been sent off for a clear second foul on Lallana, who was just ready to pull the trigger with a good chance of scoring. The referee bottled it.

3) Jose Fonte.

Fonte's stupidity was a major factor in us losing that match and the full implications of that are yet to be seen. If we fail to gain promotion, then there is potential for this to be seen as a defining incident.

It isn't the first time that he has given away unecessary free kicks right on the edge of the box which have resulted in us being punished by a goal. When is he going to learn that sensible, intelligent and skilled defenders don't give away stupid free kicks in those sorts of areas, especially when there is another defender as cover right beside him and the attacking player was going nowhere?

If it can be made clear that he has to erase this tactic from his game, then he might still have a future at this club. Otherwise, I'm afraid that we can't afford to be at the mercy of Premiership strikers with a CB who has to cheat to clear any danger. As it stands, in that match he has let down his team mates and us.