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Let's do some ratings Saints fans: KD 5 - Could have done better with second. Good save in the second half. James 6 - Our best attacking threat!! Jaidi 2 - Looked like he couldn't be bothered. Trotman 3 - Rusty. Thomas 5 - Ok but please don't try to pass it forward; give it to Lloyd. Harding 5 - Caught out for the first goal a bit but generally had a decent game. Hammond 4 - Missed a sitter. Didn't hurt the opposition at all. Schneiderlin 3 - Mostly pointless. Lallana 6 - Used the ball well on the rare occasions we strung more than 2 passes together. Antonio 6 - Did well in the first half. Good throws. Lambert 5 - Good pen. Poor game. Connolly 5 - Not really his fault due to lack of service but never looked likely to anything. Waigo - 6 Did well. I would have him in the team. Mills - dunno. Didn't really notice him.

Don't think that had anything to do with it. We were just gash and lazy today.

As I said at the time, we were pretty poor on Wednesday too.

Completely pedestrian in defence and lazy on the ball. We usually have enough touches of quality to win playing like that but this has been a lesson that we need to improve our patterns of play if we're going to make the play-offs! (We aren't going to make the play-offs).

Rubbish performance.

Thomas for Trotman.

Irish Maccy D's adverts are good aren't they?

Awesome. WHat a pen. Especially after the ref mincing about for ages.

What a load of garbage.

Either that or Skacel's signing on Monday.

Hammond I guess. I'm sure KD's cool with it.

according to the tv commentator man.

Come on the Saints. Make some goals please.

Lambert and Connolly are always good value, even at 4/1.

Cox today.

Trotman back in for Thomas. KD in goal. Otherwise unchanged.

Cheers.

Ah, the old Sunday 4pm tradition.

Hehe - was just kidding. I like hearing about players I never got to see too. It reminds me how lucky I was to start supporting us when I did (89-90 season). I got to see MLT, Tim Flowers, Doddsy, Shearer (briefly), Niemi, Marian etc.... Imagine if you were a kid in Soton who had started getting really interested in football about three years ago Some of us have been very lucky in our Saints supporting "careers"!

Thanks Phil, enjoyed that. Especially the bit about the dessert! (No mention of dodgy ****tails, Russian brides, the weather or how to do business )

I expect it got a bit wet.

Did wonders for Bale. A good move to him would be to Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Notts Forest, Leicester... somewhere like that. A good "proper" club in the Championship (as opposed to some silly club like Reading, Barnsley, Blackpool). If he goes to the Prem he will just do what Surman does ie. not a lot. He needs another season or two in the Championship first IMO. I would imagine he will be here until the end of the season in any case.

Niemi would be wasted though... we only have about two or three shots on target against us in most matches. A strikeforce of Lambert and Shearer... Lambert and Keegan... Lambert and Beattie... etc would be hilarious in this division. I wouldn't want MLT as he finished on a perfect note v Arsenal. I would plump for Marian, Belmadi, Ekelund, someone like that. Skilful players that would destroy League One defenders and make them look silly. By the way, you know this thread is an open invitation for all the old gits to come on and tell is how good little Stan Wilberforce or Jimmy "jughead" Trouserpress etc... was, don't you?

I remember going to Upton Park and watching us win 4-2 ( I think!) with Gibbens bossing the middle of the pitch!

I'm sure it will appear later.