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I usually agree but we are staring relegation in the face and think it can be a distraction. Not so much the game Saturday but the next round and any replays. Plus there are injuries and suspensions. I was annoyed when Poch blew of the cup games because we were sat mid-table but now it would make sense - we are not going to win anything with crusty the clown in charge - we will get a round or two further then get dicked by the first half decent side we play. As for confidence, putting out the reses didn't do Bournemouth any harm. Howe rested his first XI v Wigan then the beat Arsenal the following match, rested them again for the replay (which they got stuffed in) then the drew away at West Ham, beat Chelsea way and Stoke at home.

I would shove the reserves out for this one, we need the distraction of the cup like a hole in the head at the moment.

Stupid yank ****s get what they deserve.

You are just guessing the opinions of people who didn’t vote, in other words talking ******.

GAO: What is this Rel - ig - ation thing they keep mentioning?

SOME cause for hope but not a lot considering we have only won twice away from home all season and both of them were against the team bottom of the league.

"Oh no we're getting relegated - we're gonna have to give a **** about the fans again."

Had us relegated with 35 points. That’s including wins over Burnley, Stoke and Bournemouth. I’m just not confident about getting enough points on the road. We’ve only won two away games all season and both of those were against the bottom of the league sides. With this clown in charge I don’t see how anything is going to change.

Too many people on massive salaries for doing me t to nothing nowadays. Whilst nurses are using food banks. He’s just typical of a ****ed up society.

Working in International football is still football so it's not like he's been out of the game. It's not rocket science, it's just a bunch of blokes running around a field kicking a ball - he would be fine.

Yup, apart from losing us the game he had a cracker.

He must be on a high though, to be finally working under an actual football manager.

No club has self destructed so spectacularly since West Ham under Glen Roeder. Sack a perfectly good manager then persist with a relative novice for ever, and even make a £50mill profit in transfers during the window whilst sliding down the table. We just have to hope we don't go through the Championship in similar fashion next year.

I wouldn't be surprised if Les and Ralph have no interest in working for a Chinese crook like Gao and are just sat there waiting for their contacts to be paid off.

He is a rubbish manager but not replacing Van **** doesn't help. We are a couple of injuries away from a Yoshida - Bednarek CB pairing - that is just ****ing scary.

Usually Hughes is not my choice of manager but in our situation we need someone with experience and stature who knows the Prem inside out, he would be a good fit. Think we have left it too late though, I expect he would look at our fixture list and run a mile. Les' dithering has got us relegated.

Think we’ve left it too late to change manager now, just have to hope Pellegrino can somehow get us enough points.

Not much Saints could do about that, unless of course, it was Les’ dithering that opened the door for Everton? Whatever happened over Walcott doesn’t change the fact that the window was a disaster. A few days into Jan we should have either signed Walcott or moved on to the next target.

It’s crazy that one of the star players in our greatest ever side should be in such a situation when you look at the money in the game today.

Because jumping up and down because some bloke kicks a ball into a net is a really grown up thing to do. Swearing has always been part of football, long may it continue.

By that rationale Walcott is an Arsenal product.

We should have given Walcott the deadline then and moved on if he chose someone else. It's not rocket science.

Whatever way you cut it it was a disastrous window. If it was because of Walcott we should have given Arsenal a deadline and moved onto Promes earlier. We knew VVD was leaving way before the window opened and Walcott and Promes are not the only pacey wide players in the World.

Agree with this, the more abuse the better. Unfortunately football today is too sanitised - full of tourists and happy clappy morons. So I expect they will all get an easy ride.

I was happy with Strachan, His Coventry side got relegated because they flogged their two top scorers (think it was huckerby and McCallister or Dublin), any manager would have struggled to keep them up. That said, his appointment wasn’t that well received, but unlike MP he soon won the fans over.