John B

I hope that was a joke Comparing Terry Paine with Lallana is nearly as ridiculous as comparing MLT with Pulis

I started watching Saints in the Season Reeves left so did not see him score many but according to other supporters he was a bit hit and miss and should have scored at least sixty with all the chances which came his way

How many penalties did Reeves score in that season

I do think Doddie has a point for a number of years success was avoiding relegation I must admit I prefer success to be a visit to Wembley But you are right success is relative

Probably agree with you not sure they are all shiite but not up to required standard plus Thomas is old?

I agree with you but after spending loads on players the results after the JPT game at St Mary's have been a little disappointing in general

Just interested to know how much is a manager responsible for results compared with the players. They always seem to get stick when if a player or players had played to his usual standard the team may have won.

Very True but I think we may do the double over Hartlepool

Never thought when Hartlepool were bottom of Div 4 for a number of years in the 1960/70s we would be playing them in the League:( one day

Make it 16501 as I am going for my monthly visit to St Mary's

Oh yes but I never really expected us to get to the playoffs

Are you saying that NC does not know what he is doing buying in expensive players? By the way I disagree Puncheon Fonte Jaidi Barnard Harding and Hammond have all played very well at most games this season So have Lallana Morgan and Davis We have the players but not the team

It is always the same lets get in a couple of new players and things will be fine;) We were all happy with the new players but results in general have not improved significantly Eleven League games in 2010 nineteen points Last Eleven League Games in 2009 twenty points About 82 points over the season pro rata

Prior to last nights game in the ten games in 2010 we got nineteen points which if it continued over a season would give us 87 points which would be good. I would expect in the next nine games to get at least the same number of points but I do think that the team is currently underperforming like it was at the start of the season

We are doing reasonbly well at the moment without putting many winning runs together. Hopefully the standard will not be as good next season and with luck we should be a force in League 1. I doubt we will do a Norwich but we should be at least in the Playoffs but we do need to have a good start to the season which we seldom do - Cannot remember the last time we won the First Game of the season

I thought that after the match but not before. I think the team he put out was the correct one after the performance on Saturday

I do agree with that money does not buy guarantee success but with the money spent we we should perhaps be doing better. Having been around in 1960 1966 and 1978 I know that good players playing good football get promotion not blood sweat and passion. We have bought in good players Davis Thomas Schenderlin Lambert Barnard Puncheon Jadi Fonte Harding Hammond plus Lallana but the team is not playing consisently well so there is a problem somewhere. By the way being a tossa and calling people names is not a very good way to put your point across although I am not really sure what your point is

With the amount of money spent on new players plus the likes of Lallana Davis Thomas and Schenderlein we would not even be in the play offs at the moment if we had not had lost ten points not a very successful League Campaign. But I have enjoyed the season up to the Cup game against Pompey

This season we have been a long way from being bankrupt spent loads without much success

In 2010 in eleven league games I think we have two losses five wins four draws I am not sure that is good enough

Me too

I dont disagree with what you are saying but there is little evidence that we can string a series of four or five wins together which is dissappointing with all the money spent.

What makes you think he is a shrewd businessman he invested a lot in January but has not got much in return. Although I think the signings were good the results have not been exceptional.

Yes but we have not got any nearer the play offs have we and Pompey beat us 4 1

I enjoyed this season up to the Cup Match v Pompey but since then things have not gone that well