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With the form we've been displaying, we could very well get all 9 points from those games, but I'd be satisfied with 4 or 5 points. 7 is very achievable, Leicester haven't started as strongly as people were thinking they would, Nottingham Forest are a shadow of the team they have been but are still going to be tough to beat, and Birmingham, like Leicester are presently underachieving, even with just 4 games on the board. Burnley and Cardiff after that won't be a walk in the park either, we're definitely entering the tricky bit, but with a foundation of 12 points, we can do it without too much pressure. I've been working and getting the Twitter updates - if anything it was probably the best way to go, after hearing about all the pressure we were under. Still a win's a win, and the run goes on. Leicester away - I'd have had a loss down in the prediction league, but we've shown today we can win ugly, and so I'm plumping for a draw.

I got an N for A-Level. For History. An N - I didn't even know they did "N" grades. We had two different teachers in History and both were rubbish. I hated school by the time I joined sixth form anyway, I also got a C in English and a D in Music. I wish I'd quit school at 16 and gone and got a job. Still, I got lucky when I joined the Underground - we're well looked after.

As much as I hate myself for saying it, I'd rather pi5$ off Connolly by dropping him (as he's 34 and at the evening of his career) than Lambert or even Barnard. Lambert's undroppable anyway really, and as such a back up to Lambert would be pointless. I would expect a first choice striker in to partner Lambert, and hope that both the new signing are professional enough to wait for their opportunity, and that Connolly is professional enough when he does get dropped to fight for his place back in the team. The new signing would have to wait though, as, at the moment, Connolly, too, is undroppable. There's a lot of punctuation in that sentence, my English teacher would be turning over in his grave. (If as suspected, he did eventually go mad and blow his brains out.)

Good signing if true. We have four good centre backs so to bring in a loan seems like a good deal, especially as we can judge how good he performs before we (potentially) sign him permanently. And if this does come off, who's to say this will be our only CB acquision? Perhaps Adkins doesn't see Martin as ready yet, or Jaidi as an injury liability. I've heard good things about Killgallon, I hope this comes off. It sounds like he needs a bit of TLC and game time in a confident team, then maybe we'll see him at his best. Don't write him off before we even sign him ffs.

I have a burger from the van on outside the chapel/kingsland corner, and that's it. It's more entertaining trying not to squit it out during the 120 minutes following than eating something healthy and green.

...and yet forever more we'll remember Forte's as the match that effectively set us up for promotion. I like Forte, I think he has a big part to play this season. N'Guessan, sadly, we'll be largely forgotten in a few years times, along all the other loans that didn't work out.

I'm not sure how good a player Zavon Hines is, but what seems to be a good coup for Burnley is a loss for West Ham, especially as they may need to sell their more expensive players and rely on cheaper players (and up and comers) like Hines. That said, with Ings and Hines joining Burnley, it does seem like they're preparing for the worst with regards to one of their strikers. Fingers crossed it'd Rodriguez. To us. For a fee better than we hoped. On a long term contract.

He was a strange signing at a time when we didn't really need him. Hope he does well at Millwall, but preferably not when we play them!

Or News of the World with tidbits of information like those! I'm also looking forward to seeing De Ridder in proper action, but as has been said he may have to wait his turn. With Guly and De Ridder on the right, and Fox, Holmes and Dickson on the left and Lallana able to play on both flanks, I retract my earlier "we need a winger" statement. With Puncheon and Oxo leaving, I figured we needed one, but with Fox's signing and his reputation for being an attacking wing back,we really don't need another.

Still can't believe Chelsea let him go. They're crying out for youth in their team, and they sell the best young players they have coming through their own system.

Davis and Connolly are ageing players with Premiership backgrounds but neither are has beens (in spite of what I thought about Connolly last season...).

If the Barnsley win was the first time we'd won our first two league fixtures in 23 years, how long has it been since we won our first 3?

Annoys me a bit when people say this is Pardew's team. It's not Pardew's team. Davis, Lallana, Holmes, Bart and Morgan were all here before Pardew; Forte, Cork, De Ridder and Fox were signed by Adkins, and most of the players are fitter and better now under Adkins than they ever were under Pardew. If anything, this is Cortese's team.

