S-Clarke

We don't need major surgery. I can see 3 or 4 signings tops. That is all we need. An injection of ''star quality'' at CB, a utility defender to cover all over the back 4 and maybe 1 or 2 wide players who can roam across the front 3. That's probably all we need. We've got the base of an exceptional young team and people would pay a lot of money for the likes of Lallana, Ramirez, Morgan, Shaw, Clyne, Cork, Rodriguez - so let's be pleased we have those as a base to work from. We're not that bad at all. Amazing how Alpine only comes alive after we lose. I don't get the crap that there's not much to talk about when we win, of course there is. There's the same amount of activity on here. It's just that a negative tone is what seems to drive you here, for whatever reason. Hey ho.

I think it'll be a draw tonight. 3-3....can see goals, and a last minute equalizer. Although I've not decided which team scores it yet. If Villa win, Wigan, IMO...are all but gone. Too cut adrift, 4 games left, a cup final in the middle and without one of their best defenders for the remainder. Too much to do. If Sunderland win, then it's even better for us as Villa only have 3 games left to overtake us, and one of those is against Wigan and another against Chelsea. So it then becomes almost a certainty that we're safe for another year. We can kind of watch this game with no pressure on it, as either result doesn't really effect us. Not trying to sound full of it, but that's kind of the truth. We're safe either way.

Up until Saturdays debacle, we were unbeaten in 6 and I think this was our best run in the PL since the days of WGS. So let's put this in some sort of perspective here. No one has taken their foot off the gas, we probably performed slightly above ourselves in the previous few weeks if anything and we're fortunate we got the results we did. However, i think everyone appreciates that we're a good side and aren't suddenly crap. If you want to know what crap is, re-watch Reading v QPR. That will tell you all you need to know. We've put ourselves into a great position from our 6 game run and it will take an incredible, absolutely unbelievable and un-seen turn of fate for us to go down. It's almost impossible, and probably will be in a week or so. We're closer to the top 10 than we are to relegation, yet people seem to think relegation is more likely. Chill.

The City game is the FA Cup Final tbh. Will be a pretty big distraction I'd say.

Probably on the Leicester forums, telling them how good a squad QPR have and how it will now be very hard for Leicester to be promoted next year.

He's absolute crap. Wouldn't improve us at all or add to us in anyway. Would rather keep Sharp.

Only player on show who could improve us is Remy, but he was pretty crap today as well. The rest on show is absolute complete and utter turd, and I wouldn't want it anywhere near my club.

2 rubbish teams playing out a meaninglessness game, with no quality on show at all. Both fairly relegated after having disastrous seasons. Will be a long way back for both sides IMO. More so for QPR. Could see them doing a Wolves quite easily.

I can't remember ever seeing a game as bad as this 30 mins in. It's like some sort of semi-pro non-league game.

I very rarely get any data connectivity at St Mary's. When we were in L1 and had a half full stadium it was better, but now it's just pointless trying as it just will not connect. Can't even make calls until I'm about 100 yards from the stadium. (Vodafone)

Amazing about Wolves, all but relegated really. They need to beat Brighton away by 3 or 4 clear goals and hope that P/Boro and Barnsley both lose! Methinks they will be in L1 next year, I didn't see that coming.

And then the player who replaced him gets a straight red instead . Whops.

That's how I see it, and if it had worked out it would have been a great story. But it hasn't worked and needs to be changed ASAP.

Saying the same things, over and over again, every single week, doesn't mean it's more likely to happen.

He clearly isn't and wasn't our real weakness. I suggest you re-watch the last 4 months if you're wondering how he got a new contract.

the 2 games that stand out were Villa and Newcastle at home, other than those 2 games he has been a complete disappointment. I don't think I'm alone in that I seriously want him to be a major success for us and I was hoping we'd be a match made in heaven, but somethings not quite right and I just can't see him ever playing for us again. I may be wrong, but I just don't think he fits here for whatever reason. You get that with players sometimes, no matter how talented they supposedly are.

Hasn't had anywhere near the impact I hoped and expected he'd have. A real disappointment for me this year.

Yes, we're safe.

On another note, just realized that Wolves are all but relegated to L1. Wow.

Minute 1 - we were ****. middle - we were **** Minute 94 - we were still **** there isn't much to analyse to be fair.

That's not a bad shout - but personally, I'd give it to Morgan. But completely agree that Lallana should never, ever, ever have been selected as captain. He is not a captain, he doesn't lead out there. You need a player to stand up and galvanize the squad when you're on a downer, but he just doesn't seem to be able to do it. I'm sure he's a very well respected member of the squad, but he lacks the natural instincts to be a captain. Would have been a good story if he turned out to be a good captain, but alas we move on and I hope that the first thing we do in pre-season is remove the captaincy from him. I'd hope that will also lift his performance as well, as he's been a real disappointment this season. Had high hopes for him but he's not really done much.

Probably about that, but I think he's destined to much greater things than us if I'm honest. He's good enough to be playing in the CL, and quality like him deserves to be in it.

I reckon we'll sign a CB...and a utility defender who can cover both full back positions and CB if required. But you're right, those players are thin on the ground...but hopefully we've been out there scouting high and low.

He's not as bad as people make out, but he's still pretty ****. Let's be honest. There's no denying that our entire team sinks to a lower level when he's in it. He might not affect anything directly, but just have a look at the entire back 4's positioning when he's in the side. They're either 2 far over as they're making up for him not being there, or the entire back 4 is too far across because Fox has come inside - hence the gaping holes of space on the left hand side. He's not the worst player that ever lived as some would have you believe, but he's not at a level which will enable us to be competitive in this league.

Chelsea want Lewandowski, and are willing to throw Lukaku back to Dortmand as part of the deal - apparently. Will be interesting, but he won't be joining teams at our level, that's for sure.