Saint Without a Halo

Looks more like a pre season warm up than an FA cup match but for the weather

Can Kelvin Davis kick a ball to anyone?

I would much rather our players are wanted by others than not!

We needed him today as we were short on the creation front and too dependant on Adam

not easy to keep the ball on the deck in a hailstorm blizzard

onwards and upwards Stoke are a rugged tough side to beat remember the great Arsenal passing teams always had trouble with them!

Weather was crap though again, always seems to be with Stoke, on a decent surface with no wind we would play them off the park!

What is it about us and Stoke they are like the piece of gum that keeps sticking to your shoe and you have great difficulty in shaking it off

Stoke currently with 53% possession not often teams get more than us!

Wilshire is rubbish if he is the star of our world cup midfield god help us!

Gaston will prove his worth have patience!

She has the money and the people around her to ensure she has top of the range advisors!

The owners of the club are almost certainly well aware that the value of their investment depends on the performance of the club and its growing public exposure in terms of commercial deals. They will be weighing up the benefits of going ahead with Poch or without him and they will take what they believe to be the best action to protect their investment. Poch also has advisers who will make him aware of his value and he will be asking for a particular deal. I do not think our owners are sitting idly on the side lines with no discussions or plans. As fans we can do nothing else but wait and see if negotiations are ultimately successful or not and what unfolds as a result.

These assume both were managing teams with the same level of resources and calibre of player I would argue they were not!

Done good luck coventry I always look ourt for your results these days!

Good move by Pochettino to give him 45 mins v Fulham rather than Arsenal where his rustiness was less likely to effect the result!and it worked!

http://alexoxladechamberlain.com/news/ox-saints-are-similar-to-arsenal Apologies if posted elsewhere but nice words about saints from Ox

good game good result excellent performance

What a difference Cork makes!

Cork on please at HT

Pompey 0 Torquay 1 in the south coast derby

No chance he has obviously never worked with Arabs! they will interfere all the time and after a few bad results (probably caused by their interference) he will be replaced ASAP. That is just how things work in this part of the world!

Agreed, being within walking distance of the centres has so many advantages. Stoneham would have lost the club so much character!

"Krueger is known for his motivational speaking career, in which he explores the elements necessary to build a high-performance team. He places team spirit above individual success and he details the philosophy in his autobiographical self-help book, Teamlife: From Failure to Success." Our Ice hockey coach may have a say in the Osvaldo affair given the above para!

Following Kelv's comments it looks like Osvaldo has a lot of people to apologise to and convince he deserves another chance. We do however need to be careful not to fully close the door on him if he is prepared to let bygones be bygones and try again. Given no one on the outside knows the full facts I think we need to trust in Mo Po to deal with this in the clubs best interests. I remember Liverpool fans being up in arms about Suarez's conduct last year. I bet they are glad he patched it up and stayed on now!