Matthew Le God

About half that! Richardson had between 8 and 10 assists last season depending on what source you want to use. He is out of contract in the summer, I think he is very likely to be released and Saints have used Yoshida and Cork ahead of him at full back. I think he is a good Championship right back and thats where he'll end up in the summer.

Yep, my order of preference would be... Villa win > Draw >>> Sunderland win

It is a problem if Pardew can't communicate with the French contingent as they will be fine among themselves when on the pitch. If Saints have an influx of Spanish speakers, our coaching staff will be fine for obvious reasons.

I agree, we are safe, but does have a bearing on if we come above Sunderland. I want Saints to finish as high as possible, a Villa win is therefore the best outcome for us tonight.

League position is important, more teams below us = more teams that need to overtake us for Saints to go down. Plus an extra £800k for each league place. I want Saints to remain in 13th tonight, not drop to 14th.

He's looked far better out wide for Saints than he has centrally in his brief cameos this season.

So you would prefer Saints to be 14th by the end of the evening rather than 13th?

At the beginning of May, with 3 games left we are 3 points away from 9th and 10th spot. How are we not "top 10 contenders"? We might not achieve it, but we are very close to it at a very late stage in the season, closer in points to 9th than we are to the relegation battle!

Yes, I think Fox is a liability and I also think Lallana covers his full back and works back well defensively be it Fox, Shaw or Clyne. I say that having been at every home game this season and a number of away games to make such a judgement. You...?

Shaw has been the number one left back since the beginning of November and our form since the beginning of November is that of a top 8 side.

This just highlights how little you know, Lallana played on the right vs WBA and wasn't in front of Fox.

I don't believe you have a season ticket for 2012/13 at St Mary's.

Alpine, As I've told you before... now we've adapted to the Premier League after a poor opening 10 games, the last 25 games have seen us pick up 35 points - top 8 form! Our summer signings played a big part in that, yet you write them off as poor. Can you not see why people get irritated with your negativity with facts like that going against your claims?

Can't be good for your health being this negative all the time about what is actually a positive situation when a newly promoted team is 3 points from 9th and 7 points and has a far better goal difference from the relegation zone at the beginning of May!

Are you aware how this will all come back to haunt you as it did in 2010/11 and 2011/12? Cheer up Alpine ffs!

If Sunderland win Saints drop a place, if Villa win or it is a draw Saints don't drop a place. The more teams below Saints the better do you not think?

I want Villa to win tonight. Relegation isn't a worry and it helps keep Sunderland below Saints. I want Saints to finish as high as possible (as we all should), so a Sunderland defeat helps that.

I didn't say they would stand still. But our transfer strategy that you dismiss as poor has led to Saints getting 35 points from the last 25 games. That is top 8 form! So why is it "poor"? If Saints bring in more players of the quality of Clyne, Ramirez, Rodriguez, Davis and Boruc this summer then I'll be delighted. As should you! Forren is an unknown quantity, Mayuka and Gazzaniga have looked promising in brief cameos this season and Yoshida has been solid if not spectacular. I wouldn't write any of them off yet and are all still relatively young.

But our "track record of transfers" has led to picking up 35 points from the last 25 games. Unlike last season (8 defeats, 1 draw, 1 win, 28 goals conceded) the first 10 games of next season we won't be a newly promoted club trying to adjust to the Premier League, that has already happened. If we continue the form of the last 25 games over the season in 2013/14 we'd have 52 points and would be around 8th (if based on this season's table)!

Since the beginning of November 2012 Saints have averaged 1.36 points per game from those 25 games. If that was over a 38 game season we'd have 52 points and would be enough for 8th place. The squad has now adapted well to the Premier League after a poor start in the opening 10 games, we'll see improvements in the summer to add to what is already a midtable quality squad. You are trying to make out we are relegation threatened and will be again next season, the squad have shown over the last 25 games that is simply not true. The first 10 games of next season we won't be newly promoted and trying to adjust to the Premier League, that has already happened.

We are 3 points from 9th, 7 points from the relegation zone. We will bring in better players in the summer to add to a squad that is already midtable in quality. I really don't see the need for Alpine's annual summer rant. Alpine, if last summer someone said Saints as a newly promoted side would be 13th with 3 games to go and closer to 9th than the relegation zone, what would you have said given your rant last summer about the transfers?

- We are a newly promoted team and are 13th with 3 games to go. - We are 3 points away from 9th and 7 away from the relegation zone. Calm down Alpine.

All games at Staplewood are behind closed doors.

You have taken that out of the context it was written, I was replying to a point Dalek2003 made about needing 41 points. For Saints to need as many as 41 points a huge number of surprising results need to happen. So unlikely it isn't worth thinking about.

Remember your "17th in the Championship prediction"? Top 2 ALL season and promoted was reality!!!