alpine_saint

Brighton are now out-of-sight.

Rubbish. Extremely disappointed at the wasted opportunity. The players dont want promotion enough.

Immensely disappointing evening. What a wasted opportunity.

Not sure I've seen a Saints team play like that since. That was a helluva team.

Rodney was a better player, Danny was a better Saint.

I find it really funny when all the tough guys use this argument...

They have 8pts more.

But bad enough that a loan was deemed necessary.

I am not a gambler, so dont really understand the intricacies of betting, but I am always bemused by people citing betting odds as evidence of what is going to happen. Surely the odds demonstrate nothing more that Saints fans are feeling very confident or loyal and are willing to put their money behind the team, in numbers, hence causing the bookies to reduce the odds and limit their risk ? How does this reflect the experienced and considered assessment of the state of play of the teams ?

When I said "everyone knows this is about 2nd place now" obviously I was referring to non-Walter Mitty characters not living in a delusional world of make-beleive. I especially like this one : So let's assume that Brighton are affected by fixture pile-up as badly as us (I dont agree with this, they are in the driving seat and will be more relaxed, but sod it, lets assume it). Has anyone else notice they have 8 more points than us ??? Really, some of the responses are utterly non-sensical on here.

You and some others on here really dont get it, do you ? If a couple of our players pick up knocks that would normally mean they are out for 2 or 3 games, it could mean them missing 4 or 5 if the knock comes at the right time. And with us playing so many of our competitors still, what is stopping them going into challenges harder than normal in the hope of gaining advantage from injuries ? I would rather have some (not all, thats unrealistic) of the points than the games in hand.

You really have issues to deal with. Espeically as you regard the orignal post as a "non-point"

You mean pedantic. As demonstrated by the comparison to Brighton, when everyone knows this all about 2nd place now.

Yes it is, but the other teams arent going to make it easy for us. For example, we still play Bournemouth - how much could they benefit if they try to take Lallana or Rickie out ?

No it wasnt, but its all good; you are not the first person the throw other people's mud at me.

They already have a jump on everyone else points-wise of approximately 2 or 3 games. The analogy (as many of yours are) is completely wide of the mark. In my opinion we cannot afford to drop points very often from now on, and we are going to play more games than any other team chasing 2nd place over the next two months.

We've played 3 or 4 games less than most of our promotion competitors. And we still have to play most of them as well. Taking someone like Lallana out for a 3 or 4 week stretch could pay huge dividends for one of our promotion competitors. We need to be careful here. The next two months are going to be like a minefield...

Agree with this. LM and MLT are titans in our club history, but they've made some bad calls and stupid comments in recent times.

Frequently. Your point is what, exactly ? I find the comparisons to Schniederlin especially revealing; both had the habit of disappearing in games when the team was screaming out for them to stamp their authority on the midfield play. To be honest, I find this soul-searching over the likes of such a forgettable player rather pitiful.

Didnt come on here bleating about it afterwards though.........

Peterborough win. Suppose every silver lining has a cloud.

FT in Bristol. Oldham have lost.

Ft 1-1

Charlton score - so what