Micky

Interesting stuff - not least the bit about how his contract details got to be published as well. I can understand him being more than p i s s e d o f f...! Makes you wonder what kind of journalist prints such information and as JE says - where exactly did they get the information from. Mind you - all this sort of story does is put himself in the shop window.

Ahhhhh the ever refreshing 'most important game of the season' thread...... not seen one of these since errrr - the Forest game barely 2 weeks ago....!!! Must win, 6 pointer, can't lose, catastrophic consequences blah blah blah. Let's face it guys if the managers and players don't realise the seriousness of our current plight then we are in deep shyte. We have to pull our fingers out before we get set adrift at the bottom - that means 20 cup finals between now and season end.

I don't want Kelvin to get Player of the Season - I want DMG to get it. Let's face it for that to happen it means that DMG has to have blinder for the rest of the season, scoring 25 goals in the process which in turn means we avoid relegation. So while I am eternally grateful to KD for his heroics thus far, DMG for Saints Player of the Season please.

After a win, much like yesterdays: 'This result means nothing unless we follow it up with another 3 points against.....' Whereupon we generally lose our next home game against the likes of Forest....! Let's hope this one does not come back to haunt us again on Saturday

'The takeover will be concluded in the next few days....' Normally a Wednesday phrase in time for Fridays by the likes of Tommac, et al.... absolute classic...!

If we win all of our remaining games we will stay up - no problem. Errrrr but... current form says that aint likely to happen and we will struggle. Win away at Reading, lose at home to Forest. The problem is not consistency though - becuase from what I have seen, we are consistently poor. Even yesterday - we were apparently lucky to come away with the points. If I were a betting man - it would be on us to be relegated. We now need a huge improvement in our home form in order to get out of this mess. It's in our hands - as I said in an earlier thread - time to stop talking a good game and start playing one - consistently.

You'd probably wake up somewhere along the line too..!

Never had a problem with the guy to be honest - remember him commentation of 5 live for the QPR game and he was very complimentary about our performance. To be honest, I wouldn't bet against any of the 3 predictions he has made there.

But thats the problem Tim. All season we have been 'talking the talk' but never 'walked the walk'. We talk a good game, we talk up the young players, we even talk up the manager and coaching staff yet we are in a crappy predicament. Less talk and more action methinks. Things at SMS are pretty serious right now and the sooner the players realise that games are fast running out the better. At our current points per game ratio we are certainties for relegation - they are the facts. Optimism yes - but blind optimism no - time to get real or get relegated.

Thirty bloody quid.... are you sure you haven't actually bought the crappy Withdean Stadium...???

Allow me to edit your post slightly to what I believe that most people actually think. Lets not kid ourselves, the scenario is a whole lot likelier than us returning to the Premiership thats for sure.

Having witnessed what I have in the first half of the season I have resigned myself to relegation. In the unlikely event that it doesn't happen then it's a bonus. People keep asking 'Can it get any worse?' and it appears to me that the stark reality is 'Yes it can and probably will'. Our home form is shocking, as is our goals ratio - I really do not see us getting anywhere near enough points for safety.

Not often that me and Alpine agree on much - but I think that he's probably called this one near to the mark. Can't see us going straight back up - it's not that easy - look at Leeds Utd, it took Forest a fair few years too. If we go down, supposing we manage to stay in the 3rd tier I can see it taking us a good 4 - 5 years to get back again. As for getting into the top flight - I think your looking at a decade if we get relegated this season. Time to dig in - otherwise it's going to be a long long long way back from this mess.

I don't believe I said that - strangely though, I have always felt that a certain Nigel Clough might do well at a higher level. I wonder if he is available.... doooh maybe not now....

Observation noted - and agreed - Derby worked bloody hard for their result. We appear to like to 'knock it about a bit in midfield' (tippy tappy as Alpine would say) but we don't want to be sweating over our nice clean shirts. After our game, somebody on here suggested that we need Robbie Savage to 'add some steele' to our midfield and I thought 'Shyte - no way do I want that clogger in red and white...' Look who came on for Derby tonight - shucks, what do I know...!!!

I agree with you entirely. Up to now, from what I have seen, we look pretty clueless in all departments less KD (thank god). But comparing one game is unrealistic - we now have 20 to get our asses in gear and sort this season out - otherwise the outcome could well be catastrophic for this club.

Lets face it, the whole season has been a bloody pantomime up to now anyway and so therefore that wouldn't look out of place in our team. Probably faster and fitter than half of our squad anyway - bring it on - give it a game...!

Derby did Man U fair and square - but how that relates to our game against them is beyond me. Football is full of surprises, didn't see many people predicting we would go to Reading and win, look at the teams that Burnley have taken out in their cup run. There are loads of 'one off' surprises that you can quote - but in the grand scheme of things trying to compare individual games and point to form is pretty fruitless. For us it matters only about what we do between now and the end of the season - shove Derby...!!

My experience of a tandem is that the guy at the front does all the peddling and works his butt off, while the guy at the back sits and does naff all because his 'partner' can't see his skiving, idle ways. I take it DMG will be on the back then...!!!

Can't say that I'm particularly overwhelmed - but I guess 'something is always better than nothing'.

Phew - thank god for posts 2 - 6, I thought I had lost my marbles for a minute there...!!!

Interesting theory - makes a change from the normal D & G merchants - I hope you are correct.

Perhaps these conclusions are nearer the actual truth... Here we are only 4 days into the new year and the old ITK and source problem has once again arisen. It's gonna be a good one......

Most foolish post of the day.... nay year actually, as we are only 5 days into it....

Somebody is lying.... http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=7592 or at the very least being 'economical with the truth...!'