John B

No I did not watch the Lions Tour - The First Time since 1968 I was uninterested as we had little chance of winning because of the demands of Professional Rugby in Europe. However I will be going to SA next summer to watch the Lions as it has always been my ambition to see the Lions in action

Sir Clive has been successful in all his activities so I am certain he would have succeeded here

Did you enjoy the game and are you pleased with how the team is progressing

No I was ot there but they beat us so what. Sport is winning and losing . Hating teams is totally ridiculous probably jealousy really

I think this is a totally ridiculous thread and not very sporting either Why should anybody hate football teams Derby were a much better team over the whole season than us although in the Play Offs we were probably unlucky

Probably true for a lot of clubs

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