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Fonte, is mobile, a good tackler, reads the game well, used as a midfielder good in the air, breaks forward aggressively and has scored four goals this season. Schneiderlin on the other hand, can't tackle and apart from being a possession passer does little else except collect more bookings than anyone else with mistimed tackles. With Fonte, Lallana, as now the best footballer in the team, would have the freedom to play expansively and reinforce the front two with pace out wide. As I said hypothetical because Fonte will be first choice at the back and unlike Adkins I have the luxury of thinking outside the box. As for Schneiderlin, unlike Lallana he is no better now than the day he arrived and is totally one dimensional. He passes the ball and that is it, unfortunately most of the passes are just unloaded sideways or backwards eventually to Davis. Unless he adds more to his game he will continue to be a third rater which is where we are.

Yes, as the defensive midfielder with free role for Lallana.

Connolly, Seaborne, Dickson and Forte ruled out yesterday with injury.

Hypothetical but I would like to see- Davis, Butterfield, Jaidi, Martin, Harding, Chamberlain, Lallana, Fonte, N'Guessan, Lambert, Barnard. 4-4-2 (Guly had a hamstring problem yesterday)

The one thing we do know, no information comes out of the club, ever. A sale of the club wouldn't happen within the club so no information would be available. It is highly unlikely there is information available to people that would talk to a reporter. It might be happening, but the first thing that becomes public will be the announcement that the club has been sold. If the Leibherr family have allowed Cortese to arrange the ownership change, fair enough. I can't see the Leibherr family selling out over his head. Either way it would happen in Switzerland under conditions of the utmost secrecy. A hack with a third rate small town paper wouldn't get a smell.

I was in the west stand also all the other matches. I left SMC in 1960, 2 yrs in 1st XI football. Fell out with Bro Joseph as I wanted to play Sat afternoons for Cowes and pick up some pocket money.

Probably the best goal I've ever seen scored was Don Roper hitting a volley from just inside his own half. It was hit so hard it flashed under the diving goalkeeper, hit the metal stanchion holding up the net and rebounded back out under the still airborne goalkeeper.

Or a welsh leisure centre, Baaa.

I must say that I read the forum most days and can only remember one occasion thinking that the club may have complained about threads on here. That was when leftback was posting information and opinions. He must have either worked/recently worked for the club with current information available to him. After the Huddersfield match when the system to be used and the team picked was posted on here we were outmanoeuvered, especially as the Huddersfield scout sat next to us and what he was writing was observed by the person looking over his shoulder. I thought at the time that we could catch a cold and we did. Leftback was then banned. It didn't surprise me in the least certainly as the club monitored this site on a daily basis which was confirmed to me by David Luker. If I had been them I would have been upset at this information being leaked, therefore it would surprise me if there wasn't some reaction from the club.

Every job at whatever level being paid for with public funds should be evaluated. It is necessary, keep it, it can be done without, get rid of it. The public sector should consist only of the essential public services. Leisure, PR etc should be cut unless self financing through fees..

I think it came from Ron. email him. With his impact, being Markus Leibherr's favourite player, Pardew wasn't going to get away with ditching him especially as he had to agree to the club's ambition on style. I think it was more likely that he didn't want to stay, with Pardew's attitude and his political position in the middle.

We were told that he wouldn't stay with Pardew as manager rather than the other way round.

Brilliant.

I'd have him back today. What he gave us we don't have now, a much better player than he has been given credit for.

I know Nick socially and he is a decent person that lives for the Saints, can't meet up next week as he is in Hartlepool with another 1000 real supporters. As for most of us it's far too much trouble to do a 500 mile round trip and get back in the early hours but Nick does it all the time.

I played golf with David Peach the day after he had a 'snip'. We all couldn't stop laughing as he was walking like a jockey on tiptoe wishing he hadn't bothered.

I knew him quite well at Stoneham. He was a good player if a bit small. In those days everybody attacked, a hundred goals a season was regularly achieved. I still remember all those players and the teams selected.

Bryn Elliott was in the first team when I started going. He was a left half (central midfielder). A member at Stoneham for years. He is a really nice person.

He was brought in and a fee agreed prior to Pardew leaving. Only signings after Adkins arrived can be attributed to him.

Adkins has spent £50k, one loan, one released because contract not being renewed. How much did Pardew spend? Millions. This was a silly comparison with no chance of a valid answer.

Tranmere, Exeter, Peterborough, a good keeper, you are having a laugh.We defend better at home and lot of his mistakes are away and cost us points. 10 away games left and Davis in goal in his present form could screw our promotion this season.

You are in the minority now defending the indefensible, Davis is a liability. The sooner he is out of the team, the better. His present form is schizophrenic and his lapses may well add up to no promotion. It must be his off field influence certainly not his onfield performances that are keeping him in the team. As a goalkeeper Collin dominated his box and communicated well with his defence, shotstopped when he had to and had no chance with the goal. Along with half the keepers in the league far better all round than Davis.

Collin looked like a good keeper today. Davis and Fonte nearly messed it up again a la Tranmere.

Anyone ride on the trams?

Rialto-Shirley just west of the Atherly. Regal - High St Forum-Above Bar Broadway-Portswood Empire aka Gaumont-Commercial Rd Odeon-Above Bar