John B

Whoops two away games

Unbelievably we have won our last two home games and drawn our last four away ones Not bad after Tonda fucked the playoffs which must be in the back of the players minds

That's football sometimes it works sometimes it does not still a point away from home is not bad

That may be true but Warwickshire batted well today We have 3 batting bonus points I am sorry I keep going on about but other teams have over 20 We do not have a decent red ball spinner and as you said recently the young pace bowlers bowl to short although Currie bowled OK today Fuller has been great but he is hopeless at present

Awful day at the an abject performance by the team dreadful weather and a PR disaster with the Kiwi bloke Probably the worst experience watching since June 1961 when I watched them at Hinckley the year we won the Championship We are OK with White Ball cricket but apart from Abbott the red ball lot are not up to it but do the club care probably not

7 for 1 against Glamorgan Gubbins out

Football is a funny old game if you had followed the Saints as long as me you would realise that there will lots of lows and very few highs with regard to results especially if our best players are not playing. You have to be realistic the club apart from a few years ten years or so ago has been on a downward curve because it has never had continual investment in quality players who want to play for the club. I am over 80 now I still follow the club avidly but accept we are likely to be a Championship club for the rest of my life

His bowling over all has been good this season and he has been recalled to the Test Squad

It possibly happens when the team overall is not playing well allowing the opposition to attack strongly so putting intense pressure on the defence Football is a team game when the team plays well most of the players play well Who is playing well this season you tell me cannot be easy playing in the Championship another season with better teams when they should have gained promotion last season and the better players have left or may be going It is going to be interesting to see what happens in the next month or so

Maybe a telephone conversation perhaps they do happen

Complaining about the bowlers when we have only 3 batting bonus points all season is pretty unbelievable

The main problem I feel is the retirement of Dawson which has left us without a top class spinner and crap batsmen. Baker is sometimes erratic I agree but he played well in the Hundred and got regular wickets

Rome Edinburgh and Dublin

Going to Villa would be a good move for him I cannot imagine him wanting to play all his career for Southampton

I thought he fucked up badly spying on Middlesboro when we were virtually in the PL Now with minus 4 points and Wolves Burnley Millwall West Ham and Middlesboro in the league it is going to be so much more difficult to go up