Saint Fan CaM

Great news indeed - let's hope it's the first in a short but extremely sweet list of signings between now and the end of Jan. 2012.

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De Ridder. Made the break through goal, was a constant threat to the Palace defence and his closing down yesterday was superb. Deserves a start on Friday f'sure. (Having said that, the whole team played well and most importantly played for each other).

De Ridder was my MOTM - supplied first goal and his closing down today was first class. He deserves another start on Friday IMO.

My daughters fiance knows a chap who was recently told directly by Sharp that he wants to come to Saints. It seems like it's a done deal.

Utterly poor and biased BBC coverage unfortunately. Why the hell they got Claridge in for the skates and Shearer for Saints I don't know - Shearer is no Saint...he abandoned us to go back to his roots, so he was never going to provide the balance needed. I think Claridge to his credit did a good job of providing compliments about Saints - quite balanced actually - despite his allegiance to the blue few.

Thought the sound level from our end was poor to be honest, but I also think that had something to do with the microphones being used...perhaps positioning or the levels were turned down to ensure obscenities were not heard on TV?

Guly was a complete liability today. Ball control poor - can't head the ball - bottles a 50/50 challenge that leads to their goal. Adkins is starting to worry me a bit - he surely should have subbed Guly for SDR to pack out the midfield after we went 0-1 up?! That would have been the best option to stiffle their play and provide a pacey outlet to hit them on the break. I'm getting a little sick and tired of all the tip tapping around the edge of the box too now - being too pretty is what's costing us games - SHOOT FFS! We REALLY need a new striker in January because Guly, Barnie and Connolly are not going to be enough to get us to the end of the season in the autos. Word is it's Sharp.

Sounds like the master plan is coming to fruition very nicely indeed.

Yes, providing that we strengthen certain positions in January. And when I say strengthen I mean buy in better than we've got because we need to bed those players in ready for the Prem. A striker, a left footed playmaker like Lallana, a pacey box-to-box CM in the mould of Chappers (Cork/Hammond/Morgan are too similar), and possibly a better keeper than Bart and Davis (but can't see that happening).

Most important player nowadays for us I think is Chaplow. His energy is sorely missing. And that's why De Ridder should get a start.

We need to start to prepare ourselves for our first home loss. Sorry about that. 1-2 Blackpool.

This.

You heard it here first.

I don't think the squad or management are choking. I do think that Adkins is having a problem chosing his best side though to cope with a style of play that suits an away match. I also suspect that Guly HAS to play regardless, if fit...a contractual thing or perhaps an edict from Cortese? I think we'll be acquiring some new talent in Janaury if we're still in the top three, otherwise perhaps not.

It's a great idea to be fair. (:

This really is a top bit of business. Let's face it, he has made that position his own and linked up brilliantly with Fonte. In Jan., we'll hopefully see the back of a couple of players that are not making the grade (e.g. Forte) - replacements I think should be a fast striker who can shoot from outside the area and a fast tricky winger who can play both sides but mainly provide cover/pressure for Lallana. Get those and we're looking very good for auto.

Superb result. Can hardly believe the football we're seeing - the skill and the tenacity. Chaplow - what a hero that guy is...ran everywhere on the pitch for the team. Captain material?

Boro are a good side - if Lallana is fit to play we could do 'em, otherwise I fear this could be our first loss at home.

I like that idea a lot.

This.

We entered a competition and OUR players played in it, albeit some were not 1st team starters. Everyone knew some 1st eleven players would be rested. We lost. Get over it - it happens sometimes.

I want us to hammer them emphatically to erase the memory of the last few games against them. A 1-0 win will suffice though.

Would be good to go through, but not at the cost of the league games and in that sense I will not be too bothered if we lose TBH. Depends on the team CP field, but I think we could lose 2-1.

Can I ask the same question again of Mike - what material is the flag made from and did it come with a fire certificate? If not, then it would appear that we will not be seeing that flag grace SMS at any time soon.