S-Clarke

GOAL!!! Trotman!!!

Connolly hasn't played for 2 years, how could he start a game at the moment? And Mellis is on international duty...

And we still have Connolly and Saganoswki (an international!!) on the bench. It will click soon.....

I don't think anyone is really asking for AP out - we all appreciate that time is needed and to a point, contituitity. He has a point to proove, as he had a bad time at Charlton - before that he was a well respected manager and coach and was even touted for the england managers job at one point. He hasn't lost those abilities over night and i hope that he's learnt from the mistakes he made at Charlton. What you can say though is he has identified our weaknesses quicker than any manager we have had for a long time - and has also corrected them by signing top class players. Not many managers can claim to make lots of good signings - but all of Pard's additions so far have been logical, well thought out and have improved us massively. I truly believe that we will be the team to beat next year - and possibly as soon as the 2nd half of this season. He's been given the tools, he's bought well - it's his team - and it's now up to him to get us winning consistently..... ...and i think all fans would love that and all hold the believe that this will work - no one wants him out.

It was only a matter of time with Barnes at Tranmere - although their poor form wasn't just down to his inability as manager - tranmere lost 6 players from the starting 11 from last season, so of course they were going to struggle. Still didn't get the logic of them parting company with Roonie Moore at end of last season though - they only finished 1 pt. outside the playoffs... Wycombe is an odd one - Taylor did a great job in bringing them up last season, but obviously they were always going to struggle as they weren't able to add to the squad. Maybe taylor knew there was no way to keep them up, and jumped ship?

http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10444~1821806,00.html you were right about Barnard - he's now fit. But Mvoto isn't as he's gone back to sunderland for treatment - and according to their fans, they're screwed without him...

He's got a knee injury, i think it's quite a bad one - he did it in training. It's a shame - because he was starting to play in a few matches, i saw him as a sub against wigan (i think) on MOTD and he didn't look out of place/off the pace at all.

Eng. U19 duty i think shame we have to split the attack up after the gills game

They love us - i remember they bought spongebob (i think?) to the game in the champ. also remember that Southend love-in after our last game in the playoff season? That was slightly cringe-worthy though tbf.

http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=446337 sunderland fans seem very fond of him

Groin and Hip according to some old articles, had to have some opp's.

Might as well start it early... Tough game this will be...one of those cramped intimidating grounds that we have struggled at so much in recent seasons. Listening to Pard's preview on Saints player, he's got an almost full squad to choose from. Morgan, Thomas and Lallana are back in the squad and ready to play and i assume Connolly will be involved in some capacity too. On southend's front...their main man (Lee Barnard) who has 10 goals this year is fighting to be fit and looks v doubtfull, along with their best defender Mvoto who's on loan from Sunderland. Pard's preview... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1821270,00.html

Every single one of his signings have improved us. Even Mellis has now started to prove his quality, and he was the only one the jury was still out on. I think it's a stark realisation of how bad we were last year, when our better players from last season (Gillet/Perry) cannot get into the team now...

He's had a good month - seems to have overcome those nerves from last season and is just enjoying playing. and he's found a position... Glad to see the recognition for Hammond too, who i think has been superb for us in every game.

Scored internationally too, against the likes of Mexico...USA...he's; not got a bad CV at all as he? Even more pleased when i think about it. At the end of the day, you don't need to be an amazing player to score regularly in this league....

In the short term i don't think too much will change. We can't expect him to start matches for a while yet (IMO). But with Mellis out for the next game, who knows...?

I don't think he'll be replacing Lallana somehow...

Busy day....! http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1821455,00.html I expect him to excel at that level tbh.

I don't think he'll be starting games for a little while, so that formation will probably stick for the time being - but what a top class option to be able to bring off the bench.

What a shrewd little signing IMO. goodbye saga?

It's an error - same happened a couple of weeks ago, and all our remaining home games were sold out - which is a pretty good achievement!

Pearson was a good manager and kept us up - although he did have a squad full of experienced season pro's to select from. I think he's proved his stock more with Leicester, he's built that team from the ground up and even a division higher, they're still winning regularly and pushing for promotion again.

He not been amazing this year, but in an odd way, is it down to him not being called upon as much - therefore any error is highlighted, as that may be all he does in a game? Last year he was called upon time and time again to make stunning saves, as teams tore us open - but he still made the odd dodgy decision to come out and we conceded goals from it. This year, we're solid - not easy to score against, so any errors he makes are magnified 100%.

Freeing up space for a player in IMO. Pard's did say he would accelerate a new striker signing after the JPT game...

I think you're right now it's just plain north / south I'd take a home tie against anyone though.