MarkSFC

During the late 80s and through most of the nineties I spent 4-5 weekends in Nottingham every year and never saw any trouble, it was a great place and night out (The Black Orchid was best!). Admitedly I only went to watch Saints at Forest once but it was great as it was supposedly 10 women for every bloke! I went back 4 years ago on work for two weeks for the first time in about 5 years and the atmosphere had totally changed especially round the town square. There seemed to be many many more "c****" out and in one night in two venues saw three small scale "arguments"!! Maybe it was my age but I think Nottingham is definitely a changed ( for the worse) city. Maybe (and this maybe a bit too analytical) the demise of Forest and Countys lowely status as well as their reputation as the gun capital of the country has taken it's toll. Gemmel, I hope your son's ok and doesn't get put off following Saints away.

not sure Brighton are class but Poyet has certainly got them playing well. I'm sure it won't last especially to key players and performing at their current level for all 46 games will result in 99 points!! That would make them better than Norwich were last year and they are nowhere near. They'll end up on early 80's.

this time last season I doubt many could see Norwich or anyone finishing above Leeds and Leeds had a much better team than Brighton do. Both Brighton and Bournemouth will fade. Think BHA will be top 6 but Bournemouth won't. We will finish top two!

Let them have their 5 minutes of fame.... Come May it won't be either of them getting the limelight.

I get the impression this leftback bloke is a bit psycho.

Punch to start as we're away and you would expect County to be very fired up first 10-15 mins. Puncheon is good at keeping the ball which will be key early doors. Chamberlain offers the best option when County start to tire, running at defenders and also get on the end of long balls over the top. As long as we don't concede more than one early doors I'm sure we'll win.

Tickets will only be on sale in the Northam and the Itchen stands (excluding Blocks 1-3) clearly expecting less than about 12000. Pricing seems sensible, need to ensure costs are covered.

Def Nick Holmes then!

That's a fair point and I can see why you think that but these players are used to winning and you don't win consistantly without the right mindset etc. An individual or team that has won consistantly but is out of form gets back into form quicker than those who peak far less often. This group will have been boosted massively psychologically after Saturday and I expect 3 "fairly" comfortable win before the bigger two. Should they lose any of the next three then I'll take it all back!!

After 11 games we had 15 points. On another thread I stated that there are 5 groups of 7 matches remaining and of we averaged 15 points per 7 we would end up on 90 points. This is probably enough to win the league unless Brighton somehow continue their form all season Over the last 7 games we have amassed 14 points so preety much on track. The team will get better and after this group of 7 games we will have played 18 games and played all the high flyers (Brighton,PBoro,Bmouth,Hudd,Carlisle,SheffWed) so although there may be one or two draws I expect us to be sitting on 29 points (wins over NC, D&R, Car and draws with Brighton and Pboro). That would equate to winning 14 points in 7 games including 4 of the top teams. A win over either PBoro or Brighton will be a massive bonus.

Sure he's good but it's no surprise. He's is one of the few players who are playing at near 100% form. As soon as seven or eight are we will fly.

Know what you mean but was hoping for an away tie at a very lowly non league team or H&W or Brighton at home!

Shrewsbury at home, boring!!

Golac by an absolute country mile!!!!!!

If it makes you feel better then yes I agree with you stating the bleedin' obvious! Keep the inciteful comments coming cos without them we wouldn't know what to think!!

Forgot Lambert was injured so would be interesting to see Guly and Barnard! I think Martin is far better than Seaborne and will develop quickly. Don't think Adkins doesn't rate him, he got injured and Adkins stuck with Seaborne for consistancy.

I like him, particularly his sense of urgency. Very few players seem to have his desire to get on with things. He is talented has a great touch and tries to make things happen. As with his type of player when things aren't going for you you look worse than other more "boring, less skillfull, do the basics well" type of player but when it is going well that's why they get more money! Puncheon needs to have more of a "result" to his play more often, i.e. that defence splitting ball or even a goal!

Stupid comment....they all are until we go up

I think NA may well stick with Seaborne because he adds a bit of balance being left footed but I hope not. Although he's done ok lately I think his weakness was shown last week (from the radio comentary) that he is nor great under pressure, both in the importance of the game and also when put under physical pressure especially when attempting to pass out from the back on the desk. I would question his speed of thought and decision making. At home he gets more time so may get the nod but I would go for Martin. My starting XI would be; Davis butts. Fonte. Martin. Harding Lallana. Morgan. Chaplow Punch Guly. Lambert

Never said I liked him. Bad memories!! Against us though never saw anyone rip us apart as often.

That was a great game, Rooney was a fascination...it was a case of is he as good as they're saying? Of course he was!! Ian Wright was always unplayable against us but not the best. The best for me was Zola, Dalglish, Rush, Gazza to name a few. In the red and white, Steve Williams was great, Shilton just awesome, Moran just a brilliant goalscorer, Keegan was an idol, David Armstrong was brilliant, but fairly obviously LeTiss was better than all the above. I bought my season tickets just to watch him.

Imagine our left side of Bridgey and Bale?!!!!

and I've commented on the goalscoring!! Whatever has happened over the summer has happened and we are where we are. Your "glass half empty" attitude is not what's needed. Criticise where criticism is warranted but have the ability to look at the bigger picture and asses logically. Successful sportsmen and women are so mainly because of their never say die approach, there desire to win and the belief in their ability. Those traits will be within some very naturally and those people tend to have sustained success throughout their lives. Others can learn those attitudes and train their minds to think like that. That's the main role of a coach at the top level. At league one level the coach will spend more time on technique and organisation than at Prem level but what makes him successful is how he communicates. Your approach "seems" to be old school...."you're doing great at this BUT not very good at this". This style ( and I apologise if I seem to be going off topic, but it's symptematic of this forum in general) of coaching/feedback only created a cycle of peaks and troughs in performance where one element is foccussed on at a time and the good bit is not and round the cycle goes. Anyway,the ability to see "half empty" is useful AND the ability to see "glass half full" in equal measures is key. Adkins is so obviously a good coach, and a modern type of coach, I'm just glad that he's not like a few people on here, then we would be in trouble!!

I find it hilarious that after losing away from home to the 2md best "home team" in the country a thread like this pops up. Sure, we are not top two, nor indeed top 6 but we are very close with 34 games to go!! In the last six games we have only conceded 3 goals, one from a corner, one from a free-kick, and one from a penalty. Hardly the sign of a poor team. Some may argue that we have just had that so-called " honeymoon period" of the new manager. Well I suppose we have in some terms...fresh face, different voice, but what Adkins has done very quickly is instill confidence and a style of play that will build and build. Defensively we are looking very strong. This is the basis of a championship winning team. Going forward it is seriously only a matter of time before we click and (thanks Echo) as Lambert is basically on the same level as this time last year it shows that there is plenty of time. Bournemouth will fade considerably with a few more injuries. Brighton will also, indeed my brother works with 3 of their season ticket holders and even they dint believe what's happening. They expect play-offs and nothing more!! We do need to string some wins but that's par for the course anyway. Top 6 at least come Jan 1st and no more than 10 points behind first and I am certain two or three good signings will power us to the title. If the players have the outlook and nerve of a lot of people on here then there would be no hope!! As they proved last year they do know how to win and win consistantly. 5-0 Saturday anyone?!!!

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