Matthew Le God

Why don't you apply the same to your endless stream of negative posts about Saints on the main forum? We are 4th after 19 games and you are still on about survival.

Since they signed Ozil, they spent £35m on Sanchez.

Koeman said he is out for 10 days.

Should we not aspire to be better than that? Dell sized mentality you have.

What is you definition of a "club like Saints"? Halfway through a season we are challenging for 4th place. If we use Yoshida for a number of games we'll fall away. He is okay to start if we were in the bottom half, okay as cover if we were aiming for mid table, but to challenge at the top of the league we need a better quality of 3rd/4th choice centre back.

He worked hard but all the things I listed in that post I stand by. I recorded and watched the Sky coverage, Souness and Neville also pointed out his problems and they weren't solely down to being up against Hazard. Did you not notice how Chelsea were targeting Yoshida rather than a 19 year old on the other side of the pitch? They saw Yoshida as the weaklink, I don't dismiss his efforts and workrate as he certainly put a shift in but he is a very limited player even when he plays in his normal position of centre back. He would be okay if we were still a bottom half Premier League team, but he is far too limited technically to play for a team challenging as we are at the top of the league. Work rate simply isn't enough at the level Saints are aspiring to reach. I think Gardos looks more composure and assured on the ball, Yoshida panics with the ball at his feet and his distribution is poor.

Violent conduct is a straight red card, Schneiderlin got 2 yellows today... which is a 1 match ban.

Two yellow cards in a game = 1 match suspension.

I think you were at a different game to me. He really struggled defensively, positionally he was poor, his lack of pace a problem and he offered little in the way of attacking threat.

Did you do the second part...?

Clyne was touched by the noodly appendage and it healed him...

Tis but a (superficial) flesh wound. Ronald Koeman says there were no injuries picked up today and the squad is in good shape for Chelsea. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30605421

Give it a go and follow the instructions through.

Because preventing your child getting medical treatment that has been proven by science to work time after time and instead to pray for them when praying has never been demonstrated to work is a form of child abuse. That is why parents have been prosecuted for acting in such a way. What if a Christian strongly believes in this passage from the commandments... ...and then kills their child. Is that okay with you because they believe it strongly? Good people do good things, bad people do bad things; but to get a good person to do a bad thing it often takes religion.

You ignored my rebuttal. What do you think of the man in the article? Do you consider it child abuse to prevent your child from proven to work medical treatment that would cure them because you want to pray to an unproven deity in the clouds?

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Not allowing your child medical treatment in order to pray for them instead is a form of child abuse. It is a believe in the power of prayer that people act in this way, so praying is harmful as it gives false hope. It is also criminal, especially if the child dies from a condition modern science can cure.

What have I said that is insensitive?

Would you say that about children who have died of preventable illnesses that science has allowed us to cure, but whose parents have decided to not take them to hospital and pray for them instead? A false hope in prayer is harmful. For example... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1203791/Father-prayed-taking-diabetic-daughter-11-hospital-faces-jail.html That is not an isolated case.

Gardos has finished his one match suspension and is available on Boxing Day. 2 yellow cards - 1 match Denying obvious goal scoring opportunity - 1 match Offensive/insulting/abusive language - 2 matches Serious foul play/violent conduct - 3 matches http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/suspensions

It is not me that is wrong here, you are. Kick it Out has an number of campaigns, not just regarding racism... - racism - sexism - faith in football - lesbians and gays in football http://www.kickitout.org/campaigning/faith-in-football/ The phrase "thoughts and prayers" has largely historical Christian cultural connotations in the UK. It is not neutral or something an equality organisation should use.

Of course I hope he recovers, but although this isn't about Clarke Carlisle's situation I still think there it has some relevance considering he is an ambassador for the Kick it Out campaign.