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Sorry, but to compare DMcG with MLT is somewhat laughable and to be fair makes your comment - well, appear as if you have no grasp whatsoever. MLT had basic skill - it was in the very core and fabric of his being. He didn't need to try too hard - he scored for fun against Premiership opposition. What did DMcG manage to achieve against Man U? Nothing of note ATALL - no threat and certainly no goals. LOL. As someone else pointed out, he has had umpteen opportunities to be the best striker in the league apparently...but where do we find ourselves??? Anyone who considers DMcG as having the potential to save us from relegation through his scoring ability is as deluded as our Director of Football (Lowe) and his puppet JP. That said, its up to him to prove me wrong and I do hope he comes good. If not however, I might not be propping up his salary next season, as I've had a gutfull of the under-ambition and under-achievement the club has dished up for too long now.

Coffer over monitor moment there... McGoaldrought is destined for heights no greater than lower CCC if he's lucky and that's just about where we'll stay if we have to rely on his goal scoring (ahem...and other!?!) abilities IMO.

Any change in the starting line-up from last week (other than to play proper 4-4-2 with Saga up front with BWP or Lallana) will see us lose IMO. But hey ho, I'll be there waiting for the 2nd home win. I think it has draw written all over it.

Completely agree - but just you watch - the team will be tinkered with and more than likely we will lose.

I agree that there was a difference to the team and that yes, it made a difference. Even to the point of putting pressure on McGoaldrought to do some work by bringing in Saga. However, the big problem is that I believe JP will be changing the team YET AGAIN next week. He said so in his post match interview on Radio Hants. Example: Lallana will come back from injury and be put straight back into the team regardless of the effect on other positions. This is one reason why the results are so poor IMO and JP needs to keep a team thats working consistent.

Heard the interview and immediately thought how good he sounded - like he had SFC written through the middle of him already - and THAT's what you want of a defender particularly. Killer and Claus had that quality in spades - lets hope he is as successful for us. Super super super Size, Super Size...na...

McG and Paterson are useless twerps...one for a stupid illegal challenge and the other for raising his arm in the penalty area - a sure-fire way of giving the ref an excuse to award a handball and penalty. Couple those two totally unprofessional acts with a complete lack of any form of striking ability and frankly 50% of the blame for a poor performance lies with these two. The other 50% lies with our completely inept coach - no idea what kind of tactics they coach them in, but it ain't working. That must have been the easiest game of football ManU have ever played - they looked very comfortable, however to their credit some of our lads ran their socks off for the team - Surman in particular looked good. We desperately need (a) a new striker, (b) a new manager who knows how to win in this league and © to start playing 4-4-2 at home. McGoaldrought has no chance on his own up front. Otherwise we are well and truly fooked with a long L1 life (or worse) ahead.

Fantastic post Mike - nail hit firmly and squarely on the head. The shareholders should put their hands into their pockets to save a failing business. The fact that Lowe is in control is because he has been put there by the shareholders - if they do not agree with his policies then get him out. Ah, but there's the nub of the problem - the PLC status once again ensures the business WILL fail under Lowes watch - as sure as day becomes night.

It would take a very brave man to bet on us not being relegated this season. I think Lowe started shaping the club for L1 some months ago. Its a disgrace and come the end of the season I will withdraw my support completely - its the only way left to effect change.

Frankly the writing was on the wall - JP saying "he wants to stay and we want him" rather than "he's staying" meant he was going. Lowe takes the blame for not doing enough to convince Chelsea his future was better secured here. For goodness sake, what can Watford offer that we can't? I tell you what - a winning mentality - something we've lost while Lowe and JP tinker with outdated ideas.

You have a simple and narrow-minded view IMO. If what you say is true, then 30k Leeds fans have been watching what exactly for the last 2-3 years? And PLEASE for once, try to stretch your mind to accept that its OK to hate Lowes policies and their deployment without disliking the man himself! I repeat - I do not know Lowe so cannot comment on him as a person, but I do know I hate his philosophies and actions, which have largely single-handedly ruined this club.

Has suffered from two slipped discs in his back and had surgery. He'll be using the physio's facilities more than playing for us I might imagine. However, if he manages to keep fully fit, he looks like he's a good player with a shot and someone not adverse to putting the boot in where it hurts.

