Badger

A trait handed down from the boardroom, the art of dither.

Not signing proven strikers. Persevering with a inept GK.

If this is true then that strikes me as even Reed has lost confidence in Pellegrino. Probably just a matter of tying up the final details of his successor to come in now. I reckon Les might have it sorted by mid-July.

Cheaper option would be for Les Reed to take on the role, combining it with his current duties of doing what exactly ?

No... just no way.

Depends if it's Utd, Liverpool, or City needing the extra time or another.

I've lost count of how many times I've read something like this though. We've had too many false dawns.

Such logic doesn't work on Planet Les

David Platt. No not a serious recommendation. Steve Cotterill is available again though.

Okay, stand corrected. Although I'm sure he still had some of the transfer window available to him.

Seems he was brought in to allow Pellegrino to indulge himself in a bit of 'fantasy football' management, it is recognised he's crap at it in the real world. Only thing that strikes me is whether this is t giving him sufficient rope, which allows the club to say "we've backed you, allowed you to bring your own man in, it hasn't worked - now f^ck off.. "* * Wishful thinking perhaps.

This was said to me by a sports journalist who often covers Saints a couple of weeks ago in a chance meeting and conversation. It hasn't gone unnoticed, although none of them it seems see this as particularly newsworthy to make it a feature.

I find it equally staggering that Gao, or Ralph, don't pull the trigger on Les. But I know it won't happen.

Reed who appointed the muppet, and has failed in the transfer window, time after time.

He went there in about November though, still left a significant chunk of the season to turn things round. And a transfer window. Another well done shout out to Les.

Thanks Article says an update at 5pm,rather than definitely announcing the decision. Hope there is a decision, although if there is a definite one it will likely to be called off, alternatively I expect the "update"will be to tell us the time of the pitch inspection tomorrow (11am about the time we might be leaving). I expect the decision is likely to be based on advice from the Police rather than just the pitch inspection.

Any kindly soul on here able to offer advice on the A34 today/projection for tomorrow? That said getting out of our village involves driving on an ice rink of compressed snow.

Arsenal & Chelsea feature prominently in the run ins,several clubs including us, play both. Only WBA face neither. Problem being that both can blow hot and cold, so bit of a lottery as to which one turns up for your particular fixture, and what stage the Wenger - Conte internal wranglings have reached at that time. You could probably add Everton & Allardyce into that category as well.

Lemina seems more of an Arsenal player to me, and would get more game time there but much depends on who replaces Wenger I suppose.

Is it too much to expect one of Gao's five pledges to be we won't deal with those scouse c^nts, or spurs ? Probably it is as Reed seems to like dealing with them.

Do you mean this one , but not late seventies as played in 1970.

Remember some of those games, but writer clearly didn't research it too well. Names our goalscorer as David Armstrong v Newcastle in the final first leg (in 1974) despite the fact he didn't join us until 1981.

Something that is Saints and curling related: Strange realising that was four years ago, a lot of changes in that time.

My recollection as well.

Agree, but for some complete knobheadedness on Fonte's part he might still have been with us, probably still playing a role. Incredible how things turned sour so quickly after his Euro 2016 success.