BallBoy

Good day for us. Could/Should have been better

This is so much like our relegation season. We have respectable performances against the top teams but still lose. Then we conspire to throw away points to the teams around us. Net result: no wins.

Probably been said before but the 3rd goal was exactly the same mistake as against Ipswich. Player on the edge of the box gets a free hit. Why are our players so stupid?

Sorry if said before but with all those excellent penalty takers why could we not find one on Saturday?

My fear is that we could repeat what we did in our relegation season ie: put in a good, hopeful performance against one of the top teams only to be followed by a poor performance against a lesser team. I really hope not.

BBC reporting he is on his way to Strasbourg. Already in France for a medical. £10.2 Million!

Some names barely being mentioned that I am curious about. Ryan Fraser and David Brooks. I like them both as squad players.

Two totally contrasting goalkeepers.

I am sorry to say but I think we could lose quite heavily tonight. We have genuine injury worries but Martin will probably not be able to resist other changes which will unbalance the team. I hope I am wrong but 3-0 would not surprise me.

KWP on the left!!!

That's promotion gone in my opinion. In a heartbeat. Pathetic goal but typical. On balance, I don't think we have the mental strength to get an automatic place or win the play offs. We live in hope but it is fading fast.

Tha thing that pleased me most about this win was the word CHARACTER. Never thought they were beaten.

Let's go with some dignity.

Just not enough in midfield for my liking. As things stand we need to win to keep up.

They will wriggle out of it. Probably bring back Adrian Heath for a bobbly, rubbishy, lucky 11th hour deliverance.

Wayne Rooney's Birmingham. Just stop it please!

Why do Saints always do this? Why not just announce Stewart and let us all go to bed.

Is this the day we concede promotion? As things stand, it looks like we will be entering a crucial period of games without a recognised striker.

Is there another Vincent Kompany out there?

Lets go down with some pride and dignity. Players and supporters alike.

All of the above and mentally weak.

It's not losing to teams like City that is the problem. It is consistently losing the "must win" games to teams around us. Far too many games where we barely showed up. In our death throes now I fear.

Decent results for us tonight but it's useless unless we actually improve ourselves. Too late IMO.

I haven't bothered to check but we seem to lose most games to teams around us 1-0. It's a horrible score to lose by. Most of those games we have just not turned up. Sad to say it but these players just do not have character or intelligence needed.

Don't give up. I just finished a course of radiotherapy for prostate. It was torrid but I got the all clear 2 days ago. These guys are real professionals (sadly unlike our football team)