alpine_saint

LOL at VW comparing A O-C to Wayne Rooney..........

Yeah, I'll bet it does, hence he's not in your first three. That tells me if Schneiderlin is injured / banned, you have no answer.

We are incapable of going to Northern sh*tholes mid-week mid-winter on rugby pitches and getting results, and nothing in our transfer activity has improved that We dont know yet if our three defensive additions are that good A team that had no Plan B to start with has lost most of its attacking options, unless you count an unproven 16 year old, and an MK reject who seems to decide not always to turn up mentally.. We are still dependent upon one creative midfielder, his fitness, his discipline (which hasnt been that good) and his desire to get results We are assuming that Lamberts run of form is going to last another season Nothing suggests Connolly is going to be fitter than last season We have no decent second-choice GK yet

Cherry-picked points to support your completely mis-placed optimism.

Yep, the old trick. Cant argue with the substance of the post, so nit-pick on the choice of verbs...

Great, lets place all our hopes and all the pressure for a HUGE season on the shoulders of a kid still learning his trade..

R, we havent a clue about Butterfield, Richardson (in 3 months time) and O-C in the heat of battle for us yet. How can an old lag like you really claim we are stronger than the end of last season ???

I agree with the start of last season. I think its nonsense about the end of last season.

That sounds like "playing for a draw" to me. And probably the success of achieving the desired result is the same...

Mental.....I dont think that at all.... I think he's watching Desperate Houswives.

Whats your point ? And what gives you the right to state that the comparison of the starts of the season is the only valid comparison ? Personally, I reckon comparing the end of last season to the start of this one is more valid, and the first 16 is now WEAKER

How many siginings do you think I am demanding, FFS ? I have demanded signings in certain key areas. Its the club that has developed a defender fixation, ergo a quantity fixation. Personally, I reckon one of our three signings were necessary, the others were lower priority than the pacy winger and CM.

Bored of repeating this..... We have a better first XI, ergo more quality in the first XI. Apart from that, we have sod.....all. Anyone denying it is a lunatic. Our back-up CM is Wotton, who I keep hearing on here is über-sh*te....

My kids like playing with Lego Rock Monsters - not aware of any sinister subtexts, to be honest. Worried that you see something though...

I really, really do NOT get this complaicency...

Doesnt mean the points I make are automatically b*ll*cks though.

Because it goes against the arrogant assumptions...er...consensus of opinion in these parts.

So what ? That thread is an exercise in stating the bleedin' obvious. We'd just been in administration and only just appointed a new manager.

Who demanded 23 players ? As with most sensible Saints fans, I reckoned we were looking for a RB, a CM, maybe another CB, a pacy winger and a striker

Look, you clearly dont get it, so here it is in black-and-white : Our first XI is stronger Our squad is much weaker For a 50-game promotion campaign you need a squad as insurance against injury and disciplinary problems. Is that clear enough for you ?

Man you are so deluded. There were a number of performances where we couldnt unlock opposing teams last season even with Antonio and Papa as impact subs. Yet here you are trying to make out their loss makes no difference. I really wonder about the objectivity of some of our fans.

In fairness, I am starting to doubt it. It seems the whole world is passing by SMS again, to be honest.

How sad that you lack any objectivity...

No, no, no. no.... We are the best team by far and are going to walk this league and it doesnt matter what anyone else does, because we've got AP, dontchyaknow... The "Its between us and X, Y and Z" comments make me think some of our fans already know it aint going to happen...

How come the club reacted fast to the news of Richardson's injury by getting in Butterfield, but we have known since Schneiderlin's red card against Yeovil that we need CM back-up and nothing has happened ? Are we really supposed to beleive that 3 months isnt enough time to deal with that situation ?