the saint in winchester

+1 Long was a goal threat, we needed a goal. Mane couldn't score right now if the opposition team were not on the pitch.

Yep, played well tonight. One of only a few players prepared to play forward balls.

I had an email saying I could get preferential tickets for the Chelsea game, if you want me to procure you one. I'd rather like to meet the real Alpine .....

Forster and Long were good buys, Gardos I have never seen - looks like another Vergard Forren case .... As for Mane, at the moment he's a

Heck, I don't need to watch it all now!

I won't believe anything on Boruc, until Irene tells me the situation. Come on Irene!!!!!

Yes,, but if we bought him, he is our player and COULD play against them after January. So they are unlikely to approve a sale in Jan. If we had been 17th in the table maybe, but we are still competition to the title for them as it stands.

Nope, a right hobo. Would never live up to the standards of a player associated with Southampton Football Club.

Yes, been keen on him all along. But he won't come cheap and he has just said that he will only go to a club that will see him as a first choice starter, not a bench warmer or final 10 mins of a game. Even so, I would love it if we got him, just lurve it.

I'm on the case. Kodak Instamatic at the ready.

Different budgets, different squad quality. RK says he will talk with the Board about what they want to do in Jan. RK wants to spend the money left over from pre-season trading. Let's see if Krueger, Reed at al want to do that. If our budget is maintained at 10th place level, then that is where we will finish. But if we spend the money, add to the budget, maybe, just maybe, we are back in with the big bucks clubs.

Give over, guys. He's officially the 83rd best player in the world - according to that survey I can't locate right now.

I'll be in the Lounge at my home. Schooner of cream sherry and a bottle of picked onions .... standard fare for matchday. I throw the picked onions at the screen when we concede. Pour myself another sherry when we score. Drinking games, huh.

Haha, I have had them in all season, and it has served me well until recently. Seriously considering moving them on out .....

I thought that on Sunday and think it now. Have we really brought Gardos to be 2nd reserve CB?

Why are the last 15 posts about something in the last game??? This thread looks ahead to the Arsenal game. Arsenal 2 Saints 1.

Reading your comments, this is depressing, but I can't lift the mood either. Agree he hasn't been effective in the Prem, and surely that is his own fault. Maybe he is the sort that needs a run of games or an arm around the shoulder and make to feel special, but I can't see him making a contribution at Saints, and his poor spell at Hull will put other Prem sides off. Will go back to italy or the continent somewhere, maybe back to South America, but if we are tied in to the contract, he is attached to us a la Tommy Forecast.

How about that Akinfenwa from AFC Wimbledon? He's a unit and a half.

It's only a week since Long-Pelle-Tadic started together and we all agreed that didn't work. Why want to try it again? Because we don't have anyone else, I guess.

no. Not got the squad rotation to cope. Not yet anyway. If we get a windfall for finishing top 4, then use that money to strengthen the squad.

Time to take a leaf of out Sunderland's book (vs Chelsea) and defend like hell. Park the bus for 85 mins, play on the break.

Yes to Danny Ings, especially if J-Rod wants to go. However, I'm not sure we could offer him the regular first choice slot he would want from us, whereas Burnley could. If he could accept "competing for his place" then I would sign him up. Top bloke off the pitch, by the look of it.

So the suggestion is based on the player's missus used to go to school with Gallagher? Wow, blow our black box research, let's get him in based on that alone.

Yeah, I would expect Targett to be trusted at LB. If he gets a pasting first half, we may need to start switching players around.

That third midfield slot goes to Davis or Cork, not to Long, the sub.