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We said the same about Alex Chamberlain.

I'm not making judgement based on one game, that was just the game that stands out in the memory. He's had a lot of good games, but quite a few when I haven't been convinced.

Seriously? You're genuinely asking if Seaborne is better than Hooiveld? IF we were to get promoted this season, I wouldn't keep him. He struggled against some of the better strikers out there, notably against CMS at London Road last season. In the Championship I have yet to be convinced, although he hasn't had that much chance to prove himself.

Yes, I get the pun. Maybe I should have added a few ;) and to make it more obvious.

How does Noone getting injured mean they have a full squad?

I wouldn't change the team, other than Morgan being suspended. It's tempting to drop Lallana who hasn't done it since his injury, but we don't really have another option for the left side. Dickson, Holmes...

He started the season brightly, 4 in the first 5 games I think it was, but he has done b*gger all else since August. 1 goal since then, a relatively simple finish from that move of the centuary against Boro. He's not quick, he's not strong or good in the air and the last couple of games I saw him in he gave the ball away a lot. As for "doing well getting him to sign last year" I doubt he was beating away offers from Premier League clubs. Offered the choice of Connolly or someone 10 years younger with a bit of height or pace, I'd go for the latter.

Players I'd like to get rid of: Forte Dickson Puncheon Holmes Jaidi Connolly Forecast The last 3 wont be going anywhere and probably not Holmes either. Hopefully we can get something final for Puncheon. I'm getting pretty bored with players like him and Forecast sticking around and spending the whole season out on loan to 2 different clubs.

Get the f**k in Posh!!! :D

Apparently Navarro was booked for time wasting. I struggle to believe this.

Win at the Amex and last night is forgiven. You have to fancy your chances against a team with Taricco in it.

I still can't believe we (apprently) got Cork for £750k. If he were to go you'd be looking for 4 or 5 times that much. Quality player and still very young.

Christ, how did I forget those two, although they are Scottish so that would be more xenophobia than anything.

Well there it is then. Come on the Posh!! 1 point from Wham's 2 Christmas fixtures, you have to wonder/hope this might poison the fans and the dressing room. Especially if they end up out of the automatics this evening. Hopefully they will go for a few panic buys in January which don't work, then things will really turn against Sam.

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It could have been such a great episode. India is a fascinating road trip and the concept of advertising British cars over there was a pretty good basis for an episode. Alas, Top Gear went and ruined with their puerile, slapstick behaviour. Hammond has got to go, he just acts like an 8 year old arguing with his older brother most of the time and apparently that's supposed to be funny. The bit where he is a valet and just chucks all the car keys in a bucket is silly and doesn't come close to being interesting or funny. The only parts of that episode I found at all funny were the banners on the train "SH I.T. For your business" and rewiring James brakes to set off the horn. Even that was on the lower brow of what I'd call funny. It's a shame really because I don't think TG is tired or has run out of ideas. They are just really badly executed and resemble something from Laurel and Hardy's cutting room floor.

In January Blackpool, West Ham and Brum were all 2 divisions above us. 8 months later we were above all of them in the league. Going from a team like maybe Walsall or Oldham to a team like Villa would seem an obvious choice. Going from a team chasing L1 promotion to a team near the bottom of the Prem maybe isn't so clever. Imagine if he'd gone to Wolves in January and they'd gone down. He'd look a complete tit now. Not saying he isn't loyal, but jumping from League 1 to the Prem isn't always as clever as it might look.

I think the encouraging thing is that we're top even with very poor away form. Obviously we've needed near perfect home form to maintain our possition, but if we can get close to that in the second half of the season and get 4 or 5 wins on the road, we shouldn't do too bad. 3 points at the Amex would be a most agreeable start to 2012.

West Ham have always been big spenders, I'm not sure why putting in a bid for a decent League 1 player would either surprise or annoy you.

Not a bad shout for a HCDAJFU. Will be 32 a month today, so isn't going to be a long term option, but if we could get him in cheap on an 18 month deal it would be good.

No complaints about that. Congrats Jose.

It always seemed to work quite well in the past. We had one thread, with all our updated transfers in the original post, then endless pages of all this none-sense. Kept it all off the rest of the main board. I was reliably informed by my dog this morning, "woof." I didn't feel the need to start a thread about it though.

In roughly chronological order: - Knocking Blackpool out of the cup, Holloways rant, then drawing Utd again a day or 2 later. - Skiing in the Alps in January, I asked the receptionist if he could find out the Saints score. We'd just won 6-0 at Oldham. I had to check the screen because I didn't believe him. - A couple of days later I asked the same receptionist for the score. 0-0 at home to Notts Co. Boring in itself, but I didn't know at the time we'd win every home league game for the next 11 months. - Playing Utd in the cup. First time I'd been to a game against a properly big side. Chaplow scored a thunderbolt just before break and I went mental. - Going 2-0 down at home to Franchise and going balistic when Forte equalised. Then I knew it was only a matter of time for the winner. - Going to work 1-0 down at Brighton. Getting there, checking my phone and we'd won in the 89th minute. Loved all the youtube clips I saw when I got home. - My alarm clock waking me up on May 2nd to tell me Bin Laden had been killed. 10 hours later I watched Saints win 3-1 at Plymouth on SSN to gain promotion. That was a good day. - A week later going to Southampton without a ticket for the sold out party at home to Walsall, only for my selfless Grandparents to lend me theirs. - Singing "The Saints are going up" against Walsall and going 3-1 up. With seconds left, the Kingsland lino right in front of me sprinted accross the pitch towards the tunnel. Followed by the whistle, 10,000 Saints fans and myself. - Seeing that AOC had been sold, then seeing the number "£15,000,000" and laughing my Arsenal off. - Beating Leeds convincingly in the opening game of the season. First opening day since the 90s. - Going to Fratton Park on the bus and the riotous chanting and shouting at the Skates. - Lambert's goal right in front of me. - Going top of the table and not giving it up for the rest of 2011 (baring an absolute d*cking against Bristol on Friday) That's about it really. Such an uneventful year.

He's 24 and rarely troubles the bench in the Championship. I don't really think I'd class that as Premier League potential, even ignoring all his injury problems. Also he's not all that different to Lallana. Skilled, good on the ball and can put in a decent delivery, but really not up to much when it comes to strength or pace. I'd like to find another De Ridder/Antonio/AOC type winger who can run at players and cause them problems. Forte has to move on, sooner rather than later. Hopefully he doesn't just turn into another Pulis/Forecast happy just to sit out the entirity of his contract with endless loans to lower league sides. He is an average League 1 player, nothing more. Not a Championship player and certainly not a Premier League player. He gave us 3 great minutes against MK Dons, but has done bugger all else.