I genuinely thought we'd do well this season but this start is more than I'd hoped for. I'd predicted us drawing the first three games as we started life in the higher league - I thought we'd try to find our feet before we started out=playing teams but we've really hit the ground running. As long as we haven't shot our load early, I'm not fussed!

Ipswich fans comments: "What did you think of Southampton tonight ? They won at our place at the weekend and even in these early days, they have a look of Norwich about them. A newly promoted team full of confidence, and looking for successive promotions. "

Let's hope we can "Finnish" the season as well as we've started it!

I still think Jutkiewicz fits the bill perfectly. He's a young talent, a good striker, and as a Saints fan he wouldn't necessarily mind warming the bench to start with as long as the team is doing well. I get the feeling he'd be a player who'd be happy to fight for his place and then work hard to keep it. That, and he wouldn't cost the earth to sign. Whether we were/are in for him or not, my feeling is that we need an up and coming striker to come in. Connolly is 34, Lambert is 29 and even Barnard is at his peak at 27. Besides Doble (who I haven't seen play but who some doubt will cut it in the first team), we have no young strikers coming through. While this isn't a problem, with the club doing so well in building for the future, I think a young striker that can grow with the team would be a good signing, especially if he can be good enough for that next step up if, or rather when, it arrives.

Awesome result. Awesome start to the season. With possible signings to come (although it's hard to say at the moment that we need them), and with Barnard and Jaidi still to come back from injury, and with Butterfield, Dickson, Holmes and Bart still not getting much of a look in, the squad is looking so, so strong. A tough season (and it will only get tougher) needs a good squad and we have it. The question is whether we can cope without players like Lambert and Lallana should they ever get injured or suspended (touch wood). This is where I think we need another striker/winger and a centre back - that aside we are really ready to face anything the Championship throws at us. Forget Millwall, just enjoy this result for a few days. EDIT: Oh, just seen the goals thanks to the link, and Rickie's second was very well taken. Morgan's chip was excellent - and who is this David Connolly people keep raving about? We had one on the books a couple of years ago - I believe he was as good as this David Connolly had he not spent so much time in the treatment room!

Yes I'd take 6th too - it'd be a fantastic achievement to finish higher than that. We all know that this run will end at some point, and we all know that our form will dip at some point. Even successful, title-winning teams suffer bad patches of form. The question is, can we dig ourselves out of that hole when we come to it? On tonight's showing, yes. We showed that even when Ipswich were getting back into it, that we;re not the team of the past that capitulates, but we have the quality to see out a game by digging deep and finding another gear. This will be the same with a lack of form - the key players for us will stand up and be counted and really come up trumps. Until then, let's savour each and every single moment of being top of the league, winning, scoring and entertaining.

I'm still concerned about the two positions we lack - a centre back (first choice) and a pacy striker (pref. one that can be used on the wing if necessary). That said I wouldn't mind if we brought loans in to cover the positions. Still, I reckon Adkins and Cortese have something up their sleeves.

OMG I actually want Adam's babies.

Not worried about the outs. No-one will leave, we would be asking stupid money for anyone. Lallana, Fonte and Lambert would be tough to replace though...

My Norwich-supporting missus is loving us right now... Fantastic scoreline. Keep it up lads - my prediction of 3-3 would be catastrophic right now!

Well it'd be true, so it'd be good. Win tonight and Saturday and we'd become the team to beat - people would tighten up against us.

Take each game as it comes, and love being a Saints fan at the minute. Forget Millwall, this is the only game that matters. Ipswich aren't all that IMO, a few good looking signings, but then Huddersfield made a few good looking signings last season in League One... We can win this. Why not? We're every bit as good as any team in this league. I understand it's easy to get carried away after three straight wins this season, but winning runs breed a winning mentality. My verdict? Draw. I'd take an entertaining draw tonight. 4-4 or 5-5 or something sweet. Another point on the board.