The whole article is loaded with contradictions. It offers no answers. It is just one guy with an opinion...he might as well post on here. The Trust is a useless, toothless little plaything for a few people to try to elevate themselves to some form of minor celeb status. It has achieved little on all counts. The concept of anyone giving these guys shares is pretty ludicrous, but still they bleat on about fan power. How about the current shareholders reaching into their pockets to save the company THEY own? Isn't that the way its supposed to work? Of course this will NEVER happen in this PLC structure. Unfortunately, Lowe and Wilde will not sell. That means the only way of ridding the club of these yesterday men is administration. Sad, but ultimately true.

Dear Mike, You must hate this club to be able to act in the manner you have - going onside with Rupert just to get one back on Leon. You deserve little more than an extremely poor 2009 and I do hope you receive just that. Please find the common decency to sell your shares as soon as possible and leave us - we will be so much better without you. Yours...one of your customers.

Boycott ain't going to do it. First time round when "STAND UP IF YOU WANT LOWE OUT" was sung and 80% of the stadium stood up and applauded, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up - very emotional moment and one to be remembered. This is the way to do it again - at half time AND at full-time - IMO.

If I didn't have an ST, I am not sure I would be going. I am wishing I didn't fork out for two tickets to the Man U game now frankly. So no, don't feel guilty - your family are more important I would suggest.

All hope has gone - I cannot see how the lads have any kind of belief left in the system they are being told to use or indeed now, the coaching staff / Directors who have insisted in its use. In short the dressing room is lost. There is no way back from this position for JP - there quite possibly is no way back from this position for Lowe even if he sacked JP, which I do not think he will. We will lose - my prediction is... Saints 0 Reading 3. McGoldrick will lead the front line again and not score - because he rarely looks like scoring. It will be a miserable day - again. There will be some booing the team. The 'swing Lowe' song will be sung once again by the Northam, but sadly it will fall on deaf ears. We will go home feeling miserable, listening on the radio to someone else phoning in to ask Jimmy Case on Radio Hampshire why Jan insists on playing 4-5-1 at home. We will get home and log onto this forum and read a whole batch of rants from others as sad as each other about the demise of their beloved football club. When hope is gone, what is left? Nothing. So why bother turning up? Because despite EVERYTHING, you still care - there's still an uncharted, gene-level part of you that makes you want to be there when the tide turns and Saints start to win again. Who knows, it might be tomorrow - I doubt it very much - but its a funny old game.

Utter rubbish - and by that I mean JP. He's lost the dressing room and who wouldn't with Lowe interferring and appointing umpteen new coaches to 'help him'. The experiment is DEAD you stupid idiot Lowe...get these clowns out of our club and appointment somebody who knows how to manage a team. It cannot get any worse, lets face facts.

Utter rubbish - and by that I mean JP. He's lost the dressing room and who wouldn't with Lowe interferring and appointing umpteen new coaches to 'help him'. The experiment is DEAD you stupid idiot Lowe...get these clowns out of our club and appointment somebody who knows how to manage a team. It cannot get any worse, lets face facts.

Poor result - probably 2-0 or 2-1 Plymouth...

Oh and by the way - Happy Christmas and Seasons Greetings to all fellow Saints fans around the World. I s'pose we all be merry today despite the Christmas 'treats' Lowe has saved up for us.

We will lose with that team - Saga up front we might have stood a slim chance, but now...well...the circus plays on as we watch the club die...

Both. Simple.

Jan finally thinks he's got the hang of CCC management - his hand movements are about right and he's screaming unintelligible instructions - just like Rupert told him to do.

McGoal-drought is a complete waste of a shirt - can't be arsed, can't score, has no vision to pass the ball at the right time...I could go on... suffice to say, at best, he needs time in the reserves to remember what it feels like to be hungry for the 1st team again (not that I think that will do him any good really. Bottom line though is that our friend Jan is slowly killing off what little fragile confidence these youngsters had because he has not the slightest inkling how to coach them for the CCC. In fact, I am of the opinion that its gone too far now - he's lost the dressing room and the lads do not believe in him or indeed themselves. The experiment has to stop now.