saintpat

He's obviously rusty from lack of meaningful action!

What, more embarrassing than the neanderthals fighting each other at the end? Or the bloke f'ing & blinding & complaining from pretty much the 1st minute until someone had a word! Don't get me wrong, that was a very difficult performance & result to take but grow up guys.

Because it's Sunderland in the cup, they are so desperate for league points that they won't care about this. We can use a midfielder for the wing back role without having an effect on the defence.

McQueen looked out on his feet by the end of the game, he needs a rest or he could easily pick up an injury & that's the last thing we need with two other left backs struggling already. I wonder whether he may change to a back 3, given the lack of options.

And I wondered why I rarely came on this site anymore, I've remembered now I've read this thread!! What's more I'm sure I'll end up next to one of the whinging aresholes tonight as well! Who will go just so they can complain throughout the game. This is a chance to celebrate a loyal servant to the club, to say thank you to him & to a set of players & manager who gave their heart & soul to our club, who made me as proud as I have ever been of my club. Yes, perhaps they weren't all the most gifted bunch of footballers I've seen in a Saints shirt, but they worked as hard for us as any players I've seen. As a group they were a 'team', just remembering the outpouring of emotions from these players when we got promotion to the Premier League is enough to make my heart pump hard with pride for my team. Today I'm given the opportunity to say thank you to Kelvin & a set of players who helped make the club get to the level we're at today. Yet there are people on here who moan about pricing, quality & anything else they can think of! I'm proud of my team but not these pathetic losers who bring shame to my club.

Was ia classy performance? No. Did we play good, exciting, attractive football? No. Did we play a gritty, team performance, full of heart, passion & commitment? Hell yes! These last two games shows that the team are finally together as a group and will in to do whatever is necessary to get the win. Clasie was excellent but it was 'team' that won this game.

I don't really believe we can finish top 4 but then again I wouldn't have believed that we'd be 2nd in the table after 10 games at the start of the season. That prediction would have seemed just as fanciful as us finishing top 4 does now. I'm just enjoying the ride and making the most of it. I look at the league table at least twice a day!! What I find highly amusing is that most of those people who took the **** out of me before the season started because of selling players are now telling me how they hope we keep this run up and break up the domination of the top 4/5.

Phil Brown obviously thinks Saints could be on the verge of something special! Listened to talk sport earlier and he was very complimentary about how the club was run and suggested we could have a season similar to our runners up spot in 83/84!!

Wow! What an evening, what a performance! That was real team play. Loved the fact Pelle ran back to challenge Wiltshire in the 92nd minute, OK he got booked but that type of commitment is superb.Fonte has spped another gear since grabbing the captains armband. Gardos was calmness himself. Targett was assured, Clyne was excellent. Schneiderlin was majestic. Tadic is high quality. I think Jay may really enjoy playing with Pelle, some of his link up play is first class. Mane looked like he could be good. Koeman deserves much praise for swapping wings for him. Looked far more dangerous on the left. Amazingly I didn't feel worried in that last 10 minutes, we were so composed I couldn't see Arsenal scoring. I could write loads more but it's late and I'm tired, although still bouncing about the performance and result. Oh and great effort from the fans!

Great result, looking forward to more comments from people who were there. It does seem that we might be lasting better in games, a little less helter skelter pressing has meant it looks like we don't tire in the last 15 like we did on occasions last year.

Due to where I live and working Saturdays I get to very few games now. After the 1st 45 minutes I was starting to wonder if I was actually watching Saints, it was quite dreadful. Cork made a huge difference but the formation made us play properly. Long was far better and looked more comfortable. The midfield actually played in the middle of the field! 1st half Wanyama was guite often isolated with the ball at his feet, the only players near him were Fonte and Yoshida, he had no outlet forwards or sideways. Tadic is clearly a massive find and I believe will prove more effective than Lallana. Pelle worked so hard and fully deserved the goal and the fans deserve great credit as without the support he received he could quite easily have let his head drop. Home fans take a massive note, getting on at players doesn't make them achieve more, supporting them does! Thought Targett looked quite assured defensively. Clyne looked rather reluctant to push on down the wing which was a little disappointing. Even with Gardos, we need another central defender desperately. As for another winger, I really wish we had a manager with belief in Gaston, he is a class player with some belief and playing time he is capable of being a star player in the team. Long looked far more comfortable in his role 2nd half and was far more effective, which makes me think we need another striker to offer competition to Pelle. Finally, I somehow always manage to have 2 people around me who complain the whole game and whinge about almost every player, I have no idea why they go to games. The 2 on Tuesday had no idea about football or tactics and clearly only go to make themselves miserable. I wish people like them would go forth and multiply in Portsmouth!

Blimey there's no pleasing people is there! Board cave in and they get stick, board try and be strong and they get stick! I feel rather sorry for Morgan and I think he'll probably regret that tweet tomorrow morning once some of his anger and frustration has subsided. Morgan, like Rickie doesn't owe us anything more, he's been outstanding for us and if a CL club came in for him with the right money he'd deserve his transfer.However if its Spurs they can f***off and he can stay. I'm amazed he'd want to go there, there is no chance they'll break into the top 4 and he should want to play CL football. Morgan is our best player and I will be devastated when he goes but if its Arsenal I won't be angry, if its Spurs I'll be very angry!! Of course in an ideal world he'll apologise in the morning and have a storming season with us.

Just trying to find a positive on a very negative day!!!

Thank god we've got Koeman! How could Saints have only finished 8th last season when we had so many exceptional players that the top 4 want to sign. I now see last season as a massive disappointment given our 1st class talent. We clearly should have been top 4. Spurs have clearly bought themselves a donkey of a coach!

This is exactly how I feel. Yes we have some quality midfield players but he is an outstanding talent. He would walk into almost every team and within weeks secure his place as an automatic starter. If we lose him, so be it but he is irreplaceable. And IMO is worth more than any of last year's team. Given Luke and Lallana have gone for their amounts, I believe he is worth way over 30m.