Badger

I put his name forward on here last summer as an alternative to Butland, and would like to see a GK who is right age to be with us a few years. Can't see it happening though.

Yes, but these were signed whilst we had an English manager with a good eye on the domestic market. But apparently he wasn't deemed good enough. Remains to be seen where we go shopping now, Spain & South America are the obvious bets.Italy no doubt as well.

Pleased about Wimbledon, but shame about Aldershot. I was also pleased to see the Barnet go down, they've hovered around there too long, escaping whilst older provincial football clubs such as Lincoln ,Grimsby, and Hereford have dropped out the league.

Don't know if it was intended but that looks almost complete with a Mali type logo as well. But please, do not rebrand us in blue.

Yes, you may indeed be correct re MLT under Alan Ball, age blurs the memory.

I'm not sure that MALI Group are still a trading entity. I tried researching them a few weeks ago and thought they had been sold or wound up. May be wrong of course. Agree 'Liebherr' would be a good sponsor. For the sentiment though 'Dell' might be fitting, but as covered on here before - not going to happen.

Reading GK McCartney, although his performance v Liverpool will mean other bigger clubs are in the mix for him.

Not at his expectation of salary he couldn't.

I remember both Channon & MLT being given the captaincy, failed miserably for both. Both great players, but not captains. AL is not a captain in my view as not in a position to influence others or the game.

More reliable than Hooiveld & Fox perhaps, but that's as far as it goes. Are we not allowed, or capable of changing our tactics as well then ? Especially as we had 85 minutes at home to overturn that early setback.

Not having a go, but are you serious ?

It might also be worth questioning why people believe MP will have any more chance of selecting the players he wants than NA, or if they will be assembled for him ?

I too was surprised by their numbers, given an end of season game, with nothing to play for, and yes, they gave good vocal support. Much of it was about Wolves going down, but we can't criticise on that score obviously. Just a shame the fat rubber faced reptile, Adrian Chiles might get some joy out of the result.

No elbow raised, Ramirez was trying to throw him off after the **** had been pulling at him for twenty yards or so. You could see the WBA player waiting for an arm to be raised before going down clutching his face. C^nt. If that had been a Spaniard or South American going down in such fashion there would be an outcry. No trainer needed at the time, and he didn't look bruised on MOTD as might have been expected if Ramirez made contact. If Madley had witnessed the original foul against Ramirez then the game would have been halted before the 'incident'. Their bloke too, no 'slap' or assault. All handbags.

Brings it back to the discussion, who scouted him and was insistent on signing him ? I think he might come good next season, but still not sure he was what we needed this.

Isn't he a mate of 'arry's ?

Don't worry mate, we signed Vergard Forren in the January window instead, and we've still got Guly on the bench.

Voice of reason. We were the team "on the beach" today. Survival, yes, I'd have accepted that and on the morning on January 19th 2013 thought we had a manager capable of that, and seeing through steady progression for a few years to come. As for Europe, only Cortese and our most one eyed supporter see that as imminently likely. As for Mayuka/Ramirez, and I know this is a different debate, I really wonder who scouted, insisted on their signings, and drove the deals through. I like Ramirez, and hope he stays, he has great potential, and another season will see him excel, but I certainly feel that £12/14m sum might have been more sensibly been invested for our first season back in the top flight.

Okay, so things should improve. But I don't go along with the MP being the new 'Pep' or 'Jose' that many want to believe.

So, Ladies & Gentlemen, are we still looking forward to next season after today's shambles ?

Perhaps one good thing to come out of today. But tell that to the deluded hordes on here...

Flatters to deceive. Lots of 'fancy dan' nifty footwork' , 'soft shoe shuffle' , call it what you will, but all too often no end product, often petering out as he tries a trick too far. Most certainly not a captain or leader on the pitch.

I fully support your view here Alehouse. DM was treated scandalously. His appointment followed a real fiasco in allowing Alan Ball to leave and he was thrust into the job. The club even timed to announcement of his departure for the Friday afternoon prior to the England v Scotland match in Euro '96 , in order to minimise national publicity, and cloaked it on grounds of 'compassionate' reasons if I remember correctly. My biggest regret with DM was that he was not given the top job in about 1990, when his generation of young players, the Wallaces, Shearer ,Maddison, Dodd and MLT, were breaking through.

Well enjoy the moment whilst it lasts. Don't get ahead of yourself. I think I've been following Saints long enough (since the 60's) to have seen plenty of times where we have seen two steps forward only to have our dreams fall apart with an unexpected turmoil. At the moment I'm hoping for stability, and keeping the existing structure, owners, manager, key players in place, with some building on that. However, I'm also asking what 'bombshell' can we expect ? Key player throwing in a transfer request, publicised sulk, or possibly MP saying he's not coming back from Spain in July. Hope this is wrong, but the last 40+ years have had frequent disappointments with managers,players, leaving when least expected. What was it NA used to say, "expect the unexpected - Sun Szu ".

Which is why he is easily our most dependable GK in years,and no one has come near him since in my book. Yes, unlucky not to have played for Scotland, and unlucky to play behind an often porous defence. Eric was an Alehouse legend. Bit unfair, Burridge was pretty reliable.I remember seeing him play against us for either Blackpool or Villa, and we threw the proverbial kitchen sink at him,and he was pretty spectacular. I don't recall too many 'balls ups' in his time with us.