S-Clarke

Ray Lewington was there. Neither did themselves any favours today, although Lallana is most definitely assured a place anyway.

Any of the Norwich players.

Would be a realistic and good option for our GK position.

Probably the last we'll see of him.

Not sure about Poch? we're about to finish in our highest position in a decade and are on course for our highest points haul in a long time. What exactly is there not to be sure about? Lose him at our peril. Our problem is the lack of depth in the squad, it is just horrific. 1 injury to a first 11 player and we are pants. We have a terrific first 11, but beyond that it's still NPC quality and that has to change sharpish if we want to progress. Another manager isn't going to be able to get any more out of NPC level back up players.

A complete and utter mess of a 2nd half performance.

He's doing all the right PR stuff and making all the noises, that's for sure. But didn't NC do some sort of foundation trek to Africa during his time? And let's not forget, the saints foundation was actually his baby...

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/11143943.Cardiff_rocked_ahead_of_Saints_trip/?ref=rss

Osvaldo an unused sub in last 3 games, in Europe where they did use him a fair bit at the start...he's now not even playing. Game over for him there I would say, and probably game over for him in terms of the world cup squad and ever playing for a big club again. What a waste.

Good to see Gaston training though, hope he starts on Saturday and grabs this chance with both hands. Will probably be his last chance to stake a real claim.

Got ****ed off with all the WUM's I imagine.

I remember when he was first linked to us, he played in a very similar way to Kaka when he was in Italy - was actually labelled the Uruguayan Kaka by many sources. It's clear he has immense natural talent, but he's not really cut out for the hustle and bustle of this league from what I've seen of him. The Italian league is OK...but very slow paced, you can take time and care on the ball. Gaston still wants to do that here, but you can't - that's why he's often harried/pushed off the ball, or rushed to give it away. It was clearly an ambitious signing and exciting signing for us, but he's not worked out as we would have hoped. I hope he can grasp Jay's position and prove himself, but if I'm honest I think it's time for us to get the cash we can and let him move on - find someone maybe a little less glamorous, but more suited to this league and more importantly - our hard working/pressing style of play. I wouldn't say he's been a disastrous signing for us or anything at that sort of level, for disastrous...look at Osvaldo, now that's a signing that will cost us for a long time to come!

A general lol @ saggy chops and QPR too, what an utter mess he's made of that job! It's not his fault though, f'sure.

When I was just a little boy I asked my mother what should I be? Should I be Pompey, should I be Saints...Here's what she said to me. Wash your mouth out son, Go get your father's gun and shoot the Pompey scum and support the Saints.

Could be an oppertunity for him now, what with Jay out. But if he continues to be made of glass himself, then there's not much future for him.

Overrated in my opinion, not the sort of level we need to replace Boruc.

Most pointless footballer, ever. Looks like we're stuck with him, but no hope of him ever actually doing anything other than beating people up.

I don't know, I think he was really pushing for it. What's the alternative? Well****. And he's not scoring goals, again - no ****. I think he had a real chance and I'm devastated for him, the horrible thing with ACL injuries - unless they are treated very well - they do seem to hang around for the career, and continuous knee knocks seem to be the effect of that. Lets hope he gets the best of care, treatment and rehab. It's a long road back for him though.

6 months is best case, this will be a 9 month job in my opinion. Utter nightmare. Ok, now let's get a scouting for a replacement. Not replacing him next year will be on par with not replacing Killer!

Would take anything MLT says about this with a pinch of salt, has a clear agenda.

That was a great away day, a master-class from Wanyama and Lovren on the day. Had a bit of luck at times and Boruc pulled off a couple of great saves, but that result sort of set the tone for our start and we just went on from there.

What is the actual point of that? Good management. Time for another Delia rallying call I think? They obviously want a bounce effect in the last game they've got, next weekend against Fulham. Avoid defeat in that and they should be OK, but lose it...and they're gone. Last 4, Liverpool,Chelsea , Man Utd and Arsenal. They're only realistically playing for 3 more points this season.

That was a clear penalty though. Would be quite easy to see Tomkins hand movement, even if he was a bit far away.

Please stop giving him the benefit of a reply, he knows what's he doing, albeit incredibly poorly. Just ignore him and he'll go away eventually.

I guess Andy Carroll will go to the world cup because he's such a handful?