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I laugh every time this stupid subject rears its ugly head. I hope Poch never gives an interview in English, its hysterical seeing so many on here getting so worked up about it as if it really matters. How many times have people got to be told he speaks perfectly decent English but is sensible enough to use a translator for the British press....Anyhow i perfectly understand what he is saying and its all good!

I'm just totally enjoying the ride while it lasts. It does remind me alot of WBA last season and i fully expect us to go off the boil at some point. The big plus for us is the World cup looming.....we genuinely have a number of players that are all in with a shout of going to the World Cup finals and i would expect them to be giving everything and more to be on that plane.One of the main differences about this set of players under Poch is the mental strength and belief....it is evident out there every Saturday that they fully believe they deserve to be where they are and are as good as anyone in this league.....go onto the pitch with that attitude and you are in with a shout......much better than teams of old that went out knowing they were inferior and fully expected to get beat!Have massively enjoyed watching the brand of football we are producing.

I think we have set out our stall this season and the league is and always should be our priority. I fully expect us to field a side of squad players tonight and believe this has been the intention in this cup competition since the start of the season......as a fan i always want to see us do well in the cups and another chance to get to a final looks so possible. However i do realise that the club is not yet an Arsenal, Chelsea or Man City and able to have a second 11 that would rival most other clubs. Do we risk our first team players in this cup competition and risk losing them for the league??....the other point to consider and i'm sure the club has!...is how many of our players throughout the squad are being called up to play internationals and will do in friendlies between now and the world cup finals.....its a long season and i think the club is being sensible with the rotation policy in this cup competition.

no way you can blame Boruc for the goal. I was watching the live stream and was absolutely gob smacked when it bounced like that an over Boruc....complete freak of a goal

really hope we win obviously but i think our brilliant run will come to an end just because Stoke are an ugly side to play against.

I like Gaston and think he has real talent.....but he just does not suit this league at all and has been given over a year to settle down and show his worth. I totally trust our management and if MoPo is not playing him then its because the rest of the squad have knuckled down, upped their game and are willing and more importantly believe and want to play for MoPo. I have no doubt that if he goes back to Italy or somewhere else in Europe he will be a big hit where the game is not so fast and physical. He is on very high wages and i would rather we sold him for a few million less than we paid for him rather than we carry on paying huge wages for a player that will hardly feature!

Don't think its sad, if i wasnt working i would probably have watched myself. We are Saints fans and have an interest in our club and that man that has been leading us. Natural to be interested in what he has to say. Look forward to you posting the bulletin points from his speech.

I am for the first time starting to believe there is no place at Saints for GR. He is without gifted, but for the manager not to include him in a home match squad when the manager has said there is nothing wrong with him suggests something very wrong! I am not a GR basher, quite the opposite i believe he is extremely talented but for reasons i can not quite figure he just does not seem to fit the English premier league.....I still hope he comes good but i can see him gone come January and replaced with more quality and someone hopefully better suited to the more physical nature of English football

how Waggamamma is ahead of Jack Cork i'll never know

missed the very beginning and have no idea what story thats obviously in the press they kept asking him about.....anyone know what its all about?

excellent from Rickie so far, lets be greedy and have more in the second half please

anyone have any idea how many of WH's first team have been called up for international duties?? As i see it our lads will be back for maybe 2/3 days training at best....not the best preperation after a 2 week break from the league. My worry is WH will have had most of their squad training for 2 weeks and our Int players come back knackered.

beggars belief, its obviously a dig at Sunderland but they cant even get a picture of the manager correct.......if it is a dig at us them it is even more laughable...either way this journalist needs hanging!

Ali Dia, never got the game time to prove his worth!.....you have to love him for making complete idiots out of those responsible for his signing

Mark Dennis, i can feel the pain now that he inflicted on many that thought it was a good idea to try and run past him!

really dont understand why we have taken off one of our best players

that was an awful half to watch, i dont why we have gone with this line up, our midfield can not hold onto the ball

would you loan one of your players to one of your biggest rivals??? If Moses goes to Liverpool surely it will be a transfer not a loan?

I don't often agree with Glasgow but on this i do. Have a bit of respect for the opposition, this is chance for them to forget about the league and dump a Premiership side out of the cup, they will be up for this and if we approach the game anywhere near like most on here then we will be coming home with our tails between our legs!!

bloody fantastic for Rickie and yes he has every chance of playing again

I said when he first arrived at Saints he could speak English perfectly well and i said he choose to use an interpretur because he does not want the british press taking anything he says out of context....but no one choose to listen and just slagged him off!

all this anger by some of you....you are automatically making assumptions that the club wanted rid......none of you know this like none of you had a clue apart from Monk what was going on with Osvaldo.....and look how stupid you all looked when he signed. Why wait for the facts to come out???....just go ahead and blame someone because you need your scapegoats!

That was excellent to see, thxs for putting the video up

If its true we tried to sign him only a month ago i would be very surprised if we did not go back for him now. The OP's post suggests we must have agreed terms with the player if we appealed regarding his work permit. I don't think anyone would disagree that the defence is STILL an area that needs addressing!

No one has a problem with banter....this forum has decended into the nasty bullyboy playground of a minority that ambush every thread and consistently spout the same stuff on every thread and take it off topic....their ego's are such that they cannot bear not being the centre of attention. This used to be a great place to come and chat about about Saints related stuff but now its just boring as hell having to read the same drivel from the same people on every thread. No matter what our club does these people will never be happy....they are the sort of people that will always find fault!