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And he made one pretty decent save in the first half.

Did anyone see the 'keeper errors at the Millwall v Preston game??? Another level which would have caused apoplexy by some on here!!

Marco Rose has a very decent pedigree at a decent level in the Bundesliga and Rangers were keen on him but their package wasnt enough. An expensive option but quite a bit of experience at the top level.

Another absolutely nondescript performance today. Shocking player as far as his contributions so far this season have shown.

Agree with you about Barry Bannan. He signed for Weds 10 years ago on a free transfer and doesnt look like a footballer but he hardly misplaced a pass today and was an example to our midfield players. I hope Oriol Romeu makes the same impact when he turns out for us. We had a slice of luck with our first goal and Aziz and Armstrong did well with our other two goals. Aziz seemed to duck away from the glorious header opportunity he had second half. Weds passed the ball better than us at times and on occasions we had two players challenging for the same ball as has been the situation a few times this season. As ever our throw ins were poor. Weds looked like a Div 1 side in the making but to be honest we werent much better. Nice to win at home for once though.

My first job as a Management Trainee after leaving School with 3 'A' Levels, had an hourly rate of £0.276p per hour but a pint of beer was the equivalent of 20p, a gallon of petrol 40p and the price of entry to The Dell was probably under a £1.00 dependent whteher you stood in the open or sat on a wooden bench in the Stands !! Nine years later I managed to buy my first house but only by working 2 nights and a Saturday (missed a lot of the Keegan era games unfortunately!!) with the mortgage rate at 15%. Life had its challenges then but our generation was brought up not to expect too much. I have been fortunate in many ways to achieve more than my fairly modest expectations from life. I do feel sorry for today's younger generation for many reasons but mainly because their expectation level is fairly high and we, as a country, seem to have hit a glass ceiling.

He played for Newcastle in their recent Carabao Cup game and did well.

Cant disagree about anything you posted. One other thing about Downs is that he just doesnt seem interested in the pre match warm up, just joins in very casually when the ball comes to him. Of course that makes little difference if he went onto the filed of play and performed to a decent standard. It just adds to the overall appearance of malaise.

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!!!