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There is no point in having Ron Davies without Terry Paine or John Sydenham to supply the crosses

I saw him countless times in my opinion the best all round footballer to play for Southampton I will alwaysremember his three goals in the last four games of the 1966 season to get us to Div ! especially the one at Leyton Orient where he was carried of the pitch on the shoulders of Saints Fans He scored 188 goals in 816 appearances a feat I doubt will ever be beaten From 1958 to 1969 he only missed 5 league games If anybody wants to learn more about him and the great times I had as a Saints fan in the 60s where we went from Div 3 to Div 1 just read his biography Constant Paine Without Terry Paine I doubt we would be the club we are today

No Cliff Huxford or Tommy Traynor

Paine was so much better than Sydenham him and Chivers got us to Div 1 Chivers went to Spurs Xmas 1967 probably the best Player who came from Southampton he was a Pup[l at Tauntons I would not want George in our team just mentioned him I think you are right about Williams and Ball so I would suggest there iare too many strikers so I would remove Keegan who was past his best from your 111 and replace him with Paine

I think that is a great team but Terry Paine is the best player I ever saw playing for the Saints so I think I would replace Stevie Williams with him It was his crosses and Sydenham's too which made Ron Davies such a Potent Goal Scorer But that of course would deplete the Mid Field It is so difficult as we have had so many wonderful players compared to the ones we have today Peter Osgood Charlie George plus others were really good before they came to the Dell and Martin Chivers was really good at Spurs

That is the key but at the moment I have little confidence that they will score many goals in the PL lets hope they do

The problem was that the cross is actually too hard, it is absolutely smashed across and the only thing Walcott can do is throw his head at it and hope he gets in the way of it.

Why should he be in big trouble against the Euro Champions away when the team has performed pretty well so far

I do not understand why we should sack him without new players quality players we will not succeed I watched our first game in Div we had Paine Davies Chivers and Sydenham we just do not have that calidbe of player anymore and even with them we struggled We have only had relative success when we had top class players but none of them despite them being pretty good stands out and puts in regular high class performances

I agree Surely the problem at the moment the two strikers are really not top class and we lack Stu Armstrong and as yet JWP has not provided any Free Kick goals I think we may struggle to score goals as we no longer have Ings but apparently sacking Ralph is the answer but I do not understand why a new manager will get more out of Adams and Armstrong

Do you not remember we had a top class striker in Danny Ings during that period If you think Adams and Armstrong are a top class Strike force which is going to terorrise PL defences even with Klopp in charge I think you are sadly mistaken

Give Ralph a rest The Players are clearly not good enough no wonder we are scoring goals Adams and Armstrong must the weakest pair of strikers we have ever had in the Top Division Although in the 1990s they were not that good but at least we had MLT who I never though was an out and out striker

They are not shit they are just not outstanding and that is the problem we do not have an outstanding

Very true no doubt would have come on as sub in today's game It is remarkable that all 11 English Players played for 2 hours

SORRY TO HEAR THE DEATH OF JIMMY GREAVES SAW HIM A FEW TIMES IN THE 1960S AT WHL WHEN I WAS AT UNI ONE OF THE BEST STRIKES I EVER SAW PS Sorry about the Capitals too

What is the point of Chris Wood?

What a Fuck up

Yes Brexit did appeal to some racists but the £350m hour or whatever it was for the NHS appealed too and there is no evidence the NHS is getting extra funding because of Brexit If you think otherwise do not hesitate to show me

Did it not rain for about 5 days at the end of the 1974 season to rob us of the Championship I remember going to Portsmouth in that season and we comprehensively beat Worcestershire the eventual champions making us odds on to be champions

Any idea why Crane was not picked on a Spinner friendly pitch

Not neccessarily as a draw maybe alright depending on results elsewhere But unlikely

Before or after we win Notts 105-8 Next week at Lancs will be interesting Any News on Abbott?

Last time I looked we were nearly 100 with no wickets down after bowling Notts out for 155 Must have a decent chance of winning I would have thought

Other people could well be better than you at spotting a good player they do exist you know

He is obviously a class above Adams and Armstrong and should be playing regularly providing he is fully fit for the PL