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Saints team: Davis, James, Thomas, Jaldi, Harding, Antonio, Hammond, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Lambert, Connolly. Subs: Bailkowski, Perry, Mills, Wotton, Ndiaye, Holmes, Gobern.

I hope that Nineteen Canteen does not watch this clip as big Lawrie has a subtle pop at Rupert early doors ! I'm sure that we would all hate for him to be upset by this ????

Yeah, and they are all 'approved' !!

An excellent post all round, but the highlighted sentence for me is the most relevant ! How many wars have been (and are being!) fought 'in the name of God' ? Africa is plagued with AIDS, yet the Catholic church still preaches that the use of condoms is a sin ! These are only 2 examples and there are many, many others ! Sometimes I despair, I really do !

He's up against Torres in the poll ! Ooh eck...... ! I voted for him as well but he's still stuck on 2% - sh#t !

Chelski are not allowed to buy/loan anybody at the moment and they'll also lose a few players to the African Cup of Nations, so it might be that they find themselves a bit short come January ?? Can't think of any other reason because he did not appear too close to the first team before we got him !!!

Seems bl**dy dark for a 3.00pm game ????

Quite a sudden change of career direction it seems ??

Excellent suggestion, Duncan has the experience, contacts (I think!) and clearly the motivation, so should approach the club with a polite proposal ! I feel sure that it will be well received ! Good luck and if I can help in any way, I'd be happy to do so !

I agree with all the suggested exits and hope that this can be achieved at least by Jan ! Squad additions should only be made if players of better quality (than what we currently have) become available ! We have a decent first 11 at the moment, but having had a pretty good injury free run we should prepare for the next phase in advance ! That said, I have every confidence in the management team to do the right thing (now it's a long time since I've been able to say that !). COYS

http://www.epltalk.com/tactics-and-the-modern-game-the-perils-of-overstating-the-case/4729 Shankly didn't do too badly did he ?? The essence of this article is that if you have good players and can motivate them, then the actual formation is secondary !!! Someone said previously that we are getting better results with a settled group of 11 players, plus a few subs surely that is more the key to success than systems etc... ?

First time I've seen him last a whole game as well !!!

They say it would make a good Xmas present, so I assume that it'll be at the turn of the year ! I can't believe that you can buy a 'half' season ticket after 7 games !!!

That happened to my son at the Northampton game, he was badly scalded on his hand ! Had we been in America or had we lost or did we not feel so grateful to Markus Liebherr we would have sued the barstewards for a million quid at least ! In the end we went to the pub after the game, he dipped his hand in a pint of lager and the injury improved quite quickly !

The free kick was conceded by Jaidi and he got booked for it ! http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1835842,00.html

For even more obvious reasons I hope it is league 1 !!!

You will also meet a number of SWF regulars !!

If you go with this suggestion, you could jump on the freebie bus at the station and go to the IoW ferry terminal, then you have less distance to walk, will get less wet (p1ssing down at the moment!) and have a bit more drinking time ! HTH also !

I guess that he does this through choice so, for me at least, I intend to leave him in peace !!

Would have been nice if you had started in this way ! In essence, I think you are saying that a good football manager should have top leadership skills, irrespective of his own personal management style ! You consider that Pardew has this attribute ! If I understand you correctly, then I agree !

I remember at the beginning of August people predicting that we needed around 5 or 6 players to turn things around, but now (a surprise even to me !) we have brought in 10 !! As for the best, if I had to choose right now I would say Hammond, but I have a hunch that by the end of the season Connolly might well be the number one !

I reckon it's pretty good but (if you can afford it) you are obviously better paying £34.99 up front rather than £48.00 by monthly instalments !!

No brainer ! Has to be Lambo, for the first time since Beattie and Le Tiss, I actually feel confident when get we get a pen that we will actually score! He takes them with power and placement unlike 'scuffer' McGoldrick who gave me the willies every time he stepped up to the spot !!

Have you looked at the CCC league table lately : http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/table/default.stm They are 4th and only 1 point from the top ! Although I do take your point about us being on the rise, we are still 2nd bottom of a lower div than them ! Goes to show that football truly is a 'funny old game' !!