Saint_clark

To be fair, I can also remember 3 or 4 that he has missed - a couple by a fair way as well.

I think some people like to say he "does a job" just to be seen as taking the moral highground. I am not looking for a scapegoat, I GENUINELY believe he has cost us more this season than he has given us.

Nothing. I'm confused as to why it was edited.

Neil, calm down before you get some infractionz.

No need for that

FFS, thinking about it they are bound to switch to the Liverpool game at half time down here in Weymouth...bloody d*cks.

Fantastic, but i'd rather he stayed calm - as one of the "old pros" surely that is his main role. Keeping the younger players grounded.

Hang on a second, didn't Storrie say that it was Pompey who told the Prem to withhold the money?

No thanks, he is f*cking awful.

You can say "my opinion is just as valid as yours" as much as you like, but the fact remains that you cannot comment on OVERALL performances you haven't seen. You can go by how it sounded on the radio, and a few clips on the highlights reel - but then it is not your opinion. It is an amalgamation of others.

That is complete nonsense. For one, Pardew does not look for excuses in his interviews and talks actual SENSE. For another, Pardew has rebuilt the squad METHODICALLY, strengthening the areas required - Burley ignored the massive problem we had in defence.

They were sh*t, Pardew out.

OK. I think a lot more was made of Pardews comments - I don't think he REALLY thought that this was a win or bust scenario. Also, "made a hash of it"? Hardly. We didn't win, but we didn't lose either.

Tbf we can't really tell from the stands, but from Austria it's as clear as day.

Idiot.

That's funny, I thought I was an ignorant happy clapper with no ambition...

That's the point - he CANNOT be relied upon.

Commitment is all well and good, but I can remember him running AWAY from the ball, hacking players down well after the ball had gone, backing off...and off...and off when a player is running at him, and most frustratingly of all nearly all of his passes are those stupid little chippy things that do nothing at all.

I've had to read you, Alpine, 19C and many others for a few years now, I guess it's rubbing off on me.

5 assists is still decent for a young player. Remember that James takes the set pieces as well.

As I said, he's still young. 9 out of 10 young players are inconsistent and yet don't perform half as well as Lallana has when you actually look at the stats.

Has done more harm than good to our season so far. IMO, of course. Really, really cannot see how anyone could rate him - thankfully I don't believe for a second that he is in Pardews plans after this summer.

This is absolute b*llocks. Look at the amount of goals and assists he has got so far this season and he is contributing more than enough for a young midfield player.

Anyone else hear the one guy starting OWTS?

Corner to Saints, come on lads...James takes....Hammond heads and keeper grabs it.