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I wouldn't have said our gk is the problem at the moment. Much higher prized should be a defensive coach!!

You have to love the chinese build up :-p Oh and the dirty skate summariser in his silly blue rag :-( COYR's!

Lol you do support Saints right Nick? I only ask because some of your comments do seem to suggest you don't have a grasp of whats gone on in recent seasons! I appreciate you have your right to an opinion but how the hell you can say Hammill was untouchable is craziness! He was pillored by many on here and in the stands for being complete dross and did nothing in the blackpool game to suggest he was our loss. Having the nickname fatty hammill to many who sit around me doesnt suggest the lad would be played whatever, indeed he actually wasnt! As for Davis he clearly was not good all along as you previously stated. He is however much improved this season, consistency is helping us all see his true worth. Granted he has always been a good shot stopper but I now feel hes more comfortable on crosses and does attempt to catch more along with playing the ball out from the back instead of his pointless hoofs up front to nathan dyer ;-) Supppper super kelv supper kelvin davis :-D

Pretty much have to agree with you but I think Skacel will remain on the bench, Mcgoldrick WILL play can you really see him being dropped after his goal and subsequent decent performance. I'm not sure White is yet ready for a return to the starting line up and should be left to break back in maybe via some sub appearances.

Having just had a gander on the Millwall OS they say he has hardly featured this year due to the form of their other wingers. Seems to suggest they weren't that fussed about losing him. Hope he does well here =]

lol I was also pretty happy with the horribly one sided final comment! I wasn't aware we got hammered?! For my mind it was a pretty dull final neither team really deserved to win.

Daft IMO Surman isn't a good LB and was superb in MF on tuesday. Mills also looked decent against Lee Croft who is no mug and ripped Sheff Utd a new one just over a week ago. Personally I think the team that ended tuesdays game (bar paterson) should be allowed a chance on the basis that were trying to get a decent run going.

Was sat near to the youth players last night ( well the non playing variety) they were all commenting about Pekhart and how they thought he wasn't a very technically gifted player and were suprised he'd managed to get signed by Spurs. For what its worth i thought he was poor last night and deserved to be taken off.

A Jasmine Wright for our times? To be fair to him I thought he coped well tonight aside from a few misguided passes. Great game and I thought even BWP looked alright today =]

Ha I was just speaking to a mate about this very issue, Norwich at home then Coventry away both sound winnable so you know what Saints will probably go and do ... I hate to use an Adrian Chiles (lol at least I think thats his surname) from the beeb quote but "its the hope thats such a killer" when supporting saints, another win and we seem comfortable a loss on tuesday and we're back in the mire.

You are so right Scoob 20th place after 8 games what a vindication of the system so far =] 2ndly seeing as we played or at least started with a 4-4-2 formation does that still count as our total football system? ;-)

To be fair Euell was gash for more than "a month" he was garbage until Pearson arrived after which he started showing some quality in the middle. I'd much rather have him in the team than Gillett. Hopefully he can hurry up and get back from injury and into some fitness along with Skacel and Holmes. With those three in the team and playing 2 up front I'm sure we'd see a big improvement. Alas not much hope of that.

Although I agree he hasnt set the world on fire this season he has looked the next best option to Holmes whilst we persist with not playing Skacel. I've seen nothing from any other player played on the wing this season to suggest there is anyone else deserving of a chance in the team. This has been compounded by the seemingly stupid move of loaning in an untried and hardly prolific striker in return ( 3 goals in 15 games for Northampton). The management are again showing a complete lack of long term thought. Seeing as JP has said we currently dont have enough wingers at least good ones, to play his system I should hope this finally leads to him having a go with a different system that our players will be happy with, 1 up front is just crappage! Any chance of a decent CB or CM in now? oh whilst we're at it a LB and RB would be nice too!

