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A signed photo of Osgood and Stokes with cup in bath at wembley! Given as a gift to me by a ggroup of children I taught ... in the last couple of years! Happy pic!!!!!

Very good article- written by someone who clearly knows his stuff!

Plenty of time yet... predict 2:1

Well, the WBA squad will now have to cope with a hugely enthusiastic and in form Rikie Lambert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We will win 3:2

I do wonder why England don't have more strikers in the squad- I'd take Lambert and Carroll... but my guess - if all are fit, is Rickie will be dropped... so if he only gets one cap WELL DONE my lad!

I wan out of petrol goin to see the Waints.

Difficult- but I'd go for Cork as player of season and Shaw for young player.

I suspect KD wanted to stay for a variety of reasons, not least to avoid uprooting his family. Perhaps he took a pay cut, but spread it over three years to provide that stability whilst he aslo worked on is coaching badges.

Great idea- still can't believe it! Has any other club done this? I've never heard of it over the 40+ years of following football. My message will be added!

Billy knew OD well- probably very anoyed now. Will Billy come back in Jan?

Brilliant player- saw him in his later years- legend

As a youngster on a contract at Saints they would:know the expectations, have a home base, be on a great wage comaped to peers outside football, have opportunities to play in Prem- see that it won't stop England managers picking you (AL clearly being closely monitored) and be part of a successful team. They will notice that various "youngsters" have departed to man C etc and are stuck either on the bench or not playing. I reckon most would choose to stay and play until they were mid 20s at least when they can rethink their position, but still be able to command a highly promising fee and be more likely to start matches in the first team of their new club. But hey, that's what I think!

He also has a fit squad with Shaw and Cork - both playing well, and Ramirez... class act. Confidence rising!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NA is a great manager!!!!!!!!!

Clean sheet would do wonders to the defence too

Keep calm lads

We need some luck!

Perhaps WGS will be brought in to assist our manager- on a short, season long contract with a view to help, not destabilise? WGS or Joe Jordan would both help, I feel sure

Would now be a good time to bring in Joe Jordan for a month to boost the coaching. He's highly qualified, been v successful at Spurs and can frighten the players into pulling their socks up!!!!!!!! A wise, premiership ear for Nige to learn from without losing the authority. After a month Joe rejoins HR at QPR!

Um... we're only 1:0 down with 45 mins left- come on- I've played in a many a gamw when we turned it on in the second half and won...cheer up guys!

Great news about Ramirez and Cork- just a little concerned if the friend has given a little bit too much away by saying who's replacing who...not that I'll care if we win! (A draw wouldn't be the end of the road- WBA are no pushovers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

"I tried to give fringe players playing time" - result... some will never play for Saints again! NA will not play second rate players who can't rise to the challenge- bye bye to Steve and Chappers amongst others- NA will, if given more time, now become very ruthless- no more Mr Nice Guy!

The poem he quoted I haven't heard before... and it's so important! Being true to yourself is something that shouldn't be undervalued. I too hope he's here at saints for the long hall- 3points on Sunday will go a long way to easing the stress all round!

How ironic- was watching the "Move" video (!) from 2001 when we played our last match at the Dell... and doubled our gate the following season! We had to move and did- and maybe expansion will follow. By all means remember the good times, but there were dispiriting defeats too- and the surroundings looked pretty dismal after a defeat! I still expect the surrounding areas to Saint Marys to improve over the coming decades...we're not exactly in a boom period are we?!

Personally I think he's a brilliant manager and have done since he was appointed. I don't want any old has beens in charge. Who would we get that's so much better- from the Prem? I'd have Sir Alex Ferguson, Wenger.. or Moyes (perhaps the only likely one out of the three). I honestly wouldn't want any of the others, including Mancini - because I don't think any of them are any BETTER than our Nigel. No, I want him(NA) on a long contract. I love his signings- made I'm sure with lots of discussions with a "buying" team- recently- and believe that we will surprise a lot this season and be in the top ten- nearer 6th by the end of the season- (see my prediction before the season started!) I love his positivity...it's catching!