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What's really encouraging is that we've won again without playing that well, and we've not really hit peak form all season - and yet we're only four points off the top two. Once we hit a purple patch I'm pretty confident we can set a pace no-one else will match.

Hopefully it will be like last year. Get shown up at Hudders while we have a relatively new manager settling in. And then we do them big style when we get them back to St Marys. But I agree with those above who say we shouldn't expect to lose to promotion rivals. That's no way to get near the top two. We should expect to win - not assume we'll win - but certainly expect it.

I think he might just play all three and bring Judy off the bench to inject some pace and unpredictability.

I hope being permanently singed doesn't affect his football ability. It's a painful condition.

Has Lloyd James scored yet?

If we lose? Adkins out.

Yup, let's hope he stays around for a long time and guides us to success. I wish him all the best. But it's obviously a bit of a gamble. He's never had to deal with the pressure of expectation before, and no-one - perhaps including himself - knows how well he'll cope with that. On the other hand he's obviously a bright articulate coach, and well-respected within the game. Good luck Nige!

What odds on a name which hasn't been mentioned here or anywhere else. Potentially quite good odds I would think...

Exactement. **** myself laughing.

Surely it's not Adkins. If someone at the club really told 5Live on Saturday that it would be a big appointment which would impress the fans... then Adkins - no offence to the guy who is clearly a very good coach - just ain't the man. Frankly, if Cortese comes out and says 'My fellow Saints, the dream continues. And as a mark of how high I'm aiming, here he is, our next manager, all the way from S****horpe Lincolnshire, iiiiiiiiiiittttt's Nigel ADKINS!!!!!!!' I will just **** myself laughing.

Martin O'Neill will not be the next Saints manager. Hope that helps.

The Liebherr Stadium. Thanks mate. And sincere condolences to all your loved ones. I hope they understand how much you meant to us.

If it hadn't been for various parts of Chris Perry's body getting in the way at the last minute, we'd have lost that men vs boys fa cup tie at home to Man Utd about 8-0. Thanks, Chris, and good luck.

Glad I haven't spent most of the last week reading this board. Cortese does at times sound like he'd be able to pick a fight in a phone box - but there's nothing wrong with fighters. We could do with a couple more to get us out of this league.

And while we're about it, fair play to Huddersfield. When we were coming up fast on the rails a few weeks ago it was clear someone would bottle it. Colchester did big time, but Huddersfield raised their game (after the shock of a five nil defeat at St Marys ) and kept winning with last minute goals - again yesterday. So even if we had beaten Odlham and the Gills we would have been out of it today. Huddersfield deserve it - hope they win the playoffs.

The good news I presume is that not that many champ clubs can match our wages our our realistic 3-5 year plan (which I think, with the investment involved, now has to be aiming for consecutive promotions - tough, but it's been done before). I suspect Jose would only be tempted if a Prem club made an offer. Hope so anyway. Apart from Pulis, Morgan is the most likely key player to leave this summer IMO - hope that doesn't happen either.

He muffed it up. My heart bleeds for him. Chelsea win the cup then. And Pimpley still get relegated.

Ifs and Buts... IF we won all our remaining games I think we'd overall two of Charlton, Colchester and Huddersfield. BUT I'm pretty sure we won't win them all. It'll be fun trying though.

We have to aim to be less than ten points off the play-offs. That's a realistic target and will give us the confidence going in to next season that we were a play off standard team who can only get better.

Losing. To Swindon. Or Tranmere. Or Brighton. Or Colchester. Or or or... Ahh f*ck it.

Oh, and Swindon have still got to travel to Leeds, Colchester and on the final day Millwall. Nasty.

Huge. Just been looking at the BBC predictor which I tend to do in chunks because otherwise it does my head in. I reckon when we walk out at Wembley we could be just 7 points off Swindon in 6th. I have them losing to us and then losing at home to Naarwich. In the mean time we beat them, win at Franchise FC (they were so crap twice at St Marys) and then beat Hartlepool at home. SO we make up nine points... game on!!! (still think we'll finish eighth - running out of time to make up the points difference - but we can all dream...)

FWIW I don't mind you whinging and moaning to your heart's content but please keep it off the 'Just back from the game' thread. It's called that for a reason, and it's why I usually enjoy reading it. You weren't there and neither was I. "Currently Kabul".

Our away form in the league over the last eight games is not much better than relegation form - 1-4-3. God what a waste today was. We've only got five away games left in the league. AP has to get this team to figure out how to win at least three of them - to set us up for next season.