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or even 45

Although I have no great objection to the dismissal of AP it should have been done in the close season if it were to be done at all. Was it so urgent that we could not line up a replacement and then sack him? Why did we expose ourselves to the 3/4 game Wilkins disaster? Something stinks about the Pardew dismissal if only the timing of it. At the end of the season we could look back and say yep NA's results are on a par with anybody else's it was the 3 straight loss Wilkin's period that eventually cost us everything.

It just isn't that simple though,we keep suffering these results because we do not convert our goal chances.It's a recurrent pattern, it happened on Day 1 of the season and it's happened again on Day 31 with sporadic recurrences in between.We need a striker who strikes about every other game,this is not Lambert because if you take away the 6 penalties and the deflected free kick his tally is 8 from 30 in League games, compare that to Murray or Mackail-Smith or a couple of others who don't take penalties and the goal haul of our principal striker is alarmingly poor. We need a striker and have all season.That we didn't do something about that in the transfer window is negligent .

Ah but when money stops talking the whole planet will be silent.

That the DR thread is shorter than the post match for Tuesday must be my fault. I haven't posted on the DR thread because I've absolutely nothing to say on that subject,or ever on any similar thread.Although with 217 or so posts that would mean that I'm not the only one right?

I still think our only problem is the lack of an out and out striker,a quarter chance converter if you like.I just cannot understand why this hasn't been rectified by now.

I guess so and they seem to find it acceptable. I mean TF was on the bench on Tuesday and an injury to a keeper is always a possibility.I thought we had the Arsenal lad for a month,perhaps it was some sort of emergency loan that ended when Forecast came back though.Tis a strange situation, league rules perhaps,then again it could be something that the coach responsible for Arse's reserves or youth team didn't like about our set up, who really knows. We have become so secretive about absolutely everything nowadays that you never really know anything.Perhaps Bart is nearly back to operational fitness.

Although we aren't yet in a situation where we need to win every game.We can probably still afford to lose 2 more, provided one of them isn't Bournemouth.

Plymouth away will be an important game, if ever they find some money to survive until the end of the season and they get a couple of results that may permit them to think that they can still escape relegation then they may be a problem for us.don't fancy our chances at either Rochdale or Orient anyway, 2 draws there I think. Brighton we'll lose unless we get a loan striker..which we won't. Bournemouth...now this is the key game.At the moment we can go ahead of them on goal difference (at least +4) should we win the games we have in hand on them, but if they can still stay ahead of us anyway they may play for a draw and we know that they can defend at Dean Court. Of our home games the only one I fear is Sheffield Wednesday,they should be doing better than they have been of late and will probably click eventually,they also looked difficult to break down against Bournemouth. My projection? Home: 5 wins and 2 draws 17 points Away 3 wins and 3 draws,1 defeat thus leaving Bournemouth being the all important decider.

Still think second myself but may have to revise this once the real injury situation and the true card count become evident. For instance if we had to ever play Forecast because Bart is out long/medium term and we ever end up with a CM pairing of Chaplow/Gobern then I'd have to revise my opinion.

Perhaps because our in house replacement was utterly useless and still is.When we get rid of Wilkins it will be a great occasion for SFC. In my opinion we need to get shot of Wilkins and Les Reed and see what happens.

Lallana and Chaplow in CM would be an absolute disaster.I know you're a friend of Adam's but please don't suggest this any more. Lallana and Hammond maybe but Chaplow is too bad in the tackle,too poor in ball control and too hit and miss for this ever to be an option.Should we ever do this we will be on the end of one of the biggest hidings we have ever had, mark my words.

leftback....say no more squire,say no more

A last passing thought on last night....it's a pity Crosby p*ssed off Jason Puncheon isn't it.Puncheon or N'Guessan ...you decide. Can we recall Puncheon?? I guess not.

Rickie seems to fancy himself as some sort of advanced midfielder these days it would seem.If you read TUI he got regally slagged off for his performance last night.

Yeah right!

Shea must be about 6th in the pecking order at Arse. Can't understand why he's gone back, unless he's absolutely useless of course,the very same reason as Forecast came back from Eastbourne .

What they lost to Ireland ? How shamemaking would that be.

Wasn't supposed to play at all if you believe the post match comments attributed to Adkins in the Echo. I hope we aren't going down injection road with him to keep him on the pitch at all costs. That's hardly nurturing is it.Said last week that we're burning him out and if he's to play whilst injured then we need to rethink all that.

Plus with the shedload of cash that they'll have made from the FA Cup they could probably afford to tell us to f*ck off.

Colchester will be fancying their chances of a play-off place now. The result will depend on who we have fit and who we don't.

Chaplow was booked as he usually is. That's 6 yellows in about what 18/20 games.

Right I've had a look about a bit and the BBC,Sky,Sporting Life etc all have Hammond as being booked for dissent and not Lallana. What's right and what's wrong I just couldn't venture to guess but as it stands I wouldn't be all surprised to find that Deano is on 9 yellow cards.

those that insist that promotion is essential need to win 3 times as many as they lose, all season long.

The only thing that NA hasn't been able to do is acquire a clinical striker. It's been our problem for the entire season.True we've scored a lot of goals on occasions but we've always been missing that one thing when the going has got tough.Lambert isn't the sort of bloke who's going to pick up a ball 40 yards out,run with it and slot it past the keeper from 18 yards(remember Channon people?) neither is Barnard.They aren't the sort of Gyan or Torres strikers either who are just going to connect effortlessly with a ball drifting about in the 18 yard box and drill it inside the post or under the bar.We've needed a clinical striker all season,starting with the first game.