CB Fry

Blimey. To be fair if they stay up, Rooney is still absolutely dreadful.

It's a good job fans aren't allowed in the stadium because Derby fans would be tearing it down. Absolute madness to stick with Rooney when Steve McClaren is sat picking up a wage in an upstairs role. McClaren ain't no genius but he's organised enough to not lose 8 games out if nine and relegate that team. The ultimate vanity appointment and an absolute disaster. Glum times in Derby.

She'd scream the place down.

Well I am delighted that you now totally accept that red and white stripes is our traditional kit. Great to have you on board.

Except you did. Every time anyone said "but red and white stripes are our traditional kit" you went off with "yes but what is tradition", "70 years ago we wore so-and-so" and "traditions have to start somewhere so this could now be our traditional kit, wait and see". Absolute horseshit, and did plain red become traditional to us? Wrong, completely wrong, as ever, as usual.

Says the man that tried to convince this forum that the plain red shirts that Cortese brought in were now our traditional kit, because no one could say that we wouldn't wear that type of shirts for the next fifty seasons. (Spoiler alert: we did not wear that style of shirt for the next fifty seasons. As every single person knew at the time except Matthew Le God)

It's not really broken, and as others have said it is virtually guaranteed that the replacement would be shite. The only new badge I've liked in recent times is Crystal Palace, which is excellent. But I don't really trust our lot to deliver.

#pleasestopthematch

Agree - there's a lot right about it. If the real thing is in that ballpark then I'd be happy with it.

#stopthecount

In other words, we've drawn twice with Chelsea, and won against Liverpool.

Looks a bit ropey/not real. I'm still hoping for a black pinstripes on the red stripes. You know, like the old days. I wish it was the old days.

I thought there was a massive anti-Saints conspiracy than runs right across the top levels of English football?

You don't half post some absolute shite.

There's a big difference between playing "any games" and being the first team regular that he was in a League One team playing Swindon, Colchester and MK Dons. Adam Lallana would not be a Premier League regular at age 21. Because when he was 21, he wasn't a Premier League regular.

League 1/Championship was ten years ago. We've had sustained investment in our youth for all that time. I think you're putting too much value on innate, natural ability of 8 year olds. I'd say the main issue is more to do with it being much harder to establish a young player in a Premier League squad. A young Adam Lallana would never make our first team as he did in L1.

What a fucking plank.

Aren't Brighton shite? Isn’t what Bielsa with a newly promoted team, and Smith with a nearly relegated team "obvious over performance"? If the criteria is "do okay by not as good as other seasons" then the Wolves manager is in with a shout. You like Dyche, fine. He's a competent manager in the Big Sam mould, fine. I like him, a bit. But this ain't a vintage season for them. They're below us FFS.

Dyche has had far better seasons than this one, and currently below even us in the league. Not sure how you'd rank him above, say, Potter or even Ralph. Beyond that, Dyche is also a million miles behind Dean Smith or Bielsa. And let's also respect the league winning manger Pep and even Ole has also had a good season. Basically I am not sure what Dyche has done this year to be singled out.

I was never going to lose my job. My lifestyle precludes it.

Come next January there will be, regular as clockwork, people on here confidently predicting that "40 points won't be enough this season". Every fucking year.

Yes, but that's what "they" want you to believe, or something.

Even now, and I guarantee this, there will be Saints fans looking at Fulham's remaining fixtures, and seeing nothing but win after win after win after win. Like the Japanese jungle soldiers still fighting WW2 in 1975, there will still be fans on this forum that decided on one story and one story alone: Fulham will beat us in May, securing their safety and our relegation. They've been convinced of this since Fulham beat Liverpool. It doesn't matter how many matches Fulham lose, they will never let it go. Because Saints did some great escapes in the 90s, Fulham will. Fulham will win and win and win.

But other "clubs like us" don't all have mega-prolific goalscorers, either. Adams getting 10 a season is exactly what we can reasonably expect. He won't be the main man next season, we will have another front line striker.

Now the club have not put the teamsheet on twitter I have now decided to not be racist anymore. Anyway. We're going to lose. Up the Saints.