John B

Yes were are struggling to keep up with the top teams at the moment which is surprising with all the money spent we are not even in the play offs and it is the end of November We are not doing badly but unfortunatelely not doing as well as most fans expected at the start of the season

I hope you enjoyed your visit to St Mary's and will be back next season when we are both in the Championship I think your analysis is very interesting I think we lost impetus after about 35 mins and never fully recovered

I thought was a poor game with very few chances and a few some strange refereeing decisions but certainly not ruined by the Ref. Brighton came for a draw and got it SFC knew that was probably going to happen and failed to respond. Jaidi was a liability in the second half but excellent in the first

Although we had a lot of the ball we hardly tore them apart making very few clear cut chances and set play s were terrible

I doubt if Adkins will get an imnterview for the next England Manager but I expect Harry will

Apart from managing SFC has been very successful in football management so much so that he is probably the best English manager at the moment. He may have spent money but he has done it wisely and his teams are very attack minded he also seems to be fairminded and realistic as oppossed to Mr Wenger whose behavior I thought was a disgrace

I must not lose game I would have thought but I am pretty confident of winning

How did he play today

not if we lose 5 4

Yes you are of course right Terry Paine was signed from Winchester and Doddy from Bath City

I think you will find that it is extremely common for replies sent from the CEO are penned by subordinates so it would not be a surprise if this happened at SFC. Cortese would better employed doing other things than answering letters

Or perhaps they are not happy with the atmosphere at Southampton where promotion is required at all costs and wish to earn their living elsewhere

I do not think Lowe ruined us he may well have contributed to our relegation but he got us a stadium a FA CUP FINAL and other things with very little money. On the other hand Cortese got us a JPT Trophy and an under performing team despite the backing of a billionaire and has upset the press old players and some season ticket holders so some fans may not think he is with out criticsism

I dont see what is wrong with people having views about Chaiman of Football Clubs many I recall had issues with Rupert Lowe Left Back has an issue with NC I think you have to accept that fact that LB has these issues and you have to live with them I used to have an issue last season that lots of posters were saying in Pardew we trust but they genuinely thought Pardew was going to lead us to the promised land so I accepted there comments but did not fully agree with them. Looking Forward to Tuesday's game without Puncheon a win will probably be a turning point in the season a loss I cannot really contemplate

Not personal As I agree with you too Similarly with Wally Downes for me as well

Hammond is not a Championship Player but more than adequate in League 1 Suggest he may leave in the summer

I dont think we are as good as Chelsea

I think you are not very objective sometimes Davis saves the team from defeat sometimes he does not that is football like Carlisle's flukey second goal if Harding had left the ball Carlisle would probably not scored

Dont really understand why the manager always gets the blame when the players play badly

Terry Paine v Leyton Orient 1966 to give us Promotion in 1966 Followed by David Burnside in the FA CUP Quarter Final 1963 to bring us level after being 3 0 with twelve minutes to go - Both Pressure Goals

I was thinking the same as you but Carlisle did have a win in the JPT on Tuesday

We are a big city compared with most in League 1 So I would expect our away support would be pretty high. I would rather go to Hartlepool and Oldham to see us win than go to Blackburn and Middlesbrough to see us lose and probably pay more for the priviledge.

Well I am going should be a good game I would have thought

Yes I agree but I still think the whole Pardew/Cortese saga cost the club but lets hope with Adkins in charge we get enough points to be promoted I dont really see why it should not happen

As Charlton are not in administration I dont see what the problem is. Possibly the financial monuveres have been done to enable someone to buy Charlton in an easy manner