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Someone playing volleyball with a pig's head at at Norwich in the cup.

'Lies, damn lies and statistics.' I wonder where MLT would have featured on this list.

Yes, the best 11 has to start and that means Lambert. Those who are saying that he was a good impact sub at Citeh are right BUT they don't have a crystal ball and don't know what the score would have been had he started the game. Who knows, we could have been 3-1 up at half time with J-Rod coming on after 65 mins and could have held out for a point or 3. Not putting your best 11 out at the start is too negative. PS I don't know why Fonte is getting a bashing, don't think he's been too bad atall. I'd probably play him and Jos and give the Japanese guy a run out later in the game.

Relegation is a possibility but on the evidence so far I'd say we have a decent chance of avoiding it as long as the players keep on believing in themselves. It's a very tough league, there are no mug teams anywhere - just look at what Wigan did to us - but likewise we are not a mug team too. If fans reign in their expectations and stay realistic and patient then they aren't going to wind themselves up when things don't go as hoped. From the day we got promoted my target was 17th and that still stands. However even if we were to go down I think the champ is a great league anyway.

Like City we had them by the throat but we couldn't quite finish them off, gave them a tiny sniff of victory and they took it. Guess that's why they are top of the pile. Still, plenty of positives to be taken from the game, just need to keep on believing that we can compete with the best because we can. Lambo, Lallana and Puncheon sounded class today. Could have done with a class GK in the transfer window.

I like Harry and he's a quality manager given the funds but but NA isn't going anywhere. I'd have thought Harry would be more likely going back to Spurs once Vilas-Boas gets the boot.

There are no muggy teams in this league so it's going to be a real fight all the way. However now that the transfer window is over I think we can get 40 points and survive with what we've got, just.

Interesting bunch of signings, no premier league stalwarts so an element of intrigue about them. I hope that Ramirez lives up to the hype - a lot of pressure for a 21 year old but a very exciting signing none-the-less. Mayuka and Yoshida look very interesting, for a centre half Yoshida can certainly score spectacular goals but what is his defensive work like? Hopefully good enough for this league. Mayuka excites me, pace and trickery but the Swiss league is not the prem. Could be spectatcular....could be found out. Looking forward to seeing how they get on. Fingers crossed for both of them. Before season's start my hope was that we would avoid relegation, I'm feeling more confident now and it's especially pleasing to see the club buying young talent with longevity and sell on value. I think the fans are going to have a bit of patience but if the players gel this team looks to have the potential of becoming a very good outfit. This season is pivotal, stay up and our young players will only get better + we are looking good for a long run in the prem. It's going to be a very interesting few seasons.

Signing a decent keeper on high wages and then signing another just because he's had a few iffy games are the actions of a very confused club. QPR smells of instability and zero long term planning. Thats a recipe for big trouble.

I'd take him, a cool calm and collected CB. Was very impressed with him when we played up at Brum last season and from what I've seen I think he'd cut it just fine in the prem. Not bothered about the Villa episode, that club seems to bring out the worst in every player and may well be going down IMO.

Fortunately it's only Blackburn making a bid, if it were a prem team I'd be more concerned. We must keep Ricky, he's our best striker, a real talisman and given the service can do a fine job in the prem. Besides which I think he - more than just about anyone else - really deserves a crack at this league. This story is going nowhere but if a bigger prem team comes sniffing then I would be more concerned.

MLT - priceless.

Never laughed as hard at a thread as I did at this one. Numpties who know nothing predicting after 2 games that our manager is already sacked. You couldn't make it up. :lol: :lol: :lol:

My expectations were to get less than 3 points from the first 6 fixtures so not too concerned. From the day we clinched promotion I expected this season to be really tough and 17th would be a great achievement. This is a tough league, the finishing is razor sharp and if you do not have a fantastic defence you will regularly ship goals, even when you dominate a game. That's why I'd been hoping for a top class GK + CB all summer long. I suspect the fans who are getting the most upset are the ones that expect us to be challenging for top 6. Wigan should have given the dreamers a big reality check. Remember Reading last season? We battered them but their superior finishing cost us. That's what you can expect in this league over and over. We are in a dog fight but I believe we can stay up, we do need to adapt ASAP though.

