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I said they could be relegated - mathmatically they can - I then went on to debunk why they wouldn't. We have goals in us, which is perhaps why we won't go down - but I've just seen Sunderland's fixtures again - they need their big players to really step up. Villa are also surprising me at present - I have them to go down with Reading and QPR but Saturday's win for them was massive - and Benteke as their best player has really stepped up with their goalscoring, and they've looked better since young Sylla has come into the team. Fair play to Lambert if he keeps them up.

JRod, Ramirez and Lallana are currently the preferred trio - I think it's as simple as that. Guly cam on the other day but I think that was more to do with his height if anything. Puncheon still has a big role to play for us, but even my preferred 3 would be JRod, Ramirez and Adam. No disrespect to Puncheon, who has been excellent this season - but Adam is back from injury now and is playing well, Rodriguez is on form and Ramirez is hard to drop because of his price tag and potential quality. If anything it's good to have the competition for places, and Mayuka isn't even getting a look in.

Weirdly, that could still keep us up, if Wigan gain no more than 3 points...

I still think anyone from Stoke downwards could still be relegated. A good win for Fulham against Spurs has probably sealed them another season in the Prem. Some people are saying it's 3 teams from 6; I think it'll be Reading, QPR and one from the bottom ten in the table. I agree with the above - Sunderland are looking very suspect. Wigan are masters of getting out of trouble, I think we have enough about us to look up rather than down, and Norwich and Newcastle shouldn't have any worries either. Stoke usually grind results out annoyingly, as do West Ham. It'll be an interesting couople of months. Incidentally I've just been looking at other teams' forums. The contrast between QPR's and Reading's is very strange - despite being on the same points, Reading fans are full of acceptance of relegation, whilst QPR fans are whooping and claiming they'll staying up whilst reciting Arry's "5 more wins" philosophy. Deluded.

March 30 Chelsea (H) Win April 6: Reading (A) Win April 13: West Ham (H) Win April 20: Swansea (A) Draw April 27: West Brom (H) Win May 4: Tottenham (A) Lose May 12: Sunderland (A) Win May 19: Stoke (H) Win Overconfident? :-D 9 more points and we're safe IMO. 3 wins. That should be doable, even if we have to beat Stoke on the last day. Will it come to that? Hope not.

MJ's daughter. (Look but don't touch, for a couple of years at least...)

Full member status gives you access to sex with Bearsy. Sadly I've yet to successfully stalk him to get my money's worth.

Full time? D. But it changes on form - Davis was very good against Man City, Puncheon has been very good all season too, but in terms of talent, it has to be JRod, Adam and Gaston - although you could even argue that my inclusion of JRod there is based on form.

I've said all along Reading will finish bottom. They just don't have enough strength in depth or quality. Looks like Pogrebniak's wages will haunt them next season. QPR's recent resurgence stalled today against a poor Villa side too, so in my mind they're down too, but I still think Reading will finish bottom. As for the other spot? Well Wigan have been cut adrift too, but they have players to put together some wins, as they showed against everton in the cup. I would still have Villa for the other spot, although I wouldn't like a bet on it.

I just thought it was a night of TV where past it comedians bring back their past it comedy characters to see if they can score a new series. Oh, and the Africans and their "our water is dirty it gives us diahorrea. This pond water is all we have to drink," followed by a shot of dozens of dirty African children swimming (and no doubt urinating) in said pond. And nobody gets their norks out - I'd pay a lot more to see some Holly Willoughbooby bewbage. Nah, seriously that's not me. (perhaps the last one is...) I don't mind Comic Relief actually, it's mildly entertaining compared to Children in Need which is a snoozefest. I'd rather be laughed into parting with my money than sung to by tuneless boy bands. I give to charities I support, not ones I'm forced to - but I don't mind parting with a few quid for Comic Relief.

Gold Cup - went for Silviniano Conti and a bit on Captain Chris (as that's my name, well I'm cack at form.) Paul Nicholls trains Conti and is the hope to replace Kauto Star.

Just glancing at our fixtures again, and I think perhaps we could get 10 more points. That includes a win against Stoke on the last day, so really it's only 7 points until that game. That's not a great stat. Anything, ANYTHING we can pick up against Liverpool or Chelsea would be a massive bonus. We need to stay in this division, there's no other way of saying it, and that means winning the winnable games. Failure to do that, we go down and lose our best players. Simple as that. I think we could survive but it will be a close run thing. It's like being a Saints fan of old. I'd forgotten how gruelling it was.

Sunderland and Wigan winning would be very bad results for us, QPR drawing at Villa is about as good as we could hope for. I'd love us to scrape a win, Sunderland to lose Wigan to lose (Newcastle will be safe) and perhaps even QPR to beat Villa. It won't happen though. I can see us in the relegation zone in a few weeks, but with a slightly easier run in of fixtures than the other teams. It'll get hairier before it gets better IMO.

