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I can't see how you can take that comment as offensive or arrogance but that is your choice. It was not meant as either. I am not saying you are wrong, my point is Nick is that debating with you is somewhat pointless as you only see the absolute positives of everything connected to SFC and RL in particular. It's clearly not just myself who find your perceived obsession with RL as somewhat intriguing. If you were able to acknowledge that not everything they touch turns to gold then maybe it would make the debating process more constructive. We all want the same thing and to achieve that we have to recognise there are some significant shortfalls in where we are right now.

This has been clear for some time however to a certain element on here you are not allowed to make such blasphemous comments. His problem is somewhat compounded by the formation which gives him little or no cover.

Thanks Jan for joining Santsweb, I'm sure you'll enjoy being a member on here! Seriously though let's keep our fingers crossed that this enforced strategy will work for SFC, afterall all fans want us back on track. I do raise a wry smile each week though to see the new posts whose emphasis is purely down to whether we've had a good or bad week with the two 'opposing' camps poised at their keyboards waiting to pounce....

I take it you think he played well on Tuesday then? Did you see the game out of interest?

And let's face it James in particular has plenty of room to develop. Whilst I accept he had little or no protection from DMG on Tuesday he has probably spent the rest of the week on the treatment table being unknotted.

I have to say I'm becoming increasingly fed up with every other new post on this forum being about fans / attendance. On page one alone we have the following (very closely) related threads: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2530 http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2532 http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2563 http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2550 http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2527 I'm sure everyone appreciates the revenue from attendances is key to our future however people do not need to justify why they do or don't go to games and certainly not to uber-fans who come across as though they are better than others. Good football will bring them back and like it or not so will the Premiership. SFC is not alone in that attendances fall when droppping a division - it's a fact of life whether people find that hard to swallow or not. I'm open in that I don't go as much as I used too but I went last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. Let's try having a few more threads on football rather than the petty point scoring and one-upmanship that is so prevelant right now.

I'd say that was spot on Chez. Maybe would have given Robertson another point as I thought he was outstanding.

Didn't look like 4-4-2 to me if you are referring to last night? More like 4-2-1-3. Both Surman and Cork seemed to be very central in front of the two CB's with Lallana in a free roll and Robertson, Peckart and DMG up front (then switched to BWP / Robertson / DMG). It was this lack of wide midfilders that seem to cause us problems when Norwich attacked as there was no protection for James and Mills. On the attack we look very dangerous but we also looked exposed when they attacked us down the flanks.

Stunning performance from the new guy. He didn't look like a true left winger in those first 25 minutes and seems JP saw that as well. I was directly in line with him for his cracking goal. Once up the centre he gave us energy, running, good control, brought other players into the game and an eye for goal. If he carries on like his debut he will be a fantastic 'acquisition'.

Another painfully anal post to cause more derision and angst amongst the fan base. Well done. A moaner moaning about the moaners, how ironic.

James was horrific and that is no understatement. The 'problem' with our formation is there is no protection for the full backs. To operate with no wide midfield cover you need outstanding full backs and very mobile centre-halves. We don't have that. Robertson was outstanding and I was pleased to see JP recognise he was no left winger and put him straight up the middle. KD was also top drawer and his saves kept us in the game when it could have been very different. Norwich could easily have been 2 or 3 up in the first half. As for our 'penalty' well cough cough LOL!

Wes started it Miss, honestly it was Wes.

That's a matter of opinion I guess. If he was to try and stray from his restrictic vocabulary of 'flat caps, Lord Lowe, Golden Duo and class issues' then maybe he'd be funny but at the moment he is like a scratched record although how he gets so many bites does bring a wry smile I'll grant you.

Oh how everyone's laughing....

Couldn't agree more, spot on.

I hope not Ponty. Plenty of posters have assured us he will bag 20+ goals this season.

Same old SunnyDunce, backed into a corner and let's fly with childish and personal insults. He really is a silly little lonely man bless him. True to form though I'll give him that. His latest strategy is to put the blame of the clubs situation in the hands of the fans. You couldn't make it up. Ciao Troll.

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At which point in a players career do you consider he should reach his potential. At 23 he's not young (in footballing terms) and has had a few years experience in the leagues with well over a 100 league games so do you think we'll be waiting much longer?

Why be so defensive SOG? It's a forum and people are entitled to their opinions, afterall we are all SFC supporters so all views count. As for referring to Pearson then you can do what you like with stats so I'll throw that he only lost 4 games in his tenure and with a team he had little influence in for the first few games before managing to bring in a few needy loanees. Jan's had the whole preseason and alledgedly this is his team so the comparison looks even more favourably towards Pearson. It's even been suggested by some that it is now the fans fault that we are struggling. Not the team, or the manager, or one of the Chairmen or Board members or even backroom staff but no it's the fans

If this is true it's somewhat ironic after the mutterings from the club regarding the poor attititude of some of the senior players that were disposed of. Plenty of leaks to that effect in any case or was that just a smokescreen to justify their departure.

That's brightened up a dull start to the working week. Quality.

I guess he was starting to believe the hype when the Club bigged him up in pre-season. It also seems a fair majority on here caught the bug as well. He's a legend in his own half-time.

You are hypothesising are you not? It's all very well to make a short term 'financial' decision on a few £K's however if the long term is relegation it's not a very wise decision I'm sure you'll agree. Saga was treated abysmally last year and his few appearances reflected that. He's showed, with the right leadership he's a quality, experienced and proven goalscorer. Attributes we are found so wanting.