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The youngsters acquited themselves well enough v Liverpool so I say let them have their reward by starting v Shrewsbury. Our reserves should be as good as, if not better than league one players or they would not be in the Saints set up.

Higgingbottom has been a co -commentator a few times but cannot remember what the matches were but he did OK

Could not have put it better myself. The Telegraph had a bigger article about Spurs next game than the report of us beating Liverpool yesterday!

Very good match report on Mail onLine

I said on the match build up thread I had a good feeling about this game and I am glad it turned out to be justified. As a point of interest the Daily Telegraph gave Armstrong and Ings a score of 9 out of 10.The first time I have seen that given to a player. Iam so proud of all the players.Bring on the foxes When will the pundits start taking us seriously!!

So much for all the folks saying we had a week bench -eat your hats. well done the young lads

So much for all the folks saying we had a week bench -eat your hats. weldoe the young lads

So much for all the folks saying we had a week bench -eat your hats. wel doe the young lads

MANU panicked whenever he got the ball. You may be right about his flair being coached out of him if so whyI isn't his flair which we bought him for.

Thank you all for these interesting comments. How wrong could I be.But certainly sparked the posters into life

well said

Were these managers in the sixties

Good start to the new year!

Thanks for the reply. I hope Saints pace themselves during the whole game and not overdo the pressing first half, only to run out of steam second half. Maybe the weeks break has had a positive effect

What about Wanyama and Sniedelin who disappeared into black holes (No racism intended). Shaw suffered a bad drop in form for ages before he suffered that awful leg fracture. Although togive him credit he recovers remarkably afterwards Martin Chivers took ages to settle at Spurs but his departure opened the door for 18 years old Channon to play alongside Ron Davies . Aide and abetted by Terry Paine and Sydenham

I have a good feeling about this match. Can't explain why.

Preparing for a game is different from coaching during the game. I meant why not use the training (preparation)to take precedence.I realise that tactics are now used and need to change during a game but what are captains for. How can players be watching the manager for instructions at the same keeping their concentration on playing football? I accept that maybe I am living in the past and hankering for a golden age when the game was free of shirt tugging and diving, greed etc

Does Barcelona use tactics or play spontainusly? Not to mention Brazil in the seventies. Tactics are strangling the game. Saints v WHU springs to mind

Thanks for sharing your personal info with me and the others. I moved around a bit on various civil engineering project both in the UK and abroad eg Saudi ,Pakistan etc

I ca remember in the sixties rarely knew who the manager was (Ted Bates was an exception )let alone see lingering close ups of them and their antics on TV every so often and missing the action in the meantime. The cult of managers has come with the arrival of televised games and the celebrity phenomenum

why do millionaires need coaching from the sidelines during a game. They are not puppets. Let them think for themselves and put their training into effect in the games

Why have we gone down hill so suddenly. I never saw the City game but the reports praised us

That's loyalty for you - super!

Hello Ottowa. Dd you used to live in the UK? How did you get into the Saints please

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