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Bit of a shame that anyone born after 1973 can't choose Bates. Never saw a match under him but there's no way you can leave him out. Just do top 7 based on their record as well as personal recollections I reckon.

1 Koeman 2 Mc Menemy 3 Adkins 4 Strachan 5 Hoddle 6 Pochettino 7 Bates

Aint that the truth, totally clueless and just plain crap !!!

Better manager, better coaching staff, better players. its a no brainer really.

Christ you're a cheery soul aren't you ? Wouldn't want to watch Casualty with you

Re Tadic - as someone has already said you couldnt have rated Le Tiss much, and aren't you describing virtually every winger or flair player that has ever pulled on a football shurt for any club ? Re Clasie - yes he's been out injured, his fitness needs building up (yesterday was the first match I thought Bertrand looked back to his attacking best in all honesty after his injury) and RK should probably have taken him off at around Lallana time but there are signs of whats to come I believe and he does already offer more than JWP in tackling, forward passes and skill. Thats not knocking JWP who has improved a lot these past few weeks before anyone starts !

The defence is getting better now that RK has decided on his preferred four of Cedric, Fonte, VVD and Bertrand. So they are settling in and building an understanding. Too many changes at the start of the season week in and week out and of course Bertrand was out injured, VVD hadnt arrived and Cedric was like a headless chicken trying too hard to impress. Squad deffo stronger, first team is missing Morgan, whether Classie will become that player to replace him is too early to say !

This in a nutshell, very well summed up !

No way will the team be that weak. If you think that get in the Ladbrokes site and grab that 7-1 on Villa.

Pretty sure Fonte wasn't free, Bertrand certainly wasn't. But i take your point.

The good thing about Brenda was that he more or less reduced the Nivea Boy to a bit part role, mainly sticking him on the bench for big games yet playing him in League Cup and Europa League etc whilst preferring Courtinhio. I'm not sure Klopp will treat him the same way by early indications which is a pity.

So we moan when the club doesn't hold a forum and invite fans to ask questions then we moan when they do have a forum because the quality of questions is deemed to be crap ! is that about right ?

How far in will someone ask Ron about the Holland job ? I'm going for the first 15 mins......if Ralph has stopped talking by then

Both our reserve keepers are frozen to their line then ? thats worrying !

Sam has been plenty of places without him since the Bolton days. Leave a good job with a great manager and a club going in the right direction for a dinasour of a manger at a club that is in turmoil ? Tough call that :-)

Boxing Day (26th Dec) evening kick off !! Oh great, that'll go down well at home :-(

Can we have a bit of fkin sympathy please ! Poor old Nathaniel went all the way up there to get these training sessions from Brenda that would make him a better player than Koeman, one of the best defenders ever, could possibly do and barely 3 months later he's gone. Very disappointed for Clyney, perhaps if he can push the Nivea boy out the way he can lick the ass of their next manager !! Hope Brenda gets an average Championship club........Preston would do !

Same here, credit where it's due, he has looked much much better in the last few games.

Never realised Chelsea fans were such a reasonable bunch. Plenty if credit for us and total embarrassment about Jose's rant !

He is actually making himself look ridiculous, everyone knows what he's going to say when they don't win. Never gives the other team any credit. Is there anybody left that takes him seriously? He's turned into a pathetic parody of himself. oh, he's a c**t too

Cant see Terry starting after the torrid time Mane gave him last season.

Totally agree, I think it's a great badge. The Southampton coat of arms is however awful

Nothing like giving him time to adapt from Scottish Prem to English Prem then !!

I can't believe Romeu was dropped, he has looked our most consistent midfielder since he arrived. Very strange decision for me.

Very very bad luck, awful injury, wish him well.