alpine_saint

We need to make up 3 games with ~20 left, whilst comparing our tendency to go off the rails with their consistency. Oh, all the while forgetting Bournemouth, Peterborough and Huddersfield. God you're an optimist.

No, we wont catch Brighton, and looking at the teams around us, I reckon we have an insurmountable challenge to get into 2nd and hold on to it. Playoffs is the best we can expect, sadly..

Really ? I think it is a no-brainer the other way.

Saints decline didnt start with sacking Nichol. He'd progressed as far as he could. Saints decline started with appointing Branfoot to replace him. An utterly insane decision. We have Askham to thank for that little gem, dont we ?

Oh, well. Only another 7 days of this b*ll*cks to tolerate...

Strange, I remember having the p*ss taken out of me a couple of weeks ago when I dared to suggest we'd get along fine without Harding...

Yep, I think the same. A combination of Lallana's injury and minds on playing Manyoo cost us against Tranmere, then we get thumped by Manyoo, then we are so demoralised we lose the next 2 games, by which time automatic promotion has become a pipe dream.

So its all about ego and sensibilities, rather than bringing success to the club ? Rightyho, you are right, I misunderstood. At least I now know why this club never goes anywhere.

I understand completely where this post is coming from; the scars of the Lowe era run deep, where being on the stock exchange and bigging up the bottom line and share value was the only consideration. But for me the ownership and financing of the club is sufficiently different now compared to then to make the comparison invalid. In my opinion NC can sell a youngster for 10m without undermining the 5 year plan, since he is would almost certainly plough the money back into the club rather than prop up the figures.

Jesus Christ..........

The emerging result of this poll is truly mental. I really wonder what wavelength Saints fans are on sometimes. AOC isnt going to stay here long-term. No way, not in 1million years. If we really do have a PL club knocking at the door willing to stumpf up the lions share of 10m up-front for a 17 year old who has played for 6 months and is not yet able to sustain his performance for 90mins, we would be barking mad not to bite their hand off. We could buy Austin, replace Puncheon and get get back-up for Lallana (though not quite in the same league) with change to spare. Some of you need to take a long, hard look in the mirror.

Yep. Completely agree. If Millwall are only offering 100K, we should bite their hand off and take the loss on the chin.

You may find it tedious and mind-numbing, but there appears to be a huge amount of supporters that fail to understand our situation.

How's that then ? You resurrected this thread, not me. And I havent referred to it anywhere since the end of the game.

Lets get this sh*te out of the way as quickly as possible...

It really is time to get rid. Totally undependable

Yep. 100%. Would rather be weak on the wing than have a sh*t-stirring tw*t here.

These figures are much more indicative than those in the OP. How do we know in many of those cases that Lallana didnt assist the "assist" ?

Can we stop the razor blade comments, everyone ? They are childish, and I'll wager not a single person on here really feels suicidal about todays result. Why cant you lot see a difference between intense frustration and suicidal tendencies ?

Yep. lets bury our head in the sand. After all "This squad is good enough for promotion" ™

If I was sure there was no chance of a glass landing on my head, yes.

Re the result : Truly f**king sh*t. The only consolation was Huddersfield not winning. 1 point from 6 at a critical stage of the season. And all because a single player is missing. Adkins and Cortese have some hard, hard thinking to do.

Why do you have to say this ? It is really does belittle the suffering of people feeling suicidal for really bad reasons or because they are suffereing genuine mental illness. I expect more from a moderator.

For all those sneering at my comments and pointing to our League position: We got to 2 points behind Bournemouth with Lallana in the team. Since we got injured we've managed 1 point from 6. And people claim complacency isnt rife in these parts...........

Yep. No -10 to use as a convenient excuse. Oh, I know, lets blame Dean Wilkins or NC. Wonder what the excuse will be next season ?