S-Clarke

Not sure what we did at the start of the 2nd half....but this is an excellent response. Great team.

**** me what are we like! 3-2 - guly.

I do have to agree with our away form, apart from the Ipswich game we have been pretty poor away all year. Our home form is our saving grace!

Cov. have just got a new lease of a life, they're all over us. Will be lucky to hang on as it stands - ****ed off!

There's only one team in this at the moment. They will inadvertently get stretched as the game goes on, and hopefully that's to our advantage.

Don't agree with that, our record of winning when in the lead is terrific for the last 2 years.

what an almighty cock up this game has been.

merrington made a note... ''Saints need to make sure they don't concede any goals''

wow, we're making this pointlessly difficult!

That's really sad. Good to see him score tonight.

TBF I wouldn't want to laugh at their winless streak too much, because it shows how easy it is to get stuck in a rut in this league. They were on fire at the start of the season like us. Also we have them next up at home....and I bloody well hope they break their winless run before that game!!!

Good analyis that FF. It's a game to forget...but be thankful we won! This is the reason I worry about these games more than the ones against WHU/Boro etc. Credit to P'boro, I thought they played out of their skins even at 10 men. They look a much better side than what we played last year, I think they'll be fine in this league on that showing. What great results for us in the other fixtures though....effectively we have a 6pt gap, with our GD included. Now let's get our away wins up and running on Saturday and we could be laughing going into the international break!

Chappers for me without question, the run-away winner this month IMO.

Well he missed the game at the weekend due to ''Personal problems'' so he's mind has obviously been swayed by something.

If we reigite the move I think it's a positive. He'll get you goals at this level, and with the amount of chances we created he could get bucket loads here. I think he's the sort of player that could work well of Lambo too, which is why I thought it would be a good move in August. It would give us one hell of a potent attack at this level, that's for sure. No shortage of goals this year!

It would be a great story for those lads, and like you - I'm too starting to believe. I'd still say a top 6 finish is a great achievement based on where we've come from, but we're in such a strong position in the top 2 at the moment that I'm starting to think we'll could actually stay there.

Agree with that. We always put ourselves in a position where we need to score 2 to win a game away. If we'd have kept it goalless in the first half against Derby we'd have won that game at a canter IMO, but we gave them something to hold onto right at the start.

Oh my god. Absolutely shocking support. How many did we take there? 4.5k?!?!? Yeah, they're really better supported than us. F'sure.

Exactly, most in our team had played championship football before this season (and quite a lot of it). The only ones who hadn't are the guys we brought from top flight foreign teams. Not too bad!! To be honest, fans are technically clueless about us. We're still skint and in administration according to some teams, that's why they could ''nick'' Lambert off us in the summer apparently. I like this quiet but deadly rise we're doing....we're catching everyone by surprise!

I think that's a fair tally, and would put us on 41 pts going into the xmas period...

No change from last season then! They haven't kept a clean sheet all season apparently and concede something on average of 1.6 goals a game.

I think we've got a great squad. The best squad of players we've had in years and years. We have players who can come in and do a great job, not just reserves who are deemed not good enough. (as illustrated with Butterfield yesterday) We have more depth than most teams in this league. It's not worth reading anything out of that Palace game, I've forgotten about it already. We probably need an extra striker up front for a bit of cover, but with Barnard making his way back we still have options there.

The omens certainly look good. At the start of the year I wanted/expected us to be hovering around the top 10, so we can push and get ourselves into the top 6- or at least have a good old go. The fact we're 6 points clear in the automatic places is absolutely staggering. Before this season I had never seen Saints top of any league, we've now been there for weeks!

I wouldn't change anything for Tuesday, baring any Injuries. We are in as good a place as we have been for years at the moment, but we need to make sure we maintain the same level of intensity as we have against the ''Bigger'' clubs. P'boro are a dangerous side, they're better than they were when they were last at this level, they're still able to score goals for fun so they'll be a threat - but as with last season, they concede **** loads so we have to be confident there.