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Coventry's best player? Selling him in January would surely send them down. I still think we should've signed him in the summer though - ticked a lot of boxes for me, not least because he would have been inexpensive and because he is a Saints fan. As it happens, we haven't needed a striker, contrary to what I thought at the start of the season, as Guly has scored quite a few, Connolly has suprised us all, and we are blessed with the attacking nous of Lallana and Steeeeeve.

Predo league means nothing to anyone tonight! :-)

WTF is going on!!! Deep in the bowels of the earth on't Tube, I can't keep up with what's going on bar word of mouth, and a smart phone with a battery with the life of a carrot. COme on Saints, don't screw it up now - show your mettle.

We are not like Norwich - they are supported by smelly, fat crapweaselly women. We are supported by sexy, hunky intelligent men. (If my missus reads this, I'm going to be in the dog house until kingdom come.)

Having experienced two relegations in recent times, it's not the death of a club I used to think it was. Yes, relegation from the Premiership did eventually bring on our administration, but you look at Charlton, Forest, Leeds, Us, Norwich etc etc and you see that sometimes it's just the kick up the backside a club needs.

We had this question last season! Yes, winning the play-offs (and you are apparently guaranteeing that) gives you more money, and three extra games to enjoy, including one at Wembley, but I personally would take Champions every single time. The glory of winning the league (hopefully with six games to spare!) is far more enjoyable, a great summer celebrating and a title to boot. Heck, I'd take second over winning the play-offs too.

I bemoaned the lack of strikers we have at the club at the start of the season, an injured Barnard, and ageing Connolly, and a lot of pressure on Lambert. I was desperate for the club to sign a new striker to bolster our attack, and that Guly and Forte were wingers, not strikers, and if they did play up front they'd just be filling in. Guly though has proved he can be as effective up front as any other striker, so all credit to him. I do still feel we need another striker, but now it's as either a long term replacement for Connolly or a decent back-up to Lambert (or both if that's possible!), not as an extra striker. When I gave and received the thumbs up from Guly in Southampton after his first St Mary's goal, he became a legend in my eyes! It is a shame he's approaching his 30's, a few more years of him at his best would be brilliant.

Who was the MOTM? Anyone?

I refuse to use anything nPower have to offer, after they once ripped my Dad off, who had done nothing to warrant it. My Dad was wandering around the Ideal Home show, and one of the blokes in the nPower booth asked if he would like more information on their products. He agreed and provided his address for them to post their information to, but before he knew it, they'd taken that address and changed all his bills to nPower, without his permission and without a signature. He was furious, he contacted the Ombudsman (I think it was) and wrote to whoever he could to get this noticed. (Apparently he wasn't the only one they'd done this to either.) This all leads me to say, regarding an nPower cold caller that knocked on his door, he gave them an expletive laden short shrift. (And my Dad rarely loses his temper OR swears.) Generally I'm quite patient when someone knocks on my door - it's up to them if they want to see me in my boxers or with a stiffy.

Terrible, terrible news, and fair play to him for stepping up to play tonight. My thoughts go out to him and his missus. .

Fire away!

Richard Chaplow. Close the poll. He started the season on the bench, Lallana got injured, he came in and stamped his authority all over the pitch. He diminished the loss to Lallana, which is no small feat. MOTM against West Ham, MOTM against Boro. And while I know it's now November, I wouldn't put it past him being MOTM tonight. Great player, and great management to get the best out of him.

You, sir, may have just made my day!

Awesome, all the passes, the little flicks, the awareness of where the opposing players are. I hope we play like this at Elland Road - I wasn't alive at the time, but I've seen video footage of when Leeds made us look stupid with their passing. Play like this, and we'd go a long way to making up for that.

Looking at those fixtures, what I can deduce, is that we're really in for a tough second half to the season.

In the Predo league I went for 2-1. It'll be interesting though, Adam will be itching for a good performance since his return from injury, I reckon De Ridder will make a big impact on this game too, and goals for Rickie MUST be on the cards. Yes they're good in attack, but our defence is looking a lot tighter as of recently, so they'll find it tought to break through, and that will create space for us to create chances. I wouldn't be suprised though if Adkins started Harding in place of Fox, to tighten up at the back,

He's exceeded expectations since he joined and, as much as we all love Fonte, has become the first CB name on the teamsheet. A must sign imo, he looks so composed, and would definitely make the step up to the Premiership, should we get there next season. Fingers crossed Cortese can sort something out, as Jaidi is, sadly, at the end of his career and Seaborne still recuperating. That said, maybe he was a six month looan because Cortese or Adkins had a better target in mind in January...

I agree. Matt Le Tissier should buy two seats.

A couple of years ago, I wanted to buy a (faux) leather beanbag to fit in my new house. My mum asked what I wanted for Christmas, so I asked her for one instead. What I ended up with was a lurid Green Fabric oversized slab of a beanbag. (Always buy something you really want yourself!) This beanbag is nice. (But I don't need one anymore.)

Nearly two hattricks in that game too, Guly and Fonte! I think he's won his right to start in the front two, but I think even if he hadn't, that's where he'd have found himself, based IMO on Chaplow's form and the return of Lallana. Chapper HAS to be in the starting XI, and with Lallana reclaiming his position in the left, and Cork/Hammond/ Morgan favoured in the centre, the only spot remaining is on the right.

Here's the thread - http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?25200-Adkins-appointed&highlight=Nigel+Adkins+appointed - looks like a lot of happy people at the time...

Weird computer...

Manager of the Month? It's between him, Freedman and Hughton IMO.

Ooh, a nice birthday present for Frazer Richardson too, result wise. Shame he couldn't play on his birthday, but Happy Birthday anyway Fraze!

I'll be stuck in the bowels of Terminal 4 for this one - no phone reception, no computer, no radio. The only link I have to the outside world will be teletext. God bless it. As I can't listen to it, I guarantee it will be a cracker. :-(