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Personally I think Jan should keep it simple. Right lads, last year we got absolutely blatted here and it was a ****ing embarrassment. You're playing for the shirt, and the fans, so go out and deliver. No ifs and buts. Oh, and the big thing at the end of the pitch with the net on it -- that's the goal. And I don't mean the one behind Kelvin.

......................Davis........................... Cork.......Lancashire....Pearce......Skacel.. ............Gillet...........Morgan.................... BWP..........Euell...............Surman...... ....................DMG...............................

No it's not. It shows our boys have real potential. No-one's pretending it's all going smoothly so far, but i don't see why that's a good reason for this forum to be so ****ing negative about everything. I'm off to read saintslist on my email. Bit more productive.

I'm guessing that (leaving Killer aside because realistically more than a couple of games here and there will be unexpected) he's finally settled on Cork-Perry-Lancashire-Skacel but he needs Olly to stay on the pitch for a while. I don't think Lloyd James has got the guile yet, and Wotton's a bit-part player. If Skacel leaves you slot Fish in with a wee bit more experience under his belt. Shaky, but we have what we have. As for up front - McGoal, Tommy P, Jordan, Patterson. Talk about inexperience at the back, that must be the greenest forward line in the CCC. I'm praying that one of them goes on a hot streak but I can't work out which one it's going to be. And don't get your hopes up about Greg or Saga coming back... If we can't afford Stern now why on earth will we be able to afford the Polskis in January. Bright spot? Some of our lads are really good - Lallana, Surman, Cork all in/around England U21s. I think Morgan's class, and I like Fish, Gillett and Holmes. FWIW I think we'll avoid relegation (just) and have to hope our boys will be a year wiser and a year better next season.

... in the first few paragraphs of the BBC's Stoke-Spurs match report. "Tottenham had Gareth Bale and Michael Dawson dismissed as Stoke took advantage to claim a vital victory. Bale saw red for a foul on Tom Soares and Danny Higginbotham scored the penalty before Darren Bent poked home. Rory Delap tapped in to make it 2-1 before Ricardo Fuller struck both posts with a penalty and Delap hit the bar." Meanwhile we're starting with an on-loan Sheff Utd reserve, an on-loan Millwall reserve and half of last year's youth team. Come on lads, surprise us. Three points at Bramall Lane. (Please). Shurely Stern has to play???

For the first time this season I'm embarrassed. The kids may be trying but this is sh1t.

Are you sure it wasn't Keith Harris the ventriloquist, who used to appear in ****e variety shows with his hand up Orville's bum?

If Lallana is sold I reckon we'll get relegated.

Oh well, you could try the Washington Wizards I suppose. Nice reminder of our magical chairman. By the way are you the bloke who lives on a park bench in the middle of Dupont Circle and shouts "Whatcha doin' with my wife?" at everyone who walks past? I sense the same yearning for attention. It's uncanny.

Yeah - perish the thought that any footballing reasons would come into it. Don't these people know the chairman is trying to run a business? Jeez. I don't know about you Scooby but I'm not that interested in all this soccerball stuff anyway. You got your Redskins season ticket yet?

he hasn't even been manager for a dozen games yet for ****'s sake. all this nonsense about billy davies who we can't afford - lol. i must be getting old but the demands for instant success are starting to **** me off. one thing which will guarantee we fail is changing the manager again and again and again. or haven't you been watching for the last five years.

Don't sell. Keep him for another season at least. Building for the future Rupert, remember? Thank you.

Quote[Can I be in the holding role]EndQuote sure, i'll be in the hole

Sadly, that's the position we're in. But I think the way the chairman handles it will be critical -- ie how long do the good young'uns stay until we cash in. If he's fit there are bound to be some inquiries if not bids for Lallana in January. Fulham and perhaps others. But if he goes that quickly -- after just half a season in the first team -- then the future looks really grim. With Theo we didn't have any choice. With Adam, and others, we do in terms of contracts. So unless the bank are literally kicking the door in, I hope Lallana stays for at least this season and next. Big test of the board's long term intentions/ambitions IMO.

Squeaky bum time. coyr

Big Dave was good, but past his very best when he came to us IMO. I always thought Jimmy Steele was a legend too, but mainly because he looked so ****ing hard -- at least he did to a ten year old standing on a box in the Archers.

Too true. Wrighty was class. One of the best centre backs I've ever seen playing for Saints. Along with Killer in his prime, I'm struggling to think of anyone better in the last thirty years. Who else?

Every dog has his day.

The Egil Ostenstad Staying Onside School The David Prutton Diplomatic Relations with the Ref Diploma The Franny Benali Own Goal O Level and The Ricardo Fuller Degree in how to be a complete ****

Here's a neutral's view from The Guardian -- maybe he wasn't as stupid as some think, just unlucky: Southampton were unfortunate, too, in the dismissal of their teenage central defender Oliver Lancashire, who got a slight touch of the ball in his clattering, covering tackle on the overlapping Damien Delaney. Particle collisions have been in the news for the last few days. This one was neither malicious nor strictly foul. As Jan Poortvliet, the manager, said: "He never had intention to kill someone." Chin up Ollie, you'll be back.

what he said.

Davies and Rasiak. Saga was just what was promised -- a decent player when needing a contract, and then a guy who just didn'[t seem to be able to motivate himself to play his best.

that sums it up for me

That's not a bad shout. A centre back willing to p1ss on all four corner flags could well put QPR off. |And if they were one up with two minutes to go they wouldn't be tempted to play for time in the corners. Nice.

It was indeed £9.1 million as a full and final settlement. Or to look at it another way about £9 million more than we could have got had Theo simply walked. So I presume there is no sell-on clause and canny old Wenger will make a massive profit if/when he gets sold on. C'est la vie.