BARCELONASAINT

Ok the above from ericb now concerns me. I was hoping that it was all a bit of a conspiracy theory going on and all was well at the club, particularly taking into account we secured the services of RH and he appears to have bought into whatever is going on. I am now really concerned that RH who on the face of it is far from stupid, will, see through whats going on at the club and feel his future is definately not here. Also the board know it is close season now and there is very little the fans can do if they are not happy......will the fans really stay away come August and the new season if it really is suspected we have a very unscrupulous owner?? For me the biggie will be if RH is backed in the transfer market and gets his way.....if not he will walk and we really can all panic.

God it's going to be a long summer.....one day, just one day after the season has finished and the conspiracy theorists amongst you just can't wait to have a pop at the club. Let's wait and see what happens and lets wait for the finer points to be announced before we all start denouncing the club.

putting last nights result into context....Boufal played well against Barcelona's reserves!!

not sure how many of you watched Newcastle beat Leicester away on Friday but I can tell you they were good and this will not be an easy game at all. I think both sides have responded well when the pressure was on and both sides are safe now barring a Cardiff/Brighton miracle. I will be happy with a draw but think Newcastle with the barmy army behind them will win this one.

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I could be wrong but Gabby has already gone and i mean permanently and Ings we are committed to buy, we can't wriggle out of it.

this is just disgraceful behaviour by Cardiff. All this he is forever a bluebird ******s and he's my player etc etc and then they try by whatever means they can to renege on paying Nantes. The whole episode is disgusting on their part.

absolutely disgraceful actions by Cardiff City. You signed a player, he was yours, no one elses. Pay up the transfer fee and stop trying to get out of it because some agents talked up his transfer fee. I don't suspect Cardiff will get away it for one moment....but just imagine if they did!!!.......how many clubs would suddenly stop payments for players they had bought because they suddenly believed they had paid over the odds for a player because they would have lost out to West Ham who get linked with everyone that ever put on a pair of football boots!

Still so so angry about Saturday and how we ****ed up so badly. We have royally screwed up in the transfer windows previously gone, so much so that this transfer window meant we were impotent. We must have the weakest strike force in the whole premiership. 2 strikers that would bankrupt the NHS, 1 that should be reported to trading standards making a living as a striker and 2 that are just not ready for the premiership ready. How the hell are we supposed to win games?? The rest of the side is good enough to stay up IF we has a bloody striker.....we had no one on Saturday!

I don't along to many Saturday games due to still playing league football, however it's my sons birthday this weekend so we are both going. I actually cannot remember the last time i physically saw Saints win a Saturday game that i attended......sorry guys it's my fault if we lose.

If I was a Cardiff fan i would be feeling quire positive about this game. They are suddenly a united side because of the sala disaster. They will be thinking keep REDMOND starved of service and they (Saints) then offer little threat going forward.....and talking of forwards, what Saints forwards should they be frightened off? If as is likely INGS is out we have little threat from our forwards. They will says keep them quiet and the fans will get on their backs and they have struggled at home for the last 2 seasons. We are much more organised under RH and i believe we have a better team, but we badly lack a real goal threat.

why don't some of you just grow up and stop acting like spoilt kids. Anyone with any sense knew we were not ever going to spend millions AGAIN after the last 2 disastrous transfer windows and that we badly needed to get rid of players before buying. Its January and has been one of the quietest Januarys for transfers. Clubs are now not taking risks and choosing to loan with maybe the option to buy at the end. For Saints that crap because we need to sell to be able to spend.....but at least we are saving a fortune on wages. Do you honestly thing RH was not 100% aware of these issues when he joined? The club have made some huge mistakes in the last 2 managers and some of the signings made.....it's time to rebuild and ship out. Maybe some of the fans need shipping out as well.

I can certainly understand a lot of people on here being very concerned that we have have taken a massive gamble with our premiership status by not getting a couple of players in. I think the one thing we can all agree on is that RH very early on identified for one reason or another who he felt had bought into his philosophy and who clearly was not up to the task. We all knew we had an extremely bloated squad eating wages and needed to trim the fat. RH identified the fat and did the trimming....the only negative about that was we couldn't sell and had to loan....it's January!! Had we sold a couple or even just Austin we probably would have taken a punt on buying a player with the funds....but that didn't happen. The club are paying for 2 disastrous previous windows but RH has said nothing at all to indicate he was not already fully aware of our circumstances and what he might or might not be able to do this January. I think it could be a close thing but I think RH will keep us up and rebuild in the summer.

mark my words, if we lose tonight their will be a major meltdown on here how we have totally screwed up this transfer window letting all thee fringe players go and getting no one in. Praying for a win:lol:

I watched the first half of the United v Burnley game last night and thought Burnley were very well organised and very strong. Once Rashford missed his golden opportunity Burnley kept it really tight and just didn't let Utd play. Admittedly I think Solsker got his tactics wrong last night and hope we don't do the same. They will be no pushovers!

I watched the Palace v Spurs game the other day, and even though Spurs were poor and minus 3 top players they still arguably had a stronger starting 11 than we have. Palace were just too strong for Spurs and in Townsend and Zaha they have 2 players currently in very good form. Anyone not concerned about Palace needs their heads looking at. I'm sorry but both RB and LB positions for us are currently very weak. We need to keep Zaha and Townsend quiet if we are going to win this one i feel. RH is not the next messiah, he has done remarkably well with the tools at his disposal but some of those tools are not as sharp as i would like. Really hope this nagging gut feeling i have about tonight is wrong!

If it is to be believed, the talks are advanced and could happen quickly.............That surely would mean we are going to bring in at least 1 player!

It was obvious Wednesday night Cedric was off. At the end of the penalty shoot out we had just lost he came over to the crowd and gave his shirt to someone in the crowd, he then stood back and waved what was obviously a goodbye wave. A deal to sell him has already been done or must be very close IMHO.

have you forgotten we have millions tied up in that player....i care and so should most Saints fans

ummmm, we have Austin and Ings both whose long term fitness is very questionable and Long who couldn't hit a barn door from 2 foot out and we are prepared to let Gabby go.....who in my opinion would score goals in this new high press tempo Ralph is bringing to the team. Are we really going to rely on Austin, Ings and Long staying fit to supply the goals??......very very dangerous IMHO unless another striker is being looked at??

never mind Gabby, what the hell are the plans for Carrillo???

Really pleased we got RH in when we did!!!

I love the thought of telling our pampered players that they are actually going to do something close to a full days work instead of being able to go home and play on the Xbox or down the golf course etc.......poor souls can you imagine it

It would require a minor miracle to suddenly change this squad of blundering idiots into a winning team......our defenders are not going to suddenly discover the art of defending in 48 hours when they haven't been able for the last 2 years!

I think we are down, the squad is awful