Charlie Wayman

It was always assumed that Hasenhuttl was a genius at developing young players and getting the best from them although in retrospect there is little evidence of his success at doing so. Ely always showed glimpses of talent but until recently never got the chance to settle in the team and prove his worth. Now he seems to improve with every game. He was always good off the ball and now his on the ball skills are beginning to have an impact on team performance. Although he had only a cameo role in the defeat of Man City, he seemed able to ghost past players in midfield to set up attacks with ease. There is more to this man than meets the eye and it may be that Jonesey (;-) ) might just have the knack of finding the switch that sets this guy free. I am not only not surprised that Ely might be offered a new contract but am personally delighted.

Kevin Keegan?

Just not being. Shearer, Wright or Jenas makes him a very good pundit.

He probably has similar thoughts about you?

Lots of Humble Pie on menus today up and down the country. The forum’s favourite whipping boys Djenepo, Diallo & Lyanco seem to know what they’re doing after all. Apparently that waste of space Mara can play a bit as well.

Quite. No longer a question of who was that Charlie Wayman bloke, who was Mick Channon?

Yet the French have this annoying habit of winning the odd World Cup?

Don’t forget the Maya Yoshida link. Expect one or two from Japan’s World Cup side to come on board.

Bloody hell! How big do you think England is? He can commute from Manchester and see the family at weekends. It's not as if he will last very long.

That's ruled us out on two counts then.

Ah! but is he fit to wear the shirt and do you want to see him in a Saints shirt again?

About bloody time!

Utter garbage

Grannies they may be but they made the effort to go up there and stand in the pouring rain to support our team. They are stars!

Whoops there goes another rubber tree plant.

Extraordinary claims being made by @Pilchards & @St Louis, are they really insiders or indeed are they club employees? I wouldn't get your hopes up too high lads, nobody up top has the guts to admit they were wrong about Jones so chances of him being sacked as many would like are close to zero. Bookies odds suggest nothing is imminent.

Keep getting the digs in my friend despite the fact that he has been our outstanding player of late.

The task is hopeless now. No amount of wishful thinking will see us survive this debacle and nor should we, we are collectively terrible. There are many on here who will never see Saints in the Premier League again. This is what is left of the carcas after death by a thousand cuts, enjoy it before it rots completely.

Have you talked to a psychologist recently? It might be a good idea, they can intervene often before it's too late.

Effing brilliant!

Bournemouth and WHU are equally bad. There's your three for the drop.

Blimey, seeing as though we're on only 12 pts at the moment where on earth are you expecting your other 16 to come from?

Saints fans seem to like having a baldy in midfield.

So when the rest of us are nicely settled and our food and drinks are nicely balanced on our knees, along comes you at the last minute to get us all up again, pasties landing upside dow on the bloke in front's head and coffee all down our trousers and our day's ruined but you think that's OK. Get a bit of empathy for the rest of us mate.

The only problem with that is that one wise owl or another on here has said exactly the same about every single player in our line-up bar KWP. None of them apparently "fit to wear the shirt" and "should be nowhere near the first team" and "never want to see them in a Saints shirt again" Maybe you know the answer to this conundrum cos sure as eggs it's got me stumped.