VectisSaint

Impress in training I would think

Missing Morgan?

...or more precisely you have held this view since about 1984.

Is the commentator winning the aerial battles, or just taking the mic?

Too soon to judge, you have to wait until Christmas to make such observations.

Isgrove hurt, replaced by Tadic

Who said they were struggling? 7 points from 4 games so far, one defeat, hardly struggling.

Yes

Groin strain.

Hell of a difference between 3 players who have come through from the Youth/Academy and a player who has come from another League with many years of experience and 240 senior appearances.

The 20 he lost also would have gone to the opposition

Oh FFS, we are playing Wet Sham on Saturday and then we have a week off, what we really need is to play the first team as far as possible to get them match fit and build up an understanding. Seems like RK agrees with this approach, thank goodness, just not playing one or two who are not 100%.

Well, he has received the ball far more times than anyone else in an aerial duel (36 times, couldn't see anyone else above 20 in the PL). That would suggest that he has had the service that RK wanted him to have.

There seem to be some simple folk on here who seem to think elapsed time spent on a forum discussing possible transfers equates to elapsed time spent by the Club wrapping up a complex transfer.

16/36 or 44.4% if you like.

WhoScored.com actually have him winning 16, as said more than anyone else. 16 out of 36 though puts things in perspective. Indicates we are lumping the ball to him with the expectation that he will headers because of his stature, but in fact he wins less than 1 in 2 and hence possession is lost. Look at Liverpool stats, Skrtel won almost every aerial duel (6/7), even Lovren won 6 out of 10, not bad for a ****. But to be fair to Pelle in both games once Long came on he did much better at winning headers. Question then is why he can win hardly any headers when Long is not on the pitch? Is it because we play different style, or more likely from what I have seen that he is then trying to win knock downs rather than directing header in terms of a pass or an attempt at goal. To me he has been poor so far, his atheticism and his body language are poor, and his pass completion rate backs this up (only Forster is worse for Saints). RK needs to play him in a different system than what he is doing in the first half of games. Seems odd to me that RK knows his game so well but fails to play to his strengths.

But you and SOG still felt the need to reply to a thread that you don't think is needed. Why not just ignore it if you don't like it? It was a reasonable subject, a bit of idle speculation about what may happen over the next week.

Pity doing an interview that you didn't ask what he is doing now, has he a got a club lined up? Actually wish he was still available to us, even on a non-contract basis, we could still do with him on the bench to help shore us up in the last 10 minutes or so, and maybe as a striker he is CURRENTLY a better option than Pelle. Notice that he didn't mention any of the players that have left when he mentions who he misses. Good man, and seems odd at St Mary's without him being around.

Agreed, anyone who actually watched the match will know that MS put in a full shift and his tackling and ball winning was back almost to top notch. He did look a bit rusty against Liverpool, but that was down to a very short pre-season, 1 or 2 weeks depending on who you listen to. The team as a whole was **** on Saturday, but Vic and Morgan completely snuffed out their attacking midfield, just like their MF snuffed out ours.

Merriam-Webster - an American Dictionary of the English Language. Its usage refers to the value of a quarter of a dollar. AFAIK the use of the dollar in England, GB or UK was not common in 1730. Two-bit is an Americanism. If you want to find out about its usage in British English you need to refer to the Oxford Dictionary.

I doubt he heard it. I heard nothing from the Northam yesterday (one OWTS apart). Quiet as doormice. Good job the Baggies made some noise otherwise I would have thought I had gone deaf.

It is when there is a week's break afterwards. We actually also don't have that many options at the moment. Keep the same team, except start with Long instead of Davis or JWP. Nothing else makes any logical sense at this stage. Team needs time together and this is the ideal opportunity with a break looming.

Cue Bagpuss appearing on Sky several times in the coming week bemoaning the players he has and looking for Fernandez (? is he still owner) dipping in his pocket to buy a few more in. I predict at least one shot of saggy chops leaning out of open car window giving a few sound bites along these lines.

Of course booing is stupid. I also remember Mick and the stick he got in his early days and all the others you mention. Its true that players have less time, but usually in circumstances where they have been brought in too late in the day and with the clear aim that hey are are going to be the main man for a certain position, and main striker is one of the most exposed positions on the pitch. The team has a pressing need to get going quickly with the relatively easy start in terms of fixtures this season. The frustration though is due to the fact that GP has looked so far adrift of what is needed in the PL in his two games so far, unable to win a header (at least in the first half of a game, or until Shane Long comes on alongside to help). He gives no indication that he can hack it, gets pushed off the ball very easily and his head drops as soon as it happens. He is getting plenty of service and yet he does not seem able to win the ball or control the ball and hold it up. Its going to be a long season if the guy does not show a bit more tenacity, he's a big guy and ought to be able to hold his own. We have no other options at the moment, and hence some people are frustrated. He looks a poor signing, so far, and its difficult to see how he will bridge the gap in the next 2 or 3 games. But I truly hope he does. We do not have the luxury of being able to say, lets wait and see how he is doing halfway through the season. At least when Michael was falling on his arse in 66 we had Big Ron and initially Martin Chivers banging in the goals, at the moment we have no-one doing the same to take the load off of Pelle until he beds in. Not all his fault, but part of the problem caused by the weakness of the Board during the summer letting players go too easily and not getting replacements in beforehand, but that's another argument.