Micky

This is the thing that worries me too - what is it all about?

:lol: :lol: "Compact, fvkin' compact - have you seen us play - we've got more holes than a holey thing..... fvkin' compact....!!!!" My I larfed...! :lol: :lol:

Our best player - really ? Yeah, he's up there, and a decent player. But let's be honest, if the season has taught us anything thus far - it's that our players (in premiership terms) are not very good. Worth 5 - 8 mil if we offload as we go down, less than 3 once we are back in the championship.

Ooooo eeerrrrr, somebody had better explain this before we have yet another Villa debacle.

5 points to save our season - bullox - we'll not get 5 points this season.

I think that the statisticians who are meant to be counting the goals scored column are currently still busy totally up the goals conceded column. Probably going to be the first time that it has got into 3 figures before Xmas - yet another record that Saints have broken - yeaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

I can see us taking all 3 points here, keeping our first clean sheet and seeing RL get a premier league hat trick - 4 - 0 Saints.

lol

Which 3?

All of the aforementioned.

Would never have guessed.

Sky, bloody Sky. Recently moved from Northern Ireland back to England. Without going into all the gory details we were promised by Sky bloody Sky that they could make the move 'seamless' if we opted to stay with their service. Broadband would be switched off in the old house, and on in the new house on the same day - no problems. 'Seamless' transfer. Arrived in England to find no dial tone, no broadband, naff fukin all. Midweek phoned Sky bloody Sky to be informed that there had been a cock up and they couldn't connect for another 4 days (Tuesday). Shyte. Tuesday comes, no Sky bloody Sky. Phone them again to now be told there has been yet more of a cock up and they can't sort it for another 8 days. Upshot - Sky bloody Skys 'SEAMLESS FUKIN' TRANSITION' has now turned into a 15 day black hole. I am currently typing this connected to a bloody 40 quid dongle from 3, that is meant to last 3 months - but given my usage will struggle to serve me for 4 days...!!! Still another 5 days to do until we see if Sky bloody Sky actually manage to deliver.

Is 'playing really good football' but consistently failing to get three (or even one) points acceptable?

Eeerrrr yeah, you're right. Sorry for my knee jerk analysis.

The only consistency that we have displayed, is that to lose, and to concede goals - lots of them too. So we basically need to do a complete U turn on that one and start to pick up points. Will we become consistent enough to pick up 36 - 40 points this season - time will tell. Not very many weeks ago certain posters on here were talking about European League places - how many would now settle purely for scrapping in by the skin of our teeth. Much more realistic.

Did we really expect anything other than a pretty resounding defeat. Let's be honest most people are probably hacked off because we actually scored and took the lead - but it was never going to last. We are not good enough for this division and the amount of goals we have leaked is shocking.

So, from WAG's to fashion police in 12 posts. Pretty cool.

Did anybody really expect any different?

Whether he is finished or not, I personally would like to thank him for his efforts. His efforts have seen this club through the darkest days in many years of the clubs history - he has helped in our elevation to the top level once again. He had offers to go and 'swan' elsewhere (probably for more sheckles too) - but he stuck it out with us and got us through two promotions. Yeah, we can throw him on the scrap heap now - he's beyond his best, nowhere near good enough and well over the hill. But, not beyond thanking though.

I still think that the 'winning mentality' is very important - obviously though we now need to look objectively at it. Would we realistically expect to win against the sides that we have played - probably not in most cases. Therefore I don't thinks that the players should lose too much confidence when you consider the Manchester displays and results. However today's result was a bit of a tonking no matter how you dress it up and that obviously will affect confidence. If the players keep their nerve - we should be ok. If they don't - the championship beckons.

I'll do it - pretty sure I can match 'played 4, lost 4' - no sweat.

Given that I never actually expected us to do very well in this league - I won't become worried. Relegation was never a certainty - but it was and still is a distinct possibility. Our start was never going to be easy, but the problem is how it affects the players confidence - if we get cut adrift early, we could end up doing a Derby. If the players keep belief - we could well survive, who knows. The upshot is I'm not going to be worried at all this season - we are favourite to be relegated, anything else is a bonus - therefore nothing whatsoever to worry about.

Errr pedant alert pending, but we ain't at bloody Highbury....!!!!

This, this and this a thousand times over. The sports punditry in general is absolutely shocking - most of the contributors to this site could give you a far detailed analysis of most teams in the league. Great (and justified) rant.