Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd

What's up with Cork?

This one's a potential Banana skin. Our run has to come to an end sometime and I've got a horrible feeling we're gonna **** up this weekend. :-/

Has Jack Cork been offered a contract yet?

Same here.

Had a horrible feeling that the wheels were going to come off today. Gutted. Spurs and Liverpool are the two teams I really wanted us to turn over this season. Need to get back to winning ways ASAP.

first 45 we were not sharp more open 2nd half He's said this after every game. Surely it's about time you did something about it then, Ron? ;-) To be honest, I couldn't give a **** whilst we're winning. Koeman is becoming one of my favourite Saints managers.

Got a bad feeling about Saturday's game. I can see the bubble bursting and us slipping up. :-/

Keeping my feet firmly on the ground. We're doing well to get points on the board now as I think it'll be a different story looking at our fixtures for December.

Not going to gloat just yet but he deserves everything he gets. Why do managers choose to go to Spuds to 'further their career' when they've got such a dreadful reputation for not giving managers time to develop and prove themselves. Guess it's all about money and Poch showed that he's as greedy as every other manager they've had, which I why I hope he fails miserably.

A fantastic result. How refreshing is it to see a manager who's not affraid to change things? Once again his subsitutions were superb. Yoshida was getting a roasting in the first half and would've probably been given his marching orders had he stayed on the field. Ok, it's common sense but numerous managers wouldn't have made that change. Big Vic really changed things when he came on and it's great to see him getting his first Saints goal. In fact, it's great to see so many members of the team chipping in with goals.

Absolutely.

I look at it this way Liverpool (a) l/y W. t/y L WBA (h) l/y W. t/y D WHU (a) l/y L. t/y W Newcastle (h) l/y W. t/y W 9 points from those 4 fixtures last season. 7 point from the same fixtures this season. Therefore we're slightly behind where we were last term.

I take back what I said after seeing him in Pre-Season. I had serious doubts that he'd be able to adjust to life in the Premiership but he looked like a different player today. Top Marks!

Pochettino's biggest problem is his inability to change things when things aren't going to plan. He only seems to have one plan of action. Undo that and he's got no back up plan.

Thank you. As I tried to explain in an earlier post, I went to see him as it was a good opportunity to see SL with my own eyes and to see what he is capable of. Sadly he didn't play the whole game, which I expected him to, and the 30 minuted he did play, he did nothing. The Republic are a awful team so anybody with any real talent should shine amongst the mediocrity. Robbie Brady and Aiden McGeady both managed to do this and both looked impressive as did Robbie Keane when he came on. I got chatting to a few people sat near me and told them I was a Saints fan, every one of them pretty much reacted in the same way... 12 Million for Shane Long? And then some comment like... That's what happens when other clubs know that you've got money... Your manager's been smoking something in Amsterdam... He's ok but never worth that money & we were shocked when Hull paid £6m for him! And the classic... are yous a bunch of feckin' eejuts. :-)

Read what I said... 'BASED ON TONIGHT'S PERFORMANCE'. I will go and watch him again as everybody deserves a chance however, he's never impressed me when I've seen televised games and he did nothing tonight to change my opinion. He didnt even do the positive things that people talk about on here!

Well he played for 31 minutes and was spectacularly unimpressive. He committed several stupid fouls and won a couple of free kicks. Other than that he did **** all. Based on that performance I wouldn't give £1.2m for him. I honestly wonder what Saints saw in him that made them pay £12m for his services. I now know why he started on the bench. Hasn't Doyle just gone to CP? I'd much rather have had him at Saints. He looked world class compared to Long. Robbie Keane also showed that he's got more about him. I went tonight as I felt I should give the lad a chance as I've been fairly critical without actually seeing him in the flesh. I've come away even more disillusioned. He showed nothing, and I mean NOTHING that justifies that price tag or even suggests he's of Premiership standard. Overall verdict based on tonight's performance... Shane Long is ****!

Having not seen much of him I thought I'd head to the Aviva to see him play for his country. He's not even in the starting 11. O'Neil has gone with Doyle and Hoolahan up front which is disappointing. I'd have thought that someone who plays regularly in the Prem and has just gone for such big money would've got the nod ahead of Hoolahan or Doyle? I expected Long to be straight in the team, particularly when you consider that the Republic really are ****! Can't help but feel that I've wasted my money coming here tonight. It's a terrible game and the main reason for coming is sat on the bench. :-/

He'll be a very special player in a couple of years, not sure he's quite up to it just yet. One for the future.

I'm convinced we could've done better for less money. Rickie cost £1m and is living proof that you can pick up players from the lower leagues for sensible money. Personally, I've never been so underwhelmed with a Saints signing. We paid silly money that we'll be lucky to see half of back when we let him go. Now I don't mind only getting 50% back if a player delivers the goods in their time with the club but I can't see Long cutting it. He hasn't anywhere else so what makes people think he will here? At least other past signings have had a decent track record. He just has a reputation for under achieving. Why pay so much for someone with such average credentials?

£12m for Shane Long and most people haven't even got him in their predicted starting 11. A very expensive substitute. That said, so was Gaston. Of all the business we've done, Long is the one deal I simply don't understand. I'd have rather kept £12m and Gaston. I honestly don't believe we'd be any worse off as a team.

Get in! Radio Nova, Dublin. You are ****ing useless. Sack your sports reporter!!!

He won't tell me anything. Not spoken to me since I bowed to pressure from people on here and named him. Understandable really, it wasn't a very clever thing to do but I was sick of people giving me grief. I've had a couple of texts about a player he scouted in the states who has just signed for a championship team but **** all Saints related. Think I've burned my bridges with that one.

I'd better not tell you what I've just heard on Irish radio here in Dublin then. :-/

Heard on Irish radio that we failed to agree terms with Mane earlier today so turned our attentions to Redmond but couldn't get the deal concluded in time. Can anybody confirm this???