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Some info from Jordan Sibley on twitter,reference interviews prior to the leeds games...... jordansibley Jordan Sibley Anyone would think we are live on sky this weekend - three different sky tv crews for four interviews at the training ground today jordansibley Jordan Sibley You'll be able to see the gaffer on FL Weekend (Fri) Cork on Soccer Saturday whilst Adkins & Lambert will be in pre-match coverage

I'm not repeating myself anymore for your amusement. If you can't grasp that i have answered what you want then i give up. You just don't like the answers given,because they don't fall in line with yours. You either want a forensic account of anything i post or you have aspergers. Either way you can't seem to be able to read a post in the context it is written. Infract me mods,it will be a honour to gain my first infraction just prior to my subscription expires.

You stated that both Lallana and Oxo kept Puncheon out of the squad....imo,Puncheon kept himself out of the squad. Puncheon on what i have seen of him in a saints shirt is not better then either,however he was not given the opportunity to prove me otherwise because he was acting like a plum. If he was putting in displays like he did at Milwall or Blackpool,he would have been nearer the squad.I don't think Oxo would have been used so frequently.

I think Puncheon kept himself out of the Saints team by his own actions,not because he did not warrant a starting place due to his ability. Lallana quite possibly and Fonte perhaps.I will reserve judgment on Cork until i see him play oncemore.Morgan can be extremely sloppy at times,will be interesting to see if he can stem the loose passing which seems to let his overall ability down at times. It all depends also on your ambitions when reaching the prem.

But are our best players good enough to step up?

From todays Echo,Adkins certainly intimating that he wants to be in the mix come January.....mind you he would hardly say otherwise. Plus good to see him state that team ethic alone will not be enough,you need ability also.Some appear to be relying on this to carry us through..... http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/9177466.Saints_good_enough_to_compete_says_Adkins/

That is quite a presumption, based on very little,imo.

Strangely i still think this a goer also. I posted such reasoning on another thread. Can't remember which however.

Good post ,imo.

They have bid again for Shane Long,£7m plus add ons. West ham are in for John Carew and Andy Johnson also.

I hardly think the players i listed,in answer to your question again,are players that will fulfill there roles substantially over a season in the NPC.But if you could not gleam that info fron the answer i gave previously then i am at a loss. You concur that other managers have more experience in this league,surely that tell you they have an advantage over someone who has minimal experience outside league one. Adkins took Scunny up,then straight back down,who else has he managed in the Championship,no one. Compiling a squad for the forthcoming season,which also compliments what you have enroute,does not mean you need to spend like other squads have,so i wouldv'e been extremely uncomfortable withe big spending. Would i swap Adkins for Cotterill,no.But would i like to have cotterills' experience at the helm, certainly. I do think PFC,however short in numbers have a very good starting 11 available,and again with more experience than many of our squad. I feel i am being pragmatic and approching the new campaign with apprehension,which is the point made in the OP,nothing more ,nothing less.Is that a crime..no an opinion. Jaidi and Connolly wont hack it week in week out in the NPC,imo. Would Sneijder make an impact in the Prem,who knows. But that could be said about De ridder and the others that have not played in the NPC at all or consistantly. But it does not stop all and sundry taking it for granted that consolidation is a given.....this is my point about my apprehension,have we underestimsted the capabilities of sides that are deemed lesser than us,yet have vastly more experience of this league. Do i think the coaching staff will underestimate other sides,you bet ya. Top managers are often undone by underestimating the opposition,Adkins is not yet a top manager but he will come up agaist more tactically aware managers/coaches and this will be a learning curve and the acid test of his abilities outside league one. Now, you have responded to my previous answers so i must have fillfilled your remit along the way,i have done so again. Perhaps others will draw the info they requested of me,oncemore.debate the issue, not the merits of the poster in question would be a bonus.Some have managed to do so. I hope we can agree to disagree,but i have not sidestepped any topics thrown at me,not on this thread or others.I will do the best to put my point over using the best symantics i can.......but unlike many politicians i did not have a private education. Heres hoping for a successful season,under the stewardship of Adkins...who will then have proven his credentials to him becoming top manager.

