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His tactics were horrendus yesterday. 1.) you don't beat a team camped in their 18 yard box with pure pace. What is there to get behind, the touchline? 2.) Wtf, we lose our best player in Lallana, so he compounds the error by taking Ramirez, and sticking him out of position on the left, where he is not involved and is wasted. Everything he did was when he came into the middle of the pitch. So basically we were missing our both of our best creative midfielders, (you need them to unlock a team camped on their 18 yard line)! Nice way to help Villa and handicap ourselves. However, His changes were good. De ridder got at villa with some actual skill and was dribbling through quite a few of them. actually gave us some penetration. (Shock appearance though, but I think he did allright tbh.) Only downside to him was his delivery swasn't brilliant, although 50% accuracy on crosses. Puncheon on the other hand was a **** stain all evening. I don't want to even go there with him, just dribbles like a headless chicken then never looks up or got the ball caught in his feet. He sucked donkey balls. Guly did okay, had some good ball control and strength which is what we needed, keep forgetting what a tank he can be. Personally we should have had JRod on for Lambo, Guly on for punch and de ridder on for mayuka - all on 50min, gone for a 4-3-3 and got at them with ramirez in the whole, but as per usual, Nigel left it to late to and made the wrong subs for me. I love nigel to bits, but yesterday the tactics were off and the players let him down big time. Especially Lambert, punch, cork, morgan and Gaston. To be honest, the only player who stood out for us was 17 year old shaw, and even at 80min he was one of the most positive energetic players we had, still doing a driving run into the box when certain other players had long since switched to half arsed mode!

Thank christ we are not playing chelsea in the league any time soon!! That could have been us!

We will beat city.. have no fear. We are their bogey team we were always going to lose today... Team with no interest in attacking play comes to sms = defeat as for today. Nigel ducked up. We'd lost lallana so he thought he get rid of our other best player by sticking him out of position on the left. Genious. Also nice to sed do prado getting boo'd when he came on.... I must have missed puncheon playing at least average or something.

I don't think I am usually guilty of that. In contrast, I looked into this thread thinking it was an interesting transfer story. Its not lets be honest. I scrolled down though, reading what I thought was a interesting discussion about the club interacting with the fans. It's not that either. What it is is a selection of the usual WUMS sat around taking the **** and looking for a bite (which you've managed several of - hi 5!) before turning into a slagging match with handbags at dawn. Its boring, and your post initial post I replied to summaries this perfectly.... well put! As for this new "transfer" I've not noticed any changes with the club, but then that isn't surprising if he doesn't start until January is it really? Anyway, I'm done intervening in this teenage spat, if the MODS don't step in then what is the point of bothering yourself on this forum. All you get for it is being called a troll by people who are trolling - flapping time!!!

Just reading through this thread and others, your self righteous post summed up how I feel about you (some times) now stop getting your handbags out - its embarrassing, you give it large all the time, and if you can't take a bit back then that's not my fault is it?? Basically, considering the 3 of you are all (i presume) grown men.... do you not think you should grow a pair rather than having a flapping at each other on an online football forum. God know's what other clubs think of us....

Lol, didn't know you wrote autobiographies...

You can see my all round confidence in the result from this post, and the amount I change my mind :~

I would not be averse to seeing Lee in the team actually. Adkins obviously liked him from all the hype he gave him last season. Reminded me of Pardew whacking off about Puncheon - and he was proved right in the end. His injured spell is over and he's started to look good in the development fixtures. Who else do we have to play Left midfield really. And if you can't try him against one of the worst teams in the league... what is the point in having him. Personally I think we will see him on the bench. I wouldn't be totally suprised if Do Prado is CAM with GRam out on the left. And punch-eon on the right. Alternatively, we could go for Mayuka right, punch left and GRam middle. Lots of options. Of course there is also JayRod left... he started to gain some confidence. Whatever we pick, I am starting to get nervous about this one. Sunderland have picked up the last few games, and are up for this game, they are definetley not underestimating us like some of the others. And lets be honest, reading were ****, qpr were ****, and Newcastle were knackered. We have been looking better than we actually are and this one will be a real test for us. If you think otherwise then i reckon you are in for a shock this weekend!!!

