John B

Saints were lucky to get lower division teams in the Cup Semi Finals when we progressed to the final . In the 80s i think we failed twice against top division teams in the Semi Finals

We may if they can get a two or three year contract on the wages they are currently getting. Viafara was released from his contract

Yes I saw Saga last summer he looked quite good But where did this Revolutionary New Experiment term come from. I thought owing to lack of money we had to play with a lot of youngsters who hopefully would develop into good players in the future. I thought it was a commonsense approach getting in old pros on high wages had failed and caused us serious financial harm Of course the person who writes the Saints Web Pages may have as usual put a different spin on it

Yes I agree defenders will be marking SAGA and perhaps McGoldrick will get less attention

Of course luck plays a part in all aspects of life and we are not having much at the moment.

Probably right although hindsight is a wonderful gift in these situations But getting the right CB is important and there seems to be more available in the window than at other times

Yes it would appear so but in general our luck has not been good this season

Yes Sorry I always think a tinker is a change for no real valid reason Of course JP may have had the odd tinker but most of his changes are because of injuries and suspensions as you said. Apart from the right wing where like me JP appears to have no idea who should be there. I would like a winger but we dont seem to have one

So he made a change not a tinker I thought it was difficult to tinker with a losing team anyway

I disagree we need a forward who can score goals whether experienced or not Goal Scoring Forwards cost loads of money where do we get one from? If they are scoring goals their clubs will not release them. Surely if Rudi or Rasiak was sold we would have kept Stern John

I thought most people thought Surman was not a full back

I totally agree we do not seem to have had much this season

Yes but injuries and suspensions have not helped. Also if the team had been winning there would be no need to change it either. Should Lallana play on Saturday ? Does BWP justify a place I agree with Andy above

I think he will stay if we go down too

I thought Perry was ill with a virus which took along time to shake off.

I think the blend was similar at the start of the season Svensson was playing Saijis was not Gillett was playing Molyneux was not Lallana was playing Saga was not. but I maybe wrong but injuries to Svennson and Holmes and others together with the requirement to save money has contributed to the problem especially with the strikers

I agree with what do are saying especially regarding flexibility although I do not understand how you know what both JP and Lowe are thinking because they may agree with you

I did not realise that the strategy was to have Academy only players I thought it was to have the blend as you suggested. Having Academy only players is plainly ridiculous but having some who are up to the job makes financial sense. If this strategy had been in place before and say Cranie and Blackstock where still playing perhaps there would have been no need to have had to buy in Thomas and BWP and we could have used the money spent there in a better way . Because of money constraints it is not possible at the moment to bring many new costly players at the moment so we are using what players we have but in the future if we have the money I am sure we will be buying again and also selling. But Wotton Perry Siejis Schenderlin Forecast Smith Holmes have been brought in this season with also loans coming in and SFC were hoping to play Svensson All our best teams in the last forty five years always had a good proportion of home grown players but in the last years of the Premiership there were not many and that was one of the reasons we were relegated as we were having to buy virtually a whole team from outside

Yes you are of course right but it is because we are in the bottom three that it is really important that we win not only for the points but also for team and fan confidence. So I agree that the game against Donny may seem to be our most important game of the season at the moment but there maybe more important ones to come

Yes I agree if we beat Doncaster and dont lose at Norwich things will be better. Perhaps like Nottm Forest we will get the winning habit and Norwich Watford and Blackpool get the losing habit

I dont think JP is clueless but the formation does not work at home at the moment because what has already been said. You would have thought 4 4 2 would have worked better but we did not win that many games at home last season either although more than this year The system needs to have wide players staying wide but I dont think that has been happening when Holmes has been injured.

Surely this forum is for discussions I thought Cork was a loss but if his move allows us to get in Size a big CB it may not be a bad thing. Thats all Not getting what fans want ie Richard Wright who in my opinion saved us from relegation has not turn out to be that bad. Of course I would like to have Wright Davies John and Cork in our squad but that does not appear to be possible. I also cannot see why Pulis and Gasmi were signed but that is another question

Yes I agree but losing Cork may not turn out as bad as was originally thought

Of course I am a Saints supporter who does not care who is in the boardroom as long as the team looks as it can be successful

Right Gladys I agree with most of what you are saying I know you are not on Lowe's Christmas card list neither am I so I excuse you for usual Lowe ramblings How about selling Lallana pay off some of our debt and get in two good experienced pros but good is the important word