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Firstly keep what we have got, including the manager. Top of the list by a long way is a clinical striker. With a bit more consistency infront of goal I believe we'd be in mix for top 6. Ossie was supposed to be that guy but now we're back to square 1 again. Next I'd get a solid back up keeper, it's no coincidence that the Boruc injury period was when our form dipped. The other keepers don't transmit the level of confidence that Artur does. Then after that I'd look for a decent AM that can link our excellent midfield with the forwards. Hopefully that is Gaston's job but the jury is still out. Personally don't think CB\FB are areas that need real strengthening at the moment.

Last time this was asked I thought Palace, West Ham and Fulham. Fulham still look down to me. Norwich now look in a bit of trouble. Their last 4 games are Liverpool (h), Utd (a), Chelsea(a), Arse (h) so realistically they have 10 games to get 16'ish points to safety. Being as they average 1 point per game I'm not convinced they can do it. As for the third slot it really could be anyone from Villa down, whoever has a bad run will be in big trouble and they are all capable of slipping up.

Yet another great result and great performance (in the end). Fulham look down to me but we look the business. First thing is to get the extra points for absolute safety then that big clash with Sunderland. If we push on as hard as we can in league and cup who knows where we might end up? I also really hope Poch hangs around at the end of the season. Unless he gets some crazy offer at a European giant I think he's at the best place at the moment. SFC offers Poch the chance to work with lots of exciting youth, great football, decent fanbase and an owner right behind him. He's tailor made for us and we for him. I'd imagine it would take a seriously good offer to tempt him away.

Not too bothered atall, we should be OK in the league so a great opportunity to blood in the talented youngsters and have a good look at them. Just get those 3 wins starting today to nail the league and concentrate on the cup. Why pay overinflated prices in Jan when we really don't need to?

It's a great move for Juve, they get a top quality striker with a known track record in Serie A, a guy who is hungry for success to get him on the plane to Brazil. They also get to wield the big stick with the threat of a return to Saints if Ossie doesn't toe the line and they also get the option to jettison him if they find something better in the meantime. I suppose we get a bundle of trouble off our books for the time being but we are not out of the woods on this one, it's just a temporary situation as far as SFC is concerned. Lets all just hope Ossie is a smash hit back in Italy - better for all concerned now. Bloody Juventus taking our castoffs. That's not a sentence I thought I'd ever write in my lifetime.

Over the summer someone posted a video up on here of a Roma fan having a 'chat' with Ossie on the training ground. The Roma fan was telling Ossie that 'you could have been the emperor here'. At the time I thought the fan was probably being a bit histrionic but now I feel the same way myself. The guy could have been a cult hero at this club, he had the talent, the looks, the bad boy tag..........but somehow he's managed to throw it all away. Ossie, I was tremendously excited when you came but you've gone and screwed it all up mate. Get your head straightened out and show the world what you can do. I wish you all the best.

It's a competitive tie and both sets of fans will fancy their chances. That said I think we've got the better team and I fancy our chances more because a draw is absolutely fine by us. If we could get a replay I fancy us to finish the job off so Sunderland really need to win at home. Factor in the added pressure of your league position and the other cup vs us in mid table with this being our entire season and I think Saints will give it their all whereas Sunderland might not. We pulverised you for large parts of the game last time yet somehow ended up with a draw, we need to be more ruthless next time.

No, SFC is looking up, Sunderland is looking at best sideways. Better football, better owners, better manager, better players, still in the Cup and everything looking rosy - no way. We could yet have a real good run at the cup ourselves this season, get past Sunderland and a home draw in the quarters could quite feasibly see us in the semis and then who knows.

This is all pretty frustrating - the missing piece of the jigsaw is a top class striker and we have one at the club right now. Surely all parties can kiss and make up and we can finally see what Ossie can do. Great performance last night BTW.

It was Neil Ruddock that took that penalty (it was 88/89) right at the very end of the match and I remember the tension. You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife. Wikipedia says: Ah yes, the Ruddock stomp. Forgot about that one.

Well if you're good enough you're old enough. The lad looks decent and let's not forget we'll also have JRod. Should be interesting to see what happens. Thankfully we aren't in any immediate danger so they should just go for it, the way to knock Arsenal out of their stride is to get right into their faces and see how they cope.

