captainchris

Another player who got infinitely better when he stopped playing for us then..... Never a great fan personally - never a player that was anything but quite ordinary.... No disrespect to him but really quite average....wouldn't get anywhere near our current first team...

Forums are for an exchange if opinion and I totally disagree with the person who thinks those with differing opinions should be banned. Football is about opinions, the more the merrier. Those without one are in my opinion better off talking to dictaphone and playing it back! Have some tollerance of others and enjoy what they have to say . Without some strong points of view this place is stale and pointless....

Ahhhh Dalek some real common sense at last... Never close to making it with us.....

This is a logical sensible argument. Without keeping this Swiss together (bar the deadwood) plus adding three or four minimum next year will be a struggle. It's a case of bring in the reinforcements required and finish top six or if we don't then could see us in the bottom half or worse.... Not to invest in this team would be criminal given the talent we have. The worry is that if we don't invest the great players we have will of course think about moving on and/or their motivation will drop a level........ Manager and players will need to know now though or they will start look around for options which then turn into decisions !

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Well. He's at least as good as Osvaldo he just doesn't have a sexy name....

Excellent post.....

Two things:- Lack of investment in January, lack of pace without J Rod = lack if badly need sqUad investment in Jan = etc etc Get Mop I sorted now with new contract! Why are we not responding to the obvious requirements of the team? We just ponder and ponder

Not with Rimierez starting we wouldn't be......

We are all Saints fans mate - you have no monopoly or special praise for that ! It's just that this is a forum for opinion not a forum for declaration of loyalty to the cause which you appear to think is unique - clearly it is not ..... Nothing to do with 'Scapegoats ' either - it's just someone's opinion and on a forum they are supposed to have one. - that is what it is for! You can disagree with the opinion if you have one of your own but to suggest you are more loyal to the players Is absurd.

You mean 'DC' I take it :-)))

He loses possession far too much. Number one reason!

Best review ever. Now they know what Pardew is like. An old fashioned out of date. 'Football' man....

The guy talks driffel basically almost always...

The BBC never reply objectively they just trot out the copied no comment line. In short the BBC answer to no one!

Let's control the game hence no Gaston for me thanks.

What is that all about???? Not 'still' bitter about Adkins sacking surely.......

How far can a player win by - Lallana by a country mile

Rooney has been very average for 18 months now. Picked purely on past glories...oh and he plays for you know who !!!!

No we don't, agreed, however we also need to get cheating and nasty like they were or we will always be second best. Bringing on Rimirez is mostly a total disaster and today as usual proved to be the same. We need to look at the issues - we don't have a goal scorer...... Replacing our key midfielders with Rimirez DOES NOT CUT IT!!!!!! When will Pochitino realise that wrecking the midfield just messes up our game ........... We are dominating but not scoring - I know, lets bring Wanyama and Rimirez on !!!! ehhhhh why ??????? We then lose control of the game??? errrrrr yes this happened last week, the week, before and before that and before that and that...........I know lets do the same against Palace! Good idea !!! Lets change the part of our play which is working i.e. the midfield dominators and go for a strategy of not creating chances and not dominating midfield. But we are not scoring goals and yet we are creating chances so why not concentrate on the very forward players??????? Why not concentrate on this area??? I really do think Pochitino needs someone beside him who can rationalise the issues. Rimirez is not the solution, in fact he is more often than not the problem along with a lack of strike power... When we attack we have no one in the box - PROBLEM! Ricky cannot get there quickly enough PROBLEM! For Christ sake stop looking to the defensive midfielders for a way through this.... Don't bring an unfit Wanyama on - think about it........ The midfield was working it was our most forward players where the issue was and has indeed been most weeks............ If you can't grasp this then we are never going to move on...... Remember you defend from the front and misfiring attackers just put more pressure on our defence who need some help........ I am afraid to say that more and more our manager makes irrational decisions when it comes to substitutions and changing games. If the problem is missing chances then, is the answer an out of form, unfit Wanyama??????? or a wasteful Ramirez ? Evidently not......... But lets try it a few more times - just for old times sake! Get a grip and change your thinking MP, your strategy has been failing for quite some time now..........

Errrrrr no .......quite the opposite. Ramirez cannot retain possession just like England that is where the problems lie for both !! !!!

Wrong has played poorly since his injury and on current form not good enough.

A dive for the last goal they are cheats. However we need to be tougher kick them more and get a goal scorer!

Oh dear what on earth will wanyama do ???????

I Sorry but wanyama a truely poor decision to bring him on. Gallagher yes but Wanyama no way!!!!!! Really really bad decision we will sacrifice midfield utter nonsense ...