John B

Yes a good post. The only comment I have why are we obsessed with getting to the Premiership in our present condition there is no all little chance we are a Championship side now and should accept it. I would have thought most sides going up to the Premiership will come down anyway.

If you are saying the only way to survive in the Premiership is with a large amount of investment I totally agree. Perhaps we are only a Championship Club then

Richard Wright did but he was the only one. I dont think he will get in any loan players. The club is trying to develop its own players whats more if I was a young player like Mills and a young full back came in I would not be particularly happy

Yes I agree with Alpine

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I will be lucky to see the Saints six times this season but from all the posts reports and personal conversations I believe I understand how they are playing and I am fully entitled to post.

It is OK now but was difficult to post during the game

It is quite obvious to me that the team is likely to struggle this year but of course I will support the team but I do not expect to be a supporting a successful team for another 3 to 4 years. I feel the expectactions of the fans is too high today's result was very reasonable and probably expected but lots of posts suggested before that we were going to win . Perhaps it was wishful thinking but it gives the wrong impression I would have thought. Position 18 where we are today in The Championship is fine by me

Yes it is I was watching it the whole game and I now agree with Alpine for once

Unfortunately the STATS tell the story Possession C 68% S 32% Shots on target C 7 S5 Shots off target C7 S2 Corners C8 S5 Probably a fair result I think it is the Lack of Height which is going to be our downfall this season and I know it is only the First Game and away from Home but we are going to struggle

I think your spin is shameful DMG could be an Under 21 Prospect The team seems to compare well with Bartosz Bialkowski Chris Makin Alexander Ostlund Alan Bennett Gregory Vignal Jermaine Wright Youssef Safri Andrew Surman Jhon Viafara Marek Saganowski Grzegorz Rasiak Lost 4 1 last season in the First Match

I am getting a little nervous but I am not expecting promotion. I wish other fans were not so optimistic

And we thought we were going to get promoted with that lot

You must be joking. The Central Defence was rubbish. Makin was a fullback

Yes that it was I am trying to say. But it is important to have a really good playmaker something we have not had for a long time.

I am not Jan P so I do not know his thoughts but obviously he knows the situation and will have planned for contingecies. Mills maybe on the left must be better than Jermaine Wright Jake Thomson on the right Maybe younger players will not have so many injuries

MLT was a of course a great player I saw MLT in 1986 score two goals against Man Utd at the Dell Big Ron's last game but he did not appear to be a player to me from what I have seen Morgan does. But I do not think he was a midfielder in fact it was very difficult to categorise him probably why he did not play much for England as SFC built their team around him. But to me a playmaker is someone who sits in midfield and spreads the ball about MLT did not do that

I should leave the worrying to Jan he is the judge of what players are required in his team. Of course you are right Luke Young and Wayne Bridge would be better but we are not in the position at the moment to recruit players

MLT was not a playmaker IMO he did not sit in Midfield and spray passes about Terry Paine like MLT was not a play maker in his prime but assisted in hundreds of goals Jimmy Melia Jim Mcalliog Alan Ball Jimmy Case were

I originally had 1 and 2 combined but I thought they were slightly different in that if we are keeping to the Stategy the bank may in fact give another loan if we are doing well at Xmas for new players. I think you are wrong about Point 4 Players like Davis Rasiak Saga Safri Euell etc are not good enough for the Premiership and will be in all likelihood off after there contract ends. Where as the younger ones may well develop into Premiership players given the chance. By the way I find most of the threads have very similar content this one could easily be the Saga one

Unfortunately you are correct about 4 and 5 but in the real world top class players of international standard will want to play European Football . How many of the current regular England team play for Bolton Blackburn West Ham etc

Yes yuo are correct Realism is not negative. I feel I am a Realist and I think the Current long term Stategy is the only Realistic chance we will ever have of returning to the Premiership without tens of millions being invested. I think we will have to be patient it is going to take sometime until we are a force to be reckoned with again

I dont think you understand the direction the club is going in but you may do and disagree with it. The main problem at SFC is of course finance which everybody knows about. So the strategy appears to be to get rid of overpaid and under achieving players are replace them with keen and talented youngsters on lower salaries. The Benefits of this Stategy 1 Lowers the risk of Administration 2 Keeps the Bank happy 3 Gives the fans a better type of football 4 Develops Players who may wish to be sold off thus enabling the financial situation to improve. 5 Develops a team which may be able to push for promotion in 2 to 5 years and stay in the Premiership. Disadvantages 1 The team may not perform and will be relegated. 2 The team may not perform to the fan's satisfaction with lower gates and less income. I feel that the advantages are real provided SFC pick up 6 or 7 points per month and stay in the Championship this season but of course we will have to wait and see.

That could be said about most clubs