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Regarding Forte surely the most important thing is what is he like on football manager? Does anyone have his stats?

A respected poster on the UI board has said that Peterborough have had bids from 2 NPC and a league one club for Joe Lewis, he wants out, Adkins is a fan and he would be happy to join us. Great signing if true.

I agree, quite often when the whole ground is singing the Chapel and Itchen are a couple of lines behind the Northam, means SMS has an echoing sort of sound. The Northam needs to slow the f*ck down, everyone knows this so why dont they?

and 95% of our fans ignored it as well.

If he goes or stays he'll still be bench warming for a NPC club next season.

so the two biggest threads of the season so far were for a player who isn't leaving and another who isn't joining. Neither thread based on any fact, just pure speculation and ITKness.

It does matter according to some on here, if Lallana had been playing if we had shot from 3 yards or 30 yards they would go in, simply because he is on the pitch.

IN theory of course you are correct, but It never will until the abolish transfer fees and ban agents. no club is going to keep a player worth £20m for all his contract knowing he'll leave for nothing at the end of it. They'll cash in when they can. Equally if a player signs a contract at 17 on £5k a week but two years down the line are being tipped for greatness and gets tapped up and offered £20k a week somewhere else with an agent in their ear telling them to move on as they get a handsome % of the fee then they are likely to want to go. The only thing contracts mean these days is a temporary show of commitment from the player and club, both will be shot of the other if its in their best interests.

The atmosphere at Birmingham v West Ham last week was awesome, clueless c*nts though, i'd much rather be at Wallsall v Hartlepool.

To be honest we should be on watchdog for selling him for over £1m, they were utterly fleeced.

seems to do okay for Rapid Vienna and internationals. Surely that is a lower standard than L1 and the NPC? I dont know anything about him.

How do you know? The last time we regularly had premier league fans here you were 12.

Surely Alpine would know all about this boy?

I am driving and according to Multimap it's 2hrs 45 mins by car. I'd imagine it'll be 3.-4hrs by coach, still means bingo bus will be there at 3pm. I hope they all bring lots of blankets and flasks of coffee to keep them warm, 2 hrs is a long time to keep warm. Bloody train was 3 1/2 hours, 3 changes and £65 quid FFS.

IMO Jaidis miss was a bad one, Puncheons missed from about 7 yards, i wouldn't say this was a half chance, Guly should definitely have squared it to Chamberlain, no doubt about it. If only Lallana had been playing, even though he'd have had nothing to do with any of the moves we'd have scored with all three chances because the players would automatically be better finishers and make better decisions if he was on the pitch. In fact his presence alone and movement would also have taken the Notts County defender away from the goal line so Fontes header would have gone in as well.

This is probably the best and most accurate post i have ever seen. If i was wearing a hat i'd take it off to you. The only thing missing is the ridiculous comment is the summer that Saints are the most attractive team for a player to join outside of the Champions league sides and we can sign who we want.

Shall we start another thread Nick, out of the top six by next saturday. If we lose against Exeter and Peterborough and everyone else wins their games we might be out of the top 6 by this time next week FFS

FFS, it's quite simple, we missed four good chances. Jaidi headed over, Puncheon blazed over, Gully shot instead of squaring to Chamberlain who had an open goal, FOnte had one off the line. Four chances which with better finishing we would have scored, right or wrong? If we score we win. If Lallana had played we may have created more or better chances, i am not saying that isnt the case, what i am saying is we created enough to win and did him being off the pitch make Jaidi miss? Did it make Gully shoot instead of passing? Would KD have come and claimed the ball against Tranmere instead of letting it go between him and Fonte if Lallana had been on the pitch? Yes or no? We didn't draw with Notts County and lose and Tranmere because Lallana wan't playing, we got those results because of individual mistakes and poor finishing, nothing to do with if Lallana was playing or not. I dont understand why this is so difficult for some of you to understand.

Read above you clown, i said he makes us a better team, only an idiot would say otherwise, but you seem to think that somehow he magically influcences the ability of all the players around him and can even influcence the direction the ball goes in when another player heads it.

So let me get this right. You think that if Lallana had been playing he single handly improves the finishing ability of every player on the pitch? If Lallana had been playing, even though he would have been nothing to do with the cross or header, Jaidi would have scored rather than heading over, just the mere fact of him being on the pitch would have done this?

It seems taht what some of you seem to think is that not only is Lallana a good player himself but he improves everyone around him by 10000000%. Bad finishers become great finishers, average midfielders become world beaters if he is on the pitch. Not only is he a good player himself he is also a magician that makes headers that would be going over go into the net. Oh by the way, do you still think we can sign anyone we want? It was you that said that.

Right so in that case we should score with every opportunity we have when Lallana is playing.

I did read it, i am not saying he wouldn't lift the team or might have created other chances. We created chances against Nott County, Lallana being on the pitch doesn't make another player suddenly become a brilliant finisher. Do you really think if Lallana had been on the pitch and Dickson had crossed to Jaidi he would have stuck it in the net rather than heading it over? A move he would have been nothing to do with.

I dont doubt he would, but him not being there was not the reason we missed relatively simple chances. If Lallana had been playing would GUlly have squared to Chamberlain to put it into an empty net instead of shooting? Would Jaidi have headed a foot lower? Would Puncheon have smashed it into the roof of the net instead of over the top? We created chances and should have won, Lallana playing or not playing isn't the difference between another player missing or sticking it in the net.

How can another player being on the pitch, nothing to do with the move in question, make a 6ft 3inch, 35 year old ex PL and international centre back heading a cross from Dickson a foot lower? Can you explain that one to me please.