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Bearing in mind the injury issues affecting Ross Stewart's availability it would be very brave of the club to take a risk with Michael Antonio as I dont think he has featured for West Ham since his recovery from a very serious car accident.

Apparently he had the most yellow cards whilst playing for Saints in the Prem. Second in ranking was MLT!!!

Manning/Wood??

Arguably one of the things that the club has done right. Tyler has got a lot of talent but only is currently able to show this occasionally. Has been unable to show the dynamism that the Premiership and to a lesser extent the Championship game demands. The way Saints are set up this season he would not be making the same impression as Leo Scienza, in my opinion, so the club is over £30m better off.

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Not only with experience but someone of stature that can hold the ball up and can win a few headers, especially in the danger areas,

I I had a rare bout of optimism at the end of this seasons Transfer deadline only to fall into an even deeper depression after the new signings (apart from Scienza!!) have made precious little improvement to the team. I just hope that Oriol's return makes a difference. He is a very decent bloke off the field but a Jimmy Case/Alan Ball type competitor on the pitch. I just hope he still has the legs for the full on challenge of games in the Championship.

I was willing to give Will Still some time to put his mark on the team. The fact of life is that since he took over, the club has brought in Roerslev, Azaz, Sceinza, Quarshie, Fellows, Jander, Long (!!!), Jelert, and Downs (!!!!!!!!!!), probably at a cost of £40m + and only Scienza has proved worthy of the transfer fee. Those responsible for scouting and signing players must share their part of the blame for shelling out so much wasted money when it was apparent to all us long suffering fans that a proper centre forward and a more robust presence in midfield was required. Since Ross Stewart's injury we have played five games , scored 3 goals, conceded 8 and picked up 2 out of 15 points available. Todays performance was chaotic against a team with a fraction of our resources. I am getting totally fed up with leaving St Marys having to listen to the away fans celebrating yet another away victory.

I know he didnt have much time on the pitch but reckon he only touched the ball once. I would struggle to put him in the Ali Dia bracket but at least AD didnt cost us £8m!!!!!!!

People sometimes complain about bias at the BBC but Matt Goodwin, the GB News Presenter on last night's 'Question Time' was so Far Right Wing, he nearly fell off the end of the Flat Earth. Personally I do have a sliver of understanding for some of Reforms policies but am truly horrified by some of the ne'er do well's the party attracts. That said, what is the option? Tories are in complete disarray after Boris & Truss, Greens have a radical left wing leader, Lib Dems have a weak leader only noticeable by his political stunts and Labour are floundering and about to introduce a Labour Relations Act which will allow the Unions to flex their muscles again and make businesses even more difficult to operate.

He played well. Hopefully that increases his transfer value.

Worrying thing from the Blackburn game is the report from my mate who is a long suffering Blackburn fan who reckoned Rovers were nailed on for relegation. He still thinks is the case but was amazed how poor Saints were after spending so much money on new players. In his opinion it was a game between two poor sides who both missed decent chances. This is a big concern.

And all three promoted clubs from League 1

But to be fair Shea Charles also played a couple of games for N Ireland during this time

There are a number of clubs with worse owners than Solak Our upcoming opponents, Blackburn, are one example. All very well shouting for Sports Republic to go but future owners may be even worse, as we had a few. Perhaps Barry the Briefcase will be back in the frame?

Seven years ago, 7,000 of us were in Milan watching us throw away a game we should have won. At least we beat them in the return fixture. We were an established Premier League club then, now languishing in the depths of the Championship. Booo!!!

Drew 3-3 at Aldershot tonight but won 4-2 on pens.

We do seem to be having some bad breaks to be fair. Robinson hitting the post twice, Boro's flukey goal, hitting the post v Swansea and I think there have been others. I still think we have enough decent players to make a go of things but spending around £30+ on Downs (!!!) Brereton Diaz, and Archer (probably £100k on wages) plus the £8m wasted on Ross Stewart would have bought us a decent striker. I dont necessarily blame Sports Republic as they have spent money but the recruitment, particularly on strikers, has been woeful.

Most of us felt a warm, muzzy feeling after the influx of supposedly decent players in the recent transfer window after a long winter of abject failure. This short term feeling of optimism has been replaced by the return of the familiar feeling of despondency magnified by the loss of our only true central striker. Hopefully we are too good to go down but who knows? At the moment we are unlikely to overhaul Pompey. The only very small glimmer of light is that all three relegated clubs lost tonight. Not much of a consolation though.

West Ham fans not at all happy with owners, players, manager and team performances. So we are not the only ones!!!

I remember going down to Ashton Gate for an Easter game in our first promotion year in 1966. We were fortunate to get a 1-0 win which propelled us towards promotion. I think if we play as we did against Swansea, but bearing in mind that Brizzle City are a much better side, and actually convert our chances, we might snatch the three points. Fingers crossed and be prepare for further disappointment.

With his stunning start to his Saints career, surprising to see he wasnt included in the squad to play Australia today.

I am no fan of Trump but, I guess, he has contributed positively to the freeing of the Israeli hostages. That said his description of finding a solution to a 3,000 year conflict is in line with his many other ridiculous boasts. And, of course, this initial part of the peace plan has a number of other tricky issues to resolve before he and his family and business associates can start developing the Gaza wastelands. Meantime, anyone noticed that his tie is really starting to descend further towards his crotch?

Is there a reliable source that Donny (and his family) have been vaccinated? Hope so.

I wish Dom the best of luck at Orient and beyond. That said I dont think he would have added anything to our Championship squad going forward. To my mind we need a physical main striker in the Lambert/Pelle mould. If Dom proves me wrong, I think we have a sell on clause inserted in his contract.