Saint Fan CaM

Great season of ups and downs really. Although very saddened to see Adkins go, I was equally delighted with the Pochettino effect and what it has done to improve JRod. Very excited about the summer and next season now.

We will spend £42.5m this summer. You heard it hear first.

Got draw written all over this one. 2-2.

Yeah - £10m - that seems likely...NOT! Even if Luke is sold he will go for upwards of £25m now.

Just perhaps, Terry has had insight to the significant plans of NC's that have just been ratified by the Trust? We're looking to steal a march on transfers before July - this could mean some exciting signings. Top 4 might seem daft, but belief is the starting point in any ambitious journey.

Great news, but of course there was never as much drama involved as some on here would like us to believe.

I would truly hope that you've hit the nail smack on the head. If not, then we'll know Cortese's words are all a pipe dream with no substance to them.

What I find remarkable is that there are some on here that are taking the OP seriously in answering the question! PMSL.

Who gives a monkeys and what a bunch of over-reactionary sad muppets some people are. Let it play out and see what happens eh? When has anything been straightforward or obvious when it comes to Saints and Cortese? We're all still here - the world's still turning and the sun's out. Some kid somewhere died today of cancer. Get a grip - there's more important stuff to worry about.

Cannot believe this to be true - Cortese IS Saints, so basically he can't reach an agreement with himself. RIIIIGHT!

The way we play is here to stay as long as Nicola is in charge and Poch is the manager. If Lambert cannot find a way to adapt to this new style while his teammates can, it will be a necessity to drop him to the bench. As a comparison, JRod has come on leaps and bounds under Poch. Lallana is another player that needs to find his way but in a different way - he has bags of potential/skill etc., but he is lacking the quality in the final third now. You can only squeeze so much out of a given player - if they've peaked there's nowhere to go for them but back to the bench. My feeling is the following first team regulars are struggling now... Lambert; Lallana; Fonte; Hooveilt; Cork. That's almost half the 1st team. To move to the next level, all of them need to be replaced with 20%+ better players. Others like Fox are already providing adequate cover.

Lambert is good for two things - dead ball FK's from just outside the area or pens. That's it nowadays it seems. His goal scoring ability from open play has pretty much dried up and withered unfortunately. Is that him or the system being played? Either way, I think MP has some serious thinking to do in the summer - no sentiment allowed - we need a younger more agile alternative. If J-Rod is that man, then we need a young bullish striker to 'replace' J-Rod. I predict that trying to shoe-horn Lambert into the 1st team next season could do more harm than good in fact. Lallana needs to hand back the armband too.

PS: Tell me what our top goal scorer did today to cover himself in glory? Poor display again from Lambert to be fair - offered no threat.

This ^ - well, for a while anyway until Punch decides he wants a holiday then all bets are off.

Absolute dross from Lallana and Lambert. Poor performances from Jos H and Cork. Need to sort out the front-line issues in the summer - far too pedestrian in attack and not clinical enough when shooting in front of goal (if we ever do).

Support today was dismal. You can tell who the plastics are who have only turned up for Prem football - shame on 'em all.

I agree with all of that except Clyne - he had little cover today and was bullied by two big players at times. WBA are a clever, pacey, well organised team - one of the best I've seen in the Prem. They outshone us at our own game and won. MP needs to do some careful squad surgery early in the summer recess or we'll be fighting at the foot of the table again.

Villa more likely at the moment. But who knows what may happen - it's all too close to call.

I just want them in a domestic cup game...that will be sweet.

Good point - Lallana's goal looked fine to my eyes. Think the teams kinda cancelled each other out. Ramirez was not looking very great. Nice to see Mayuka beat Guly to the bench and subs appearance.

What a weird and totally irrellevent question.

Oh no, one of our players wants to play for Utd. That's it then, it's all over. I blame Cortese.

Sorry to have to burst a few bubbles around here, but this will more than likely be an entertaining loss. Swans 4 - Saints 2.

Well if this is not the impedus needed to extend the stadium to 75k seats and add a radio station, I don't know what is. Next they'll be criticizing our world-class catering FFS.

Agree with those saying that Woy needs to take his head out of his backside and start walking the walk when it comes to selecting in-form English players to play for their country, rather than the names we usually see. There'll be no change though because the English FA is rooted in the past propping up the old guard and protecting their own little world from anyone who wants to modernise. If this were not true, then we would have seen a step-change by now.