John B

Cortese is talking through his backside about Saints and the CL

He may came on in the 110th minute to score the goal and made another substitute appearance in that tournament

Eight Points from Eight Games may represent a crumbling edifice but lets decide that after the next five league games

The last time I saw Fonte play against Hull he was outstanding. If he had been playing in similar form against Bristol City we would probably have won

I dont think they will be relegated

It was a red card as Lambert did not take part in the remainder of the game

I suggest that you just watch him he does nothing with the ball that is the point I am making

I am surprised that people have not noticed Martin's inability to use the ball in effective way It is not nasty criticism just what I have noticed He is OK defensively but his distribution is poor which does not allow the team to counter attack Just watch him and you may change your mind

The Ref had a better sight of the James incident than me and I could see the ball was on the line

Although the team has done overall extremely well and it is great saying Southampton are top of the Championship 8 points from 21 is not particularly good. I doubt if we will not be in the top six by the end of the season but being in the top 2 is not a certainty but with other top teams not consistently winning there is always a chance. I dont recall exactly where we were this time last year but I dont think we were in the top 2 but we were playing well getting points and I was very confident promotion would be achieved. We may very well suceed in promotion but the team must improve and we have some hard away games coming up as well as Leicester and Cardiff at home. We have so far had the rub of the green with regard to injuries but with Fonte and Chaplow out it shows how performance can be affected without key players.

The trouble with Martin is he is not a footballer. Cannot pass has no ball skills not comfortable on the ball

I though 0 0 would have been a fair result but their defence was pretty good got the ball away quickly and challenged effectively

I have heard from one of his close mates we were in for lukas but nothing came of it . He is not desperate to come to us and has not been trying to get a move since we were in league one.

What Laurie said was a team needs 7 roadsweepers and four violinists as per Bill Shankly http://www.donstalk.co.uk/messageboard/index.php?topic=11050.0

Well they are obviously deluded

I am surprised at you even thinking that SFC has bid for this player. Cortese would never do a thing like that he is very ethical he threw Liverpool's bid for OXO in the bin as they treating us with contempt but I did hear there was another foreign player being shown around St Mary's before Christmas

How did he play today because I think he is one of our best players

not very interesting as it is not possible to take a top 6th place

Very true we can improve our team in every position. Not sure how we would be placed if we had had the injuries that West Ham have had I believe we are looking at a foreign RM at the moment But Priorities are RM Striker CB Goalkeeper so that we can cover for injuries and suspensions

Yes Alpine I feel you are correct

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No doubt if we doing the same as West Ham you would be saying how great we were. We did exactly what West Ham are presently doing to get out of League 1 which we achieved . By the way West Ham have had loads of injuries this season

Spurs have been singing for over 50 years especially in Europe There is even a book relating to it And the Spurs Go Marching on: Official Centenary History of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (ISBN 10: 0600346641 / ISBN 13: 9780600346647 ) Phil Soar

Being relegated to League 1 with a team which had a few acadamey players and not playing many in League 1 when we were there suggests to me that we are not very likely to have many capable of playing in the PL

If we dont go up it will be because we were not good enough and will be down to the management not bringing in top class players.