VectisSaint

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Pah! Bloody kids. Subbuteo was just updated Newfooty. Actually me and my mates spent days with Subbuteo, local league. Trouble was one damn kid always cheated, not using the regulation flick. Still have Saints somewhere in a box, even though some players have lots of Airfix glue round their ankles!!!

Odd really, he really has.not been that good.this seaon very often. This seems.to be.largely based on how.good.he was last. He clearly now has a reputation. I expect he will be class from now on in.

No coincidence, Sharp will leave but not to join Saints. I thought it was a done deal with the Tractor Boys but seems someone else has trumped them, guessing Leicester or Sunderland.

I noted in his quotes that he said that his Dad is a Saints fan. He used to say he was and wanted to end his career here, seems to have changed his tune now, no evidence of him still being interested in Saints other than for the sake of upsetting his old man. My old man supported the Skates, I had other ideas.

Can't see how he has shown anything in the Prem, played a few decent games for a relegated team, and done nothing with Rangers and clearly isn't needed by mid-table (at best) team. Could be the worst thing to have around our dressing room, and NA has stated quite categorically that he will not play for us again. Can't see how anyone can come to a conclusion that he is a decent bloke based on Twitter, comes over as a complete knobhead if you ask me, but then most people come over as knobheads on Twitter. It really is just about the lowest form of communication these days, even teenager grunts are more expressive and intelligent.

You can't just ship players out, they have contracts, and didn't plan to get injured. You can pay them off, but what's the point? Jaidi and DC are contracted to the end of the season, for sure Jaidi's contract will not be renewed, but maybe DC's will (if he plays a good number of remaining games). As for shipping out Chaplow I do hope you are joking, but suspect you aren't.

Great idea, who needs Lallana.

Mancini claims he plays golf on matchdays. Must be completely daft.

Very much doubt that we would let him go, he seems to fit in perfectly with our ethos, comfortable on the ball, playing out from defence. I also liked to read that he was cosnidered "level headed", again sounds like the sort of player we are developing now. He should have already made his debut for us, he was really due a runout against Swindon in the League Cup but was thwarted by the fact that we struggled to beat a L2 outfit that night. Would probably be good for his development to leave him with Uwe for the rest of the season and assess his prospects then (will be much more difficult for him to break through in the PL).

Bloody hell, so one legged people pay less, Jake the Peg needs to beware.

FFS are you a Skate? Eleven at least, then we can field the entire team in the Final. We don't have to sign mercenaries, for every mercenary player out there, there are at least 10 who are not. Doubt NC would ever sanction signing a player like Tevez, Cashley Cole, Bridge or the like.

What shocked me was when I checked his stats, he has only just played as many games since he left us as he did with us. Considering at one point he held the record for the most consecutive games in the PL, he really has wasted his talent since he left us, no matter how much he has earned. 151 league games for us, 156 league games for all of this other teams in 9 1/2 seasons. At least even at the age of 31 he probably has 3 or 4 more half seasons in him if he wants to continue playing, though it seems he's not that bothered. 5 years since he last scored a goal. Shocking really.

I suppose a small minority could be 1, really don't think any "fans" would have really said this. If anyone did say this then really they are not SFC fans, sound more like the mongs at Blackburn. The real reason to not have Hoddle back was because he had proven himself to be crap unless he was partnered by John Gorman. Hoddle + Gorman = good partnership, Hoddle - Gorman = below average manager

Maynard has said he doesn't want to join Leicester, so unless the problem was SGE (understandable) then I would be suprprised if they followed up. I sincerely hope we do not spend silly money on a player out of contract in the summer. Clearly we didn't consider him value for money in the last window, and would be surprised therefore if we follow up. I think Sharp is more likely target though I think he is more likely to go to Ipswich.

That would be the same WBA who just recalled 3 players from loans because of their injury crisis. Seems a little unlikely as a source for loans.

Rory Donnelly would not be a token NI player.

You do know that England aren't in the Olympics don't you?

Actually half way point of season is 26th after we play Palace, 23 games played out of 46. Not sure how you can sya "patching things up" has cost us 10 points. If you expected to win all 5 games in that time then you are sadly deluded. I could accepat that it may have cost us 4 points (Wham have closed gap by 4) or even 6 (Boro have closed gap by 6) but 10, don't be silly. Apart from Bart I really don't see that we have patched anything up, we have had a few injuries, show me a club that hasn't, most teams would give their right arm for the shortness of our injury list, just ask Allardyce.

Why not at Boro? They have a very poor home record, drawing most of their games, a point would seem quite achievable. They are much better away. Leeds are also quite average at home, their away record is better, and even WHU have a better away record than home. With the last two there is an expectancy from their home supporters which makes them shaky at home. Possibly the same with Boro. I can see us getting at least a point against all three, which of course means taking points from them as well.

Wrong Boyd, we need George not Kris.

I heard he is joining the Kaiser Chiefs on drums. Not even a musician, let alone a footballer.

But he also made it quite clear that he had little or no regard for us since then and had no idea about us this season. I gather from the coverage today that he was also not very prolific when he was with us. If that was the case why did Blackburn pay so much money for him? 43 goals from when he was 17 to 21 is not a bad return in my opinion. Shearer has one love, the Barcodes.

Humphrey may be better known for F1 these days, but he was much better known for football until 2 years ago, presenting Football Focus and Final Score many times. He's a Norwich supporter though so probably has little knowledge of football. He was quite dull today though, granted, but then the whole presenatation was dull. Bit like the Sky Championship presentations, Sky are only any good when it is a top PL game, and ITV have always been ****e at best. Shame really that they got Shearer as the "Saints" player, because it was quite clear that he has no great affection for Saints and had little or no clue about us this season, whereas Claridge as alwasy was very complimentary to Saints and proves over and over again that despite what many on here think that he is actually a very intelligent and fair summariser. As for Martin Keown, please BBC get someone with some personaility.

Not arguing with you about whether Harding is thick, but disagree about him taking responsibility to defend the post, these things are planned to the nth degree on the training field. Clearly its not Harding's job. I hope in the future it won't be Guly's either.