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Chris McMenemy played local football for a while. Not much better than average and never paid his subs!!

Assuming Huddersfield and possibly Fulham are destined for the drop, I reckon it is between us and Cardiff and it is doubly disappointing that we lost to them I think we are marginally better than Cardiff as a team but our lack of firepower, without Danny Ings, will ultimately coast us dear as many people predicted.

Like many I am concerned about our new owner Having said that I reckon very few supporters are wild about their club's ownership (or team management) Almost every club owner is in it to make money and the Leibherrs/Gao are no different. The main problem with our club at the moment is the dreadful recruitment process which has effectively wasted a shed load of money from player sales.

Steven Davis didnt cost much when signed and could always be trusted to turn in consistent performances without setting the world alight It was the right decision to move him on but surprised he doesnt seem to be able to cut the mustard with Rangers

I heard a story that Terry Hurlock took a beating from a well known local tough at a club in the bottom of town during his time at Saints. Cant remember the local lads name but do remember he gave me a bit of stick when I was running the line in a local game. Needless to say I didnt offer any rebuttals.

Is Fraser training regularly? Really sorry to hear about the challenges in his life and hope there has been a big improvement Seems there has been zero news form the club re his situation

Any idea how many brave supporters mad the long trip north? The away end looked relatively empty, a bit reminiscent of the days of yesteryear when numbers were scarce rather than more modern times when our away support has been quite good

Apart from a couple of limited purple patches dear old Shane has been a complete waste of £12m Hull fans were amazed when we shelled out such a large amount for a very average player

Hojberg injured?

I liked it even though it is not my usual taste in music. The documentary was fascinating and made me feel very sorry for the Sunderland fans even though some were a bit odd The guy with the bejewelled beard was interesting

He made a decent save to his right in the second half

Lloyd Isgrove is a full Wales international and a scummah. Wish Lloyd all the best but wonder if he will join the list of the ex Saints who did us all proud and were totally useless down at Fratton Park Who would like to compile a list?

A mate of mine who is a Blackburn fan is suggesting they may be looking at getting Sam Gallagher back on loan plus Charlie Austin. Cant see latter myself

Spot on!!

Looks no better than Shane Long!!!

Just about to move from Lazio to Juventus. Who remembers his short term time at SMS? Think I saw him once playing for the U23's and a cameo performance in a first team game. Looked decent on the ball but nothing special which belied his time playing top class football on the continent and for Uruguay

Didnt realise that Fenerbache, one of the top Turkish clubs, are candidates for relegation this year. Presume they still have money though

3,500 non boycotters at Fratton tohight copared to 14,500 at Sunderland for their game v a team with an average age of less than 18!!

Is Fraser Forster actually training?

I agree with you here too. I think Charlie has had his day as a Premiership player and is on very decent wages which could be used more productively elsewhere. Personally I would like to see Gallagher be given more time as I think there is a decent player in there somewhere (in comparison to dear old Shane Long) and he has been hampered by injury

POSITIVES 1. The comprehensive win 2. Decent atmosphere 3. Relatively young average age of team 4. Eight players in the squad who have come through the ranks. 5. Obvious passion from players and management. NEGATIVES 5. 'Talent' not involved Forster/Hoedt/Boufal/Carillo/Claisie/Austin (£73m?) not involved plus Lemina/Bertrand/Yoshida (£30m) injured or away on international duty 6. Normal concern after conceding a late goal.

Enjoyed today but glad they scored late on rather with more time on the clock. We were unlucky with a few efforts (woodwork + good goalkeeping) but fortunate with the pearler of an an goal. Definitely deserved to win. Isnt it odd that we never do well at Goodison whilst Everton are often ****e down here. Everton have a better squad than us but we were far superior today. Well done to the crowd for great support!!!!

Bit late to post on this now but wonder what people's view on the performance of Huddlestone in Derby's midfield on Weds night. Looking at his rather portly physique and aware of his age, I thought he would be a peripheral player for them by-passed by our more energetic style of play. However although he basically ambled around the pitch he hardly wasted a pass and made me realise that we dont have what used to be called a 'schemer' in our ranks. Probably a 'schemer' is not the sort of player Ralph would want but it was good to see a player that can use the ball so well despite obvious limitations

I agree with the Gallagher comment. Lets bear in mind he hasnt played competetively for quite a while. He gives us more option in the air than our current strike 'force' I would have played him from the start and brought our ace marksmen, Shane Long, into the game later on to grab a hatfull!!

I dont have a problem with the club looking at hospitality but it must be low down the priority well below trying to give fans the opportunity to watch a decent game of football at SMS which has been denied us since Koemans departure. The original 47 hospitality boxes have now been reduced to 43 and it seems only a handful are taken by fee payers -at approx £40k a pop who would see the value in this? Apparently Wesley Hoedt did as his name is on one of the boxes (along with one next door) taken up by Charlie Austin Gone are the days when Saints would earn over £2m a year from hospitality