John B

It is very strange somebody on another thread said he was the best Saints Player. Beattie did not have a good first touch but like Heskey played for England

Yes but if results did not come they would have been on his back. He may have done well he may not have we just dont know. You would have thought that last season we would have done better but we did pretty badly

I agree with you but most of the fans do not seem to have grasped the fact that as we had less money we would probably have to buy inexperienced players. Wotton was bought in as an experinced old pro to assist the youngsters

You could possibly have Kenwyne Jones and Scott Macdonald. However before there was the Premier League we used to have numerous homegrown players. But the standard is so high that there are now very few English players in the league itself.

Yes I agree but I think innpoint 3 - He had no chance with the large majority of fans because what ever he did for the good was not believed. Point 5 I totally agree but I am not certain we can ever have the traditional manager approach today as they change so frequently and the board probably dont trust them to spend money wisely. It is ironic that Burley's unwise spending has caused so much of the problem

I think most teams have good results sometime in the season and the better ones have more and the poorer ones less. We are a poorer one as we cannot score goals when on top

Yes we did with Ommerod but that is not the point, the teams in which benali played had MLT

Yes I totally agree they also dont seem to antipate what is going to happen in the next few seconds either I think firstly I would like players with ability to read the game and then be able to run in the right direction or in the case of BWP not to run into an offside position

So you want a team of crap players with little ability that run around and get booked? Well I dont

Yes I agree with your sentiments it is very difficult to chose the right manager I would have thought. If the team starts losing they are under so much pressure

I dont want a team of Ormerods and Benali's I want a team with ability and players who can antipate what is going to happen. Running arses off in the wrong direction is of no use if there is no ability. As Lawrie used to say we need a team of both piano players and roadsweepers we appear to have neither at the moment

NO not a chance

I agree with you as my first post suggests that they are not very good. But in theory as UM suggests we should have probably done slightly better as a couple of extra wins could possibly have saved us

I agree but when we have been on top in games we have regularly failed to score. It is the same with Middlesboro they spent £13 m on Alves and I think he has scored 7 goals

Yes a reasonable point but you ou are allowed a goalkeeper . Yes but James and McGoldrick have apparently been our best players and BWP and Surman are hardly kids

So was last years as well The inability to score goals is the main problem probably which means the team is not good enough. Strikers cost money and earn high wages which did not help us in our financial situation We have not been beaten heavily on many occassions ten more goals would have helped sifnificantly

What kids now?

And lost every televised game too why?

What do you think then

Beacause they are not very good I would imagine

Why? Surely if it was Saints v Pompey we would want Pompey to go down?

I dont like John Smith's very much Fullers Pride or Adnams is better I think

I went to Cambridge last year and got a speeding ticket but did not meet Miss Williams

Yes I went to both games but only really remember the 1966 one