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No, he shouldn't. He should be wanting to be in the team ahead of Lambert and determined to prove his worth. I don't want anyone in our squad who is okay playing second fiddle to anyone. Also, there will be game where having 2 big lumps up front could be useful. Would welcome him back on a trial to prove his worth.

Okay, now you definitely just being a drama queen.

A quick lesson in physics here. If an object exists within the universe, it's behaviour will be forever be controlled by the various forces acting upon it. Even the furthest away anitneutrinos with the smallest off mass will be influenced by the very weak force of gravity between other mass in the uinverse. If a neutrino billions of light years from Earth cannot maintain and unchanged state for the entirity of time, I fail to see why Burnley's dubious home form should either. In short, things change in football constantly. Every team will go through good and bad patches. If you are the first team Burnley beat at home in 4, 5 or 10 games, it doesn't automatically make you sh*t.

They weren't stocking filler DVD bad, but he should have got them both on target as an absolute minimum. To put both of them wide really is poor from him.

Oh yes. I remember when Burley got into the Prem, they did an interview with the chairman who was poudly telling national media about a 'lick of paint' around Turf Moor, or words to that effect. I got there today only to find antique wooden furnature. It's got to be the only ground I've been to which still has the seats from World War 2. No word of exaggeration, look at them.

Player ratings: Kelvin - 6 Can't remember him making any notable saves. Alright on the ball, but the short passes, Jesus Christ. Sort it out Nigel! Fraser - 8 Thought he was very good and supported well down the right. A couple of decent crosses. Hooiveld - 8 MOTM Looking better with every game and I thought he lived up to his "Hoover" nickname. Good in the air too. Fonte - 7 Pretty solid, but not his commanding best. Fox - 7 Good game and some good crosses going forward. Could have a hattrick of assists if the forwards were at the races. Guly - 4 Disappointing. Not sure if Nigel agreed with me or he had a knock, but he doesn't track back enough for away games and gives the ball away cheaply. One to leave in Southampton IMO. Hammond - 6 Not as good as previous games. We looked better when Morgan came on. Cork - 6 Not his best game either. We gave the ball away cheaply in the middle, they were all guilty of that. Lallana - 6 Really should have scored on 3 occasions and didn't good on the ball, but little end product. DC - 5 Can't really remember him doing anything of note. Lambert - 6 Decent target man, but only had one real attempt, which he should have scored. Subs: Chaplow - 7 Brought a bit of much needed bite and focus into the middle. Really should start away from home. Morgan - 7 Looked better than Hammond and was great to see him double his career goals tally in England. De Ridder - Why didn't he come on FFS!

Guessing I will be one of the first home (Scouseland) so I'll add my thoughts on the game. If I was being possitive and optimistic; I'd say we created quite a few chances, it was an open game, we could easily have won and it's a good point away to a decent NpC team. If I was being negative, I'd say we were very sloppy, wasted chances and nearly got caught out by a well below par Burnley team. The truth lies somewhere in between. First half was forgettable. Burnley just about edged it with a couple of decent chances, whereas we didn't really have any. Fox was getting a fair bit of stick as you'd expect, which intensified after a silly reaction to a late challenge. Didn't get booked (thought the ref was half decent actually) but gave away a needless free kick. Up front nothing much seemed to stick. Our delivery was pretty poor and we gave the ball away a lot. It's a cliche, but we were trying to be too clever. Too many one touch flick ons in our own half, which went straight to a Burnley player. The worst part of it had to be Kelvin almost always playing short goal kicks. We very nearly got caught out when Davis (under no pressure at all) played it straight out to one of our players (Fonte I think) who was practically being rogered by Charlie Austin (yes, him again). Only some last ditch lunging kept us out of trouble with that one. Second half, Chaplow on for Guly (who was pretty much annonymous). This seemed to spark us into life a bit and Chaplow missed a very good chance to knock in a Richardson cross at the near post. Then Burnley had two or thee decent breaks and eventually scored about 10 mins into the second half. Cross came in, knocked down by Jay Rod and scored by Austin. Well, it had to happen I suppose. We nearly levelled immediate. A cross from the left and Lambert headed the ball into the ground and off the bottom of the bar from about 2 yards. Saints seemed to change to a kind of fluid 4-3-3, with Lallana, Lambert and DC rotating accross the front. Didn't really work for my money. At times we ended up playing long balls up to DC and having Rickie on the left wing. Both teams had chances for the rest of the game, with Saints having the pick of the bunch. Lallana shaved the outside of both posts with a couple of free heads, which he really should have scored. After the second I thought it was going to be one of those days where it would never go in, but a couple of minutes later we got the equaliser. Ball in from the left, Lambert clashes with their lardy centre half and after a bit of pinball Morgan smashes it in from inside the 6 yard box. Everyone runs off to celebrate in front of the fans, except Rickie, who is old cold on the turf next to lardy. After a couple of minutes treatment for the two players, the game continued and both teams had a couple of chances in the last 10 minutes. Lallana should have won the game with the last kick of the game. Long ball from Kelvin (about time too) knocked down by Rickie, Adam plays it through and runs into space, only to stick a weak effort straight at the goalie from just inside the box. Overall, I'm fairly happy. We were nowhere near our best, but still game back from a tough away game with a point. I'm sure some people who weren't even there will confidently proclaim we struggled physically against a bunch of big Northern bruisers. It wasn't like that. Burnley played good football but not very well, if that makes sense. Very similar to us today.

