Andy Durman

Please don't underestimate the quality that Connolly brings to our team. He is a very intelligent and experienced player. Look at his contribution at Nottingham and Ipswich away. Some of our best phases of football have included Connolly. Don't be ageist! He is still a very good player and is what our dressing room needs in the final 10 games.

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43 Live in Vienna, Austria and Cambridge, England. My family is based in Vienna, but I currently work 2 weeks of every month in Cambridge. Started supporting the Saints after I went to see them at Wembley in the 1977 League cup final against Nottingham Forest (lost 2-3) what a goal by Nick Holmes.

I make it that Alpine had only 6 hours of sleep last night!

DIDN'T WE WIN????? DID CHAPLOW PLAY???? THOUGHT NOT. Please lets not underestimate how important closing the ball down and winning it back is in the beautiful game. Both Cork and Chaplow are vital in this team for that reason alone.

This is what gets me about rascism! He isn't black he's more dark brown and i'm not white i'm more lighter brown with a bit of pink! We both have a different skin colour. We do look different. Stop using the rascist card all the time.

Very good thread & puts perspective to the morning after. Boy was I disappointed last night!

Totally F**ked Off With This Result!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Never Felt so deflated!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope I Feel More Positive In The Morning.

Look at the Chaplow to win ratio and you'll see that its all down to Chaplow being in the team.

Its your Mum that needs to question her sanity its only NZ. Get your priorities right!!!!

Game of opinions. We don't agree on Chaplow, but we do agree on which team we support!!!

If Puncheon plays he needs to play right side, but I think Guly will play and Lallana will be fit. Chaplow may need a rest along with Cork. I think we may also see Connolly. Connolly can hold the ball and will improve the forward passing and movement.

I just have to disagree Chaplow put in a magnificient shift against Leeds. Look at the ground he covered the tackles. Chaplow did his job! The biggest problem was that the ball wasn't held up at the front and that Leeds played exceptionally well.

Its like golf we've got a great round going, but we've still got 4 holes to play and we all know what can happen. They maybe easy holes, but you've still got to keep your nerve and concentrate. Not get ahead of yourself. One shot one swing at a time. In Nigel We Trust!!!!!!!!!

Just a few points: - Cork is human and can have a bad game once in a while. Look at our team that beat Ipswich away 2-5. Connolly was fantastic in his link up play with Lambert & Lallana. Guly played well. Puncheon cannot replace Lallana on the left. This is a home game and will be totally different to playing Leeds away. We may need a freshen up. We certainly don't need a shake up.

I have a feeling that those extra 2 hours & 20 minutes will make the difference and Lallana will be fit!

Learning the trade. D & R is a great place to get some perspective. It'll toughen him up & make him a better player

I also think we'll see the real Billy Sharp this weekend. Fingers crossed!

I think when we came second in what was the 1st Division probably was our best squad. Can anyone name that squad????

All things considered (first class etc) I actually don't see a problem for Lee being on the bench. Don't change your sleep pattern etc. Even if Lee wasn't on international duty I still think Adkins was going to pick Sharp. This boy is very hungry to achieve and this is just the game for him.

I think they all look tough games. Gonna have another look when there are only 10 games to go

I see the biggest problem will be replacing Richardson. Yes Cork will replace him, but he wasn't great last time. Don't like the thought of Harding either. We shall see

Great if you could do this every week for those living abroad. Cheers Saintmatt

Well done! Very imaginative

Looking forward to seeing Jos the Boss return. Should have our strongest team. Will give us all some indicators as to the pecking order of players in our squad