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I don't have any political allegiance, but I do wonder why people think those who earn more should pay more tax.

As for the football, I'd go with: Davis James Jaidi Trottman Harding Waigo Lallana Hammond Mills Lambert Connolly

Possibly, although I'm sure I'd remember if Connolly's wedding vegetables we're THAT litteral.

Ditto. No idea why. Who could we be subliminally thinking of??? Anyway, going from that scoring record, if he can get fit he will do well. Welcome aboard, I hope to see him tomorrow night in some capacity. Appologies whilst I go on a small ego trip here, but I said at the start of the season we needed at least 10 new players. You all thought I was crazy... :smt066

Personally I think he could struggle to get into Lincolns team. Anyone who is hoping he puts in a decent shift and comes back ready for Saints is having a laugh. I've seen him on what I think was his debut, a reserve game against Swansea. He was outclassed by Romain Gasmi, Jordan Robertson, Paul Wotton and Jake Thomson by quite some distance.

Hull made a decent noise when we got shafted there 5-0 a couple o' years back.

Oh dear, yet again one of your arguments is riddled with inconsistency and stupidity. You ridicule the 4-4-2 fortamtion, yet it after we switched to it second half that we turned the game around. Teams like Bayern Munich, Man Utd and Liverpool have won the Champions League playing a variation of 4-4-2. Does that not count as good in the world of Bungle? I'm trying to think of teams who've won anything playing 4-5-1. So far all I can think of is Greece at Euro 2004.

It's like saying which is better. An Aston Martin or a pack of Jaffa Cakes. Both have undoubted qualities, but perform different tasks in different scenarios, so to draw comparisons is unfair on both of them. Pearson: No Money No Time Players lacking confidence and ideas tough fixture list Boardroom instability but... Some experienced players with undoubted quality Started outside the drop zone Pardew Lots of Money Will have time to get the team right Tallented squad Stable boardroom but... -10 starting possition High expectations Has to replace a lot of our better players who left, as well as the poor ones. Overall two decent managers, but there is really no fair way to pick a "winner"

Probably driving home on Christmas morning (again) although this year it should only be a three and a half hour drive instead of last years six. I'm planning on the usual. Exchange gifts, large dinner, then drink myself into oblivion in front of a nice warm open log fire, watching the inevitable Christmas movies on TV. Home Alone, The Great Escape, Mouse Hunt, Jurrasic Park, Chicken Run, Die Hard, Independance Day, Godzilla... the usual cheesy blockbusters.

Good replacement for Alonso. Ponty wont like this, but I'd have liked to have seen him at a more competitive team. At Brawn to replace Rubens (assuming Brawn are competitive) or McLaren. You'd better be building him a f**king good car! I'm just hoping Macca sign up Kimi. Heikki is just a waste of a very good seat.

Anyone remember the Derby home game that season? It was Ostlund and Madsen's debut and a truly awful 0-0. Worst performance I have ever seen from a Saints player, and I've seen Darren Powell. Couldn't trap a bag of cement.

Oh yes! I was at the Leicester cup game when he turned his game around from an indifferent start. Made some absolute monster tackles and was getting booed by the Fox fans by the end of it. Fair tackles too, didn't get booked until he got a bit over-zealous and left a player needing CPR. Best penalty taker since Beatts and Marian left too.

Will try and make this one. Probably be driving.

Maybe I was just looking at it from a funny angle, but it seemed as though Papa and Mills were playing easily as far forward as Saganowski most of the time. Certainly further forward than Wotton and Hammond. Kind of like this: - - - Wotton - - - Hammond - - - Waigo - - - Saganowski - - - Mills - - - - - - - Lambert - - - - - - - Maybe some of you would call that a 4-4-2 with the two wide men pushing forwards a lot and one striker sitting deeper. Whatever you call it, I prefer it to 4-5-1-.

Inbreeding by the sounds of it.

Couldn't help thinking that the formation we finished with tonight was a lot like the 4-2-3-1 we used to play at the start of last season under Poortaloo. Have to say I prefer it to the 4-5-1 we started the game with as having the three players in central midfield is just a waste IMO. It also meant Lambert was on his own with Smurf and Bonio having to chose between staying wide and supporting him. Perhaps it's the same as the formation against The Gills, I wasn't there, but I'd be inclined to stick with it. Sub in Lallana for Saga and Schneiderlin for Wotton. That would just about be our strongest 11 IMO (with our first choice CB pairing)

All tickets £1. Lets pack the place.

I thought he looked decent. Yes he overhit crosses, but had pace to burn and made things happen dragging players out of possition. He did only have the one player to aim at, so when Lambert wasn't in a scoring possition, all he could really do was whack it in hard and hope it was deflected for a corner or half cleared to a Saints player. Lump of unpolished coal, but promising IMO. Pace to burn.

Lloyd James is Paul Telfer. They even look pretty similar.

Player ratings: Davis - 6 The penalty save pushed his score up, but he was in no-mans land for their first goal and could easily have gone off for the penalty. James - 8 Looked pretty decent IMO and put some decent crosses in second half. Worked well with Waigo, but looked on a different planet to Antonio. Thomas - 6 got beaten in the air a lot more than I'd have liked. Perry - 5 Too old, slow and short. Harding - 7 Decent enough game, although not comfortable with Waigo Antonio - 7 After 5 minutes I thought we'd found the new Paine. Turned out to be the new Fernandes. Brilliant in moments, but final deliveries looked a bit suspect. Has pace to burn though, a promising debut IMO. Wotton - 5 Solid, winning penalty... erm... Hammond - 7 More effective than his two central partners. Ran the show more in the second half. Gillett - 4 Painful watching such a popular player being so poor. Waigo - 8 MOTM 5 for the first half, 10 for the second. Dear Santa. I have been a good boy this year and scored lots of goals. Please may I have a left for Christmas. Well taken goals and pen. Lambert - 7 Lonely and disinterested in the first half. When Saga turned up to the party he perked up a bit. Mills - 7 Left feet on the left. Simples! Saga - 6 Added another body. Things just seem to stick up front with him in there, even if his own personal performance wasn't anything to write home about.

First half we did everything but score (and let in 2 goals as Justmike pointed out ) Corners aside I think they must have scored with their only 2 attacks first half. Lambert was isolated and the midfield trio did bugger all. Playing 1 up front at home to f**king Torquay? FFS Pardew grow a pair! TBF to him, he did make exactly the substitutions I'd have made. Waigo was hopeless on the left, so Pardew moved him to the right and put a striker on for one of the CM players. We were a different team from then on.

As the match thread is getting a bit long, reaction on here please.

If his nickname isn't Bonio, it is now.

Yeah, I'd revert to the team that beat the Gills on Friday, but for tonights game I'd rest a few of the big names. Perhaps Pardew wont, but it's a busy week to be playing unchanged sides. Mellis (international) and Lallana (minor knock) are out.

Doubt we'll get much traffic checking in on this one, so just the one thread. Personally I'd give a few players the night off, given how we've got 3 games in 7 days. I'd go with: