Saint_clark

Sooper Kelvin...

Yellow for Sharp.

Penalty to West Ham, come on Davis. Sharp gone down holding his face? Red card for Matthew Taylor!!!!!!!! LOLOLOL WTF

Depends whether it was actually a penalty or not.

Need to try and frustrate them and get the fans on their back for a little while. Keep the ball in defence and midfield. Handball from Hooiveld apparently.

"They're so close together you could put a hanky over them"

Delayed reaction.

Or as some call it, "aimless hoof".

Page 2...Richardson? Time for him to get his first goal.

Really...? It was one chance...

Long ball from Rob Green, shot from Vaz Te, great save Davis.

Kick off any minutes now; http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?35831-West-Ham-V-Saints-Match-Thread

Team; Davis, Richardson, Fox Fonte, Hooiveld, Schneiderlin, Cork, Lallana, Guly, Sharp, Lambert Subs; Martin, Hammond, Puncheon, Lee, Connolly

Good on Adkins for sticking with this.

In a couple of years maybe, but he's not consistent enough at the moment.

I really wouldn't say any of those are world class.

That sentence alone has swung it for me.

Only difference I can see is that their fans would have expected an easy win V Forest, so would have been a sh*t atmosphere and they'd have got on their backs from the first misplaced pass. They'll be much more up for it on Tuesday. We shouldn't underestimate them based on their previous results.

Could this not have gone in either the post-match thread or the thread about Guly...?

With the protection goalkeepers get from refs now, I doubt it. Why? Seems pointless to do this for one game and not another.

Is he not still in charge of the under 21s and only in charge of the full team on a temporary basis?

Not sure about that. The defence was under pressure, yes, but it held firm. The measure of a defence is whether it can keep teams out when there is a period of pressure like that surely?

Similarly, I found cursed betting slips in my inside coat pocket from the games V Bristol City and Leicester.

Stephens, N'Guessan and Forte all did the job they were brought in to do. Hooiveld and Cork have been brilliant - and Guly wasn't even Adkins signing so no idea why you're including him.

Unfortunately with the responsibilities you've listed (family etc) it's probably too much of a risk to chuck away a career you've spent 13 years on to "chase your dream". You say you haven't got the capital to set up your own business? Then in all honesty, there's nothing to think about - you can't do it. Taking out a loan would be absolutely mental.