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Not sure that fitness is the issue when discussing our second half trials and tribulations ! I think it is more to do with lack of confidence, we have lost so many late goals that it gets inside their heads and they start to lose composure ! It's often said that lower teams suffer from this and equally importantly never seem to get the 'rub of the green' as happened on Saturday !

Very sad and also sudden (I was not aware that he was ill). Did so much for racial equality and had to put up with a lot in his time ! RIP

We wos robbed !

I think that is Cedric's strength !

Just a few little facts to consider as the tension mounts : 5 out of the last 6 teams to be relegated changed their manager during the season and the bottom 3 at the moment (Swansea, WBA & Stoke) have already done the same ! Does make you wonder if sacking the manager is really the best solution ????

Exactly, you couldn't make it up, could you

Positives : 1. A win in the cup takes us into the next round ! 2. Could have been more but for a tight offside and a clear penalty not given ! 3. Bednarek looked comfortable ! 4. Big away support can enjoy a drink in west London ! COYS

Bednarek has actually played quite wel....

Should've scored

You make some very good points there, your Lordship ! It is so easy these days to jump on a bandwagon, calling for heads to roll at the slightest dip in form etc.. I accept that we are in a pretty dodgy situation right now but the best way to get out of it is to stay strong, rational and calm because that way you are more likely to make better decisions ! Perhaps we do need some changes as everyone gets rusty after a while but the constant negativity by fans (particularly on message boards) really does suck the life out of you !!

Ask him if he preferred singing 'Doo Wah Diddy Diddy' or 'The Mighty Quinn' ?? :)

I must confess that this is partly my fault as I always take an extra sheet to clean my glasses with :)

I realise that we are sh#t right now but surely we'll get more than 150 quid for them

Not sure that Balotelli has displayed this quality in the past !!

Best wishes to Saints fans the world over ! Keep your chins up, no matter how bad you think it may be, always remember that it has been a lot worse ! COYS

Basically we can't afford them otherwise and the risk factor increases astronomically ! IMO we need a short term fix and this is probably our best opportunity at the moment ! Both these players have something to prove and are keen to play games rather than sitting permanently on the bench so their commitment should not be in question !

Right now our squad is lacking pace and a natural goalscorer ! Right now we are in serious danger of going down ! Walcott = pace ! Sturridge = goals ! Sure there is a big risk in terms of fitness but do we prefer to stick with the longer term policy of signing younger, inexperienced players with potential sell-on value or do we take a gamble ?? For me, it's a 'no-brainer'. Get the two of them in (on loan if possible) sharpish and watch their quality light up SMS ! Time to roll the dice IMHO !

Done ✅ Perhaps you will back off a bit now ??

Can I be the first to wish Kelvin all the best in his new appointment, I hope that it goes well for you and the club ! Good luck !

Shearer should certainly not get on his high horse after what he did to Neil Lennon at a match in Leicester !!

The fear of losing money is more likely to lead to bad decision making rather than good ! The chances of Swansea or WBA staying up, having changed manager is no better than Huddersfield or Bournemouth who probably won’t ! Last year Hull and Sunderland changed and both went down. The year before all 3 relegated teams, Villa, Norwich & Newcastle did the same ! Best recent example of stability is Burnley who even stuck with their boss after relegation! The only guarantee is that 3 teams will go down and more than likely some of them will have rolled the dice ! Clearly it is not an exact science but as I said before, there is no evidence that knee jerk reactions are of any benefit!

It certainly wasn’t for Hull or Sunderland last season !

The football world has gone crazy, every team at the lower end panics, then changes - Swansea = 6 managers in 2 years and they are now worse than they were before ! There is very little evidence that constant sacking is better than stability and it is certainly much more costly ! Fans are now so negative that managers are given only a few matches before their status is questioned ! One guarantee is that 3 teams will go down this year and in all probability they will have suffered from managerial disruption ! The grass is always greener, eh ?

The fact is that we have excellent facilities and are well set up to produce stars of the future, however it is not an exact science and inevitably you will have good periods and less good periods ! Our track record suggests that although there is nobody ready at this moment for a PL baptism, it will come again sometime soon ! Keep the faith, the grassroots are sprouting, just not right now !!

I think you mean manipulate