Lee On Solent Saint

I like Fraser. But could he be as effective next season should we go up?

Absolutely. We would have only let him go on our terms. Just get the feeling for all Martin talking him up prior to his injury, he wouldn't be too bothered to lose him

I think he would have gone in January if he was fit

That will be Man City

Different circumstances, but they gave us a tough game in the League Cup last season

Yep. No decent hold up play, keeps trying fancy flicks that don't come off. First half miss was pretty poor.

How different is that to playing Charles there? Aren't they around the same age? We also played Lavia there when he was 18.

My lad was supposed to play tomorrow in Netley. They council have said no games to be played on the cricket field until further notice

A handful of games before Celtic get bombed out of the Champions League. You could say that the standard of teams they possibly faced would have been average at best.

So were Van Dyk, Wanyama, Forster and S Armstrong when we brought them.

Wasn't intended to be an insult, just that the idea of letting Adams go without a replacement is utter nonsense. Mara cannot be expected to step up to the level that we are going to require over the next few months. If we only get one player through the door this window, I would rather it be an out and out goalscorer rather than any other position.

It is utter shite. If Adams goes, there is no way we are going into the second half of the season with only Armstrong and Mara as striking options. You can pretty much write Stewart off this season as well. We may not spend big, but to suggest that Adams goes and won't be replaced is nonsense.

That's how I saw it to be honest, Norwich still no mugs at this level despite not having a great season. I would have taken 10 from 12 at the start of this period, no question.

Agreed. Totally unbalances the team. Stephens should be in the team on merit, not for any other reason than that.

S'not

To be fair, decent finish for his goal though.

I get that viewpoint, but my view is that if you were bringing on a sub, make it like for like, unless chasing a game or tatical.

Getting in a hired portaloo should do the trick. Or hiring Robert De Niro to train said cats.

No. The only quote at the time I'd heard was the first snippet of the interview. I acknowledge what Martin said after that, perhaps if he had just said that, then this debate would be null and void.

I shudder to think what Nathan Jones response would have gone like

How about when they are on the bench of a big six club like Phillips?

Yeah agree with that. No need to do that. Whatever his political leanings, Martin should have acknowledged he his a Saints fan at the end of the day. Judging by Caroline Dinniege's comments, Sunak gets a fair amount of stick from other local MP's because of his Saints connections

Complancey came from the bench in my opinion. Absolutely no need to bring Stephens on. Effected the whole balance of the team.

Subs for the sake of making subs. Fuckin no need to make the last two changes

Unbelievable