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I think JP has earned the right to see this through. Shearer as a player was good, as a manager he is a tv pundit FFS. JP is coming over as a professional with a common sense grasp of the game. This is the best football we have seen for years. If there is money available give it to JP not Shearer.

I didn't want him back. He hasn't put a foot wrong. The football the team is playing, irrespective of the results, is great to watch. JP is impressive with his ambition and comments.

Common ground at last. Looking forward to watching this team play, I can live with the rollercoaster, wouldn't it be something if they were to get on a roll? You never can tell with kids.

Forget Shearer, JP wouldn't need £50million. Anyway does anyone seriously think it would happen. I think this young team is great to watch. I am happy to go with them . I'm beginning to see why Lowe went for him. It's a shame we didn't bring him in last time out.

The pessimists have been on this forum throughout the three games previously and until midnight after the games. How strange, not one of them posting today. Who will the first one to come on and try and put a negative spin on it. I am really looking forward to the two games this week. I wonder if Wotton or Cork will be CH vBirmingham.

This young team is learning fast, last min v Cardiff, Two scrappy goals v Birmingham, now we go away and play Derby off the park. Give them the credit, their football has been outstanding, now they do it for 93 mins.

Preston I think.

Lowe is selling players, trying to shift out high earners, bringing in young loans, and behaving as though there is no takeover. If there is going to be a takeover, it doesn't look as though it will be in the near future, and if there is one, you can bet your bottom dollar it won't come out until it has happened and Lowe will announce it out of the blue, and probably stay on with Cowen and Jones.

If it was going to happen, why are we signing loan players to play in the present team? If Lowe/Wilde were on the point of selling up, nothing would be happening, especially the sale of Davies. I'm still sceptical.:smt117 :smt117 :smt117 :smt117 still counting

Looked very calm.:smt096

James looks poor, Brown was doing his and the non running free kick/corner specialist work, Ferdinand/Terry adequate, Cole tried hard, The midfield was dire, Barry looked like he was playing with a hangover, Gerrard was so out of position, did Lampard play? Defoe doesn't do passing, I haven't got a clue where Rooney was supposed to be playing. All in all a complete shambles. The subs were poor, how does Downing get in the squad. All the passing was across the field or gave the ball away. No pace, Where was Walcott? Too demoralized to go on...........and on.

I thought he played forward in midfield for S****horpe against us last year. I may be wrong but I remember thinking that he would do well on loan to us. I may be incorrect but I thought everything went through him.

And the ex Man City keeper from Preston last year I believe.

Surman doesn't have pace he lost McFadden for the second goal on Saturday. I wouldn't call Schneiderlin quick and Lallana certainly isn't. Thomas was always suspect at Burnley, I was surprised at the fee but he doesn't display any leadership and is pretty rash with his tackling and his timing and positional covering is poor.

No problem in the main, due to not being able to sell Raziak, Skacel, Euell, Davis and Saganowski it caused Davies to be sold however it does look as though he wanted to go, once he knew Premier money and football beckoned.

Was last Tuesday, then this Tuesday, never happened, now next Wednesday! The main man from Singapore was supposed to be in town 9 days ago. I'm still sceptical. In any event unless the money is put in by the new owners and not borrowed it won't work. Better to do what we are doing, than spend using a big credit card. Leeds is the prime example of that.

Pretty smart replacing pace with plod. We are trying to go forwards not have more of the dire, no pace football of last season.

Could be that JP is not impressed by John's offside decisions when he walks back instead of jogging. He does lack pace and in the second half he wasn't able to hold the ball up and bring his team into play. He continually lost the ball until taken off. I may be way off the beam, but maybe someone is in for John and Saga has been recalled, HCDAJFU up front and is much more mobile.

He had to come into the middle as Svennson was moving towards Perry who missed the tackle about 10yds from the corner flag. Thats why Svennson was able to get on the near post to try and clear the header. The cross missed everybody out including Davis who did his best.

You make a fair point here. I think

Lets have a bit of perspective here. The goals against were 1) a ball up the middle and a tackle missed by Svennson, 2) the second goal was down our left Surman lost McFadden, Perry missed the final tackle before the cross to Bent. James was the last man and did get beaten by Bent but he did his job pretty well with no cover from the man in front of him, in fact Owusu-Abeyie was taken off and replaced by Philips. It was the experienced players not the youngsters, last week Svennson was beaten for the winner at Cardiff.

Obviously you meant Lloyd James not Thomas. Your last sentence makes no sense at all. JP has got it right with Thomas, he is pretty poor.

Is that the same Thomas that kept missing tackles and headers against Stoke? The team don't need an inclusion of slow useless players who bored us to death or went somewhere else to play last season. If it was down to me Skacel would never pull on a Saints shirt again. Despite being wanted here he went to Berlin.

Bloody rediculous juvenile thread. One of the most stupid comments possible.

John is playing for Trinidad tomorrow.