VectisSaint

Hands up, it appears it was Davis (found it on the Mail so it must be right). Relying on Solent commentary today who said it was Clasie during the match and then all the comments on the match thread confirmed this. Apologies.

It was Clasie. I know its hard to tell them apart from a distance.

Maybe he will give Ron one of his motivational speeches. That might be enough for Ron to decide walk, I know I would if I had to listen to one.

About 2 weeks ago, before Arsenal, that aberration just took the focus away from a situation that had already developed.

What utter ********? Most of the signings were Koeman's (or strictly Koemen's). Thank **** for Romeu.

What attacking players? You mean all those ones who cannot score for toffee?

Maybe he was late. Seems odd to have left him out unless he has an injury, especially now that we have finally found someone who can take corners from our right. Expect the formation to change if we have any sort of injury issue because apart from Cedric we don't have any defenders on the bench, hopefully it won't happen.

No it isn't. That is why I said partly. Along with the 6 defeats. It woulb rank stupidity to suggest we are heading for top 6 but there if you want to believe that is possible despite all of the evidence thats down to you.

Too true, partly why we are heading for a relegation scrap, because we couldn't beat a team that is already resigned to being in the Championship last season.

Maybe "prem opposition" is a bit strong :-)

You should know whenever Chief Helmet leads his little chum always follows. Best just put them on ignore, and hope one day they will go away.

He means "away". Yes they will change for next season because we won't have Adidas from what I have heard on here.

Oooh, nasty...

Did I miss the punishment handed out by Ron to Vic? What was it?

Martina actually. He was brought in as a backup at RB, CB and LB, and it was particulary pertinent for a LB as Bertrand missed the beginning of the season and so Target was the only cover.

It was his second appearance he got injured, not his debut. He had already come on as a sub the previous week and Koeman was impressed enough to give him a start against Everton. His injury was actually quite serious and kept him out for a while, but he did come back much sooner than expected. It was bad timing, it did seem that he might have made a bit of a breakthrough otherwise. Still looks to me to be too slight, he needs to bulk up a bit, but he is a decent player technically. But its another indication that Koeman has changed this season, from last, and is now less inclined to give youngsters a chance, partly because he now has a bigger squad, but partly because he has changed his philosophy.

Maybe we should be looking at Vilhenna again, he may be wanting away from Feyenoord (read down from the Chelsea bit). Seems like a few having Osvaldo moments: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35257926

We have a permanently (during matches) manned police station inside the ground, which we have to pay for, not just the Bobbies outside, which for many matches as you say are few and far between as you say. However for big grudge matches like Boscombe :-) there was a hefty police presence and those horses require a **** load of hay.

Thank you. Although to be fair Norwich had 11 men for the first 30 minutes. I don't often praise the lad but he was more than decent that day alongside Romeu.

2 league goals, lets see that would be the same number as one of our much derided (by you) midfield players in a very poor quality league... Good call

When Lukaku joined Everton they were a top 6 club. It was on loan, but they finished 5th that season.

He probably should stick to writing about coffee. As a supposed Saints supporter he should also take more care of his appearance by trying to avoid wearing cheap-looking Skate-like tracky tops [i know its not a Skate top but it was the first impression when I clicked on his profile]

Best to wait until the second part comes out when there do seem to be some intelligent questions asked.

I think a lot of people on here forget he is only just 20. Younger than a good few of those playing for the U21s last night. A big striker will nearl always take longer to develop than a small nippy striker or midfielder. Some still bleat on about jwp and his age, but he is a year older and had a lot more chance. Sam G is clearly still developing. He's not the answer to our current problems but still looks like he will be for the future. Probably would benefit from a good loan out for rest of season, Aberdeen might be a good shout, if not to a Dutch team.

Refreshing to read an article by someone with a brain. Ronald would do well to ensure Sadio and Vic take a read of this.