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Freddy Adu's available on a free. I can't believe he's only 24, he seems to have been around for decades. Anyone interested? No? Ok. Probably wise. :-)

He was THE best prospect on Championship Manager 2003. Him and Oskitz Estefania were the only two young central midfielders you needed for years of stability in that position.

If they want to save money, I'll quite happily manage them for free. Granted, I'll probably get sacked for straight defeats before the end of the season, but that just leaves me free for a summer job at Thorpe Park.

9th. There's a gap between 9th (Spurs) and 10th (Swansea) of 5 points, which is some gap. IMO we have a tough run of fixtures and I can't see us picking up many points from them, maybe 5-7. 9th is where I predict we'll be by Christmas, but not cut adrift and ready for another push in the post-Christmas rush. (This prediction of course has the pessimistic Saints fan of old spilling out of me...) Any better and it would be a cracking achievement.

Best XI of the season? Boruc, Clyne, Fonte, Lovren, Shaw, Morgan, Wanyama, JWP, Lallana, JRod, Lambert. Incidentally I prefer Dowie's team to Scales's.....just.

The much improved defender has been linked with a move to Besiktas. http://www.turkish-football.com/news_read.php?id=5410 My question is: How much would you say he's worth? We've had him since League One - would we get big money for an ageing player or not enough for us to warrant selling him?

My mistake, loyalsaints.myfreeforum.org. Pictures of bewbs welcomed. :-)

LoyalSaints still exists at loyalsaints.myfreeforum.com. It's the site SRS set up when he got banned from SWF I believe. No-one uses it anymore, I'm the only poster in about 5 years. I get the occassional spambot in there to keep me company, but otherwise it's a very lonely place. :-) Pop over there and unleash hell. No holds barred moderation by yours truly.

I doubt we'll see JRod either, but having said that he'll now get 10 minutes at the end of the game and score the best goal the world has ever seen. :-) Pleased for Adam, deserves every success.

Well it's a steep learning curve for England. Sadly though with lazy journalism rife it may be the debutants that get the blame, the two Saints lads and Forster. I hope not, Lallana looked OK from what I saw of him. Germany will be a much harder test. I would LOVE to see England's first XI but with the Saints lads playing, but of course that won't happen. I don't rate Milner, especially not in that midfield role he was playing tonight. He "does a job" but that's about it.

Yes, but England has the better squad. :-) (Removes Saints' fan rose-tinted specs)

At 24 he still has time on his side. Repeatedly showing it for Saints would be a start. He's a player we have cover for if he gets injured, we wouldn't feel his loss too harshly, whereas with Lallana we'd definitely lack an important creative outlet. Lallana is definitely one of Saints' key players, and I think he offers England a great deal with his natural talent, ability to beat people, decent set pieces, an eye for goal AND he's stepped up his fitness this season and gained a yard of pace. I hope he gets a chance against Germany if he's fit.

After getting in late from a curry, I sort of sped through the first half on double speed and have caught up in the second half. From what I've seen, Lallana is involved in a lot, JRod hardly involved at all. As I expected. One bad corner apart, I still think Lallana was born to play for England. JRod needs a little more time and experience at the top level IMO.

It's good to hear the rumours about them both starting. For me, Lallana is a must for England to take to Brazil because he offers something different. Of the two of them, it's him who I'm hoping shines more, although of course I hope both do well. I can't see JRod going to Brazil though - as a Welbeck replacement (if that's really what Woy is seeking) I think Lallana would do the better job, as he's shown playing on the left in our rise through the divisions.

We'll find out when we sign Baines in January.

Or we're now considered a big club...

I think this is as important to Saints fans than anything else. When JRod, Rickie and Adam were picked to play for England, my colleague's first quote was "that's bad, what if they get injured?" I see it as a positive thing - all the England lads with a will to go to Brazil, and I include JWP, Shaw and even Clyne in that, will all be playing hell for leather for the rest of the season to try to force themselves on the plane. Better performances on the pitch should mean better results, and would stop us from "doing a WBA" and capitulating our league position in the New Year. (Add to that the other players from other countries that wish to go to Brazil too.)

I think he was hyped up way before his time. Players at the top level don't get a proper chance to develop - as soon as they show any talent the media pounces upon them. Look at Lallana and Morgan - both young and gifted players that were allowed to develop under the spotlight in the lower leagues while honing their craft. Now we see 17-19 year olds like JWP and Shaw who are thrust straight into the spotlight of the Premier League. I sometimes think that some of the younger players believe their own hype too. Zaha would have been wise to stick with Palace for another season IMO.

This test is highly flawed. A lot of it is "clicking on things" and I'm using a laptop with a dodgy mousepad. Nothing to do with brain age at all. Hmmph. EDIT: I see others had this problem too. The best test to find out how old a brain is is to look at the date of birth on the birth certificate of the child you decapitated. :-)

Anything I was given as a child and liked, I ate thereon. I didn't eat curry until 7 or 8 years ago either. Boarding school food was very bland. I once poked my fork into a mini kiev and it squirted it's juicy goodness into my eye, and I was temporarily blinded. I didn't eat them for years afterwards, I love them now.

Never tried it. Up until a few years ago I was one of those people that didn't eat anything that looked gross. I've changed now - so it's only a matter of time until I try it!

I still can't believe JRod's in the England squad! I'm delighted for him of course, but he wasn't in the best of form at the start of the season. I hope Woy persists with him, as I see him as a long term option. Lallana and Lambert I'm not surprised about. So excited for Friday, and for once I'm not working and can watch it.

At least the good old St George's cross is in the right place!

With our academy, and the class of player they've been producing lately (Shaw, Chambers, JWP) and the youngsters who've had game time in the cups (Reed, Isgrove, Gallagher) and with the other youngsters waiting for a chance (Targett, Turnbull, Stephens, Rowe etc), you could argue that we're covered short term with injuries.

With Poonchen still here, JWP wouldn't have been getting the game time he has, so in hindsight it was an excellent decision to ship him out. My biggest concern at the start of the season was that we lacked creativity - but I didn't reckon on the form of both Lallana and JWP - both have been outstanding. I'd still bring in a Ramirez replacement in January (if he's really not going to play any games) but as for Puncheon? We don't miss him one jot.