Fitzhugh Fella

heard from a good source yesterday that Morgan is out for the season

Mackail-Smith?

I don't know if you have watched many matches recently but if you had you will have seen that while we are picking up the required amount of points for promotion we are heading for a fall that we may be unable to pick ourselves up from. To avert that fall it could well be prudent to make a foray into the loan market before the window closes. There are too many on this forum who don't go to matches who think everything will be ok because of results. Scratch the surface a bit and you will see it's not that good.

I am just back and I am sorry to deflate anyone who hasn’t been and thinks a 3-0 win is satisfactory but that first half we were absolutely dire – the worst I have seen for ages. We looked absolutely clueless and my confidence in Adkins is draining. 2nd half obviously a bit better because we put the ball in the net twice and gained an element of control but that was only because Yeovil were awful. We were far better at Walsall last week – believe me. I am going to Bournemouth but we are going to perform a lot better to get anything.

Martin is out of contract worryingly

Colin I am sorry I disagree. Richardson's distribution has been very poor. Hoof hoof hoof and while he maybe a better back than Butterfield - arguably - his passing is so bad I don't want him anywhere near the team.

Nice one - touche!

Steve - have you been taking NickG's medication by chance? To answer your question in one phrase I would say the reason I am concerned is because "we lack conviction"

Interested that Dronski thinks Richardson is more creative than Butterfield. I don't think I can ever remember Richardson doing anything other than hoof the ball either out of play or to an opposition player.

Well you two if you cannot handle a bit of Alpine negativity suggest you do leave. Forums are all about cut and thrust - you two sound like a pair of jessies. Man up, fight your corner - thank **** you aren't our two defensive players.

Then with respect you have no right to admonish someone else with the line "did you go". Highlights are just that highlights - my experience in life is you learn more from the low lights. I was there on Tuesday and yes we were the better side but we played like headless chickens, that would not have been apparent on the "highlights". Rgds

Spot on!

So did you go or are you basing your views on what you saw on the highlights?

The days of being kept informed on this sort of thing are long gone

would have been a better result against 11 men but i will happily take it. The way Brighton keep winning is impressive and Bournemouth too.

Lol Thanks Ringwood, I stand corrected. Good to hear she got something out of it. Trust the echo

Thanks for that esp Ringwood's contribution. Quite a unique transfer nevertheless.

The Saints fan that won the Coca-Cola competition which then donated £250,000 towards the BWP transfer. Does anyone know her or know how she actually won the competition? Sorry have been told it was Chantelle Legg!

maybe a rant but a reasonable one Adkins is a little too gushing imo. Ignoring the players we already had, nothing else really grabbed my attention.

Don't forget largest individual shareholder Mike Wilde was a regular on here.

I thought I had tried to explain in the original post why?

No I would say energetically but far from brilliant.

I have heard many fans say this about us at the moment and it is tough trying to put a finger on just what it is that is lacking. Driving home last night I gave it some thought. "No direction home". I just wish we had more guidance and nous on the pitch – I think this maybe the clue to solving the puzzle. There was a distinct lack of authoritive, calming mature leadership last night with the result we ended the game with the likes of Lallana – who was booked for protesting - and Barnard almost hysterically appealing for anything and everything. In the last 5 minutes we were reduced to being a rabble which played into Walsall's hands. Now had we had an Alan Ball or Jimmy Case in the side then it would probably have ended 4-1 and the M40 would have been a much smoother place to drive. So, note to Nige and Nicola: PLAN A -I know the likes of Jimmy and Alan don’t grow on trees anymore but that is the sort of player we could do with as we enter what is sure to be an increasingly frenzied run in. Give us a leader and promotion can still be ours...automatically! Plan B - Perhaps it is time to start practising pens.

I love the way sweeping statements are made by people who don't go to games.

Yep agree pretty much, the third time I have seen us lose away from home this season. We were like pumped up school kids tonight. No composure or guile. We descended to their pace and looked completely at sea. We were the better side by far but we just looked so desperate. Adkins has not added much in the way of organisation in my opinion and I had more confidence in the team 12 months ago.