Charlie Wayman

...but he shouldn't be, not yet, nowhere near ready.

One good point from yesterday was seeing Gao at the match. Obviously there to see his new players in action. Good news also that he could afford the train fare so rumours of us being broke are just a little wide of the mark. Our football has sunk to an all time low when fans have seen very little to interest them other than a couple of fouls in the penalty area. We were promised high press, swift recovery and lots of fast forward play excitement as per the miles of video footage of RB Leipzig in action. Sigh! Those were the days eh?

What's your own view or can you only criticise other people's? At least he offers something for others to think about.

We joke about Lovely old Les but since he got that job at the FA it is noticeable that Southgate has rocked up at a Saints match or two. Co-incidence or what? Maybe he's still pushing 'his' super Academy at Staplewood line even know. Friends in high places are always worth having. Maybe he'll be more use to us there than here?

We'll need a 200% improvement in our play over the lamentable display of Wednesday evening to come away from there with anything. They are in a fine vein of form and seem to have found their self belief again. They were always a good side and their league position is surprising after last year's heroics. Dyke is still a good manager and we are easy to read so like Palace they will probably neutralise our high press with balls over the midfield to the wingers who will likely run Valery & Targett ragged all afternoon. The omens are not good as you say. I think it will be the odd goal either way that settles it.

Told you so! Nobody is surprised are they. Asset strippers are always asset strippers. Time to rid ourselves of these grasping, profiteering owners and their sycophantic servants but how?

Goal machine? LOL he has been called many things including a "useless waste of space" and a "t*sser" but "goal machine". I'll have some of what you're on please.

Quick recall Forster before he decides to leave! Didn't take long for the hatchet brigade to find a new target did it.

Who else was playing for Saints tonight other than Romeu. So many invisible players. Must assume Hojberg was concussed.

Right on message, you should get a job offer from Ralph K tomorrow morning.

The OS says no change to a winning side. We had a choice? They are probably the only fit first team players we have.

and plenty don't! As one of your illustrious MP's in Parliament said this evening "We've been shafted once again by the ruling party"

Not me Chris, BBC. Yes, I know they love a crises and go to great length to scare the tits off people but I live miles away from town far out in a remote part of the Forest and salting lorries don't have these places on their sat-navs. When it snows we can be locked in for days.

Very Hoddle-esque. Obviously a big fan.

The trick will be to keep him starved of the ball, if Hoj & Oriol are on song he may not fancy one-on-one with those guys one little bit. I'm not saying we should intimidate him out of the game... ...yes I am! On another less hopeful note, the local weather forecast for Wednesday evening is pretty horrendous, heavy snow from 5 pm with temps at 2 or 3C. Going to make life very difficult for fans trying to get to town and pretty dodgy walking to the stadium as well. I suspect the police might intervene and get the club to call it off.

Don't worry chaps we've got Valery to snuff out the Zaha threat

A bit fishy would you not say?

That's not true, they've all been our first choices at various times. If they are not now or have not been recently that's only because Hassenhuttl may have been following the club's agenda to marginalise these players, **** them off so that they wanted out in order to justify selling them. You can bet your life these guys are still very good footballers and will flourish again under more imaginative and sympathetic management.

I think so, sounds very much like a cash call from the owner

So what happened to the old mantra that PL clubs need two top class players in every position to allow for injuries and rotation? Are Guardiola and Klopp wrong or the newcomer Hassenhuttl? Sounds to me like he is listening to our owners too much, small equals beautiful equals cheap equals profitable sales!!!!!!!

LOL

This is effing madness, we're being mugged again by the corporate greedies. It's so predictable but FA we can do about it.

Not expecting Bertie or Lemina back anytime soon having listened intently to what RH was saying at the fans forum t'other evening. Not just about injury recovery and physical fitness anymore these guys have to do at least 30 sprints at full power to satisfy the rules of the new regime. Leave a dirty boot on the floor after training and you're dead meat! Can't see poor old Bertie doing 30 anytime.

Agree but according to RK we have over 400 people in the building now and they all have to be paid and lots of them are fiercely ambitious and looking all the time for wage increases. Why on earth we need 400 people to run a modest sized football club is beyond me. Sounds like the classic empire building that goes on in all organisations that do not have sufficient external over-sight into what is going on. Very Civil Service like, free money (i.e. Taxpayers or Sky/BT) always seems to bring with it corporate irresponsibility until reigned in by external factors. Bet we could be run well enough with half that number. Wonder what our Corporate Governance performance is like, assuming we have a CG Policy in the first place. There is some evidence of money being needlessly squandered by this e costly and ridiculous pre-match high shows that serve no purpose whatsoever after the first time other than damage the environment and keep a few front row folk warm on a nippy day!

Thought with Lemina injured and Hojberg suspended he might have got the call. Listening to what Ralph H had to say the other evening about preparing every individual player for his style of play we may have to assume that he is not quite there yet in terms of athleticism and obedience to the plan.