Smirking_Saint

He would easily be one of our best players, if he wasn't constantly in the fitness room. I wonder what it is with players that makes some of them so so susceptable to injury ?

And there it is as predicted..... With respect though Alps, you can't really pass judgement on the boy unless you watch him play regularly. Completely and utterly wide of the mark, and TBF how does anyone bar Anders and his agent know how many contracts he was offered ??

After posting up all those injuries any team will struggle. We are able to handle it better than most. There is no point having 3 capable teams at the club. We will be ok.

Big draw for me, lets get a big team or decent Championship side. Are they in it yet ?? We are not going to win it so i'd rather we were out of it, we need to concentrate on the league

And 10 points in the prediction league

Wouldn't be the first time No doubt MLG will be on briefly to put as right.

Do they ?? I am pretty sure they are involved in every league in the english game ?? But may be wrong

Davis Richardson Dickson Fonte Seaborne Lallana Morgan Chaplow Oxo Lambert Barnard Bart Butterfield Harding Jaidi Martin Holmes Gobern Hammond Puncheon Connolly Guly

I have always despised that ruling, why do the FA need to get involved ?? Surely its none of their business, especially after the 25 man squads were brought in.

Well done Oscar

Thats what i said before the game, and i am now mightily f*cked off we have lost 2 perhaps 3 players through injury and 1 suspension. FFS Adkins, we better win or next few easily winnable games.

Yes

Possibly, i dunno, don't think we will ever know. Though i don't really trust someone who starts of saying he is an ex player and then denies it later. If it was the club it happens, i know Reading FC got one of the posters on HobNob (their forum) banned from the forum AND the training ground, it was apparently Pardew who made sure that happened.

But it could potentially develop into another NC bashing.............Sigh......Don't you know anything ?? TBF, even if it was the club, which i doubt, i wondered how long it would take. I don't know any clubs that would put up with someone posting the team, tactics and any inside trouble on a regular basis.

Effectiveness is not all about goals scored and assists, it is about what you bring to the team

I saw a bit of Scholes in him, in the way that he has terrific vision and great ball control. I wasn't going to say it though, you know what people are like on here at times !

Good news for you guys, no doubt you will now link yourself to every player under the sun come january I'd argue its Saints related, i thought before this news came out that they would perhaps only make the playoffs but this should galvanise them now. Leave off btw, Tarton doesn't come on here giving the billy big one and TBF the forum is better with other teams fans posting occasionally, not like we have much going on at the moment !!

I have done the exact same degree, and i know just how f*cking hard it is, and it is, really hard. However now that i have done it i earn a very very good wage and one that i probably wouldn't have achieved, especially at my age ! I have a good job, with good prospects, good benefits and a good wage. I understand the whole we are paying for the next generation etc but IMO the government should be investing in only these people by teaming up with the companies/industries that require them. For instance, say an electrical firm needed new engineers, they could pay half and the government pay half, this ensures our money goes to the staff that we NEED and not just journalism, fashion, media studies which i would argue 80% of the time do not achieve a job nor contribute anything towards the economy (in regards to their degree). We have a massive debt as a country and saving the cash that is p*ssed up the wall most nights would be a good start. As for the lectures, essays etc. It is hard work, but it should be worth it in the end and TBF i would trade the job i am doing now which is stressful when things are going well and i often find myself working at least an extra hour a day for the essays, coursework and revision which lets face it, doesn't take all that long when you sit down and devote time to it.

Unfortunately its not all about assists or goals, i think when he plays he does start a lot of attacks and is a good link between the defence and attack however i agree when he plays we miss that hassling and destructive midfielder that we get in Chaplow. It is a shame, if we can keep him i definately would however i don't think he fits the system and i reckon he wants out. As for the French team, i have seen him play and he looks a completely different player.

can i enter at Crimbo ?? I have officially decided to postpone by purchase so that some b*stard feels good buying it for me !!

I am sort of with you, in respect that i am not sure where he would fit in within a standard line up. He is good defensively, and good in a more advanced role IMO but doesn't really excite in either. He doesn't have the energy to really push box to box and is not aggressive enough to really hold in a deep position. What he does to however is set the tone and orchestrate the team. As i said, IMO he doesn't fit our system, this doesn't make him a bad player, but does make you wonder if it is worth accepting a decent offer and buying a player that does fit it. Benji as for vision, yeah, i am serious. Some times it is very subtle, but his passing is sublime, and no, its not all about playing the long cross field ball that is fantastic when it comes off BTW. He notices movement around him, often outside his field of vision, which IMO is the sign of a good player who can settle on the ball and look around.

Whats everyones thoughts on him ?? I know some rate him highly and some do not. The way i see it, is that Schneiderlin is one of the most technically gifted members of the squad, his passing and subtle touches are streets ahead than 95% of the rest of league one and IMO he is also up there with the better players in the championship. But you have to watch him, and understand his subtleties, if i was lucky enough to grace a pitch with him in attacking positions i would be living a dream. His vision is outstanding and far exceeds pretty much every saints player i have seen easily within the last 3-4 years so far. If anyone he reminds me of Anders. Some may laugh at that, my some may see my point as in my mind Anders was another player, who was better than what we had but woefully played out of position. The boy has something, his passing, even watching the highlights of midweek is second to none, his movement into space, his ghosting into space, making space, finding passes. He is better than the team we have now, the problem comes into fitting him in. It is clear to me now, especially under Adkins that he does not fit the system. 4-5-1 suited him as it allowed a player in front of him, a player helping him shield and allowed him to pick the passes out and set the tempo. In 4-4-2 he cannot orchestrate as well as he is able as his other midfielder bombs on leaving him to try to defend as well as dictate play. Which leaves a bit of a dilemma, do we find space for him ?? Do we change the favoured (and probably working) formation ? Do we sell ?? I don't know, personally i don't want to lose a player of his quality, and i honestly think he will be a top level player in some league in the near(ish) future. But looking at the way we are playing i don't think he suits the squad. Is he a bad player ? No far from it, but he doesn't fit for me any more, and there is a difference there. I just wondered really what other peoples views on the whole situation are.

Fair enough. Always found you to be pretty fair, so i am not going to start questioning you. That would also be my thought TBF. And although i have pretty strong opinions that i defend, i don't get the whole people being banned malarky. Still, leftie was a bit of a bellend.

I honestly don't know, i can't see anyone pulling away and looking like real contenders.

Never thought you would get promoted, but then i never thought you would get relegated either (this season) Still, should be interesting next season, us, you, Brighton, Reading.