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I think you're right, however it wouldn't be my personal choice.

Disappointing that Lee is out, but that's why we have back up. Sharp, Barnard and Guly are more than capable strikers although I appreciate the latter is a can of worms. I'd go with Sharp to start and the other two on the bench.

Don't Lech Poznan have a history of this? I vaguely remember about 2,000 fans turning up to an U-12 game against Spuds a few years ago.

No SBJ for me, it was lager and w*nk night instead. Actually every night is lager and w*nk night for me, so it wasn't particularly special.

Would have thought he would stay at Newcastle unless his wage demands are silly. Seems to be a fairly regular player for them when fit. Good shout though. With him, Chaplow and Cork we'd have a half decent collection of ex. loan players.

To be wrong is human To refuse to admit you were wrong makes you a retard To dig up 3 year old posts on an internet message board and get on your high horse over opinions expressed in completely different circumstances takes a sad mong It's very easy to sit here now the sun is shining and we're top of the Championship and mock negative posts from 2009. Perhaps these people should remember just how bad it was then. Things could have gone a heck of a lot worse. What if the Liebherrs hadn't rode in on a white horse and we'd gone out of business. Would all the people supporting 'AFC Southampton' in the Blue Square South still be glad we'd splashed out on Morgan? What if we'd had to sell him to keep the club afloat. We'd have got a fraction of the money we spent on him. No matter how good Morgan turns out to be, it wont change the past. He was still completely the wrong singing for Saints at that time. If we'd spent that money on Rickie Lambert or Nigel Pearson for example, I reckon we'd have stayed up. We'd still have ended up in admin, which would probably have taken us down, but we'd be starting on 0 points instead of -10. We could have achieved everything Norwich have achieved in the 3 years since. All ifs and buts, but I think people should bear in mind, things could have gone A LOT differently back then.

Wow. Old school thread resurrection here. TBF if Liebherr hadn't bought us, that cash spent on Morgan could have put us out of business. He may be coming good now, but at the time he was a dreadful signing.

Brilliant!! Well done Donny. If Carslberg did results tonight wouldn't be far off. Reading draw, Cardiff and Brum lose.

Nice to see Falque and Barnard giving Adkins food for thought ahead of Saturday. Good that Jaidi and Seaborne got some good game time too, although I can't see either of them playing for Saints this season.

Yes. The point I'm making is we would probably still have won with another striker instead of Connolly. When we are good, he plays well. When we aren't so good, he's nowhere. He doesn't effect the game IMO.

Both games when Saints were awesome anyway, they are the only ones when DC plays well. Connolly is like having a friend who turns up at your Hawaiian beach house to party when you've won the lottery, but is nowhere to be seen when your wife leaves you and your house burns down. Would we have won at Ipswich and Notts with Sharp, Lee or Barnard up front instead? You can never be certain but I'd have said most probably.

Had a spectacular view from 38,000ft above the Bay of Biscay this evening. They've been fairly well aligned for a few days now. Venus in particular was very bright.

He scored 4 goals last season, when he was a year younger and in League 1. 3 of them came against gash teams like Shrewsbury, Walsall and Brentford. Even then he only got in the side because Barnard was injured and Lambert and Guly were the only other strikers on the books. Connolly only scores when we are playing brilliantly, we have plenty of players who can do that. If we are not at our best and need someone who can come of the bench and nick a goal out of nowhere, Barnard and Guly are far superior.

This is true, however hopefully they will be like the team we took to Fratton in 2005. I can't wait to see whatever's left of their team stood like rabbits in the headlights in the tunnel at St Marys. After the two 4-1 games we really owe them an absolute hammering and we will be well up for it being so close to automatic promotion. Here's a scenario: Saints vs Coventry on the last day. Saints already promoted and need a draw to be champions. Coventry just need a draw to avoid the drop at the expense of...

I think it's unlikely. I'd settle for sticking 5 past them TBH.

I'm going to say we will have the same scenario as last year. The result at Boro will leave us 2nd, 3 points above West Ham in 3rd with 12 points better GD. Technically we would not yet be promoted as we would have to avoid a 13 goal turn around with a 7-0 home defeat against Coventry on the last day. Maybe...

Think of Guly as being the new Rasiak and I think he makes more sense. He's a good striker who can make the right moves at the right time. He can head, he can finish and he can bring others in to play. However a winger he is not. Playing wide does not suit his style at all. He can not take on a full back, beat him with pace or trickery and put a decent cross in. He tends to drift inside into more of a supporting striker possition, which then leaves Richardson exposed when the attack breaks down. Quite simply, he is a useful option to have as a striker but should not be played in midfield.

Barnard was one of our most important players before he got injured last season. Hard working, always putting pressure on defenders and a decent finisher. He has popped up and scored some very important goals when we were struggling and needed them most. Wednesday way last season, Adkins first win and our first goal for about a month. The winner in the 3-2 MK Dons game. Both goals at Carrow Road under Pardew when Norwich went up as Champions. An injury time equaliser at Brighton and a last minute winner at Yeovil. He hasn't been fit this season, but I'd at least give him a shot off the bench if the alternative is Connolly.

Is he better than Fonte and Hooiveld? Without having seen him play, except for one game at Fratton I'd have said no. If we're serious about the Premier League, that's what we need to be asking. The only upside to a loan would be Pompey missing their best centre half for their visit in April. Pretty trivial point anyway, I'm sure this is a wind up.

Because he isn't very good. 2 goals since August and he only ever scores in games when we're playing brilliantly and cruising anyway. If we are struggling on Saturday and need to change the game, DC isn't the man to do that.

I can't remember wishing good fortune on Neil Warnock or Leeds before, but here we are. I don't really rate Boro this year, they have far too many shockers to be automatic candidates, yet somehow they are still up there. A win today would leave them 4 points behind Reading and still with a game in hand on Saints. I wouldn't completely write them off.

I'd go with Chaplow in for Guly on the right and maybe Cork for Hammond in the middle. Drop Connolly from the bench and have Guly or Barnard there instead.

I know you're joking, but I think Warnock is normally one of the worst out there. I remember his post match interview after getting battered by Spuds earlier in the season. I thought he was about to drop his trousers and crack one off over Gareth Bale, it was just embarassing. With us he went for the other post match interview, default setting - Their 'keeper played a blinder, on another day we'd have scored 4 or 5.

Managers usually say nice things about the team that has just beaten them. If they say, 'oh they're the best team in the league, they play wonderful football etc,' it doesn't make their own failure seem quite as bad. If the manager said, 'yeah they were sh*te but they still battered us,' it doesn't reflect too well on his managerial skills. Similarly after a win they always say, 'we knew it was going to be tough, they're a good side' etc. etc. to make their win sound even more impressive. I wouldn't read too much into that, it's all standard stuff.