John B

Just trying to bring amusement to a wet day but I am glad OBS is posting

That is a cheap comment I thought Dyer Surmamn and McGoldrick were Academy players The England U21 which lost in the final had two Southampton Academy players

Are you saying we are going to walk this League?

What I meant was doing things fast is not always the right approach Wotte would have brought in players by now

Strangely after the announcement but I agree with your post but it will take a little time. Perhaps if we had appointed Tony Adams the day of the takeover or kept Wotte you would be happier

You do think League 1 is rubbish dont you Probably correct but as Pardew says everything is right with SFC Stadium Owners Facilities Fans but not the team

I was talking in general about expectations Last season about this time most peoples expectations I think were that SFC would finish 16th or above which seemed rather high.

Set targets which are realistic for the people involved it is no good giving targets which cannot be met otherwise people get turned off. Give targets which can be achieved and give incentives for targets to be over achieved I think is the best approach seems to work in business

I am sorry for my flipant comment but I just feel that peoples expectations are too high which leads to disappointment. Whether it impacted on the players I dont know but we did have decent players but not outstanding which is the difference. Our Promotion teams in both 1966 and 1978 did have outstanding players

Not really we got to the playoffs which I thought was OK We played pretty well in the Play Off Games and with a bit of luck we could have won. If Davis had played as well as did last season I think we may have gone up because I felt Bart was responsible for one of the goals at St Mary's through a lack of experience However after that he should have sorted out the defence instead of bringing in John and Euell I know John scored lots of goals but so might Rasiak/Saga if they were given chances

Thank you that really made me laugh

I think it was a well respected Academy and has a good record with producing players and winning matches. But you are right people put spin on it and the next thing we are the best in the land but Probably the best on the South Coast

Because we were not good enough for Automatic Promotion I would have thought. Perhaps you should be realistic in your expectations to avoid continual disappointment

Although I agree with what you are saying it is not unknown for teams to buy players to make the team better as we now have no payments on the Stadium there should be a surplus for players

Confused and Anxious not doing very well today:D

Yes so Wotte

Yes a use of words can you have an ambition which you cannot control I would like to see Southampton FC in CCC but it is not an ambition Pardew however may have an ambition to see Southampton FC in the CCC

Some probably are I would have thought

There are so many fans with different ambitions some are high some are not. Mine are low after four years of utter dross a few wins will do at the moment

I dont disagree with what you are saying but as no one from the club has said what there plans are the only thing I have picked up is the Pardew hopes to be mid table by Xmas which would be pretty good considering our current situation

Who said that I thought the plan was to see how we were doing at Xmas and go on from there. With a new team and points deduction it is not going to be easy to forecast how we will do

Dont know dont care just please where we are today. Just glad we are not in CCC with Lowe in charge and relegation likely

What is the point of what?

Pardew has only been here four days so give him a chance You know the team better than him he is trying to work out which positions he needs new players for