SaintRichmond

I agree, at the moment we are not strong enough, and AP is working on that I too think that we will clear the -10 (now -9), and head upwards ....... as I said earlier, had it not been for the Pinnacle delay, AP (we) would have had a really strong all round squad which COULD have challenged for a Top Six "delldays" ..... where did you stand/sit ??? ....

OK, putting it bluntly .... as at Today .... I do not think our Squad is Strong enough to mount a Promotion push .... simple as that ... do YOU honestly believe we can, with the players we currently have, bearing in mind we have two Poles who don't want to be here ??? Of course one defeat doesn't stop us "fighting for the play offs" .... but please don't try to tell me that AP has anything like a strong enough Team to do it .........He needs to replace, he will replace ..... which takes TIME IMHO, by the time he gets another two players, we will be circa 18 points from sixth ........ THAT would be a BIG ask for any team I don't think I am "over reacting" .... I think I'm being REALISTIC ...... it does NOT however mean I am any LESS a Supporter though ....... I WANT us to win the FA Cup this season ... REALITY tells me we won't You have to realise and accept our current LIMITATIONS

Far from it ...... If you are honest with yourself, and especially if you are a Neutral .... there is no way you would say Saints are anywhere near ready to mount a Promotion push ... that is the Reality of our situation That does NOT mean I am not a Supporter .... it means I realise that after all the Kr*p we've put up with for the last Twelve years ..... our rise back to where we belong is going to take TIME ...... ie the FIVE YEAR PLAN PS ... where did I mention a Relegation battle ????

Moot point ...... what I am saying is, the owners of Notts County Will throw money at getting them Promoted to the Prem ....... I think they are more High Profile than Markus I'm not saying theirs is the best way .... they are going for the Quick Fix scenario After all that we have been through, I prefer the "Slow but Sure" method ...but it is , nevertheless very frustrating, because I firmly believe that if we had had another Two additions to the squad by now, we WOULD have been in with a shout of the play offs The major downside is the -10 ( now -9) ........ A lot of Quality Div 1 players WILL be put off by that ... Big Time ..... which is the major Legacy of The Pinnacle SHAM ... or was it SKAM ????:cool:

I don't know ... you tell me ......How many Millions have we spent on Team Building so far ????:cool:

That's the problem ...... Notts County are the Mega Rich Man City of Div 2 .....

Yes, they do ...... but they still want Mega Money .... and no Club appears to want to pay that The only way that their Salaries could be funded by the Buyer, is for the Sellar to "cut their losses" and let them go for peanuts ....... thus allowing them to get their overated Salaries As I have said, I would adopt the " You are under contract, so if you refuse to put in 100%, then you will not play, and if you do not play, no one will want you .... including your National Team ...... ...... Over a relatively short period, that would work ...... because we CAN now afford to pay them .... last season we could not Rasiak especially, has not given value for money for ages, and that is NOT Professional ............ Lowe farmed him out last year ...... why should Pardew, and US, bear the brunt of his pettiness now ???

I know that, YOU know that ...... but Rasiak especially thinks he is about TWICE as good, and Important than he is .... I just do not understand his logic ..... HOW does ANY player attract attention from "Bigger" Clubs ???? .... By playing well and scoring goals ..... Rasiak thinks he can stroll around on a Saturday afternoon, and not only get picked by Poland .... but get a Mega Bucks Deal from another Club He is under contract to Saints .... if he doesn't perform .... he is in breach of contract I'll say again, if he is not in the Saints Team, he will NOT get into the Polish one ...... Tell him to Buck Up ..... or let him rot .....

We will get nothing like £1M for him ..... because he WANTS too much NO CCC club is likely to pay what he wants ... so, the only way to get rid of him is to virtually GIVE HIM AWAY Allegedly Watford were offering £500K ... until they found out what he wants per week .....£500K would equall £10K a week for a year .... so if AP really wants to get him off the books .... we won't get hardly LV's for him Me personally ??? ..... I'd do a Lawrie McMenemy .... I'd tell him he's under contract, and if he didn't make an effort, I'd make him train alone, and play for the Juniors ...... See how many times he'd be picked for Poland then AP wasn't the one who put him out on loan last season ..... so AP, (and US ) should not be getting Sh*t performances from him now, whilst he is still on FULL pay

It IS evident .... but are the players that AP wants to replace the SAME ones that WE think are Krap ??? Wotton for a start ... he MUST go I could not understand the logic of his substitutions .... Melis is only 18and had only been with us less than a day .... yet he came on at a Critical time of the match ......... I hope it's not one of "He's Prem, so he MUST play " sort of loan deals AP is supposed to scan this site ... so, if he does .... We need two Good half backs, and a Brick Kraphouse Centre Half ......... Thanks

"sacked" ... ???? Moot point .....Lowe did not "renew" his contract ..... he did not want him ......so, in my book ... he Got Rid Of Him Legally not a sacking ........but, Morally True To Form

As with the Mail .......... rather hollow don't you think ??? How many Millions have either paper had to shell out I thought you could still express an opinion in this country ........... mine is that he SACKED Ten Managers ........... How else did they leave .... of their own free will ????

I do not think that Gunn was popular with the players It could well be they (collectively) said, after Colchester,... " See what we can do without him" .... then went out and beat Yeovil 4-0 .. Far fetched ????? ......... Saints players have got rid of Managers over the years ...........

..... OK ... minutes up ..... now put Lowe BACK in the equation ........ ...... Ah .....That's better..... end of debate really:cool:.

I'll believe that when Lescott remains an Everton player ..... in spite of Everton saying he's NOT for sale, and Man City ignoring that and putting in Bids on a daily basis ..... TOTALLY out of order IMHO .... They say MONEY does not Buy Success ..... in Man City's case, I sincerely hope that is true

The Queen uses it occasionally .......

Or was it England B(ee) keeper ????

In his case ..... I just wish ............

I thought all costs "were recovered from the other side " How many Millions did the Mail have to pay out by the way ?????

I know all that ..... Did tickets sold AFTER the decision to make it "Free House" have "Blank" seat No's then ???

I bought my ticket the day they became available, and at that stage, they had not made the decision to have a "Free House" I understand the reason WHY, but was really miffed at having to sit ROWS away from what my ticket was Bought for in the first place .... to have the SEAT NUMBER that was printed on it Having "Free Range" on the Stadium could have been thought out better IMHO

.... I always think of the comment ..... "Methinks thou doth protest too much... "

Of course ... my comment was cynical ... He certainly made quite a lot of money out of SFC ..... Far Far more than he should have IMHO ........anf Far Far more than the likes of I could ever hope to prove......

As Peter Sellars would have said ...... " Ah Kato ... the cunning hiding in the bush ploy ..... ":D