CB Fry

9th in the league. Stoke fans must be living in some crazy crazy dream. Not something we could ever achieve, that's for sure. I mean, ninth. Ninth place. Dreamland.

We are too good to go down because we are too good to go down. That's not complacency. We need about 14 points from half a season to not go down, basically dreadful relegation form for half a season from now, and even if we only achieved that, we probably still wouldn't go down as other teams still need to get to 38 too. 12th at the half way stage is not relegation form so it's not complacency to dare to suggest we're not in a relegation scrap right now. We're closer to eighth than the bottom three. And why would we be relying on Gaston Ramirez in a relegation fight? You've noticed he hardly ever plays, right?

Amen to that.

Probably because every club in the land, including us, have made infinitely worse value signings than we have with Shane Long.

We'd have won eight nil if that walking assist machine Gaston was playing.

Sounds like the kind of thing I'd say about a two year old.

The mere threat of a protest did the business. Well done lads. Keep it futile.

He's scored 8 in two Prem seasons as well. Not an amazing goal return, granted, but no need for forum members to chat sh it.

Why do you keep saying this? It's not true.

I don't think that idea is going to be impacted either way if we finish eighth or twelfth to be honest. It wouldn't stop us signing the likes of Tadic, Virgil or Clasie. We signed Vic and Lovren after finishing 14th. Whoever we sign or keep next season will go again with an aspiration to be there if the big clubs fail, a la Leicester and a la us last year, but generally try and be the best of the other 14. Sometimes we will do it, sometimes we won't. But what won't be happening is a "tide turn" where we take our place amongst the elite. It isn't going to happen under our current ownership and structure and that's absolutely fine by me.

Tom Davis @BigTomD getting some Saints love on Twitter. He's a WHU fan in real life though will be hoping the old Gale force wears out on Monday.

They can be effective but you have to remember that negative comments on an internet forum will have a detrimental impact on the performance on the pitch because the players definitely read all this stuff they do. Get behind the lads FFS.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3011776/Are-Manchester-United-Liverpool-Arsenal-Chelsea-biggest-club-Sportsmail-s-study-finally-settles-football-s-great-debate.html Fifteenth on this article, with our global fanbase and wealth nicely inflated by happening to be in the Premier League right now. Fanbase lower due to the Dell. We are what we are. Above 6th would be a standout/perfect season, 6th/7th an excellent season, 8-14th good, 15th - 17th disappointing, 18th and below underperforming but not impossible, more likely than finishing 4th anyway. Championship, disappointing but typical of loads of similar clubs to us. The longer we stay in the Prem the richer and stronger we get but Villa, Sunderland and Newcastle are rich and strong too. Doesn't actually stop them being dog poo, does it? We will forever be perfectly capable of being relegated in any given season, just like the current flavours of the month Palace and Leicester. Both them, and us, are only a season away from a relegation fight. There are plenty of clubs that could easily claim they are in the top 12 in the country and half of them are in the Championship, Forest, Leeds, Derby, Wednesday all easily comparable to us. We're in the top tier of that tier right now, and even if we finish, say, 12th this year that is perfectly commensurate with our "size".

This is why I still love this forum. Absolute comedy gold.

He said it then too I believe, but might have changed it to "hot coals" or similar.

Do you have a first name that is or sounds like a) a black WWF Wrestling Butler b) a black American comedian c) a clown or d) a round biscuit with a cream filling?

Were you born between Italia 90 and Euro 92?

Are you either a) extremely tall or b) extremely short

Have you ever met anyone called Erwin?

Ketchup, or Mayo?

Are you Dutch or have ever worked with Dutch people?

How on earth could you possibly know this, they'd be 10-12 year olds if they turned up now, 15 or 16 if they turned up a few years ago. Unless, of course, parents are turning up with "10 year olds" that actually first team ready 24 year olds, like Rodney in the Groovy Gang in Only Fools and Horses and now we're waiting for the professional debut of Britain's tallest 11 year old footballer in history. Either way, I'd like to see where you know about our "queue" and how it compares to other clubs' "queues".

Big Cherries fan as a kid, I believe.

Morgan went from a player Spurs wanted to a player Man United wanted.

You're getting a little too excited over the word bespoke.