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Poor old Dave cant really be that out of touch......can he ? Which one or combination of the following would he like us to applaud him for - 1 Being manager when we were relegated from the Premiership 2 Always referring to the club as "they" like he was never part of it 3 Later admitting he realised he had made a mistake after one week by joining Saints 4 Not having his heart or head in the job 5 Leaving us to go back to Portsmuff 6 Calum Davenport and Oliver Bernard 7 Taking the **** out of a jury/the country by claimimng he is some sort of retard in order to escape his, ahem, tax evasion charges As Huffton so rightly says old dave is going to be disappointed next week !

Wether we are in The Premiership or The Championship I hope he is definitely NOT part of the squad next season never mind the team.

Here Here ! All this fine as back up talk is rubbish......he is **** !

Oh i think MP would possibly have noticed today. If he is as sharp as people say he is it wont have gone un-noticed. I only hope there was a very good reason for Shaw coming off - injury being the only one I can think of, and if so then pray it isnt serious.

Some people get upset if you highlight just how **** Fox is.......he must be the unluckiest player we have ever had then if you want to be generous !

Think you have just solved the puzzle there !

yes please

Tend to agree, that break last week probably didnt do us any favours. I always hate the "we have had two good weeks on the training ground" statement which usually means we go all to hell. Some of the "City effect" is bound to have worn off. As long as we beat that saggy chopped tax evader next week. One win from these two games will be ok especially as results went for us yesterday.

Be amazed if Reading dont win. Probably leave it until the 93rd minute but they will win.

I assume you made that statement either through a haze of drink or with tongue firmly in cheek considering both players have appeared in a Saints shirt AFTER their respective "incidents" ? After watching Barnard last night you can clearly see why he is surplus to reqirements. Even if the worst happened and we get relegated he would still not be a top half Championship striker IMHO. When will he learn that you cannot bundle into a defender and not conceed a free kick ffs ?

If we get to the Champions League in a few years time Fiona Phillips might remember where she is from

I noticed that as Matt, Thommo and Charlie clapped Jeff and Hartlepool

Lets see how Mayuka performs under MP before we start writing him off shall we ? Considering how one or two players have upped their game considerably (Davis, Guly v Everton) since the new manager arrived maybe given a chance this guy will too !

I wondered that having read Rickie's interview in the programme on Saturday. He was really gutted about being left on the bench first match of the season. It puzzled me then and still puzzles me now. As much as I was a fan of NA there is no getting away from the fact some of his selections and treatment of Rickie this season bordered on weird.

He can play deeper, in other words midfield, no problem. His touch, vision and range of passing is incredible. He is so much more than a big bruising centre forward. You watch Andy Carroll today and watch the video of Rickie last night. Its as different as night and day yet Carroll has played for England. Crazy.

For those that say "Spurs were a mid table team back then" etc, doesn't matter. We absolutely ran that game from start to finish and murdered them live on TV. It was a superb performance. Yesterday, for me, just beat that because of the intensity.

as do Villa with Arsenal and Man City up next. I think we will finish above West Ham. There, I've said it

The booking of Lambert was ridiculous, compounded when he didnt book Toure 5 mins later for a bad challenge.

Serious post or just wind up I dont know but what I do know is that if we do go down then I wont be as devastated as i was back in 2005. After seeing life outside the Premiership it no longer holds any fears for me.

QPR draw all these games - thought they were dead certs to win today - and people say they are on a good run. We draw these games and its not good enough, 1 win in the last 9 etc etc. I would rather be us than QPR, Villa or Wigan.

Totally agree.

I suspect he will notice by about 8.15 this evening !

I would love to know the thinking behind the left back selection.......

Pretty sure Jim Stannard, Nigel's goalkeeping coach, played for us on loan in the mid-eighties too !

Just seeing his name here, Lloyd James....bloody hell yeah......I remeber a lot of people used to come on here and defend him, cant think why. Another one of our "defenders that cannot defend" brigade we have endured over the years. Where is he now ? Still warming Colchester's bench or has he slipped lower than that as well ?