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Good decision by NA but a funny one from Reading. Good for NA because he's not under huge pressure to stay up, the expectation is that Reading will probably go down so he's got a chance to be a hero without much downside. Strange for Reading though as they already had a manager with the same credentials as NA who would have had a very good chance of getting them back up anyway. I wish NA the best of luck, just not for the remainder of this season

Leeds and Everton.

Good article, I just hope that Red Nose shares their opinion on their boy Fabio. Shaw is no way 'good enough' for them

He was a class act when he joined and still is now despite the views of the bone heads on here. Said it before and I'll say it again, if we stay up he'll be (along with RL) the main reason - the defence has tightened up considerably with him in it. If the 'supporters' who were involved in this incident have any self pride then they should be embarrassed about their cry baby antics.

Pochettino for me - I think the pressing game is working well - but NA was also doing a good job for us before his dismissal. One thing both managers haven't got to grips with yet is our overall sharpness infront of goal. Whilst we often batter teams we don't stick the ball into the net enough, Reading (h) last season being one of the biggest examples. If we sharpened up at the front more we'd be a damn fine team.

My guess (like others have said) is that NA would be a decent each way bet, if he keeps them up then all well and good but if they do go down then they have a proven guy incharge that knows how to get out of the champ. But like others have said, if that turns out to be the case then why not just keep McDermott in the first place?

March 30 Chelsea (H) DRAW April 6: Reading (A) DRAW April 13: West Ham (H) WIN April 20: Swansea (A) LOSE April 27: West Brom (H) WIN May 4: Tottenham (A) LOSE May 12: Sunderland (A) DRAW May 19: Stoke (H) DRAW 10 points should be enough hopefully.

Well done the players with another great performance. Come on Saints, let's get this season over with - 3 more wins will do it. We deserve to stay up so let's just finish the job off ASAP.

I'd keep him but that's only going to happen if we stay up so got to secure safety first. Seen enough to think he'll become a very good player if we stick with him. Also would be gutting to have him during his acclimatision period and then to watch someone else take him on as he accelerated forward. We've let so many fantastic players go before they really got going (always think of what Shearer could have done for us had he stuck around a few more years) that I want to see the kid develop here.

Is that to educate us in the word of Cortese? It might look nice but will the seats be heated and will I get my prawn sandwiches served to me? Looks impressive if it ever gets built.

Yes I am although there isn't much in it as both managers try to play creative football. We've played some great stuff under MP and have created lots of chances but we need players like AL, GR and JR to step up to the plate and start scoring regularly. Ricky can't do it all on his own. QPR was an abberation.

Shame, I liked him and thought he'd done a good job there. Hopefully this will seal their fate.

37 points? No, I want 40 and I think we could get them if we play as well as I know we can - whether we do or not is a different matter though.

Hopefully QPR, Reading and Villa but I've got a nasty feeling we may get sucked in. What will pee a lot of our fans off will be that if we go down a lot of it will have been self inflicted. Overall we've played some great entertaining football but the failure to address the defence quickly and the inexplicable decision not to play Boruc regularly until half the season had gone may cost us dearly. We spent on up and coming talent but you need to survive first and foremost and it's in the balance.

Decent point at a tough ground. Whoever called Boruc 'a clown' on here must be feeling a right chump now. Still 4 points of relegation but as I've been saying all along this is going to be a real scrap to survive.

£6M is a decent price for a player that has a couple of years top level service left in him. It depends on how we spent it really. I'll get some stick for saying this but I'd have Andy Carroll, give him the right service and he'd score quite a lot. A much better player than his detractors would have you believe and I think he'd fit with JRod and our midfield.

But Mayuka is the world's 85th best player according to http://www.SomeMadeUpShyte.com http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/datablog/2012/dec/24/world-best-footballers-top-100-list I'd like to be able to see for myself some day.

Gutted, could have killed QPR off but we ballsed it up. The last 2 games have really hurt us. We're in a real dogfight now and anyone who puts a run together will get out. At the moment it looks like 3 from 5 (including us) and it's anyones' guess who is going to go down. Strap in, it's going to be a brown trouser ride all the way till the end.

Didin't think we played too badly really. Had Fox not made those mistakes and Newcastle not scored a wonder goal (offside) a draw was on the cards which would have been a decent point and we'd all have been happy. 11 games to go and our destiny is still in our own hands. I'd have taken that at the start of the season.

Lambert by a distance. When we signed Boruc I thought he was our most important signing of the season so I'll put him as our 2nd best - so far he's transformed our defence from a leaky sieve to a fairly robust unit. Other than that Cork - fantastic signing who is really starting to form a great pairing with MS especially now that we play a high pressing game.

Was gutted to see NA go and he will always be remembered with a lot of affection but we've gone up a few notches under MP and I'm quite excited at the moment. MP's first task is to stay in this league and that's looking good so far. If we secure safety then who knows what MP could achieve if we keep our players and bring in a few class signings (free scoring centre forward would be nice). So yes, I have gotten over the change.

Yes, thought he was pretty average in lge 1 and the champ but he's impressed me this season and under MP he's looked fantastic. The Schneiderlin\Cork\Davis midfield appears to be relishing this high tempo pressing style of play. Same with Puncheon, didn't think he was anything special in the lower leagues but boy has he looked the business in the prem. Long may it continue.

We already had the passing game but MP has also brought in a real pressing game which is squeezing the life out of the oppo when they have the ball and boy is it working. Requires a high level of fitness but if you can manage the physical demands a lot of prem teams don't have the close up ball skills to manage. When we have the ball we pass them to death and then when we lose it we squeeze them to death. So far it's strangled Man Unt, Wigan and Man City. I loved Nige but so far MP really has bought a whole new dimension to our play. Keep it up and we will be OK this season.

I'd try and get him for 2 seasons if we could, I think he's one of the best GKs in the prem right now and if he's kept himself in overall shape there's no reason why he couldn't do a Brad Friedel and go on for some time yet. Just a shame few of the fans or the management could see it with all the strange tinkering that has cost us points. All dependent on prem survival of course.

If the boo boys had their way Boruc would have gone without playing and JRod would have been off by now. I'd ignore them, they live to criticise and have zero patience\tolerance towards any player\manager it seems. Ramirez looks good but he's young and is going to take a bit of time. Give him a break.