John B

Unprofessional reports on this thread always seems to mean reports which do not put SFC in a good light So is this unprofessional too Garth Crooks's team of the week LEFT-BACK - LUKE SHAW (Southampton) There is no doubt that this lad can play. He looked composed in defence and dangerous in attack in the victory over Aston Villa. What a pity Southampton could not retain their credibility by just admitting that the referee got their awarded penalty wrong. But that would mean that Jay Rodriguez had dived and far be it for a football club to ever admit that!

Points are what we need and we got three So lets go forward with confidence I am starting to think we are going to survive

I think it is very good that Cortese is monitoring the situation with Adkins who is not very experienced at PL Level He obviously is not in the I trust Nigel brigade but in the sensible I will see how he performs brigade. Are we sure Di Matteo is any good as I agree with Harry it should not be difficult to suceed at chelsea

The issue is that Cortese wants to control what goes into the Echo The Editor controls what goes into a peper that is the way things work

Perhaps Villa think we are ripe for the taking after our defeat to Chelsea as we have only beaten QPR away and will probably be without key players. I think we should be confident but not overly so a draw would be a reasonable result

Until we meet teams which are in form we have had it pretty easy recently even Arsenal were below par when we played them

Lightning does not strike twice apparently so I would expect Villa to be a completely different team at the weekend unfortunately probably like we will be after Chelsea I would be happy with a draw

I agree with you Thats the problem is it not if we get rid of them and get relegated we will have to build a team again

You must be joking Not a very clever way to run a company reducing the capital by paying interest instead of reducing by investment

So why did we get this loan based on next years Sky mpney if we were minted

Yes you are quite right we have much more chance of getting relegated than getting to the Champions League

I have no idea as I am not a clairvoyant as I dont know what new players will drafted in to the teams at the bottom what injuries will happen and what errors players will make But if we get in the right players and dont get too many injuries I think we will stay up which will be a great credit to Adkins dont care about any other team

I doubt 1 1 will be the result

Yes we are more difficult to beat now which is great

You make a valid point but if he wants to play for England and possibly go to Brazil for the World Cup Arsenal would be a good move

Juve or relegation threaten Southampton DOUBT IT

He is no different from last season saves most shots but is not confident in commanding his area

You are joking are you not

For his own good I think he needs to go Much better coaching etc at Arsenal But as a Saints Supporter I hope he stays

Yes mine too

I think Adkins has done well despite having a a poor squad We have a reasonable first team but not much if these players get injured suspended or lose form temporarily

Well lets develop them whilst we slide back to the Championship and possible administration Surely they should be contributing something to the team at the moment they must be on a fair wage

The £20 million spent on JROD RAMIERZ MAYUKA has been money very badly spent with regard to goals scored and chances converted So Adkins as manager should be open to lots of criticism

I agree but I think Alan Ball was a great signing the club seemed to go forward after he was signed

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