S-Clarke

Forte is injured too i think. Not sure how bad though.

yawn. If he'd changed the team around to include barney and Morgan from the start, and we'd lost, you'd also be moaning about that. The fact remains that you don't have a clue. HTH.

We started well, had a wobbly middle patch, but blew them away in the last 30. It was much better than any of our previous matches anyway. Swindon are an odd side - I look at their squad and it doesn't look too bad at all. Douglas and Ferry in the middle were stand-out L1 players last year, along with Mcgovern on the wing and Cuthbert at the back. So they've still got decent players in there and will still carry a threat of sorts. They'll probably finish mid-table, can't see them going down.

We need to go into that league expecting little - an anything above mid table is a bonus attitude. We shouldn't ''expect'' promotion next season at all. Leeds and Norwich have lost alot of the pressure and expectation they had in L1 and they are relaxing and playing football as a result - obviously the expectation will rise as the season draws to a close, but I don't want to see us demanding a playoff place next season - It will be a bonus.

Not sure on that at all, I'd agree with that observation if we'd have drawn the game. But we won it - 4-1. I don't know what some of our fans expect, i really don't. 4-0 wins, perfection all throughout and now sloppy bits in the middle - otherwise we're not good enough. Just my opinion, but i think we played well yesterday. I think we showed alot of bottle to raise our game as soon as they equalised. Oppo fans must think we're a bunch of idiots with the stuff we post.

We started well, tailed off in the middle and ended the game brilliantly - as well as we have played for a long time. Barnard made a real difference when he came on, Guly for all his effort and chasing seems to lack any sort of ability some days. A really odd player, blows hot and cold...thought we would start to see some consistency from him! I agree with comments about Morgan - our midfield in the first half was a bit wild and flying all over the place, we didn't have that guile and composure which is why we couldn't control it. Morgan came on and we suddenly passed it and retained the ball much better - no coincidence. Overall, great win - great last 30mins and some handy results for us this weekend (Not forgetting Charltons loss last night). ...will Bournemouth just quit winning though? They were without their ''3'' best players today apparently.

No age to go. Too young. Will always be held in high regard by all saints fans. Top bloke, top player.

Come on notts.....hold on. This could be another great result for us. No one wants second at the moment...

They just signed Mike Grella on loan from Leeds in time to play us. He caused us all sorts of problems when he was on loan at Carlisle in the away match.

TBH I think the ''everyone else drew'' is a little clutching at straws. I look at it as more of a missed opportunity, we're not going to get many more weeks where they all do us a favour like that (if any). This was the sort of game that we needed a scrappy 1-0 win. - It's definitely not as bad as it could have been, but that's more down to luck than us having a part to play in that.

We play in fits and starts. 4 wins in a row followed by stinking results, a 6-0 followed by a 0-0 or a loss etc. I hate to say it, but its the kind of form that usually separates automatic promotion teams and play off teams. I honestly thought we'd take the **** in this league this year, we couldn't really have a better opportunity. I cannot understand our inconsistency at all. Let's hope we can go on a real run in the final few months.

Frustrating.

Bad night really. It's night like these we need to capitalise, we're not going to get many more opportunities where the teams around us drop points too. What can you do eh? Billionaire owner, signing the best players in L1 and good players from the championship - keeping hold of 2 of the brightest young english players and I still can't see my team win a league or play with any real consistency. This is L1 ffs...

should have been a pen for hartlepool. they're starting to sound more and more threatening.

I think the forum is starting to die. The only thing you can rely on these days.

chance - shot at Kelvin. come on...please.....

corner hartlepool

come on saints ffs!!!!

Bournemouth miss a pen. Still 0-0 in their game.

chance for hartlepool again. this game has totally opened up.....good for us IMO.

Fonte shot blocked. Poss penalty appeal for us - corner to us......corner cleared.

chance for Hartlepool - could have been a penalty. Harding mis-kick

decent start, chance of Lallana there.

COYR's possibly their best player, James Brown, has been subbed.

Out come the idiots.