Dear Jan, I would be happy if you left and suggest Nigell Pearson returned as manager post haste. I realise you have had a tough time since coming here but You're clearly not up to selecting an adequate team and seem pre-occupied with ****ish tactis and systems that you yourself tell us we don't have the players for. Where was the 2 strikers up front tonight? Why did it take 50 mins to realise McG needed support? Why take Skacel up to Rotherham (presumably seeing as he was in the squad) and then not even have him on the bench? In short Jan you seem like a nice bloke but you are making mistakes that I wouldn't make so on your bike =] thank you

Yes I understand your concerns but lets break these changes down .... Cork to RB from CB - Wotton as we saw is a capable CB and who else do you suggest we play at right back? Another player with zero experience? Surman to CM - Surman is clearly not a left back and really should only be played there when we have no specialist about e.g. Mills Unfortunately we have NO proper wingers to replace Holmes and surely Cork is the 2nd choice right back seeing as he is our utility defender. Personally I'm very happy JP is looking at other formations clearly the one we are playing isnt suitable unless you have the 2 wingers actually attacking as wingers instead of ALWAYS cutting in ala Dyer, Thomson, BWP or MgD

1/6th of the season is only 7.6 games though ;-) Its pretty clear we will struggle and using pointless stats like your's will only perpetuate the problems IMO of course. We clearly need decent full backs and probably to revert to two players up front. Clearly AL is good enough to play anywhere across midfield so playing a system just to accomodate his "in the hole" role is daft.

Whilst we are bringing back players from else where, heres a vote for sagga. I think he would really be useful in this set up and certainly worth having to play with John as they seemed to work well together last season. Just to be really controversial hows about we play 2 strikers up front rather than 2 crap ones on the wings and a big tall unit with no crosses coming into him up front? 4-4-2 anyone? Sounds to me that at the moment our total football only works box to box inside ours and theirs we seem to fall to bits :-(

lol this is Saints though so expect an 89th minute winner from John Macken who's just come on now :-( Sounds like we are playing quite well but maybe trying too hard to walk it into the net!

Have to say I agree. The atmosphere is crap aside from the northam but I'm really not keen on sitting behind the goals. I have now sat in block 4,5 and in something like 36,37 in the kingsland and its just not the same. The Brum cup game felt like a reserve match to me and there was diddly squat in block 5 for the blackpool game. Its so gutting to attend the game yet come away feeling your support has been muted. I could never understand why so many of our fans seem to like to sit quietly throughout a match. The lack of atmosphere certainly helped make my decision to stay home last night as well as money but I'm sure I will be back next saturday!

Aw yeah I remember how he failed to mark Blackstock and their other fella ... o wait that was Lancashire :-p Davis is fast becoming a MUST keep player and is easily player of the season so far ... says all you need to know ey!

Welcome to Saints play on sky ;-) I'd quite like to see the team as ... Davis James Perry Cork Surman Wotton Schnierdlin Dyer Holmes Lallana John Possibly Mcgoldrick in for Dyer. I also wouldn't mind seeing Skacel on the bench, I don't know what others think but I think Holmes seems to get found out 2nd half of games when the other team realise he's not bad and mebbe gets marked out of the game abit. Would be nice to give them a different problem with Skacel who despite many posters views providd a shed load of assists in the play off season. Aternatively at least try swapping Holmes and the right winger over a bit more to try and keep him in the game. Feel free to shoot me down :-D

Becauase he has more experience? Because he's actually pretty damn good? Because we want to win today? Theres 3 to be going on with. I have to say Cork was the nuts against Brum and also deserves his chance. Just because he's a loanee doesnt mean we shouldn't play him else what would be the point paying his wages?

So you're saying he isnt accomplished? ;-) Personally I think Cork should be in for Svensson none of the others are worth considering at the moment.

Really? Had the ball alot did nothing with it. tackled every time he had the ball in a dangerous position because of his stupid need to step over everytime he attacked. Couldnt see anything about him Id want in our team :-)