John B

Yes Tranmere seems to have been the reverse of the best games I think I have ever seen the Saints play. The 3-3 draw down the Dell against Nottm Forest in the Sixth Round of the cup after being 3 0 down with 12 Minutes to go followed by the 5 0 Thrashing at White Hart Lane

How about Celebrating with a Promotion

Also against both Charlton and Bristol Rover in the cups we gave away reasonable leads and we hanging on a bit at the end

Yes I feel a little disappointed not sure why probably because with the 10 point deduction we seem to be in a sort of limbo and beating a team 18th in League 2 is not much of a feat. Although Northampton did beat Southampton to Div 1 if I remember I saw them once at Highbury in Div 1 when as a Student I could afford to watch 2 or 3 football matches per week

But do the players:confused:

We will probably have a very different team then

AP is doing OK at the moment and next season without the 10 point deduction things should look a lot better

I dont think beating Northampton 3 2 will be one of your highlights in watching the Saints for such a long time But a win is better than some of those desperate defeats in the Cup in recent seasons

Slightly disappointed we were 3 0 up when I went out but the goals Northampton scored appeared a little lucky

I think you will find that most of the players we have sold to Premiership clubs wanted to move but just because we have new owners it may not mean that the club does not have to balance the books.

So you are happy and positive and other people for whatever reason talk ****** is that right

Yes very true . Perhaps a CB and Striker

I dont think you understood FF's post he was like me complaining about the spin being put on our good results. Nearly everyone is really happy about the results but some of the comments relating to them are becoming boring to some people

Very interesting point. I think perhaps we should just try and win as many games as possible

I must admit I have no idea what ML and NC are like as well as other football club owners. So I dont know what their plans are with regard to future sales of football players and their wages but paying excessive wages to players in comparison to others does not seem a recipe for success. With the advent of agents it seems very difficult for talented players to stay with the smaller clubs as in years gone by . To succeed internationally most players have to move to the top clubs and get involved in European Football so realistically we like nearly all of the others will probably be a selling club for the forseeable future. With regard to Lallana I would really be interested in his contractual status which I thought ended in 2011 if it does not end then the rest of the post is meaningless. If it ends in 2011 can he move clubs with no transfer fee being involved or would SFC receive compensation. If he does want to stay what is the reason for not extending his contract now and increasing his wages? I he wont sign another contract and wants to leave when is the best time for SFC to sell him

There is the general impression I would have thought on the Forum but not in this thread perhaps that 76 points will see us to the play offs. As Posted Originally Posted by ChrisPY Last 5 years the following averages were required to achieve each position. 1st - 85.2 2nd - 82 6th - 71.8 12th - 61.2 20th - 49.8 There are 28 games remaining. Saints need approx. the following ammount of points. 1st - 69.2 (2.5 per game) 2nd - 66 (2.4 per game) 6th - 55.8 (2 per game) 12th - 45.2 (1.6 per game) 20th - 33.8 (1.2 per game) 1st - Win 21 Draw 6 Lose 1 2nd - Win 20 Draw 6 Lose 2 6th - Win 17 Draw 5 Lose 6 12th - Win 13 Draw 6 Lose 9 20th - Win 9 Draw 7 Lose 12 Last 10 League Games Won 5 Drawn 3 Lost 2. If that form continues we will gain 14 Wins 8 Draws 6 Losses and 50 points We'll then finish somewhere between 6th and 12th which will be a good achievement IMO considering the points deduction and the lack of pre season affecting the start of the season. It may well do but it may not

I wonder why?

I dont think Rupert Lowe would have not wanted the World Cup to be staged at his Stadium perhaps there were other reasons why Southampton was not chosen but of course you maybe correct. The Capacity perhaps may have been a problem especially as Portsmouth were apparently at the time due to build a new stadium After all the Rugby world Cup is a possibility at St Mary's.

Perhaps biased is not the correct to get meaningful statistical results you need to have figures over as long a time as possible For instance over the last ten years The Points needed to reach 6th place is 76 08/09 76 07/08 75 06/07 71 05/06 71 04/05 73 03/04 81 02/03 78 01/02 75 00/01 82 99/00 AVG 75.8 where as over five years is less. Also there is no analysis of how other clubs are doing and based on the season so far what the likely points figure for 6th position is

I am very happy with the results over the last couple of months, I am not happy with the statisticall analysis which I feel is biased. Of course I would like to see us get to the play offs but we are further away from them now than we were at the beginning of the season

Well you learn something every day thank you

Nothing to do with him it is the FA and presentations are this week

I totally agree with you but I thought this thread was about getting in loans before the window closes tonight. I cant see the point of that as it is unlikely that many decent players will be available but yes in the Window I would expect us to get in players.

I dont disagree with but football injuries and suspensions disrupt teams. Well managed teams overcome problems better than others. Getting Loan players to cover injuries is mostly a lottery really

Like most other teams perhaps?