beatlesaint

If Sims hadnt started then the first half yesterday would have been even worse. At least the lad has a bit about him and looks to get forward. Sorry I dont buy it that he is better as an impact sub. In that role the gormless **** in charge will only put him on when we are losing and thats double the pressure on him cos not only does he need to get up to speed with the game but he is being expected to get us out the **** in what ? 15-20 mins at the end.

He works hard and adds something but to be honest I don’t think he will score as long as he’s got a hole in his ass.

Which game are you talking about ? If today did you miss the first half ?

Yes he was ok today. On several occasions he remembered he was a winger and got to the bye line and put in some decent crosses.

yep we let them have their best chance when we had two up front so he won’t be doing that again. He seems to think if we played two up front we would be too open and not what ? Win games ? Well that ****in box is already ticked. Hes a complete idiot, simple as.

Based on your heart ruling your head I guess ? Have seen very little to suggest it happening but you never know !

You summed up why you are a **** you mean. Its not just roads its rail travel - no trains Weymouth/Bournemouth to Southampton being one. But as long as you are ok **** anyone else eh ?

That is ridiculous !

im saying the later they leave an announcement the more awkward it is for those who have further to travel. Now they have said it’s on, and given the weather forecast, people can plan their journeys accordingly unless the weather changes dramatically overnight of course.

it would suit you better you mean....yet if you were the one travelling down from Stoke or coming from Devon, Somerset, etc woukd they still be ****ing idiots ?

well it’s just started snowing again in Bournemouth

still do but when it takes five and a half hours to drive 6 miles home from work you kind of get a sense that football may have to take a back seat a little bit :-)

yeah that’s fine Duncan but we don’t all live on the doorstep and I for one don’t want to miss this but at the same time I’m not skating on black icey roads to get there.

I see the forecast now says further spells of snow plus some rain turning the ground icey into Saturday. If so I can’t see the match taking place due to what would be hazardous conditions around St Mary’s.

I fear it will be similar to Brighton in so far as the line up is defensive and Stoke will see this as three points for the taking if they go at us from the start. We got half lucky against Brighton. That wont be enough Saturday. I'm thinking this despite JWP assuring us we will be safe and sound come the end of the season

I like the sound of the **** CV with nothing to lose option

You dont want him picking the ball up from deep, he loses it too much, would put us in the doggy doo straight away.

Think there is a fair bit of wishful thinking on this thread. He will play exactly the same as all season, it will be cautious, drab and frustrating. He will not start with Sims so you can forget that straight away. Ditto Gabbi, Boufal may be in with a shout but dont hold your breath. If we are losing or drawing after 75 mins he will make changes. If we are one up after 60 mins he will put on a defensive player to hold what we have, this will invite Stoke to attack at every opportunity and we all know what happens when teams do that against us.

This one is worse and I never thought I would be able to say that about anyone

You would hope so wouldn't you !

You would of loved Ted MacDougall

Give me strength

I wonder if the manager has learnt anything from this. We go one down, he puts on attackers and we scrape a point as opposed to when we go a goal up, he puts on defensive players to try and hold on and we never do. The best form of defence is attack !

judging him and the players on a game by game basis ? Umm, ok, well 2 wins out of 19 tells it’s own story so you may have to forgive your fellow supporters who aren’t quite as forgiving as yourself cos that run is, in a word, pathetic.

He also said “you don’t know what you’ve got until you lose it” Aint that the truth !