Whitey Grandad

The money has been wasted on quantity rather than quality. We have had too many players because we have had too many managers, each of whom wants to bring in their own favourites rather than work with what was already here.

God help us. :smt021

He has got to go now! I've had a good look at the table and if we get somebody in who knows their stuff there's a chance that we can turn Norwich over. With a bit of organisation and method this squad is capable of pulling just clear of the dropzone and staying there, but it's clear that the players have lost all faith in the clown and we have been sinking steadily for quite some time. We have two of the most prolific goalscorers on our books who cost us a lot of money and they have been loaned away in one of the clearest examples of false economy that I have ever seen.

I agree. Even when Doncaster scored their second we still had over 10 minutes to try and get back, but this season for the first time ever I have never felt that we have the drive, commitment and belief to make an assault and try to get something out of the game. Why are we still stuck with this clown of a manager? If he is still here when we are relegated does anybody think he has what it takes to get us promoted again?

Please don't include me in the 'we'

Yesterday I forgot that he was playing. The only midfielder I noticed was Surman. Schneiderlin looked as though he didn't want to be here. Can we send him back and get a refund?

He does have an MEng and initially worked for British Aerospace.

With a new manager, 8 or 9. With this one maybe 2.

Many of us could see that he was out of his depth in August.

'Played-on' went out many years ago. All that matters is whether he was offside at the time the ball was played by his own player. It's academic now, but I can't imagine any of our players (except Saga maybe) putting the ball in the net if they found themselves in his position.

Jan Notacloo has got to go now. Shapeless, gutless, clueless. neither side could defend and neither could score to begin with. I didn't see any offside for the first and for the second their player walked the ball into the net with two of ours giving him a close escort. The substitutions were the weirdest that I have ever seen and totally destroyed our shape. This is getting beyond a joke. FOR THE LOVE OF SAINTS SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING NOW.

I'd just like to give an honourable mention to Tim Flowers. When my daughter first got interested in football as a 14-year old she wrote to loads of players in several different clubs asking for a photograph. Most wrote back, usually with a printed letter and a stock photograph. Tim took the time to send her a full-sized photo and a long hand-written letter. It was a lovely gesture and much appreciated.

tbh I think that the money was a bigger tempatation than the promise of glory.

Well he wasn't going to find it with us, was he?

How many matches does Skacel miss? He's already served one, hasn't he?

A drop of rain on parched ground does not a flood make.

Also in the Mail... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1118348/Bolton-weighing-Benficas-Makukula-West-Brom-bid-fails.html

can we sell him now then?

would rather have Kaka http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0115/1231973728122.html

Kevin Doyle is 25, Robert Earnshaw is 27. I thought that the younger you were, the more you could run about? Their age is not important, it's the off-the-ball running that McGoldrick could learn from. You can't just hang around and hope that the ball will come to you.

LOL, but I was talking about off-the ball running. That's what pulls the opposition players around and disrupts their shape. It makes space for other players to run into... ah, I see our problem here.

It's called 'market price sensitivity'. You drop the prices and get more sales but the value of those sales is reduced. Some companies have complicated marketing calculations that help them to maximise their profits. 'Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity'

Jamie gave up the possibility of a coaching career at Spurs to come here, but because of his dodgy knee he couldn't play more than one game a week which meant that the team was changing more than was good for it. As for the other business I saw some recent comment in the papers so I don't think it's been settled yet.

A major cause of our relegation, IMHO.

Weren't he and Crainie the centre-back pairing for the England under-21s at one stage?