Tonights brace brings him up to 4 NpC goals this season. Good player, but I'm not sure I get the excitement.

I want promotion, otherwise what's the point. I only followed Saints for about 3 years before we got relegated from the Prem, but ever since I've wanted nothing more than to get back there. Yes, granted we will lose a fair few games, but we don't have to be a yoyo club. Newcastle have gone up, stayed up and I don't expect to see them back down any time soon. They haven't spent massively, they've just built on a decent NpC squad and look a good threat for the top half and maybe Europe under Pardew. That's even in spite of having Ashley at the healm. It's a similar story for Sunderland and Stoke in the last 5 years. Even Wigan, despite recent decline, have made it stick at the top. With Cortese, Adkins, Lallana, Lambert and a pretty full 30,000 seater stadium there is no reason we can't be a top half Premier League stalwart in years to come. Kicking arse at the top of the NpC for a month or 2 has been great, but if it weren't for the prospect of promotion, would we actually care?

Best goal scored: Hammond vs Leeds. First goal back in the NpC, hits it from outside the area, on his left foot. Best Champagne moment: Lallana putting Pantsil on his arse to set up harding at the Walkers Best game so far: Brum. Biggest real test and we tore them... etc. Best player at this stage: Lallana. I wish I possessed the nescessary equipment to have his babies. Sadly I have to make do with worshipping his abilities as a footballer. Cork has been awesome too, with honourable mentions to Lambert and DC. Most Improved player: Richardson looks a lot better than last year. Hammond has raised his game amid stiff competition too.

Might be going. Depends on work, but will be a last minute decision. Anyone else planning on going from Liverpool?

Someone on TUI says he has heard from someone at the club it will definitely be Burnley at home. I don't normally post bullsh*t rumours, but this guy correctly predicted Hoiveld signing, Chamberlain to Arsenal, the 8-2 at Old Trafford, 9/11 and the German occupation of Poland so it must be true. Link: http://www.ohmygodicantbelieveyouareclickingthisyougullibleretardedfag.org.uk

He was like watching a tranquilised giraffe making a last ditch break for freedom.

Gordon Bennett. I remember wondering how that old fart managed to beat us 4 years ago. Can't believe he is 'only' 35.

Why? What has Theo done that Alex hasn't, other than p*ss off to warm Arsenal's bench 6 months earlier? I really don't get all the hate for AOC. He hasn't slagged the club off and always played to the best of his considerable tallent when he was here. I don't think he should have left, but if anything it will hinder him, not Saints. We have a fantastic squad and an extra £12m in our pockets, why so bitter? As for badge kissing, it's arse gravy. Alan Smith wandered around Elland Road kissing the badge after his last ever Leeds game. 2 weeks later he was at Man Utd.

Pointless trivia; the only current Saints player to have scored at a world cup.

Money is tight. People have already had to fork out for 2 home games in the last 10 days, Preston in the cup is probably a step too far for some. Plus this isn't included in the cost of the ST, so they will have to fork out extra too. TUI is complete horse plop at the best of times, but I'd say anywhere between 5-10k is about right for an unglamorous League cup tie.

He is either loaded, hung like a horse or she is a stealth moose. Unfortunately I smell like sweat and horse poo, so I have no experience with regards to your original question.

In short, no we can't keep up with Man City, nor will anyone else. Even Chelsea aren't capable of that kind of outlay on the accademy set up. However I do think we will invest in top level facilites, comparable to most teams in the top half of the Prem. We are not going to be spending out way to the top of the Prem, but we definitely have the capability to be up there, competing for European places. Comparisons with Man City really need a reality check. As Andy said, 7,000 seater stadium for the youth team is absurd. I doubt youth team matches for any club regularly top a couple of hundred. Don't get me wrong, they will have a fantastic facility if this does get built as planned, but it is a tad extravagant.

She was clearly playing Connolly onside.

Don't think I could stomache being a Coventry fan. It must be the most boring past time in Britain.

I would say that's fairly obvious. There's a recession on, people have much less disposable income and £25 a head for a football match is a luxury item. Let's say someone can only afford 1 home game a month. Would you spend it on a Wembley cup final, a promotion deciding final game of the season or a bog standard Saturday afternoon against Millwall? It's not that people are plastic, but £50 - £100 a month on football ticket's is more than many can afford. If people have kids and partners to take, you could be looking at £300 - £500.

Well on the plus side, he did plant one on Dean Windass.

If you want him to have any friends, don't call him Dominic or Keith.