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Blimey - Stead sounds a bit dangerous....trying a overhead. Half-time - home fans booing their players off. LOL. Good when things go well eh?!

Corner to Ipswich....dreadful corner apparently.

Case saying that Saints players working very hard to keep the lead. Two minutes extra time.

Ipswitch fans booing it sounds like...come on you reds!

Sheeeeeeet! Near miss from a great ball from Skacel - Saga 0.5yd short of getting on ball.

We are blessed with a little luck it seems at the moment.

Come on Saints - get into the changing room one up - PLEASE!

Euell just needed to be given a proper run in the right position with the right partner...he has quality, attacks the box and the ball...and he can defend aswell by just clearing a ball off the line! WOTTE A PLAYER!!! LOL.

Phew! We might win then!

Phew! We might win then!

If that's true then a big mistake has been made IMO. Schnerderlin does not appear to me to be anything other than a defensive central midfielder and certainly should not be playing left wing FFS! :roll:

If that's true then a big mistake has been made IMO. Schnerderlin does not appear to me to be anything other than a defensive central midfielder and certainly should not be playing left wing FFS! :roll:

I don't think Schneiderlin is correct guy for the right flank - he got pulled into the middle far too often and is more comfortable playing a holding role at CM IMO. I would keep the team the same, but give Smith a chance on the right or possibly start with BWP.

Totally agree Hypo - a really good example of 12th man / team spirit going on. Even heard someone on radio talk about 'Fortress St. Mary's' - early days perhaps, but just maybe the corner has been turned at last and a bit of that lost spirit of Southampton is starting to return.

I wonder if he was brought in as a consultant to find out what the f*ck was going on in training? It goes to show just how massively JP was out of his depth. Despite him supposedly being a nice guy, it would appear he was not particularly competent.

Agreed again - I really like Size - he is in the same mould as Killer and Claus IMO...perhaps even better as his work rate is superb. I think Perry really works well with him also. I've always rated Skacel TBF and I think he's clicked with Surman on the left now. James is really looking to be a proper RB now and every game looks a little more composed, although I fear he is too slow to make a step-up to Prem level perhaps.

Got to say it was absolutely a world-class save - he had no right getting to it, but he did and it could prove to be the save that save's our season. I was in Kingsland and there were loads of us that gave KD a well deserved standing ovation for two incredible displays of world-class goalkeeping. We are very lucky to have that guy with us still.

There have been many on here calling for Euell to be put in attack (and an equal number perhaps saying how crap Euell is). However, Wotte has managed to get some essential things right so far... 1. He's found a winning formula - Euell and Saga in attack. 2. McGoldrick actually looks good as a playmaker type attacking CM - in fact far better than a striker, although he needs to work on his fitness a bit more. 3. He has kept the winning side consistent - no tinkering for tinkerings sake. Credit where its due - he has it seems helped the lads turn a corner. I was especially pleased to see him come out on the pitch and keep the lads back for a huddle and to congratulate the fans.

Great job finding out what most have us have been shouting for months - play Euell up front with Saga. Yes, he's won us two games - let's hope for more, but he's not the Messiah just yet.

I think the primary reason for the upturn is that the players AND the coaches are now responding to a system of play and a general coaching set-up that actually makes some f-ing sense. Killer is clearly a part in that improvement.

I agree - the support today was really good. I think we needed jogging into voice a couple of times as I think we couldn't believe a 2nd good performance. When Cardiff looked like getting into the game and applying a lot of pressure, there was a concerted round of "red and white army" with clapping from most of the ground and I am positive that lifted the players as we then started to turn the tables again.

I fear this will go down as Lowe's worst managerial decision ever. Yes SOG he has gone - and we continue to live with the consequences...

I do not believe Stanley is entirely wrong in his premise, just not entirely effective in communicating perhaps? There is no clear evidence either way whether administration would see the club die completely, although there is reasonable evidence to suggest there could be hope for survival and a better future. Especially if supporters rallied around per Sheffield Utd game last season. The one thing that is absolutely certain in my mind is that we will not gain new investment through a sale of the club all the while the corporate structure is one of a PLC. The major shareholders will not invest - why should they, when there's little chance of a return on their money and even pro-rata I doubt ALL the other 1,000's of shareholders would put money too? So, the only good thing about administration is that it would offer the opportunity for the club to rid itself of the PLC straight-jacket and potentially attract new investment. That investment might happen - it might not - and high risk is clearly involved. Even if Lowe somehow manages to raise the cash to buy the club and has the dogged determination to hold on post admin, the end of the PLC would help us move on IMO. However I cannot believe there will not be other suitors.

Yes, I found the similarities alarming too...so many in fact that I would suggest its an unbridled PR exercise. I am sure the MODs can determine the veracity of the poster? :cool:

I have a initial healthy scepticism of these types of organisation to be honest. They tend to be overly political in nature and highly unfocused in strategy. They seem to serve best the people that form them, rather than their 'membership'. If the Trust had a simple, focused agenda that they followed through to the end with strong broad-view leadership, it might have succeeded in recruiting more to its ranks rather then alienating its founding membership. What did happen was that once Lowe had been ousted Wilde cuddled them and the whole meaning of the Trust went limp and soft. Its now a busted flush and I can see no reason for throwing 'good money after bad'. New direction is needed - if there was a fans group with the sole aim of finding a buyer and getting the club delisted...now that might be something to rally behind?