Sussex_saint

Completely agree with the post above this - there are many more things and individuals to blame than jwp. To address the people complaining about teens "worshiping" Prowsey - for a lot of people my age, he is our Southampton hero. He is the longest serving player right now, so it's only natural that people who watch saints feel an affinity for him. It's the same as people of an older generation having Le Tis as their childhood hero. I'm not saying he's a flawless captain, of course he does have to take some responsibility. However, we don't know what he's like off the pitch - on the pitch is only half of the responsibilities of a captain.

Really hope we never get lampard or Rooney, or Gerrard for that matter. Much rather we get an experienced, long term manager who can really get the fans up on their feet at St Mary's. Someone like Viera etc

if this is true - and I'm ready for our hopes to be dashed - then we look like we could be in a strong place for the championship. A combination of Alcaraz, Tino, Ballard Payne and Doyle would be fantastic!

Bednerak could be useful, but I doubt he would stay in championship when he could get snapped up by a lower prem side.

One thing I did like about the Jones fiasco was that we seemed to draw more fouls in the attacking 3rd - I vividly remember Edozie winning numerous fouls right on the edge of the box, and a number of these ended with JWP netting a free kick. The free kick goals he has scored this year have been important, and with Selles pretending Edozie doesn't exist I'm surprised he hasn't given Sulemana instructions to win fouls in free kick range - surely with the best set piece taker in the league that may give us a few easy goals, especially considering we seem allergic to scoring from open play (unless Alcaraz is on the pitch)!

I'm quite surprised at the negativity JWP gets on this forum - he was great against Arsenal, and has scored some big goals this year. Although I doubt we will keep him, I think it's fair to say he has enjoyed a fantastic career at this club and I for one will wish him well whatever he ends up next year.