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Great result there but more importantly no-one looks crippled (except Guly ofc) for Saturday.

Davis had a good game again, motm for me

Unlucky Cork, what a shot

It's a valid question. Shaw has appeared for us in the past three seasons, playing 25 pl games last year. Chambers has done very well imo this year. But as I mentioned it is about the right balance. Gallagher deserves his chance based on what he has done for the youth team. But is he ready to be the clubs striker in the PL starting? Personally I think no. He is a good option to come off the bench right now.

I would still choose Sharp over Gallagher right now. Sam 'could' be a good player. But right now I think it's wrong to put the pressure on him. The teams around us have been adding to their squads. We haven't. Is that because our squad is okay as it is?

Has he been given a chance to?

Sharp without a doubt. The guy scores goals. He puts in the shift which fits with our pressing style.

Like I said above, its about having experience being able to come in and cover for those who are injured. You have to have the right balance. If Jay Rod get's injured then what? Would you be happy to see Jake Sinclair or Jamal Branker play up front alongside Gallagher?

So do you agree that by removing the older players (League one and Championship) that unless there are players added to the squad then as a club we have become weaker? I don't think it is a negative thing to say that. Players come and go, that's football. But right now players are going and not coming. Which is an indication of cutting costs imo. As a squad I don't think it is wise to keep adding young inexperienced players. Gallagher is looking a good prospect but his miss against Arsenal was shocking, one which an experienced player would of buried. There needs to be balance between experience and youth.

Think it is safe to say I am no WUM or have zero history of doing that....In fact I'd say I am one of the more positive people on here. So take your branding brush and take it elsewhere. I think it is a valid point that does not make you 'thick' or a 'WUM' to ask. The simple question is as a team does losing Osvaldo, Fox, Puncheon, Sharp, Barnard, Martin, Mayuka etc make us a stronger or weaker team in regards to depth? I imagine you think stronger? This is a forum where you are supposed to 'discuss' and 'debate'. If we have now got to the point where you have to have one opinion and are not allowed to question others then what's the point of it? Should put a disclaimer on the forum saying 'please don't question anyone's opinion because if you do you are wrong'.... Also do add a stat as I know you like them. Those players I mention above have together scored 45 goals for Saints over the past few years. That's a lot of goals.

Think that's a bit harsh isn't it? The whole point of a 24 player squad is to have your first team then back up players. If injuries happen which they will then those players need to come into the team. Right now we have a striker problem. We have let three go (Osvaldo, Sharp, Barnard) and we have a couple injured. So that leaves Gallagher and Jay Rod. Which is fine and playing Sam will gain him some important experience. But if Jay Rod gets injured then what? Another youngster we not heard of comes in? Guly? Personally I think Sharp could of done a job for us from the bench or come in when players are injured. But anyways mods close the thread please as there is another one

Sorry not been here on ages, don't have the time to go through every page/thread...

Anyone else get the feeling we seem to be now doing a bit of cost cutting in regards to the club? Some players released, some sold, some sent out on loan, some staff gone etc etc. While I think it is wise to let go of people who are not offering anything here, I do worry if this could be a start of a trend with KL. This is of course me just having a 'feeling' which I hope is proved wrong by dumping the not so good and replacing them with better players.

Moyes = dead man walking

Happy for the guy to be here if he has nothing at all to do with the football side of things. However it sort of reminds me of SCW appointment. It is a bit of a strange decision trying to bring in someone with zero football experience especially at the top level and someone who isn't a business person. Will see what happens but I don't think we need him tbh.

Funny how all the people come out to slag Cortese off now he has gone. Like that daily mail article. In some regards he is right. But on others very contradictory. He mentions Katherina knows nothing about football but tries to paint the picture she was the one pulling the strings. That Cortese effectively did nothing. Which is of course a load of bull****. So many other clubs have pumped millions into their teams, other chairman or executives have had to go to their owners and ask for money. He talks as if that is a sure fire way to succeed. Which it isn't. Others have spent far more and are doing far worse. The difference is Cortese spent it on the right people at the right time. There have been very few duds brought in. Those decisions helped the club to get back to where it is. To try and make it sound easy is just silly. It was a poor article in my opinion.

Have not been on here in a month or so due to the usual WUM's and reading this thread I see nothing has changed. I don't know what is worse some of the 'speculation' or the people who believe it. Nobody knows what will happen, nobody knew he had resigned sometime ago and did his time before leaving. If we didn't know that I think it is safe to say we don't know anything that is going on. The one thing that makes me laugh is the whole "she is selling" thing. This rumour has been going on nearly 4 years now. Feck it was even there before ML sadly passed away. If she has pumped loads of money into the club especially in the summer that does not strike me as someone planning to leave. Whatever happens next will happen. I won't believe a thing anyone says on here because 99.9% of the time it is complete ********. What I will say though is thanks to Cortese for the work he has done in the time he was here. We were a shell of a club playing our youngsters with zero infrastructure. We have gone from having crap players to having some internationals and playing good football. Not to mention all the new facilities he has helped to get made. He was a hard ass to work with but I think you cannot deny his way worked. I really hope whoever comes in now can continue the vision and keep the club going forwards. One thing is for certain, we are about to find out how much of an impact he had behind the scenes. Some of our WUM's argued anyone could do the job. We will see.

What a stupid thread. They have only played Man utd and Liverpool away... We have played them and Arsenal and Chelsea away. Three of the top 4. We have double their points....

To be fair how many chances were made for him today by our midfield? Whenever we had a set piece we wasted it by either going to the 1st man or the keeper. You could of played Messi up front today and it would of been no different. Zero service.

Got mine the other day. Pretty cool. Fifa 14 is much better too. So many different animations and the replays look amazing. So glad the load things have gone i.e when you make a sub.

Haven't seen a beating like that since Ike Turner

Just to debunk the whole who it was a better point for thing. We have lost only once away (and all season) while Stoke have won only once at home all season. They had obtained 5 points at home while we had 8 from our away games. That's one point less then they have total points for home and away. Now I'd say it was a good point for us if they had a fortress at home and we were crap away but that isn't the case. In their last 8 games they have just 6 points while we have 15. To say it was a better point for us isn't arrogance, it is delusion.

Ignore the skate. As we get better and better they become more obvious to spot because quite frankly anyone who is looking for negatives with how things are going they simply have to be. The whole point of being a fan of anything is to see that thing being the best it can be. Hoping it will do well. It isn't arrogance to praise where we currently are or how we are playing.