John B

I think you may have a point The OP appears to show a complete lack of understanding of football and how often late goals are scored by the better teams

I will check the Waigo miss again but I thought he hesitated but your general point is very true we lack a true second out and out striker with an instinct for goal. Still dont really understand why Pardew did not get Saga playing Perhaps Barnard maybe that person but we will have to wait and see.

I thought Bart was the goal keeper in the First Play Off Game at St Mary's who was slow off his line and cost us a goal. In fact he was dropped for the game at Derby

They did well to get to 5th Round the only League 1 club there.

I dont know why you have to taunt him Just keep discussing football as nearly all your comments are realistic

Yes I agree but I think Waigo may have thought he was offside Well he sometimes is;)

I dont think you realise that being a great shot stopper like Davis does not make you a great goalkeeper. He worries me when I am sitting in the Stands when he stays on his line instead of being decisive god knows what it does to our defenders on the pitch.

Not sure who would pay £4m but I too think he has improved since his arrival

Sorry but Davis kept us in the game with his superb one handed save in the first half

Wish I understood what the plan was. I dont think it can be using Academy players because surely if we were expecting them to be squad players in the Premiership in three years time they would be getting a little experience in League 1 today. Getting out of League 1 is relatively easy and buying the players we have should get us promoted next season but after that I am not really sure what the plan is

I think if I was O'Hara I would want to play at Spurs or some other Premiership side rather than coming to League 1 Southampton. And that is our problem how to get CCC quality players to come to Southampton

Perhaps Pompey fans thought we were on the way out last season So dont gloat until the Fat Lady actually sings We are still in League 1 and as Dubai Phil has said in his very good post we have a long way to go yet

Dont really care whether NC is happy. The last two games have been great and after five years of despair things have improved greatly and we can hopefully look forward to good times next season and beating Torquay in the JPT again

We had enough chances to win as it was

Surely you mean 50 fans;)

AP does not need an excuse -10 and Administration is the reason we are not in the playoffs Plus the fact we lost our best players from last season and AP had to build a team

I know how you feel We lost to Germany in the 1970 Cup Finals because Gordon Banks was ill and his Deputy Peter Bonnetti and excellent goalkeeper was not up to the task

If it was not for the Cup Competions the Season would be crap

Yes that is my point

What if he the best of a bad bunch? It is hardly his fault there are not many better goalkeepers about. But it is a bit of a concern having an old crock in goal for us in SA

It is a good job that Pompey were awful otherwise they may have beaten us by more than 4 1. Like us last season they have no money and have had to sell their best players. If they had had Crouch Defoe Kranjker and Glen Johnson they may have been better. Plus others they have recently sold Although Saints played well and I enjoyed the game it showed the gulf between League 1 and the Premier League which we have to bridge

They are only legends because they performed well in Div 1 and the Premiership. We are only in League 1 at the moment

Me too but did Thierry Henry not take corners for Arsenal Not having a footballer at RB does not help either

Excellent post. Yes to me getting to the Premier League is still a dream not a plan. Getting to CCC should be relatively easy . Building a team to get to the Premier League and stay there will be extremely difficult for the reasons you have suggested,

Well I think Window Cleaner has a point. Lallana maybe a very good player and gives his all but I feel he rarely puts in a truly match winning performance in League 1 Other young Saints players I have seen such as Paine Sydenham Chivers Williams Channon Le Tissier Shearer Wallace R and D have He played well yesterday but did not affect the result in anyway I just want him to do that and then SFC will be on the way to the CCC