Smirking_Saint

Not listening, as away but how is J Rod playing ?

Doing well, obviously getting crosses in today, or atleast getting the ball into the box early, as I said before too often we just fanny around with it and Lamberts game isnt about darting runs into the box. I was worried about the lineup as well today but it may well be tactical genius, Stole thinking they know how we play, and it all changes.

MLT getting a gig at St Marys is about as likely as ol Nicky boy getting an invite to an MLT charity golf day

Good work

Lambert is hardly scoring loads either, Mayuka has potential, Rodriguez will get you goals if he plays regular. We wont get a decent striker to sit behind 2 possibly 3 players

Friedel on loan, one of Davis/Dawson as CB and one of Downing/Buckley/Hughes Shoukd keep us up IMO

The whole situation there is rediculous, how to ruin a football club, Pompey was bad enough but this is how I inagine Brent would chair a football club

Isnt he just a coach ? Not manager ? Still scary though ?!

How many of the famed Barca team are ACTUALLY academy graduates ? I.e actually trained there and not bought at 16-18 ?

Think Shaw would be pretty lost too far forward TBH, he isnt a Bale, more of a Bridge, solid first and attacks second if you know what I mean. I just hope we sign a decent wide man in Jan, and fill the hole left with a non gaston looking shape for now. Fox is decent enough for Emergencies only, but yes, come next year I think he will be gone.

We woukd need to be a big team for years, its sort of possible but highly improbable. We have a great academy but although now we will prob get good money for players, we still wont hold on to them forever. Also, in response to Lordswood, its probably a bit of both, hold on to the top prospects as long as possible, and get a good price for those we sell.

I agree, and agree with what you said earlier, we wont get anyone with any real quality thats going to sit on the bench for weeks, besides this will take wages and a fee, JWP is good enough to deputise, we have more pressing needs, especially in goal and out wide.

I echo what everyone else says really, we have two very good finishers in Ruckie and J Rod, for whatever reason J Rod isnt in favour through the middle and IMO Lambert probably isnt mobile enough but feed him the chances he will score. Thats our problem though, for all of our creative talent we fail to get any meaningful chances and are often restricted to shooting from range etc This is partly to do with Lamberts lack of movement but its been that way for years, but slso as we seem to want to fanny around with it too much. Lallana injury doesnt help and shoving Ramirez wide helps even less, Id like to see Ramirez stick through the middle and someone out wide who can balance the front four, guly will do for now. Mininum in Jan should be a CB, GK, wide man.

On the lallana front, if it was only a two week injury last week, then he would be training, well, he isnt yet.

Not what I heard at all, what I heard was that he knew he was not first choice in prem and his wife wanted to move back home, in fact he wasnt enthralled to come here in the first place because of location (not club) but he thought it was too good to turn down. He didnt settle well, his wife even worse and he got a loan move. Whats done is done, obv I have no idea how he is coping at Forest, but imagine that OD leaving probably doesnt do him any favours.

It was Adkins decision

Perhaps I over reacted a touch, he just isnt having the impact this year that he should be, 5 goals from open play only is poor really. But that may be to do with the fact we dont seem to be creating any real chances as a team despite the flair players we have. BUT he does seem lacking to me this year, dangerous in the air tes but he isnt as much of a handfull on the deck and certainly did nothing really at Fulham or Sunderland.

Well, not really, seeing as we dont know the full ins and outs of said deal, other targets, P terms etc etc Certainly V dissapointing yes as he would be the player we wanted. Playing Devils advocate though, Adkins is part of the committee that chooses and vets choices, not the man that would agree any deals or talk terms.

Im always hearing a few rumours, I know a few people associated with the club, sometimes I get info but I dont tend to release anything until it doesnt matter any more or only to trusted peeps. You can never 100% believe anythi g but the feelers were there apparantly. And as for Huth, no idea, could be true, I think NC is being quite strict with a wage structure built around a few top earners.

I think you would be mistaken if you thought none of it was his decision, our head scout has plenty of experience, I think its a case of perhaps aiming and failing to sign players possibly too good for our position. We signed Clyne, Ramirez and maybe even Yoshi who all perhaps could have gone to higher clubs due to age and potential etc We also looked at Butland, Biyik, Michu etc possibly aiming too high was our flaw.

This isnt going to end well is it ?

True, we just need more in the final third I think, watching us our issue isnt taking chances really, its just a lack of creating them.

Um, not really a Smork when I said it I agree that Lallana adds more to the team ATM then Ramirez, but I think us missing Lallana is compounded by our lack of an adequate option on the left allowing Gaston to play in the whole where I think he is better. I love Lallana as much as the next Saints fan but unless he develops decent pace or a real predatory brain (he so often runs into blind alleys or makes the wrong decision.

Cant you just watch it on Saints player or football first if your that bothered ?? I get the impression Lawrenson likes us, or any other lower league team however.