Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

Excellent result. Would've been happy just to have scored a goal, TBH, but to win as well is great (can't believe I've just written that about us in League 1!). Hopefully this will help us build some confidence and momentum.

Or perhaps, with NA being (what's looking increasingly like) an excellent manager, he's made that call himself?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/reading/9031012.stm Antonio signed a new deal with Reading until 2013. Shame we couldn't have sorted out a permanent deal in January.

I'm sure I read a rumour someone posted about Sam Argent training with the 1st team. It all fits, Argent at RB and Butterfield up front. And Saints nil. Again.

Can't believe there's not even a sniff of a rumour about a signing. Maybe NA is going to see how we fare at the weekend before entering the loan market? Even so, if Connolly is injured, I'd be surprised if there's nothing really in the offing?

Good point, well made. How long does it take to see we have 3 strikers, all carrying injuries, and to assess players like Pulis and Wotton before deciding they're not up to the job?!

http://www.southamptonrumours.co.uk/ Hey - we must be a big team. We've got our own rumours site on Football Rumours! I can't wait for Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Jake Livermore to pull on the white and sash...

Didn't Dean Wilkins say something about they were still trying to bring in players on deadline day, even though AP had gone? I'm sure it's just a case of NA running the rule over the current crop of players and then making a decision about what we need. I think our impatience comes from the fact that we've suffered watching the team much more than him and have a distinct headstart in knowing what might be required!

Should I lump a big pile of cash on 0-0 on Saturday then?!

Holmes deserves a go in the side, with Puncheon on the bench. I think the first loans we should think about are strikers!

With NA saying on Solent that both Barnard and Connolly are carrying injuries, in addition to Lambo, it might be an excellent time to panic loan a couple of strikers. And a midfielder to replace Hammond. And a winger.

I'll go for the most unlikely scenario in World football: Pulis.

When & why did Cortese change our name to Southampton Nil? NC out.

B*ll*x

It's in the job description now. He's contractually obliged to.

Now that's a novelty. The left footed Jason Puncheon playing wide on the left...

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_6375655,00.html This fella might do ok...

Excellent appointment, as I hope we'll all find out over the next 3 years. Welcome Nigel.

Agreed. We're so close to the deadline NA himself has set that when the announcement comes is irrelevant. As long as the deal has been done and he's happy to take over, that's all that matters. Going to be interesting to see which training ground he's at tomorrow morning, if there is no news though!

Er... how about O'Neill?

Anyone know what reaction he got at Scunny today? Was it more 'please don't go' than 'f**k off now' or vice versa?!

I know he's only the stand in (well I presume he is!) but 3 straight defeats, 6 goals against and none scored is pretty sh*t. Anyone know if any of our previous managers made a bigger hash of being appointed?

And quite rightly so! This is primarily his team and they are either massively underperforming or simply not good enough. Can't believe we need another overhaul of the playing squad so it is surely the former.

P*ssed off but not surprised. How bad is that? Sort it out NOW Cortese before you can write this season off too.

Interesting comment after one of the most recent Adkins articles on the This Is Scvnthorpe website. How would referring the matter to the FA resolve the compo issue so quickly? It took the tribunal most of the season to sort out Colchester's compo from Norwich for Paul Lambert!