alpine_saint

What an eloquent chap you are

Patronising crap

Been saying it since August, fella

The shame is that Chelsea went forwards over the summer and we have gone backwards due to complacency

The archetypal answer to everything..

More dropped points because we are clueless at putting the ball in the net

Not our problem really, is it ?

Glad to be of service But seriously thats just temporarily papered over the cracks

Well, f**k me sideways with a bargepole....yet another game with zero cutting edge...

If you say so. Some people will spin anything on here.

This response proves once and for all that the red mist descents when I post, rather than based on the content. I clearly stated I have nothing against it, but am concerned that it is such a talking point, as in, a lot of journos think there is mileage in the possibility that our squad isnt deep enough to provide decent rotation possibiliites. "should have won at Inter, could have won at City"...well, why didnt we then ? Excluding current FB lack of cover, which in time with players coming back will be addressed, the fact is we arent scoring enough goals. How can that be disputed ? We simply dont have enough squad depth up-front. Austin cant do it all himself, and J-Rod doesnt look like hes going to make it back. Long will probably pull himself together eventually, but its not enough. I think it entirely likely Puel is facing hard choices over which match he wants to win. Nowhere have inferred the players in the squad arent putting enough effort in, or arent playing well. But we are struggling to put the ball in. We scored against City because Stones ballsed up.

The Echo has 2 article a day about it. As a principle, I dont have a problem with it. And it concerns me that Puel seems to feel the need to justify it in every interview (and that he keeps being asked about it). The problem with its current incarnation at SFC is that we dont have the players for it. We have one functioning forward. Long is injured and has been, well, sh*te this season, and J-Rod is clearly still struggling to come back to form (and its not unfair to ask if he ever will...). And we definitely have a current (if temporary) issue with full-backs. Seems to me that we are basically choosing which games to attempt to win. That was never the principle behind squad rotation. Did we choose to make a fist of the Man City game rather than have a real go at the San Siro ??? Some of the players comments in advance made it sound it wasnt the case. Where is the priority next week - Chelsea or the return Milan fixture ??

Or Tottenham

Does being a Saints fan require being delusional ?

So f**king what ? we have one player who can score goals

We have blown this bigtime Puel was an awful choice and Uncle Les lost the plot this summer

Got their nose in front, doing the Italian thing...

Was bound to happen

We are going to suffer big time in having only one striker who can score...

Why are we 2nd in group K with better GD than the Israelis ?

We cannot score in a brothel this season...

He wiped the floor with them. I'm going to be popular in the office tomorrow....

One striker who can score when he has the right boots on. Recipe for mid-table mediocrity and group-stage exit from Europa League.

The only forward at the club capable of scoring has got his feet up at home this evening..

Feel sorry for our travelling fans