Legod Third Coming

Even amateur help would help!

I don't want to rake over old ground but which players were apaprently demotivated? Was it the ones who were dropped for being fecking clueless by any chance? None of them looked too dispirited when we played well but were held by Orient or thumped Bristol... Of course, maybe that 4-0 win was the wake-up call the squad needed to remind themselves how downhearted they were!! By contrast, the moment Pardew had gone they looked like someone had promised them a bunk up in a lesbian leper colony...

To the dailies, the colour of SamCam's knickers is more signifcant than what goes on at SFC. 20,000 people pay money to watch our club - hardly likely to burst their income banks running a story about us is it?!

Right... A potential fight between someone no longer at the club and someone who may or may not be has the capacity to feck up our season??!! Hardly. Seriously, people need to get a grip. Anyone who thinks anyone other than Saints fans has even the slightest interest in what goes on at a poxy League One club miles from where they live is living in cuckoo land. Do you know which Doncaster player fell out of a pub last night and beat up his missus? Me neither because noone give a s h i t. Move on.

Opta?

He has been banned from the stadium.

Serious considered answer has to be Lallana. He is a game changer, Surman was just a good player but couldn't unpick a defence or provide that little sparkle needed to ignite the team.

This is like asking who you would prefer to lick your balls... Anne Widdicombe or Charlotte Church.

The badge looks like it was designed by a junior work experience in the design studio and presented for a joke. There's no elegance about it at all, which is a shame because our badge is actually one of the better looking football badges.

Red right to left on white Red left to right on white White right to left on red White left to right on red... Red and White striped sash?

I think we should be reviewing design not build quality

Imagine that with no sponsor and you have possibly the utopian Saints kit...

Yep 100% all the way with you there.

Not having a go GITR - but both of those people would say were poor results whereas they weren't. Brentford had a superb record at home and got better results there against Norwich, Millwall and Leeds from memory than they did against us. Millwall was a rubbish result because we conceded a late sloppy goal but as it turns out, we should really have been pleased with a point!

Agreed - it is way too early to reach for the Bollinger or the wooden spoon. Some lad next to me was only saying that this time last year Leeds were home and hosed...

Is that a fact?

Genuinely, watch the game again. I cannot recall Kelvin rolling/throwing/passing the ball more than once or twice - half a dozen times the whole game, maximum. I was sat for the entire second half looking at him... This is not a 'have a go at Adkins' statement just the way it is. I actually don't give a t055 how the ball ends up the in the opposition net. But here are a couple of facts that need pointing out: 1. Pardew was not negative. We were the SECOND highest scoring team in the league. People say he played 4-5-1 and that this is de facto negative. That's about as sane an argument as saying a bird has wings therefore it must fly - tell that to the Emu. Playing 4-5-1 we were often able to dominate the midfield and control a game - scoring at will. We played 4-5-1 and won away from home 3-1 for a month - does no-one remember these things? We actually scored fewer goals when Barnard arrived and Pardew felt compelled to play him in a 4-4-2 formation with very mixed results. 2. We were never that bad defensively. We had the THIRD best defence in the league last year. I would agree that Pardew often played direct from the back and I always prefer the ball given to a team-mate, from any player, anywhere on the park to any other. It stands to reason. I didn't like it as much as watching great passing football (which we also played - Bristol, Huddersfield, Norwich anyone?). However, Chelsea only won at the weekend because Cech punted it long and three touches later the ball was in the net. We did the same utilising Lambert to his strength last year - it worked, we scored shedloads of goals (see above stat). The key thing for me is the result - all else is immaterial. I want us out of this league. I will not be satisfied watching us play Dagenham next year and marvelling at Oxo's ability to play a 1-2 with Lallana. WINNING is all that matters until we're good enough to worry about how... (And again, I have nothing but respect for Adkins - I hope he wins the league. I've had £500 on him doing so!!!!!)

Kelvin kicked it over 80% of the time - it was horrible. Seriously, it was not thrown out very often because I love it when it is, and it just wasn't. I have nothing against going direct - like you - but last night there were too many balls just tossed up. When we got it down and played it between full-backs and Oxo/Lallana, THEN we look like a football team. Listen, I'm not going to get upset after a 4-0 win but the manager agrees - we weren't that good. We were just better than Dagenham. You can only beat what's in front of you, for sure, but our midfield still lacks bite and we were too static when Oxo didn't have the ball. Thankfully, Adkins seems to know this. But the real proof of pudding is coming up in a fortnight.

Is it me or does he look like a man compared to boys? He seems to just brush everyone off - almost looks like a giant swatting flies!

One thing I would say. Last night, we hoofed it as much as we ever did under Pardew. And were it not for Oxo, we might have been very, very pedestrian.

When a manager is doing his job well, leave him alone. Simples.

No, but by the time the bolt arrived, we'd let horses maraud through our stable for two months...

Exactly. Season started in August, we signed the CB we needed in October...

Exactly. Last year we were the 2nd highest scorers and had the 3rd best defence, despite not really starting until October. This year, with a full squad available from day one (not October) automatic promotion should be a certainty. I will be very surprised if we don't win the league. However well Gus is doing down the road, he simply doesn't have our strength and depth of pocket!

It did matter who he bought. When many of us were crying out for a centre back to replace the injured Svensson and Lundekvam and the sold Baird (who I am chuffed to see doing so well at Fulham), Burley went and bought a fecking hatful of central midfielders (at one time we had 11 on our books) and not one of them could tackle a ham sandwich! It was clear from pre-season he didn't have a clue how to take us forward. (which I agree makes your main point very valid).