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Azaz is a game-changing player. His football brain is incredible as is his eye for a defence splitting pass threaded through the eye of a needle. He drifts into dangerous areas at will. He is a chance maker and a chance taker. No other player comes close for me but accept it's all about opinions.

Convincing 4-0 win.

I've seen one or two signs from Archer recently. For instance he made a tremendous burst at pace against Wrexham. He'll have been watching our top notch performances and hopefully thinking he wants to be a part of it. If anyone can get a tune out of him it's Tonda.

Derby should find it hard to score against us. Defensively we are very sound at the moment. Just looking at the numbers during the 16 match unbeaten run we have let in just 11 goals and 3 of those came in the 4-3 win at Leicester. The maths is simple - we have let in a paltry 8 goals in the other 15 matches ( that should be 7 but for the incompetence of the ref on Tuesday night). That is some turnaround considering we have always consistently shipped goals for fun. It all stems from the arrivals of Peretz and Bree plus the move to a settled back four.

Back to back home games against Derby and Blackburn coming up. Win both, as we should on current form, and we will all but guarantee making the play-offs barring a monumental collapse in the final 4 matches.

Pitchside Unseen video on official site is well worth a watch.

Fans the world over say what they see. It's often not a knee jerk reaction when criticism is dished out. Most times it's because fans have been worn down by inept performances from owners, coaches, players and those dealing with transfers. We seem to have struck gold with Tonda because his tactics work and he has a knack of getting the best out of his players. Right now it is great being a Saints fans because we are putting in a run of fantastic performances and results. We've put up with more than our share of bad times so let's enjoy this while it lasts and praise everyone involved because they deserve our plaudits.

His goal came at a crucial time yesterday. It restored our two goal cushion meaning Wrexham had to go for it. We then exploited the space they left to plunder another two goals.

This!

Azaz is by far the best footballer at the club. If the rest were on his wavelength he'd look even better. The guy is brilliant and we need to keep hold of him.

Agree but would you like to fall under the Tonda death stare? Up there with the Fergie hairdryer treatment I reckon.

I think we have a fair few players who could hold their own in the Premier League - this squad is far better than Russboy's and the coaching is streets ahead. I'm quietly confident that a few astute signings will give us a decent chance of competing - we've already beaten Fulham and Arsenal by playing a good brand of football.

Same as fans of every club in the world - always has been and always will be. Not an issue worth highlighting.

Said it a few times on here - every player improves under Tonda Eckert.

Like every other player at the club his performances have improved largely due to excellent coaching led by Tonda Eckert. Is there a single player at the club who has regressed since he took the reigns? I can't think of anyone.