We ended up finishing 3 points behind 'Pool that year which in reality makes it seem closer that it actually was. We were always part of a chasing pack but 'Pool were always ahead, they had had the league stitched up pretty early whereas we had an amazing run in and finished top of the chasing pack but we never really threatened them, we just ran out of road in the end. Had we had more games then who knows? Probably 'Pool would have just gone out and done what they had to do to keep the pack at bay. Not to decry the achievement, it was amazing and was built on a rock solid defence and a couple of pint sized poachers up front. We had a huge amount of 1-0's that season. We were almost invincible at home that season but funnily enough one of our 2 defeats was to relegated Notts County, the other to Forest though we got our revenge on them in the 3rd round of the cup.

Fancy us to get something in this game, Arse are a very skillful team but they have weaknesses. We don't have anything to lose whereas they do so hopefully the players will just go out and have a good tearup. 1-1

Ray Wallace? Do me a favour. The rest were quality though, shame Wise never really got going with us. Looking back I think Chris Nicholl was a pretty good manager that had the misfortune to follow probably our greatest ever manager. His teams were never boring, we'd often get tonked 4-0 and then give someone a good tonking ourselves the next week. To this day I think the MLT, Rod Wallace and Alan Shearer forwardline is the most exciting thing I've ever seen at Saints, they were bloody brilliant together.

Dull but winnable which is all that counts. This time we must put them to the sword or if we can't finish them off at least get them back to St Marys. Hopefully Citeh will have really softened them up beforehand. Also they probably won't be too bothered about the cup whereas we must be. Really relieved we didn't pull out Everton, was looking a bit close and great that one of Citeh\Chelski and Arse\Pool will be kicked out.

Job done and into the hat for the 5th round. Fingers crossed we get a home draw, apart from Chelsea and possibly Everton I think we have the beating of any of the others at St Marys.

If he stays then maybe this could be a turning point, fans simmer as Ossie eats crow and then comes back to stick a load of goals away. By the end of the season he's a hero and everyone is going on about what a fantastic signing he's been. It happened with Artur so it could happen with Ossie. I just hope a way can be figured out to keep him in the fold, we paid a lot of cash for him and we've only seen glimpses of his fantastic ability.

Full strength team please, pay Yeovil full respect and get that win. This is our season now.

I'd be gutted to see him go, could potentially be one of our best ever strikers but he really isn't helping himself. If he has any chance whatsoever of staying he has to shown immediate contrition and a genuine desire to face the music, make ammends and give it his all from here on in. The fans have been willing him to do well but he's got to want to do it himself, he could still pull this one around if he really wanted it. Got to admit though the smart money is now on an exit and fairly sharpish one at that. How many points needed to safety - around 10/11?

LOL never a dull moment at SFC. I'm one of Ossie's biggest fan - he is a class act but the rogue inside him may be taking over. Come on Ossie, get your head together and show us what you can do. You could still be a cult hero at the club.

Not for me, still not clinical enough yet but if he could get better infront of goal he's got the lot and would be worth more than £20M.

I can't see the club signing everyone being as Jan transfers are usually inflated and that we are looking pretty comfortable on 31 points. If we were though I'd like a decent back up GK and an attacking mid before CH.

Feel pretty sick about that one, how the hell we conspired to let Sunderland back in after battering them senseless for virtually the whole of the first half and the majority of the 2nd is beyond me. JRod and Ricky should take a look at themselves, they could have plundered 5 before half time and the game would have been over. Throw in 2 nasty looking injuries to a couple of key players and it hasn't been the best. Also Gaston was fouled before the final foul on the edge of the box, he shouldn't have even got to the point of being injured as he was tugged beforehand, twice. Our midfield and Jack Cork in particular was magnificent, the guy did not deserve to be on anything other that the winning team. Boruc cocked up for the 2nd and where was the cover on the LHS? As well as we play we only seem to have 1 gear, we need to know when to up the tempo and put teams to the sword when we have them on the backfoot.

I hate the slagging Tiss gets on here from a bitter minority, he's a legend and always will be. I've even read comments knocking his association with Pinnacle, unbelievable really. When the club were in dire straits Tiss manned up when others stayed silent. Regardless of the ins and outs most fans respected that. I appreciate what NC did and I didn't want him to go but he was a flawed individual. It was a damned shame that he couldn't sort things out with Tiss and Benali but Tiss will always be a legend in my book, can't ever take that away from him.

Being as KL was our owner from Lge 1 through to where we are now it is actually her that has been the power behind the throne for virtually all our success. I hope she stays, I like the Liebherr's style of management, low profile, discreet and up to now willing to invest when investment is needed. The last thing any of us would want is a Romanov or a Tan taking over the club.