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He was outstanding and mark my words, we'll do well to keep hold of him. A well done for Pardew for his part in spotting the potential and developing the talent

I think your post may be correct, the only problem I have in all this is that we did not replace Antonio or Waigo. Pardew would have known that he needed replacements, why didn't he? Wasn't he allowed to? Again, I'd say that we were and still are a couple of players short of a team that would have got us promotion so I am not sure about the decision itself. It would have been better to have got the players and waited.

Hi Jan could you outline what was said for the benefit of us without Sky?

Absolutley agree with this. This is why I find the decision to remove Pardew now so strange. I hesitate to ask the blindingly obvious question (blindingly obvious to me, that is)....who is more important to the club the football manager or the owner/football management? My answer would be the footy manager....I can't say for certain that Cortese was wrong but I can say that it was an unnecessary action that brings with it all sorts of variables such as a new manager in charge of a team he did not pick etc. We needed a couple of players more to have achieved promotion....I hope I am proved wrong, I know I acn't really be proved wrong with Pardew having left but after the latter half of last season, the JPT etc we were there or thereabouts.

Great stuff......

Hi Duncan, hope all is well. I was not overly impressed with this lad when I saw him at Basingstoke. I was much more impressed with our left back and left winger that day. I hope he turns out to be a good buy.

Puncheon was ineffective for large parts of the game when trying to take on their left back. He is nearly always going to cut inside. I am not sure its the correct us of his talents. As the guy next to me said. When Puncheon takes free kicks on the right with his left foot the ball is always curled in going towards the goalkeeper. A right footed player would potentially have more success because he would curl the ball away from the goalkeeper. There is also something not right with our midfield....its on the slow side and our defenders have an easier time hoofing it than they do passing it to a midfielder. The ball when it was passed to the midfield ended up soming back to the defence a lot more than it should have done. This was not because we were playing possession footy waiting for a decent opportunity but because the midfielders weren't comfortable enough on the ball and were often closed down because they were unable to pass their way out of trouble. As for Chamberain, its a big ask for a lad just turned 17 to turn it on against grown men. Its not impossible, but I tend to think he might want at least another year at this level before he gets comfortable.

I read peoples' views on here with interest and don't usually comment. It is clear to me that we have not replaced Waigo or Antonio (Not sure what to make of Chamberlain yet) and unless we do I have a feeling that opposition teams will ride their luck just like Plymouth and Orient did today. Pardew is an excellent judge of a footballer and must have recognised that we need different strikers or wingers (I thought Barnard was superb today) by which I mean either/or someone with more pace or some one with more height. Puncheon did some great stuff today but he can't really be a right winger and take some one on the outside when he is totally left footed. So I question what he is doing there. His free kick deliveries were poor mostly. We are ponderous going forward and it gives the opposition time to get back in numbers. Lallana is he only midfielder who I could describe as creative, has the ability to beat an opponent. Morgan needs to try to emulate Lallana, I am sure he has it in him. I am a huge supporter of Pardew and I'm sure he isn't daft. If the players he wants don't arrive, the results will continue to falter as they are doing and he will either throw in the towel or be sacked.

Could it possibly be that some of us remember how close we were to losing our club, of how we came to respect this quiet unassuming chap who saved us. I really enjoyed seeing the photos of Liebheer taking photos at Wembley. It is very sad (well I find it svery ad) that he could not have lived for longer to really enjoy the beauty of the game......and I was and remain very saddened to read about his death in spite of anything you might say. 62 is no age at all In my humble opinion you sound like a ****wit....you don't have to shed a tear, no one is asking you to do that, just allow others to grieve in whatever way they want. Some people on this website severly irritate me these days.

Terrible terrible news, may he rest in peace.

Is it me but I dont think this is the time to discuss this

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Been to 2 funerals ....on both occasions, both died of cancer, one lung cancder and one bowel/liver cancer. Early diagnosis is key. Sounds like you guys are making sure that if you get it - you will catch it early and that's commendable. Both guys ignored obvious symptoms ( a cough that didn't go away) and the other (feeling tired out and shattered) and avoided going to their GP. By the time they went it was too late.

There is no way that anyone at the top will do nothing. There will be new signings, I'm sure.

There are a few poster on here with personality problems, some more posters on here who have ego problems and others who are just plain thick. I said it years ago that posters follow the leader as they lack the confidence or ability to form an opinion of their own and latch onto one of these, either for or against an opinion already expressed by some one else. Usually the last sort of person on here - the thickos - have problems spelling long words (Sun readers presumably) and problems with grammar. I was tempted to stick some spelling mistakes to see who would pick me up on it to prove a point but I won't. The portrayal on the opening post puzzling of unhappy fans is an accurate one. This is going to be a great season for us I'm sure. We are presumably all Saints fans at the end of the day......it doesn't always look like it on here.

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A sorry thread...was anyone else at St Mary's a few years ago when Fathers for justice were collecting? Spontaneous applause for them rang out. I have never forgotten that. 8 years ago I divorced. I recall the anger bitterness. The total confusion I felt, due mostly to a lack of sleep. It got better for me though and I am happily remaried. My son and were travelling back froma holiday in Charmouth yesterday and we were talking about life post divorce. I made light of how I thought he would appreciate me in the years to come...the sacrifices I made etc and the efforts I made to have the kids as often as I did. He made it clear how he recognised what I had done for him and his sister. I explained to him that after paying the mortgage, maintenance and everything else I was left with £200 a month for food. I think my boss gave me a generous pay rise in part due to my situation. I could not afford to use the central heating. My kids used to put hats and coats on and go to bed it was so cold for them. My ex used to sneer and say to the kids that I was mean. My current wife when we first met was really impressed with my efforts with my kids. My conclusion is this. Kids are not daft and they know deep down the rights and wrongs in any given situation. Do the right thing, spend as much time with your kids as you can. The best advice I remember from those dark days was this....Oprah Winfrey said (I got this from my sister) never insult your DNA. She meant, never slag off your ex partner to your kids. Tough I know

Once a hifi man...always a hifi man.....I gave my daughter £2000 worth of stereo and she prefers to listen to music on her phone...times have changed

I will check this chappie out......meanwhile I will carry on listening to the best of ELO - through my posh Denon headphones whilst I am working.

and because the man pushed a policeman, its OK for the police to strike him down and kill him? That's alright then. Just for a second I thought that this man's assailant should stand trial and let ordinary members of the public decide whether the policeman was guilty of manslaughter? I am wrong

A travesty. Paula Poulton's lover gets life for her murder, no weopon found and only circumstantial evidence etc but CPS said enough evidence existed to warrant a trial. A correct decision as it turned out. Here we have a policeman on film striking someone who collapsed straight away and died soon after and what do we get from the CPS? Not enough evidence to take to trial. I suspect the last thing the CPS or the police wanted was a trial. 12 fair minded people looking at the facts would surely have found the officer guilty of manslaughter.

I did the same years ago at Kipling cakes...happy days.

I watched the game and I thought most of the Basingstoke players were better than ours. The number 10 triallist for us was pants. I really liked the left back and left winger for Saints and our goal was well taken.