saint lard

He's done well in league one. Untried,untested under pressure in the NPC.His last visitation was so/so,albeit with Scunny. Hopefully he will succeed in the NPC,then i think you can say he is up and coming.

I think i have asked valid questions just prior to the new campaign. If you can't manage to answer them in a coherant and constructive manner then it tells alot more about you than me.Carry on berating me please it gives me the attention i so crave. But hey,should i expect anymore from some on here. Although some manage to accept my OP for what it is,a topic for discussion.....perhaps they are the more astute ones on here. Mods,close the thread....no forum for discussion here.

Where have i said i want us to fail,completely the opposite if you read the OP.

Wrong on so many levels. Read my post properly,Christ a couple of posts in and the bickering a and attempted point scoring starts. You have hardly addressed the issues,just berated my view. It is obvious by your comments reference my views you are blinkered and wide of the mark. The people that don't share exactly the same view as you....put them on ignore,then you can live in your rosey garden. Enjoy the season,you have already decided we will be fine and all is dandy.

Maybe i want just a little more than consolidation,is that a bad thing? Fine line between settling for what we have and walking the tightrope of lower table mediocraty.

Is there anything to be really worried about this coming season or are we comfortably well enough equipped for the campaign? Barring the CB debate,which appears to be being somewhat addressed, all be it slowly,We really are relying on a squad that we had last season. Cork and De ridder have been added,thankfully.But i'm unsure they alone will be the difference to a league one side and what now needs to become a Championship side. Some have said we were a championship side,all bar the shouting,last season...but did we perform like one? We did well last season and alot is being said reference 'Team spirit',but is that alone enough for us to compete at a decent level? Will NA step up to the plate,this will be new territory for him,we differ hugely from Scunny,in many ways. Many of the managers he will be facing in the opposite dugout have considerable experience in this league. Were we so outstanding in League one that many think now that we can utilise what we have available in the NPC,if so,i am not convinced. I sincerely hope i am wrong. But i am approaching this season with a mild trepadation. Im sure many will point to what other sides are doing and what they percieve as weakenesses in their squads,so all will be well at saints......but nothing is as cut and dried as that,imo. Complacency and underestimating our opposition could prove costly. Just had to get that off my chest. I suspect this will be met with the usual derision by some.

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Why all the animosity towards Alan Pardew?

I wish i could afford a takeaway.

He must have been doing something right at his old club....... stief87 Steve De Ridder Is proud of his player-of-the-year award from #degraafschap!!!! Thank you guys!

I suspect it is more down too Ashley than Pardew.

It is him....... https://twitter.com/#!/Joey7Barton

Joey7Barton Joseph Barton One day the board might realise, what the shirt signifies. HONOUR and PRIDE. Thanks for your continued support........... #toonarmy

Joey7Barton Joseph Barton Somewhere in those high echelons of NUFC, they have decided, I am persona non grata. Joey7Barton Joseph Barton One day the board might realise, what the shirt signifies. HONOUR and PRIDE. Thanks for your continued support........... #toonarmy

Joey7Barton Joseph Barton Somewhere in those high echelons of NUFC, they have decided, I am persona non grata.

Brilliant PR trick by Joey Barton and his team. Forced Newcastle Utd into making a statement that they want him to leave.

He has been quite damning of late on his twitter account,ref the heirachy at Newcastle.

No,you would not be alone. Certainly not.

lower half to mid table.

Mine is like something from the chum bucket.

Strong rumour that Leicester are endevouring to sign Robbie Keane. Bloody heck.

Sigourney Weaver,hubba..hubba.

Maynard........or possibley the coventry striker Justiwiekvitz or whatever his name is. And a CB.

No,sorry,lost me at 'eeer we do'