John B

If we were playing better football I would agree but in the last match I saw against Luton we were dire and not that much better against Exeter.

Not very realistic I would have thought at the moment as the team is not playing well may happen but in no way a certainty So that is not really realistic but I totally agree with the rest of your post. Although I would be happier if we were playing better football

I would have thought Schneiderlin Lallana and James would automatically improve as they got older. I think Pardew is OK but nothing out of the ordinary if he was we would be playing better football

And IMO too

Neither Can I Dont understand why he could not get Saga to play either

Dont think you understand the theme of the recent postst With Thomas Schenderlin Saga Lambert and Hammond available I make that over £3m but that was not being discussed only how much had been spent this season

Yes you are right - Do think £3m realistic

No but say £1m Lambert £1.2 Fonte £0.25m Seabourne £0.5m Hammond

Lambert Fonte Hammond Seabourne

Must agree with your analysis

See Glasgow Saints Post

Then £3m will become £6m and if we get promoted I may well help Pat from Poole eat his garage if he has not finished by then

Might save on the NI contributions and other overheads

He was going to QPR not sure he joined http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/8457971.stm

Yes very true whilst watching the game against Luton I was constantly thinking was that Hammond or was that Schneiderlin

In time I agree completely but Pardew keeps changing the team and the way it plays no wonder we are not performing consistently well. I am not saying we are poor probably better than good but we need to be excellant which is currently not the case

Yes I agree but pace with skill

Of course money mean something but playing well means more

Perhaps they should tell the players as the dont seem to be performing like a promotion winning side

But why is the team constantly changing ? I dont know what our best formation really is

I just think it takes time for a team to evolve and Fonte was available at a reasonable price . I think if Ward had signed as well that might have shown more intent. But do you think the play offs are achievable at the moment and that does not mean we will get promoted either

These are off the cuff remarks really not a clear statement of intent. So if we dont get to the play offs is the plan a year behind?

It maybe pretty obvious to you but it is your opinion the point I am making is that we dont really know what the club deems success. If we knew we could be less impatient although I did and do not expect us to be in the play offs this season because of the form of the other teams

I dont think people are blaming players but expecting them to perform slightly better if we are to get out of League 1

Thanks but a draw was a reasonable result I think and if the game had finished 0 0 even better