revolution saint

I can't believe some people. OK Lambert did a good job yesterday managing a great Colchester performance against Norwich but do we really need a new manager again? Give Pardew a chance FFS!

I've not had the benefit of video replays but any chance he had looked tame to me. Actually i don't blame him for that but i do blame him for poncing around and looking like he couldn't give one. As for chasing down channels, i didn't see enough of it it but isn't that what a centre forward is supposed to do?

Nah, he showed nothing to me. I'll agree he had little service though but was rubbish when he did get the ball. As for running around? Must have missed that but surely we can get someone better to run around and achieve the square route of f**k all?

Strange how we can see a game totally different. I thought he was sh!te.

I thought lallana did OK but none of the forwards read his passes. For this div, in an unfamiliar role he was alright. Saganowski though? He played like he has a contract sewn up at another club - I hope he does because on that performance I'd never play him again. Pay up his contract and get rid - I can take players who have motivation but not skill. Saga has limited ability and by today's showing zero inclination to put in a shift.

This year's Darren Moore? We need a big lump of a centre half but I haven't seen much of him to really make a judgement. By all accounts he sounds like he could fit the bill though.

I only smoke when stood in the stand at SMS queueing to get out in the hope some beady eyed steward will haul me out and I can jump the queue. So far no chance. Perhaps they were doing that at Alton Towers though?

RIP Bobby. I've just been trawling through youtube and the thing that comes across isn't what a great manager he was (though obviously he was) but what a great man he was. Genuinely likeable, humble, interesting, funny and many other things. He's like the nations favourite Grandad. He was a top bloke and proof that nice people get what they deserve - respect and affection.

There aren't many people, if any, with a bad word to say about Bobby Robson. Always came across as a good bloke, good manager and good player and also genuinely seemed happy, priviledged and happy with the life he'd led. Bobby has dignity and earnt the respect he's got. It'll be a sad day when he dies but at least he knows how much he's appreciated. Fair play Bobby - there aren't many people in football who deserve the accolade of being a decent man but he definitely does.

Having been close ourselves (though not that close) I can't help but feel sorry for Livi fans. I don't know too many details but it can't be good to support them right now. Hopefully the poor sods will get a mega rich backer.

I got the impression Murty would sign like a shot. At his age he's not going to get many championship clubs after him and they'd probably all be oop norf so we make sense for him. The fact he hasn't signed and we haven't announced offering him a contract (whereas we did Stern John) suggests: 1) AP just doesn't think he's up to it (in which case surely he'd be gone by now?) 2) AP thinks he can get a better right back (Isn't Danny Mills on a free?). 3) They're just haggling over a contract. My guess is probably it's either 2 or 3. If it's 3 then I think Murty will sign for us because i can't see him getting a club as convenient and attractive as us for him. As the season gets closer that will start to make him think. Incidentally that goes for all free agents at the moment - they can play teams off against each other for a while but sooner or later they'll have to commit or run the risk of being in the wilderness. Any decent free agent will be snapped up by this time next week and maybe that's what Pardew is working on.

I'd like to keep any of Saga, Rasiak or John if they can prove they're motivated. If not they're pretty useless to us and I'd rather they leave. John would be better than the other two but he wasn't exactly brilliant at Bristol City was he? If he left it wouldn't be the end of the world. Rasiak is in a difficult situation. I simply can't see anyone in the championship matching his wages and all the noises suggest he isn't really interested in a paycut. If money is what motivates him he'll probably be better seeing out his contract here however I'd rather we pay it up and get rid if his heart isn't in it. Saga? The best way to get a committed performance out of him is to pay off his contract and then sign him on a season long pay as you play deal. He hasn't been that great since we signed him permanently. When I first started supporting Saints we always had some 1st teamers that were definites on the team sheet and ones I always hoped we could hold on to. Now though I listen to the team sheet and shrug - there are players I prefer over others but not to any major degree. We could do with some players that simply "want it" more than anyone else and that may have to come from the lower divisions. Anyway, we've generally had a pretty lousy record when signing so called decent players - Hirst, Groves, Delap, Hughes, Petrescu, Dixon and Speedie spring to mind. They all had decent repututations and didn't really deliver. The ones that did were either home grown or slipped under the radar and became heroes. Of course I'm generalising and there are exceptions though. It would be helpful if we could sort it out earlier than later but this is Saints. I'm still surprised not to be hitting F5 on a takeover thread.

