S-Clarke

Forest want to keep Sharp, for good. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/10125498.Forest_want_Sharp_to_stay/

Why would Chelsea sell him for £3m? They wouldn't. He will be out on loan this year, probably next year as well, before becoming a figure head at Chelsea for years to come.

Our away form is pretty non-existent this year, it pains me to say - but the away form has never been a massively strong point with NA, we've had countless away stinkers over the last few seasons (Doncaster, Bristol City, Brighton, Blackpool, Boro - to name a few from last year). Up until this year though, our home form has been untouchable, which is probably why we're in the PL right now. If we're going to stay in it, it needs to become untouchable again. Not keen on relying on our away form, can't see it changing massively.

£2 million? Can I speak for everyone on NSC when I say, **** RIGHT OFF Adkins

Class player, would fit in well for us. Probably Brightons star player.

This is an annihilation. Villa will be on the floor after this, no doubts about it. They look pathetically bad.

You seem to be on a bit of a delay St Chalet!

maybe Villa are getting what we would have got...!! Who knows, that postponement may work in our favor!

Well, the Villa performance is giving our GD advantage down there a hell of a boost.

That was such a major part of our game last season, and the crosses from full back must have contributed to what, 30 odd goals? We were so good at that over lapping role, and Lambert at the back post. Obviously this league was never going to be a place to produce the same sort of gun-ho full back approach, but I do agree that we do miss their consistent deliveries - they delivered 90% of the time. Lallana's and Puncheons deliveries have always been erratic.

Oh there have been, for the past few weeks - this isn't from here, but the general mood of people around me. A few weeks ago it was Jay Rod is rubbish, waste of money, we need Mayuka up there, he will fix all. If only football was that easy. Personally, when we bought Mayuka I believed it was on the understanding he could also play as a RW....but he doesn't look like a winger to me in the games I've seen him. He's clearly taking some time to adapt, and he's off for a few weeks shortly anyway, so we do need to look at our wide attacking options in January as a priority.

Why would we want to do that though? Suicide. and no, we wouldn't. We'd have 2/3 weeks of limbo land, thus rendering the window useless and relegating us in the process.

Ah, the world of a football fan. The same Jay Rod who we should have played yesterday, is the same Jay Rod from a few weeks back who shouldn't be in the side and we need the pace of Mayuka. Go figure.

Can't see us going for another GK, that can wait until the summer. The other ones I agree with. I think we need a modern day Jaidi type CB to play alongside Fonte, and a Mulumbu/Diame type CM. I just feel in certain games we lack that physical presence against physical teams, as talented as Morgan is, he can be brushed off the ball pretty easily it has to be said. All of our midfielders are the same really. We do need another dimension to our attack, I'd be reluctant to say we specifically need a ''right winger'' or a ''left winger'' - we just need an attack who can play across the front line, either side, or in behind. Pace, strength and an eye for goal. Matt Phillips does tick those boxes. I don't think we're far away as a team, and it won't take major surgery to make us really competitive at this level.

You possibly need to look at the supply he's being given, and the position he was in? The service to both forwards yesterday was non-existent, even from set pieces. He didn't have a great game yesterday, I'm not denying that, but over the course of this season he's shown that he's got what it takes to cause problems at this level. He's still our top scorer which probably tells you all you need to know. If he was sold, we'd become a rudderless ship.

We didn't play good football yesterday, or score any goals. I'm slightly more nervous after that.

Wow, wtf.

Would be an excellent addition, like him a lot.

Great sum up right there. Mayuka's runs weren't great, and the balls to feed him were non-existent. O'Shea did have the game of the season though, he won every single ball in the air. To credit Sunderland, the reason they're down where they are is because they don't score enough. Defensively they're amongst the best in this league, and it showed today.

Lambert, obviously. Killer, Neimi - created a real barrier at the back for us, made us a decent outfit. they were both a snip as well.

Now that you've made your prediction, I'm all of a sudden even more confident.

Players that have been playing well were well off their levels today. Clyne was poor, Morgan was awful and so was Lambert. Not much wrong tactically, just a very weird, lethargic performance which seemed to have NA as bemused as most of us. One thing you can say about us this year is we always create chances, we always cause problems - no matter who we play, but that just didn't happen today. Not once. Weird day, pretty forgettable. Will be quickly forgotten if we beat Fulham though. With Wigan away at Everton we could cut them adrift a bit. Please..

Most of the blame for that goal comes from Clyne in my eyes, beaten way too easily.

In your eyes, what were the best sub options? What would have been the best 11 based on what we had available? To my eyes, that was pretty strong. People have been clamoring for Mayuka to start for weeks, and when he does, it seen as some sort of ''weak'' team selection.