captainchris

The weakness of our squad will now be further exposed. Even before the injuries today we had two mediocre centre backs on the bench which just goes to show the lack of options in the squad...GUly and Gaston as 'attacking ' options but not exactly game changing strikers.... We will now have the daunting prospect of Yoshida or worse still Jos playing again which surely cannot be allowed to happen? Up from Ricky is struggling which leaves the also struggling expensive looking Osvaldo to come in.... In this league we are short of cover in key areas and it appears little or nothing is being done about it.... Our ex chairman's answer to it all was evidently to sell Ricky ??? On the squad front we have had obvious weeknesses for the whole season and yet there has been no urgency to address this? We cannot rise higher in this league without some strengthening.... On the other hand if we are happy where we are or a bit below where are currently then fine.....

What is so surprising is that no one has come in with a 30 quid bid for Fox. Now that is an offer we couldn't refuse!! :-)

Precisely

A name 'into the mix' great criteria for a new MD........ Oh lets have some more familiar names then ....!!!! Alan Sugar, Rupert Low, Brian Conley,Kevin Keegan, Dave Merrington - get a life - this is a serious business requiring top business people not just 'names' we know....... Be real - The guy who gets this job you will not know or have heard of that is one thing I do know for certain........... God, next thing you will be calling for a football supporters consortium - God forbid!!! Like that that lot down the road!!!! Where do people live and come from these days??????? Think bankers, think big business and you might just start realise the type of person we will employ.... It will not be Harry Redknapp in disguise .......... For the chairmans job!!! ????? Names 'into the mix' do you want another 500??? .......Ridiculous .........

Sorry mate agree with you on lots of things but not this.... see the previous post of mine...... It helped him not restricting at all......... Football is not rocket science..........

Give me strength about 'a football man' for God's sake wake up! It's not about a football man!!!!!!!!!!! Lets get Harry in or MLT - get a life this is a business person not a blinking 'football' guy we need!!!!!!!! Oh the ridiculous romantic notion that 'football people are the answer!!! Was NC a football person? NO HE WASN'T........ Don't think that running a football business needs 'football skills' it actually doesn't.................. The coach does the football stuff not the MD!!! DESPAIR!!!!!

Sorry thought you just pressed it !!!!!

A real slime ball in my opinion so nothing would surprise me....

As the commentator said - not sure Gaston meant the pass to AL for the goal and aside from that he was again a passenger and the midfield was surrendered inviting pressure onto us once he came on...

He is quite a bit better than Jos but then that is perhaps not the best compliment to receive! Clearly we can't let him go until we have better to come in. God forbid Jos is our only backup centre half! This would certainly show a very low aspiration on our part and demoralise our best players....

'Surprised' ....I'd be astounded !

Sorry why is the fee not relevant ? His wages will be roughly In line with the fee. Rimirez is very poor and should be unloaded pronto. This guy is somewhat of a fraud - a pretender..... Not up to the premier league. He can 'deliver' very little very rarely. He was at fault for at least one of the Chelsea goals where he stood and watched. He is way way off the pace. We 'defend from the front' he doesn't ! Others do..... Get shot and buy Danny Ings, Ings doesn't have a fancy foreign name but he is quick, intelligent and skillful, makes runs off the ball and contributes !!!! Oh and scores goals too....and has Saints in his blood....

How is it that Poch cannot see that Jos is not good enough - not anywhere near btw! How is it that our manager cannot see this ? Sort out the poor defending and get rid of the poor quality players we insist in playing!

Good shout lol

If you want to talk about 'exposed' areas of the team perhaps you should start with the defensive side! Even Lovren's game has dropped a peg or two lately and our options there are very limited ... Someone needs to take responsibility for exposing our team to Fox and Jos and the clear lack of quality cover defensively. Having said that Osvaldo is looking to be quite an odd signing and you would have to wonder at the money paid for him - not a very convincing signing so far.......

This is very true. Our substitutions always seem to involve our best midfield player being subbed - it's more often AL or Cork and then the obvious happens. we lose control of the midfield and the game. MP's decision making is worrying me. I would like three to be shipped out in Jan if pos - Rimirez, Fox and Jos. Rimirez is never going to make it in the Prem unless he plays for a West Ham style team where he doesn't need to retain possession in midfield.... Having said that MP is starting to struggle a bit, Chelsea are streets ahead of us player for player..... It will be a year or two before we are capable of challenging for top five or six.

100% correct! He is mostly a complete waste of space. There should be an inquest into MP decision making taking Cork off and leaving him on the pitch

Agree - take him off and put Ricky up front and bring Rodriguez into midfield where he is more effective... You can't afford Rimirez in our midfield against a class act like Chelsea...

Sorry but Gaston is just too slow with the ball continually too slow to Move it ......

For Christ sake tackle them !

If our back four have to watch today I hope they realise that they have to buy a ticket!

Is there law against tackling Torres?

Just forget the money and take a blank sheet of paper.... Now what is the answer? We paid double that for a player who is not as good ! So we could easily get another couple of years plus out of Ricky. Keep him - a very good player who is worth his weight in gold.... Osvaldo is still not as good and may not ever be ...... Keep Ricky until we find better replacements... They will cost a packet by the way so 8m in the grand scheme of things is peanuts... Christ we paid. 15m for a player who is not as good and his age is totally irrelevant btw... The money we paid for Osvaldo flattered his ability...

Well for me MP is making quite a few mistakes - bad decisions if you like. We were not hurting Eveton and needed a goal - bring on Rimirez - good call..... However to bring off Jack Cork, I really think that was the mistake. MP constantly gives up the midfield protection when making tactical personnel changes. Cork was playing well - Ward Prowse wasn't playing as well and not only was that an odd decision but our very important holding midfield area was weakened.... For me MP needs to look at his decision making..... At times he does some quite strange things when a like for like swap of players would be the simple answer..... Oh well should expect the usual abuse now I suppose....

Pointless