I'd say the way the Don is handling this transfer is absolutely bang on and if all football clubs did it like him then maybe a lot of them wouldn't be up a s**t creek without a paddle. A seller offers something at a price they want and the buyer offers to buy at a price they want. Normally both sides have a bit of flexibility and if they are close enough they meet somewhere in the middle. Looks to me like the Don has made his final bid and won't budge so either Bologna agree or both parties walk away. From what I am reading I'd say the Don is in a strong position so he has no need to change his bid. However if a 3rd party comes in Bologna gets the upper hand and he would have to decide whether to renegociate or let it go. Sounds like you would just throw money around without a clue.

If Bologna are holding back because they want all the cash up front then the Don is playing this one correctly. Bologna have every right to accept what they want and we have every right to offer what we want. The two sides haven't met so a deal hasn't been done but NC is bang on to only offer what he feels is a correct price and payment timescale. If it happens then great, if not then move on.

Good article but they are fighting a losing battle with one eyed supporters. Many fans believe what they want to believe and rubbish the rest. If anyone posted a link on the recent Ramirez saga saying that the deal was off it got rubbished as 'lazy journalism' or 'rehashed rubbish' whereas a link saying he was coming was treated with interest. Truth is no-one knows, not even the parties doing the negociations. There are some seriously one eyed people on here.

Bring it on. I can remember the way past it legend that was Frank Worthington and his 1 year stint at the club in 83-84. He used to stand in the center circle, flick balls up and catch them on the back of his neck for a bit of pre match entertainment. Quality stuff.

Don't know if this one has been posted but here goes.... Gaston Ramirez back on Liverpool and Spurs radar as Saints move stalls

Didn't Lowe also hire people to post 'Rupert is great' propaganda on here? +

Managerial merry go round for a decade leading to utter instability and a bloated squad of disjointed journeymen that were not good enough. Buying players without the manager's input. As if Rupes had the first idea about what made a good player. He even bought injured players . Bizarre tinkering with the coaching infrastructure, rugby coaches and soccer skills coaches being paid big bucks for some strange master plan. Alienation of fans and utterly gash PR. Giving Harry Redknapp 90k to spend when he had assembled a team that was (IMO) 1 good striker short of being able to compete for top 2 on a shoestring. This was after having sold off Crouch and Phillips. Dumping a decent manager in Nigel Pearson and appointing a pair of Dutch uknowns who sank without trace. Being the source of constant political infighting. Finally running out on a broken and busted club, leaving it for dead. Thanks Rupes for all your efforts.....and yes I will give you some credit for an academy but don't forget we'd always had one, where do you think the likes of Chivers, Channon, Wallace, Shearer and LeTiss had all come from?

Before the game I thought we'd get a hiding but afterwards I'm dissapointed not to have picked up a point which could be vital come May. We should have gone for their throats at 2-1 but I think we were surprised to be in that position and went deep. However, the performance will have given the team + fans confidence that we can challenge in this league. They now know that if we play like that most weeks we can steer clear of the bottom 3 and that is a huge psychological boost.

Great performance but dissappointed we didn't go for City's throat when we were 2-1 up and looked like we could open them up with ease. A point dropped in the end. Still, heads held high and a performance like that must surely give them the belief that they can mix it with the best.

Quick question - Is this the first Uruguayan we've ever signed? Can't think of any others.

Man City to dandy around the pitch in complete disdain of us until Ricky smashes one in the back of the net from a Fox cross, then they wake up and give us a hiding without actually scoring untill the 93rd minute when the ref gives them the dodgiest of penno decisions and they equalise. 1-1 and NA causes a row by using the post match comments to accuse Citeh of being a bunch of overpaid disrespectful cheats. The Saints coach speeds out of Manc land rather sharpish as the locals go ape. Then again.................probably be 5-0 to Citeh.