Whitey Grandad

As we have discussed before, it depends on the ruling regarding suspensions but I should have thought that if Trotman were ineligible to play then he could not spend his suspension in this game. On the other hand, if Preston were to give us written permission for him to play by 12:00 Friday, he would then be 'eligible' for this game and hence 'eligible' to be suspended. Let's see what happens on Tuesday night .

If Murty cannot stay fit then we desperately need an alternative to James. We simply cannot go on losing points to his inadequacies.

Two of my neighbours had Saints to win 3-2 so I wasn't worried. Until the final whistle, that is.

I know we didn't, but if we had beaten Brighton we would have been. We are improving but it seems to be in fits and starts.

Correct. Ball never in play - take it again.

You are assuming that all professional footballers will try their best for the team. Sometimes they will give a player a bad pass just to make that player look bad. It's not impossible that Mellis was making a point about Wago. They are both rivals for a similar playing position.

I'm insulted that you didn't insult me . Welcome back Harvey, did you sleep well?

When we first moved to St Mary's it was quite clear but it seemed to change to unintelligible a season ago, or two.

I thought everybody had to buy their own ticket under the new regime?

There was a period in the second half where all our team were retreating to the edge of our penalty area. It just invites the opposition to come and have a go at us. Pardew spotted it straight away but when the whole team is affected by the jitters it's difficult to get them to hold their nerve.

It wasn't a goal-kick, it was a kick from his hands (if you're referring to the one I think you're referring to :smt017).

Because we drew 2-2. Let me put it this way: James gave them a goal for free.

Simples. We were winning 1-0 and he gives away the most stupid, pointless, predictable penalty that you will ever see. I would have been happy with 1-0.

Er, yes...

You're right, but the disappointment is because we should have won this one.

Kelvin tipped it onto the post, so it was valid. There was a lot of encroachment, though, so if anybody else had stuck it away it may have been different.

I wouldn't miss Schneiderlin and perhaps not Lallana but the roof's useful when it's raining.

Quite right. Nothing personal, this is business. If you had somebody working for you who made that many mistakes and was buggering up your whole enterprise you'd get rid of them pronto.

How close?

If he has been ill then I will forgive him a couple of off-colour performances.

I could't see him. The two seats at the front of the directors' area were empty.

If that's the case then he should never play for us again.

There was one occasion where he was wide on the right and had been nowhere near offside at any time during the move, but apart from that he was yards offside when he should not have been. It was a criminal waste of an attack.

I thought the ref got everything spot on. The assistant on the Kingsland side got one definitley wrong and there were a couple that looked suspicious but apart from that, I couldn't fault them.

The most constructive thing that we could do is keep James away from right back. He cost us 2 points today and he has cost us goals all season. It was a stupid, pointless lunge and we just cannot afford to keep indulging him in that position. He is too slow and is never going to be a full back, no amount of positive attitude or training is going to change that. He might become an acceptable midfielder, but today must be the last chance that he ever gets to throw away a game.