Saint Troy

was ir lowe that organised rthe use of the bristol satelite to the academy that allowed us to get bale. As i remember (and i could easily be wrong) lowe managed to organise this due to us having alot of water in our catchment area and therefore we could widen our search area to compensate. If so thats a good bit of business, doesnt make up for other failings but maybe bale is a bonus we can only argue about becaue of lowe?

Dunno about improvement, he's not a great right back in a team with no midfield cover, he is a good centre back. Felt he stood out as far back as everton away. Be interesting to see how he develops

whilst i cant disagree weve let leads slip it would be interesting to see how other temas have fared in the same way - whilst we let a lead slip this weekend we certainly werent the only ones. I also feel our early season performances against the manchester teams skew the results slightly - most teams (especially lower half) simply dont get the opportunity to let leads slip against these teams. Obviously it doesnt change the facts but personally feel these should be taken in to account a bit. Points against wigan and stoke hurt alot but sure they have their own stories, im sure that its harder as a lower team in the prem though than a top team as weve been used to the last three years and that could make a difference too

that was a pain admittedly but is it something that is happening repeatedly?? not thought that myself, more just yellows associated with being a top defensive midfielder with the most tackles and interceptions in the prem.

Youre right, absolutely they are in terms of are they the best team going which is a fair point - comment was more in response to "as evidenced by no other clubs that I am aware of employing that policy to such a rigorous degree". I was more saying that just cause no one else does something it doesnt mean its wrong. I guess often the best teams could be doing things right but thats certainly not always the case - maybe its this thinking that has got team GB to be equivalent to Man united.

Interesting - the cycling analagy is a very good one - no other teams all use the super fast looking cycling helmets - does that mean GB shouldnt have bothered?

i think guly and hooiveld have both proven they are adequate cover in the recent weeks to be fair. Lallana back and De Ridder is third choice to get a go on the left hand side.

Not exactly stuffed full of quotes that story!

Appears to be a big media drive since nige was binned, lots of you tube stuff etc (it's propaganda but I like it!) Guessing one will be mp but maybe a signing??

cortese turns up the whole conferene is about adkins - is that fair on the new guy - hey i dont like it at all but hes our manager now and this is his first press conference - far better tp be about the club going forard - could turn up and bin off al the questions but that doesnt help anyone really, cowardly or smart move by cortese not to be there - probably the latter?

take it out on cortese yes, take it out on the new manager and the team then im afraid youre being a hypocrite - those of us who loved nige for his positive atitude can only now emulate that and try to move on as a team including the new manager. Sad sad day but see where this takes us ....

sad sad day , love nige. however, if your a believer in niges philosophys then im afraid the only way forward for the club is cheers the team, cheer the new manager and move forward

this is interesting - i do feel that wit hhim dropping off in to build up play we have seen less of him at the back post. good that were not just relying on that to score goals but would maybe like to see him in the mix more for balls slung in (hes scored a few like that this season i know but like to see it more)

i think management thought that fox would be up to more in the prem and at that point wouldve been seen very much seen as buying an old hand whos not amazing and getting in the way of shaw with two people above him in the squad. Bit of hindsight and maybe bridge would provide good support to shaw but i cant imagine a situation where we couldve sold fox in the summer

fox has had more of a confidence about himself recently but he needs to work on his consistany to improve and if he improves his consistency will be better

i caught myself saying "about ourselves" refering to our business for the first time ever last week. Ive been on a trial seperation from Nigel interviews ever since

stange how people can be annoyed that we spent 12m on gaston and didnt spend it on defenders (a different position to his if i remember correctly) but a gaston vs ox discussion is craaaaaazy!! both have a maturity about their play and something different. Gaston is creative but ox has a raw raw energy. Whilst were normally crying out for pace for saints i feel gaston offers more to the current set up than ox. The football we play has gaston really combining people together, keeping the ball, something which i really admired in the top areas of the pitch vs newcastle. Dads not a skate too!

top marks all round! hadr to fault anyone but a special mention to gazza - puncheon continuing excellent form is one thing - gazza producing two very good saves (one really top class) at quite important times was crucial to the victory and showed good charachter. to think that couldve been saggy chops first game in charge for us and not another stylish performance for Niges boys

what happens if guly is brought on from the bench after 10:59 mins. boo or clap you decide?

Turkish - by your logic earlier in this thread how is what he has written abuse? You cannot see the word he has used. Surely he could have used a word that infers you show fine character, determination and bravery? The fact is it is abuse. Why - because despite the word being missing there is enough evidence there to be able to understand that it is meant in a derogatory way. The same as the chanting aimed at Ferdinand. Chants that Chelsea have seen fit to make an official statement about. There is simply no place for chanting like this and there is no place for standing up for chanting like this. Winding people up on a forum is one thing, can be funny and good banter but at least picjk our battles and show common decency, a lack of this is what is ruining this forum.

Who was the last saints youngster heavily tipped for the top in terms of big club and scouting interest that hadn't gone on? Genuine question as the likes of theo, Ox, bale were well tipped like shaw and don't remember many article linking Lloyd James and jake thompson etc to anyone big.

Jo Tessem had some utility stubble going on if your stuck

I replied to this thread i good faith. The opening post clearly sets out his own opinion and how he thinks his opinion could affect the club. At no point does he tell you how you should be supporting the team. The tone in fact is very very similar to your quote above - stating your opinion and linking it to an affect on something. Yawn, another thread i wont bother looking at (not just alpine i know)

it makes you wonder how much effect the fans can have on a chairman - i for one was moved by the chanting for adkins - it was well deserved in my opinion and a chairman hearing a managers name being chanted by the paying fans must have an impact however small

Spoke to a burnley lad at the weekend who rates him hugely having watched him a fair bit. The attitude thing is interesting, thought tonight he could be more aggressive but also lallana couldve tried more to win a penalty (not suggesting I believe in it but it happens) and certainly feel as a team we give the ref an easy time