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Yoshi is probably our best CB, and paired with Fonte looks very assured. He must never ever play RB or LB again, playing a CB as a WB is just plain stupid, and poor Yoshi is not the right man for that job. Of course nor is Jos, who would be even worse. But what are the options if Fox really is injured (and useless) and so is Richardson? One of the youngsters or Dickson? Or maybe it would be better to play Punch as a LB until we get a proper one in (I thought when Richardson got injured that NA would drop Punch into defence and bring on Guly). I think Punch could do the job if he was detailed to do it, my only concern would be his lack of discipline (and I don't mean getting booked, just ability to concentrate on the job he is given). Another alternative may have been to push Steve Davis to defence and bring on JWP in his place. We are screwed at LB at the moment, and there are some options, however unattractive they might be, but Yoshi and Jos should not be considered as optional LBs under any circumstances.

I was not unhappy that Hammond went, I think we have better and apart from Cork's injury we are not really short in this area. I wasn't surprised to see Harding go, but letting him go without getting a replacement was a big mistake. We could certainly use his experience now, either instead of Fox (much better defensively, but not as good going forward) or at least as an able backup while Fox has a little rest. Better option than Yoshi who although very good at CB cannot play as a LB or RB. Letting him go like we did makes me almost certain that we had someone lined up but the deal fell through, whether that was Buttner or someone else is another matter. I liked Harding and I am sure he could have coped in the PL, without necessarily being a star.

i think this forum has had a problem for some time. I don't think the transfer window will help the forum problems at all.

Who isn't behind the team already, other than a few cyber warriors on here, some of whom don't go to matches anyway. You get a very different perspective on here than if you actually go to SMS.

This really doesn't add up. If he needed rest then how come he played 2 full games for the Jocks in the last week. If he has an injury such as this then he should not have been released by the Club, the same as Fergie or Arsene would do if there was an injured Manure or Arse player.

So, anyone going to the Evening with MLT on Thursday at Cowes Haven YC and fancy asking him to elaborate on why Nic is a not very nice person?

I see the old anti Matt Oakley brigade have been released again.

60% of our defence yesterday did not play for us in the Championship. Well done you for predicting the future. People can make any situation fit the things they said without actually considering any facts.

You apparently, and a few others with your conspiracy theories. Could it be that somehow our targets did not materialise? We were certainly going for 2 CBs when we were out in Switzerland. We have also signed one since. We were also clearly looking to sign a LB until Manure turned his head.

Nice try, but we already played Wigan, and were awful against them, probably our worst display so far against a truly awful team.

I don't understand the logic of replacing Gazza with Boruc and not at least keeping him on the bench. Are we sure he was not injured? I think Boruc would be my first choice but just seems odd after Gazza has played well since he replaced KD. Unless NC insists on KD being in the squad.

Maybe a few sleepless nights this week will have the desired effect on GB.

You just beat me to it, my daughter sent me the link 2 hours ago, it was £100 then, now £460 and 9 days left...

Just because a club pays millions doesn't mean he was good. Don't get me wrong, I liked Beatts when he played for us, but often a player works well in a particular environment but doesn't translate well elsewhere. Even Mick Channon struggled when he went to Man City (not to mention Torres at Chelski). Some managers get more out of players than others by playing to their strengths. It cannot be denied that Beattie had a poor first touch, compared to SRL who is actually a very gifted footballer. They were/are both top strikers of the ball, and both are deadly from the spot, but I would take Lambert any day if given a straight choice - he brings much more to the team.

This stuff from MLT and Mr Peach really is so dull. So Mr Cortese is "not a very nice person". So what, who cares, even if its true (and being not very nice is very subjective). Roam Abramovich is not a very nice person, I suspect the people running Man City and Blackburn are not very nice, we have lots of not very nice people running football clubs, look at the whole host of them down the M27, gun runners, and other ne'er do wells. We have not very nice people running businesses, we have not very nice people running the country, we have some not very nice people who are footballers and some who were footballers. Our previous chairman was not very nice either. There are lots of not very nice people out there. It would be great if everyone was very nice and we all loved each other and world peace broke out. Life's a ***** sometimes. People who are successful in business are often ruthless, I am sure there are some aspects of Cortese's business and even personal ways are not to my taste or many others. Its a non-issue. The fact is that Cortese was instrumental in saving the Club along with the man that we all think was a very nice man (though very few of us actually know that for sure) and within reason as long as Cortese continues to run the club in a way that makes us more likely to be successful we should let him get on with it. If he was to start biting the heads off live chickens on the pitch, or using our cash to fund the KKK or something similar then maybe we would take all this stuff a bit more seriously. Please can the one or two individuals involved just shut the **** up unless they have something substantial and substantiated to say that would mean that this man is not a fit and proper person to run a football club. If you don't like the bloke, thats fine, we all have people that we don't like, but most don't go around **** stirring and making themselves look foolish.

Its not just new posters, unless you are one of a small elite band you may as well not bother. The forum is hardly worth bothering with these days, every thread gets hijacked by the same small bunch of bores who end up just arguing with each other. If I could work out how I would cancel my subscription renewal (although I think it was only recently renewed).

No, but he is the Japanese Marian Pahars

I was planning to go along and boo Hoddle. Seems like I have missed out. First home game missed since last Christmas.

Agreed, I think this would be Corteste's nightmare, not dream. he may be a good defender but is the sort of person I would hate to have anywhere near Southampton. He is a total ****, and even now an acknowledged liar according to the FA following the Terry hearing. If we are fantasising (because that is what this is) i would rather have Baines now.

Actually from the evidence I have seen this season they have changed their style quite a bit, and are now playing some reasonably decent stuff on the floor. They still mix it up a bit when they feel like it though, which is a good thing, changing your tactics to suit, pity Woy did not do that on Friday, still trying to play pretty football around a parked bus.

Not when you can use your hands instead. Cheating b'stard.

As I said I don't really disagree with you, but you have to remember that until relatively recently Africa only had one or two entries in the World Cup, so there was no real motivation to have it less frequently, and in addition it used to be that the majority of the players played in their home countries. Its only a pain they have it every 2 years because it affects us Europeans. As I said I hate international football anyway, personally I would limit internationals to a 4 week period every summer and have done with it.

Why would we not play him? I think NA would play him if he was not injured, and given his latest injury was self-inflicted he has no-one to blame but himself. I think we will see him play quite frequently, in my opinion him and SRL up front is the best option, with Mayuka probably interchanging with Chung.

Every 2 years, is that too frequently (in my opinion it is because I hate international football)? Its happened twice in 2 years 2012 & 2013 because Blatter insisted it was changed to odd-numbered years to avoid World Cup years.

And don't forget they are missing Chung.