John B

Know the area well there used to be a pitch and put course where I used to play 45 or so years ago. Used to walk down Woodmill Lane in the late 1940's when there were awful smelling marshes on the way to watch my dad play cricket at the old University Ground

We could have a really good team if we combined those in 1986 with those of today I would go for Peter Shilton Cedric Soares Mark Wright Virgil VanDijk Ryan Bertrand David Armstrong Jimmy Case Steven Davis Graziani Pelle Steve Moran Danny Wallace

Thirty Years Ago today we beat Brighton 2 0 to get into the FA Cup Semi Final I looked at the line up Peter Shilton Steve Baker Mark Wright Kevin Bond Nick Holmes David Armstrong Jimmy Case Glenn Cockerill George Lawrence Steve Moran Danny Wallace and realized they were all English I doubt we could put out an all English team today but it shows how football has changed On saturday we had two English starters and two on the bench

I dont think it is just Koeman who is responsible for for the disappointing season but the situation is not helped because it is possible he will not be here for much longer. I just think we need someone who is committed for sometime like we had with Ted Bates and Lawrie Mac

Well you seem to have very low expectations I never for one moment thought we would be relegated at the start of the season. SFC is not the SFC 0f the 1990s and early 2000s we are supposed to have a top academy financial clout and an aim to get into Europe. This season we will probably finish in the bottom half of the table had a very poor European campaign were knocked out of the FA Cup in the first round got thrashed by Liverpool in the League Cup if that is not disappointing I dont know what is. Of course if we win lots of the remaining games it will be less disappointing

A disappointing season has become more disappointing Next time we get a manager get him to sign for five years just think three years is too short a time

I think most people agree with you but it is rather disappointing thats all Not sure if Koeman is good for us now as we struggle to bring youngsters through

We just dont have any consistent quality attacking players they are good but not outstanding So top 10 side is OK by me

You must be joking we are in 8th at the moment and likely finish there or worse We are just not a top six team

Sometimes the rub of the green goes with you sometimes it does not just accept the Ref's decision because there is no other choice and dont blame him. Refs probably make less wrong decisions than players and are usually close to the action

One of my favorite players along with George Kirby sadly both died young especially John

The good thing about the Terry Paine days was that we supported our players there was not the constant criticism when we lost which we did regularly especially away from home. If the other team scores more goals so what

I wonder what Terry Paine would be worth today in my opinion a complete footballer who won so many games for SFC and with Chivers took us to Div 1 fifty years ago with that goal right in front of me at Brisbane Road

Unfortunately the season has not ended yet lets see where we finish before we decide how well the club has done. I am not fckwit but can see that we are a better run club and have more financial clout than in the past thirty years so we should be hoping for better than we have had in the past for me the season has been a bit disappointing our Europe Adventure was poor we got thrashed when we were beaten in the League Cup and we lost in the third round of the FA Cup our League results have been generally OK away from home but not at St Mary's. Other clubs are progressing well so there is going to be more competition next season.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-there-is-no-doubt-that-leaving-the-european-union-would-hurt-britain-10188405.html By the way I find that most economists think leaving the EU is not thrre best thing to do But economics is not an exact science so I have no idea who is right or wrong

Why does RK keep tinkering with the team ?

I remember one game v Swansea at the Dell where George Kirby had caused havoc with three Swansea players down and receiving medical attention

I was at both Nottm Forest games at the Dell and White Hart Lane and the 6 0 thrashing of Middlesborough where Kirby scored a hat trick He was one of my all time favorite Saints players along with Osgood who did not play in that 1962 fixture he started playing for Chelsea in 1964 when I was at Uni in London he was a wonderful player despite breaking his leg badly

Well he thinks Forster is not as good as Hart and I agree with him Hart is probably the only World Class player in the England squad Mind you Forster is a pretty good deputy

I think Spurs are a big club the first English club to win a European trophy who have under performed for over thirty years Not unlike Chelsea and Man City who in my opinion are not as big a club as Spurs In my lifetime they have the following honours League First Division/Premier League Winners (2): 1950–51, 1960–61 Second Division/Championship Winners (1): 1949–50 Cup FA Cup Winners (6) 1960–61, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1990–91 League Cup Winners (4): 1970–71, 1972–73, 1998–99, 2007–08 European UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1): 1962–63 UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League Winners (2): 1971–72, 1983–84

I agree but if they dont win the League but qualify for the CL he still will have done a great job far better than I expected.

I think you make a good point and why would he want to move to Man U or Chelsea if Spurs are in the CL and they are not

We never seem to do well after a two week break hope we can do so in this game

Maybe something do with Liverpool's history in EUROPE

I am surprised to see Jackson Bird in the Australian Test Team v NZ after his lack lustre performance with Hampshire