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First half, I thought Murty was one of our best players (ok, all relative I know!)....he was actually talking to and marshalling the players around him....and had a great awareness and reading of the game (I was sitting in the second row near the player's tunnel so could see his game at close quarters.) A classic example of him reading what was going to happen next was just before one of Ajax's goals. Murty had overlapped down the right wing but the killer pass wasn't forthcoming (surprise, surprise!)....so he turned around, looked back at the next passage of play and screamed at Lallana to track back to intercept their left winger as he sensed that was where Ajax would counter attack. Lallana was slow to react to Murty's instructions and as a result didn't get back in time to make a tackle. If he'd read the game as intelligently as Murty was reading it then he'd have had a chance of preventing the goal. Ok, yes, fitness is an issue at the moment but once fit I can see Murty being a great asset to a League 1 team.

Looks more like Tommac to me....

Markus had a broad smile on his face whenever I looked up towards the director's box - he looked genuinely proud and chuffed with his purchase. Looks to be a really humble chap. He wrapped a saints scarf around his neck at the end and waved to the fans as if to say "this feels right". I caught one of the "Welcome Markus" t-shirts that the players wore when coming onto the pitch and then threw into the crowd....a tad chuffed about that! All in all, an encouraging performance by Saints....held their own in the first half but a combination of fitness, experience and Ajax raising their game in the second half was our undoing. I would definately trade in Rasiak and Saga for a hungrier 'League 1 type' goalscorer. Both players still seem to be wearing their "I ought to be in a higher league' badge - I'd rather have one or two hungrier League 1 or League 2 strikers who are more likely to be prolific in this league.

I don't recognise him....any clues?

Me too was just curious to know if I'll be able to email some pics from my iPhone. Cheers

So.... Where do I buy my swiss/saints flag from? Outside the ground from a street seller or in the megastore? Just need my tickets to show up this morning and I'm laughing...

Is there a BT Openzone WiFi signal at St Mary's? Cheers

Did someone mention prutton...? http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=381171&highlight=Prutton#post381171

How about some fasttrack pre-pay 'lanes'? Buy vouchers online in advance and simply exchange for pre-poured beer. Fasttrack lanes would also be 'beer only'. Simple?

What mystery trialist? Link? ta

"Pardie" HTH

This thread will be resurrected in December. Mark my words (with a dirty stick)

Where did I say that?

Yes... http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=14518 And the winner was...."11 damp women in see through tops"....poor old St Bernard only scored a disappointing....9.64%

To be fair, gjphilsaint did express misgivings about Pardew earlier in the year when new managers were being discussed, so not just a knee-jerk reaction to today's news

No idea....just looked him up earlier and saw that he was banned. Perhaps he's really Alan Pardew and wanted to close off his account on here now he's been appointed? Would explain his campaign to get rid of Lowe and Wotte...

I reckon we should put out a second string side for ALL cup competitions this season (including Johnston's Paint Trophy) as we need to put 100% of first team effort into the league and clawing back the -10 points. I know there's an argument that says a good cup run fuels confidence but I'd rather we kept our primary first team players away from the cup games. I suspect a lot of people see the Johnston's Paint Trophy as a potentially easy route to Wem-ber-ley but I see it as a distraction. Thoughts?

And to think some people said that nothing good would come out of going into administration... (Well, someone's got to do Stanley/Mole's job while he's banned)

Last year I predicted automatic promotion. This year I am shutting the **** up

Saints will be wearing new away kit tomorrow

As of this morning, my Ajax tickets haven't arrived either. Ordered them last weekend....

Lucy Pinder, tub of lard and a bicycle pump

Most managers have their 'favourites' so would be interesting to see a list of players Pardew has signed down the years, thus perhaps offering a hint as to whom we may see join the squad over the coming weeks....

His milk's gone off too

Time will tell....