This is the aim surely,if he helps achieve this then he has done his job.And if that were to be in one season then so be it,if not we have hardly wasted resources on getting him in and to be fair i would expect us to be in the same predicament as QPR,we will have to ship out a few that simply won't cut it in the Prem. But that is way down the line i suspect.

Well,they must have some money to spend....... http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/great-matches/pompey_snubbed_in_fresh_bid_for_striker_1_2928407

I will be quite happy if the Gorkks transfer goes through. He has been in this league,done well with his previous club and it appears he was integral to QPR going up. His experience could be invaluable.

I think you have nudged just ahead of me as the most unpopular poster on this forum. Ta muchly.

Due to my living in close proimity to Skatesville and my work colleague are members of the blue few my life is made bloody awful at work when we lose. However more recently,due to thier financial dificulties/irregularities i have managed to cut them down to size. This coming season should be interesting as there will be a little more parity between the two clubs. I will dread it when we lose and they win on a weekend,however my revenge will be swift,cutting and painful.

I was pleasantly surprised with this,quite a diverse set of tunes. For me,'the spaghetti incident' was a real let down.

Never said it has a bearing on Adkins or Playing squad. It is relevant when people are talking as though NA has the proven credentials in the NPC,and claiming this as fact.I think it is important to remind ourselves that NA will be a novice in this league compared to many,that have managed in this league,or higher. Guly and De Ridder,Italian Football and the Dutch leagues,you follow them closely then,tell me more.This is your opinion.Have we not had players from those aformentioned leagues that did not quite live upto the billing.Or of atleast similar ilk. Lambert and OXo,"a good bet to step up",again this is your opinion.I'm not convinced.That is my opinion. I answered the questions directed at me just above your post.Infact you responded with this reply i've quoted. I will post on and start threads on topics that i think are valid. Those posts and threads are my opinions. I hoped to start a genuine debate,but the initial reaction is to be a critique of the poster,not what is posted.A bit like what you have just done. I hope i have answered some of your queries, in what you deem a polite and concise manner. Lets hope we can make the same headway we did in league one and transfer that into the coming season.

Good post,imo.

But the same could be said 'why do you think we are so much better equipped than Milwall' But then i never stated that we are so much worse.Dalek,over to you.

Would i rush out to buy Lambert,Guly,Hammond,Jaidi,Davis,Connolly,Richardson,Seabourne,Oxo,Forte,i could go on i suspect, and say look a promotion winning side,nope.But that is what we haveat our disposal. Oxo,unproven in the league above,De ridder unproven in English football,Lallana only ever relegated from the Championship. Adkins has no pedigree of success besides league one,Whereas Errikkson and Big Sam have proven credentials in leagues above, and beyond in Errikksons case. Whatever you think of Cotterill he has kept a side in the championship,again more than Adkins has done. Lets just hope it all goes to plan and we have a stunning campaign. But lets just bare in mind,we are just as possible to succombe to struggling as anyone else in this league,i wish i could be in the camp of let's just consolidate but i do want more....but i am not going to be nieve enough to think that cosolidation is a given. I want more of the feeling of success that last season brought i can assure you.

A reason for any complacency or underestimating our opponents i feel will come from us the fans,they seem to have done so from many quarters already. How many think we will be in a relegation fight come towards the end of the season?. I have not seen one person with that apprehension,but the blind faith that our squad is strong enough to remain in this league,we have no devine right too. We had a sqaud that many would be envious in league one,but in the NPC? We had a manager that proved capable of doing well in league one,how many other clubs would swap managers for NA in the NPC? What would lower my trepidation....a season in the NPC under our belts already with this squad. Apologies for the delay in responding.

Hardly anti Adkins,more pro and wishing him to succeed. Best to read my posts before commenting on them.

This i agree with,100%.

I would want us to go into this campaign fighting for promotion,that should be the mindset of everyone at SFC and the fans also. Although i think if we can achieve around the play offs,even down to 8th/9th we would have had a reasonable campaign.But i think that will be a tall order perhaps. What i don't subscribe to is how some seem happy with consolidation/mid table obscurity. That does not mean however i expect us to steamroller the opposition and the league in one foul swoop,before some posters think i do. And my OP was questioning do we have the capabilities both in players and management to also deliver more than consolidaion/mid table.