Patrick Bateman

Think you need to get a grip in all honesty! We've just watched a very good match, which bodes well for the coming season and if you watched on Sky (like many of us), you'd have seen Rickie declare his undying love for Saints as "his" football team along with Liverpool. Proper club legend. I don't see anything wrong with him expressing an opinion. Did you also hate Mick Channon and Matt le Tissier at various times in their post-Saints careers for expressing opinions? Rickie loves the club, the feeling is mutual.

Think you need to get a grip in all honesty! We've just watched a very good match, which bodes well for the coming season and if you watched on Sky (like many of us), you'd have seen Rickie declare his undying love for Saints as "his" football team along with Liverpool. Proper club legend. I don't see anything wrong with him expressing an opinion. Did you also hate Mick Channon and Matt le Tissier at various times in their post-Saints careers for expressing opinions? Rickie loves the club, the feeling is mutual.

Definitely agree with this! We don't have Suarez, Sturridge, Sterling, Dzeko, Costa and neither could we afford them this season or last season. We'll have to hope we get lucky with a lesser known player or that Pelle, Long and Jay Rod form a ridiculously good front 3.

Definitely agree with this! We don't have Suarez, Sturridge, Sterling, Dzeko, Costa and neither could we afford them this season or last season. We'll have to hope we get lucky with a lesser known player or that Pelle, Long and Jay Rod form a ridiculously good front 3.

After today's match and knowing that we have Jay Rod, Ramirez, Taider on the bench and a couple of academy grads who could make the step up, I don't think we need him. I'd rather we got another centre back and an additional back-up goalie if Boruc goes.

After today's match and knowing that we have Jay Rod, Ramirez, Taider on the bench and a couple of academy grads who could make the step up, I don't think we need him. I'd rather we got another centre back and an additional back-up goalie if Boruc goes.

This team could be very good actually, but they definitely need some gelling time - I'd get a friendly (behind doors) booked in mid week if I were Saints)

This team could be very good actually, but they definitely need some gelling time - I'd get a friendly (behind doors) booked in mid week if I were Saints)

Lovren hasn't suddenly turned into a rubbish centre back, I honestly don't know why people are surprised - he was awesome for us last season. One of the very best centre backs in Europe.

Lovren hasn't suddenly turned into a rubbish centre back, I honestly don't know why people are surprised - he was awesome for us last season. One of the very best centre backs in Europe.

This! I'd actually take off JWP for Long. He has a lovely dead ball technique, but I can't see what else he brings yet. Am I being harsh?

This! I'd actually take off JWP for Long. He has a lovely dead ball technique, but I can't see what else he brings yet. Am I being harsh?

Graham Souness, the man who didn't believe in youth and didn't want Saints to have an academy apparently ...

Graham Souness, the man who didn't believe in youth and didn't want Saints to have an academy apparently ...

My exact words too.

My exact words too.

Thanks! Interesting words from Rickie on Sky ... we know he loves the club, as we love him, but very interesting words about the ownership/hierarchy. Obviously the former players have been upset in some way. Onwards and upwards though.

Thanks! Interesting words from Rickie on Sky ... we know he loves the club, as we love him, but very interesting words about the ownership/hierarchy. Obviously the former players have been upset in some way. Onwards and upwards though.

Where did you read that?

Where did you read that?

Have never liked them anyway, nor the one with the VERY SHOUTY ADVERTS THAT DO MY HEAD IN.

Have never liked them anyway, nor the one with the VERY SHOUTY ADVERTS THAT DO MY HEAD IN.

Weirdo.

Agree, he was never going to be a world beater, that's not his role, but he was a model professional, solid and would have been great to keep in that exact role; Professional leader who could still put a shift in if called upon.

Agree - I think he's an okay centre back and certainly much better some others in the league as has already been pointed out. He's MUCH better than Jos, by some considerable distance. Jos is there for an emergency really and probably for his banter on the training pitch? Most defences are going to struggle against Sturridge, Sterling, Countinho - and Lallana when fit. So it'll be no shame if we let in a couple of goals today. We just have to make sure we can put our chances away at the other end, that worries me more than Yoshida playing in defence.