Legend if only for that interview he did where someone asked him what he would be if he wasn't a footballer. His reply was "virgin".

Austin's Dad scored didn't he? Sky curse is nonsense - we lost too many games whether we were on Sky or not.

After the game I went fishing and look what I caught! Sorry lads. In all seriousness if it floats your boat then fine. Cricket doesn't really do much for me but fair play to everyone there - it sounds like you had a good time.

He's nothing like Doddsy. I'd sign him on that performance but we'd to sacrfifice a genuine winger on the right side to accommodate him - it takes him half hour to get back from the oppo half! Luckily his crosses are good enough that most of the time he can jog back because we've just scored a goal.

Yep, Football (albeit a meaningless friendly) is far more exciting than that past time called cricket. I watched what i could but it's always Saints first for me.

Murty was Number 2 I think? As a friendly though I don't think the squad numbers were used? To be honest I only used the numbers when referring to the hearts players - incidentally their numbers 9, 10 and 7 all looked quality.

Mills, Harding and Holmes have the left side pretty much sorted. Certainly Mills and Harding were solid and not without invention today and it's not an area I'd be much concerned about this season. As long as we have two of those three fit then we should be OK. Right side is more of a problem. I think Murty may have done enough today to get the RB slot. He still looks fat and unfit but his cross for our goal was great. We've missed that quality. Maybe James can fill in in front of him and defensively that would be OK - I'd wonder if it had enough creativity though. Still leaves where to fit in Lallana though. He's definitely quality and especially in this league. He can create chances and deserves to be in the mix but frankly at the moment I'd take a good team performance over his sporadic glimpses of talent. As he progresses we may need to accommodate him but he's not there yet.

Saints every single day of the week and twice on Sundays. I love England and all that but not with the same passion as Saints. I've only ever been to one England game (Keegan's first as manager) and I found the crowd was packed with a fair number number of right wing nutters who just wanted to boo the opposition anthem. To be fair that was a minority but still a fairly large minority. The real clincher though was when we scored. When Saints score it's an instinctive leap out of the seat and celebration but that's not the case when England score - I'm happy but not in the same way. Perhaps I'm just not jingoistic enough. Whoever said that England are more important because it would have been with English players presupposes we have a connection with people just because they happened to have been born in the same country. Sure it's there to an extent but the attraction is probably more to do with a shared interest within the country and everyone getting excited about it rather than the players themselves - I don't feel any more connection with rich over paid players that exist in a different world to me than I would, for example, with Marians Pahars. The Ashes are a good example of this - I don't particularly like cricket that much but the hype and interest around the country are what makes it interesting and good to watch.

Euell always seemed very average to me. Granted I didn't see every game he played but I saw quite a few. He may have done well compared to the rest of the team on occasions but that wasn't really saying much. I can live with his departure but good luck to him.

I'd agree that we need someone to really stamp their authority on a game as captain. Personally I don't think it should be anyone already at the club though. Hopefully Pardew can bring someone in to do the kind of role Wotton was brought in for. No ideas really but off the top of my head maybe someone like Matty Holland?

Probably been posted before:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nRE1vC4ijM He talks a good game anyway and it seems like he didn't want to come back to just any club. TBH I'm just happy that we're back to a proper manager and no more experiments.

No, I'd prefer to talk about Hoddle. Much like you really.

Are you too a Hoddle fan? Oh thank god to find someone else just like me! Maybe we could meet up for a drink sometime? You're not disabled though are you?