Cork and Morgan are the unsung heroes in our squad, so I'm not surprised Cork doesn't get a look in. I was surprised enough when he got picked for the Olympics, even if he did hardly play any of it. Unsung players can get picked for England, but it's only playing for a club consistantly in the limelight at the 'top of the league'. It's no surprise Parker gets picked more now than when he was at Charlton. I don't think any Saints should be in there yet, but I can see two or three of our lads in the England squad regularly in the next few years - if we don't get relegated then that will be with us, otherwise it will be with someone else. I think Lallana will find his form, Cork, and Shaw could all be future England regulars. (Clyne? JRod? Puncheon? Nah.)

Annoyingly after a run of extreme late shifts, I've basically just slept through the first two days of Cheltenham, which while frustrating has probably saved me a hundred quid or so. I snuck a couple of quid on The Liquidator e/w in the last race today, which annoyingly came in fourth. Every year I'm cack at this, will I ever learn...

starring Tom VVanks. Just scrolling through Sky Movies for ideas - there's a film called 12 Disasters. Perfect.

3 games i can get to in the tail end of this season, Chelsea, West Ham, Stoke, becomes 2. :-(

The one I've linked here is the one we have in our kitchen, but this is a site that lists reviews on others too. http://www.ricability.org.uk/consumer_reports/at_home/digital_radio/summary_test_reports/philips_ae4800_05/

I thought this rang a bell - did in in January on this thread. http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?42855-Can-you-name-the-Top-31-Southampton-Premier-League-Scorers&highlight=neil+maddison

As perrenial strugglers in the 90's, we as fans are used to a relegation battle or two, and usually they're a lot harder than this season's. Thankfully, then, we had Mr Le Tissier to come up with wondrous magic and 'single-handedly' keep us up season after season. It wasn't single-handedly of course, but his name shines out for scoring at important times. We've also seen the effect a short term player like Mickey Evans had on our chances of staying up. So, this season, I ask you - Ignoring the possibility of relegation, who would you like to be our hero and keep us up? The player that sticks in memory of being the one that, without him, we'd have gone down? For me it would be Ramirez, justifying his price tage at just the right time. I'd love to see him finish the season in red hot form, meaning either a more healthy transfer fee in the summer, or someone to really look forward to next season.

Madness this late in the season to sack a manager - the new boss has to come in, learn everyone's names, positions and nuances, and then be some sort of magician to keep them up. Following QPR's recent resurgence in form, I have Reading as finishing bottom under McDermott, and today's decision only confirms my thought that they'll be bottom in May. McDermott was probably the best person to get them promoted again, and now he's gone. I'd be very surprised if Adkins goes there - no manager wants a relegation on his CV, even if it is to try and do a rescue job over the last 9 games of the season. This sacking should have been done much earlier if it was going to happen. I bet the plastic Reading fans will be arsed off tonight.

Reading bottom, then QPR, then one of Wigan, Villa, us or one of the teams pundits currently say are safe, like Sunderland or West Ham. Our form is rubbish so I'm tempted to say US, but the Saint in me says it'll be Villa, who have risked a lot on youngsters that haven't delivered consistantly this season.

What's the best platform for it? PC or PS3? With the old Tomb Raiders I always played them on the PC, but now have a PS3 (and still have a Wii) so would like to know which gameplay is the best. (I did have Tomb Raider Anniversary, I think it was, on the Wii but it was cack.)

I voted no, based on us throwing points away, and at present I still wouldn't change that. Our saving grace this season will be having three teams worse than us over the course of the season. People now are saying QPR have a chance. No, they got a result against us but that doesn't mean they'll win their last 10. I can still see them going down, they've been awful this season. Villa too risked a lot on young lower league players, and Benteke aside they've been poor too. I still think they'll go down and regret their policy (but will perhaps do the best of any of the relegated sides next season.). For the other spot, it's us, Reading or Wigan and from what I saw of Reading vs Wigan, I just think Reading are short on quality and that will be their downfall. We have been very fortunate this season that our 'lower league' players have stepped up, Lallana, Lambert, Puncheon, Cork, Schneiderlin and Fonte and that is why we'll stay up. Reading's, largely, have not. We'll pick up the results we need, but at the moment I would keep my vote as a No, as it is THAT close to call. It may well go down to the last game of the season. (Where I think we'll do Stoke if needed.)

This. I had my Norwich-supporting missus next to me in the Kingsland with a right moody face on. Loved it. For Deano it has to be the long range goal he scored against Leeds on the opening day of last season - set us up for a good start.