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if his contract was running out this summer then maybe I might wonder what was going on, but he has, what, 14 or 15 months to agree to another one? So it's not exactly a big worry.

you should have seen her earlier efforts

I've watched him quite a few times and IMO he's crap. He has some pace, but has no actual talent to take advantage of it.

Alan Blayney? Maybe Keith Granger before that, but goal keeper seems to be a position we have struggled to develop for many many years

are you Laurie Madden in disguise? I wish him luck. Hopefully he is just the man to squeeze every last penny out of sponsorship deals and TV money to prevent ticket prices rising out of reach.

“Although there is a solid foundation in place, the Club still has tremendous untapped commercial potential. ” on other words, we can make a lot more now from the next shirt sponsorship deal. Oh and perhaps selling sponsorship on SFC personnel shirt collars as well:

Fourth worst goal difference.

Northampton five points adrift with a game in hand. Keeps it interesting. Not much to interest the ever so slightly smaller skate crowd...

Jack Whatmough - contract to Summer 2016 Johannes Ertl - contract to Summer 2016 Andy Barcham - contract to Summer 2016 Ricky Holmes - contract to Summer 2015 Danny East - contract to Summer 2015 Joe Devera - contract to Summer 2015 Sonny Bradley - contract to Summer 2015 David Connelly - contract to Summer 2015 John Sullivan - contract to Summer 2015 Romain Padovani - contract to Summer 2015 Dan Butler - contract to Summer 2015 Tom Craddock - contract to Summer 2015 Simon Ferry - contract to Summer 2015 Wes Fogden - contract to Summer 2015 Ryan Taylor - contract to Summer 2015 Patrick Agyemang - contract to Summer 2015 Ben Chorley - contract to Summer 2015 Marcos Painter - out of contract summer 2014 Nicky Shorey - out of contract summer 2014 Therry Racon - out of contract summer 2014 Jake Jervis - out of contract summer 2014 Jed Wallace - out of contract summer 2014 Ryan Bird - out of contract summer 2014 Ashley Harris - out of contract summer 2014 Jack Maloney - out of contract summer 2014 Adam Webster - out of contract summer 2014 Philips Smith - out of contract summer 2014 Yassin Moutaouakil - out of contract summer 2014 Bondz N'Gala - out of contract summer 2014 Trevor Carson on loan until end of season Michael Drennan on loan until end of season Toumani Diagouraga on loan until end of season Daniel Alfei on loan until end of season

Can't stand matter face, but have to admit he does do his research and he is surprisingly fair with saints despite covering the skates for so long. I like Carlise, but he is terrible. He tells you nothing that you haven't just seen. He's just starting so perhaps he will improve.

Still don't understand why MP totally ignored him at the start of the season and played the likes of Prowse ahead of him. He was tremendous the previous season, so it just didn't add up for me. I imagine that is exactly how Jack felt too, so little wonder he considered his options. If Wanyama continues to be selected ahead of him without the form to justify it, then Cork is bound to look elsewhere. Perhaps then the timing of the injury has done us a big favour in that MP won't now have to make a decision between them for the rest of the season and we can pin Cork down to a longer contract.

17k is a very good attendance. Credit where it is due. Should help to pay the surviving Kanu what he is owed. I would imagine every saint would like to wish him all the best in his recovery.

Or even a born on the island XI but got a better offer like Stokes, Ward-Prowse, Chamberlain, Steve Foster, Jack Hobbs, Mark Blake, Claridge, Ray Lewington, Liam Daish, Steve Mills and Paul Moody

I can see that post being like a shot of adrenalin to this thread..

Barker has a point about contracts needing incentives in them, but obviously he doesn't think players being settled and having firm foundations to allow them to concentrate on their football (rather than where there next contract is coming from) is a good thing. Perhaps the two or three players with multi year contracts are the ones he wants rid of. I'm sure they know who they are and are now fully motivated to perform for their manager.

Keegans' 68 appearances for Saints feel a tad lightweight then.

Talking of newspapers, Johnston press, owners of the skate news are looking for £75m from a rights issue to tide them over. Their £300m debt seems to be causing them a problem. I'm sure fact less could offer some advice about 4p in the pound cva agreements and, ahem, share issues.

I fear we might get stuck with Osvaldo. It will be very much a buyers market. I certainly can't see us getting £12m. That sale will inevitably rumble on and effect our buying options for another striker.

believe me, if you had seen some of their previous performances, you'd be waxing lyrical about last nights display. They were vastly improved and really should have won if Jervis had taken one of his chances. Hopefully normal service will resume on Saturday, but on that evidence I can't see them being relegated.

the earlier calls for the 82 Patrick kit might work with this one.

and has done while at Saints

Maybe they didn't count the ones chucked out. Seemed to be few of them yesterday.

looking at his bench against Leeds he had Miaga, Keane and Carrol (West Ham, Manu and Spurs loanees respectively), Benayoun, Yun, a South Korean international (all be it only two games) left back, Murphy his regular reserve keeper, and Sendles-White, an Irish U21 youngster, so yeah he was down to the bare bones. Can you be down to the bare bones if three of the premiership loans you have brought it are all on the bench? just for information, the Leeds bench was Noel Hunt, filthy skate Brown, Matt Smith, Scott Wootton, Sam Byram, Alex Cairns, the 3rd choice keeper, and Mowatt a 19 year old youth player.

really? I thought he was woeful, all be it played totally out of position. A mate of mine in the Liverpool end thought he had a good game to. Which stand were you sat in. It can make a difference when evaluating players in games.