Matthew Le God

Well he has been on the Saints bench a number of times this season, a mainstay in the the reserves and youth teams for years and even called up to the full Wales squad recently. But then I probably follow Saints a little too obsessively!

Some people in this thread are overestimating the Championship. It really isn't that great... - Saints 3rd choice left back Joseph Mills is playing on loan for a mid table Championship side. - Saints "rejects" Wayne Thomas and Simon Gillet are playing for a mid table Championship side. - Saints 3rd choice winger Jason Puncheon is on loan in the Premier League. - Leeds and Norwich have very similar squads to those of their League One promotion campaigns and are both in the Championship playoff places. Millwall not too far behind. Forte - has played 120 games at Championship level! Hammond - has played 88 games at Championship level! Harding - Has played 91 games at Championship level! Butterfield - Has played 356 games at Championship level! 7 in the Premier League. Richardson - Has played 96 games at Championship level! 4 in the Premier League. Chaplow - Has played 177 games at Championship level! 11 in the Premier League. Holmes - Has played 58 games at Championship level! Lallana - Has played 46 games at Championship level! Schneiderlin - Has played 30 games at Championship level! Fonte - Has played 88 games at Championship level! Plus 37 in the Portuguese top flight! Bialkowski - Has played 17 games at Championship level! Davis - Has played 350 games at Championship level! Plus 33 in the Premier League. Jaidi - Has played 68 games at Championship level! Plus 61 in the Premier League. Connolly - Has played 232 games at Championship level! Plus 22 in the Premier League. Mills - Has played 20 games at Championship level. Puncheon - Has played 21 games at Championship level! Plus 2 in the Premier League. Barnard - Has played 3 games at Premier League level! Dickson - has played 5 games at Championship level! ...all have good experience of the Championship or higher. Admittedly Connolly, Holmes and Jaidi may well be released at the end of season. Chamberlain is clearly capable of Championship level, as would Lambert and a number of others. Guly was a key player for a Serie B promotion winning side.

Injured.

Why does that worry you?

If a football hits you in the head at force and jars you head back, I don't see why it couldn't leave you concussed. Last few games he has been injured. Also the squad has got bigger recently (N'Guessan and Forte) which may push him down the pecking order to get in the match 18. Against Swindon, Saints had a squad that meant they could have a strong seven man bench and still leave no room for Seaborne, Forte, Dickson, Connolly, Bialkowski, Puncheon and Mills etc. All of those would get in the majority of starting XI's in this league.

You find most national radio/TV commentators are clueless. So someone doing 2 minute website highlights viewed often by a handful of fans for Football League club games, for teams they don't support or follow aren't going to be great in general.

He was injured, as Adkins said in interview the ball smacked Ryan in the head and was treated for concussion. Also, Saints squad has so much depth for this level, we don't necessarily need him on the bench.

You can add Schniederlin, Lambert and Fonte to that list.

If he was a good commentator then he wouldn't be working for the company that does the highlights for the Player videos and would have been pinched to work elsewhere. They put the BBC Radio Solent commentary over the extended highlight package each week. The Swindon game extended highlights with BBC commentary will be available either later today or on Tuesday as usual.

Must be taking fashion advice from Paul Tisdale.

From Miles Jacobson...

This is actually the truly bizarre post. Cortese/Liebherr's won't walk away if promotion isn't achieved this season. Cortese himself said that the plan can still be done if we don't go up this year.

Their players are on tiny wages compared to Saints.

How did The Dell have an advantage compared to St Mary's? The crowd at St Mary's are marginally further away, but the stadium can hold over twice as many fans. A full St Mary's >>> A full Dell

Snap.

Not particularly impressive relative to other clubs at the moment. Would only be worth going on a tour when construction is finished on the training ground in the summer of 2012. I doubt they'd do public tours then though, probably a video tour on Saints player is the best you will get. The development will have a similar(ish) spec to this and is designed by the same people... http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2xx87_chelsea-training-centre-in-cobham_sport

Neither of you going to tell us anything about the games then?

Why would he be chosen to play as a holding midfielder by Pardew, Adkins and numerous managers in the French national setup if he couldn't tackle? I think you need to watch how he plays a little more carefully, he is good in the tackle.

I think you are very wrong there! Schneiderlin is becoming a very good ball winner and his tackling is good. Hence why he plays in the holding role for France and Saints. A few Saints fans seem to think Schneiderlin doesn't tackle well (maybe they are imposing national stereotypes on him), however they clearly haven't been watching him closely as he breaks up a hell of a lot of opposition attacks when he plays!

Schneiderlin is a much better defensive midfielder than Fonte ever would be. Fonte doesn't have the range of passing required for the job.

- I doubt any other groundmen in League One has the budget and resources that the Saints head groundsman has available to him. - Being on the South Coast helps with its "relatively mild" climate compared to those up north. - Not having rugby matches - Not having any training sessions on the main pitch (like some other clubs had to when it snowed).

We have already played Dagenham & Redbridge away this season.

Every post of Dune's that I read makes me slightly more left wing than I was before.

Brighton fans now starting to worry and one of them posted a table without Plymouth's results (including today's results)...

What is the surname of the actress that made her name playing Queen Elizabeth I in Blackadder II in the 1980's?