I'm sorry but I don't think calling someone a name that they are not is in anyway crossing so far over a line that we need a thread about how non Political correct it is. Please grow a pair. I agree whole heartily with the view that insulting/abusing someone because/about THEIR mental illness is utterly unacceptable OFC. But calling someone a spaz on a internet forum. Bugger me with a small wooden fork..... that is a serious internet crime. People are right, we are turning into a fanbase of wet fannies!

£3m net spend from foot of league 1 to premier league.... ****ing terrible record that!!!

I apreciate that you feel you are in the centre of a bunch on lunatics talking crap out their arse, but to hold frimpong up as a good signing........................................................................................... oh dear.

Basically, if you didnt by and htc when you could have afforded one, and flash doesn't work. I have no sympathy for you. I hope that is helpful Charlie! Support htc!

Basically, I want the sash back next season! That kit was fantastic, as was last years championship home + away. Why have we ****ed around with this seasons **** designs? Its not complicated. Give us a kit with a diagonal stripe(s) and a yellow and blue away strip. The end. Failing that give us or traditional red and white vertically striped shirt. And let us buy our 3rd (i mean away) kit u mongtard merchandising people. ****ers.

Sorry to set up a parallel thread for this, but would be genuinely interested to see the proportion of fans count as a success this season at this point in time. I saw that Hypo has said virtually 100% of fans would go for survival as the answer, and in fairness its hard not to agree with him... but lets get an official count ^_^ I don't know how/cant't set up a poll - can anyone do the honors? 1.) Valiant batter, relegation, squad retention and return as champions? 2.) Survival 3.) Survival and a cup run 4.) Mid table is a success - Survival would be average 5.) We want Europe!!!

Ahem, we need to beet chelsea and get another home draw to wear it more than twice surely? Clashes with stoke and sunderland so thats them out, man utd where white and red, scratch them, noone else wears red so we will wear the home strip. Therefore it's going to get worn twice this season unless we beat chelsea?? Or have I missed some teams?

I am very confused - In order to be a regular spectator at St Mary's you are by definition not working class? I admit that I have grown up post working class/middle class war, but surely to have £30 a week to splash on leisure doesn't quite seem to be working class to me. That or you are spending peoples taxes (benefits) on tickets and tea/beer - whatever is your fancy? Now you can work hard for a living, but if you've got a bit of cash as a result you aren't middle class surely?

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Or butland is just not ready and not worth the hype maybe? From what I have seen he is a forecast in the making... okay not quite that bad, but he clearly isn't going to cut it. That has been obvious since the olympics.

Messi has played 6 more games and a lot of them are the equivalent of man its whacking off against Yeovil. I suspect that man its with van persi would beat the record without much difficulty if let them have a season in Barcelona's place. I don't get y people fawn over messi. Yes he is one of the world's greatest ever players but he is not the greatest. He's has won **** all frankly. And he is playing for apparently the world's best team... Ever. Who happen to have won **** all in the grand relative scheme of greatest ever teams. Sheesh. Also. All but 8 of his goals are from inside of the box. So I would suggest that Marty had something that messi doesnt.

Well said Turkish. I missed the reading game and this thread is the first I've heard of the evet. However its is a disgrace to boo guly before he has even set foot on the pitch. Mongtard fans. It may though ha e the effect to galvanise the fans in his favour. I willalso be telling anyone who does it to shut up in the future. And I agree with your comments about keyboard crusaders who do nothing when it really matters. If people love saints as much as they seem/claim to to then they have a role in maintaing the club for other people. And that means stamping down on retard pompey fan wannabes amongst our fan base. Also, I agree with chez in saying that guly has often looked allright when he's come on and was actually one of our better players against west ham. I think he can do well at this level... But unfotunatley he is a confidence player and situations like this will not help him. Support the saints. They've taken us from the foot of league 1 to 15th in the land and certainly deserve better than a booing. If you can't give the guy who scored 10 goals to get us back to the prem then seriously.. **** off?

Williams' winner for bristol rovers at st marys. 3-2. Gutting but fantastic strike

No... Just no!

This thread.... Mr cringe

I think you've maybe missed the point Turkish. Our halftime entertainment is about fans having fun. I reckon we have a ew returning fans and a lot of new younger ones. if they can watch good football and enjoy halftime it may get them hooked. it also made the news and is top video o. BBC sports most watched list. that will get a few more people from the local area into the ground and for me. it adds a bit of the fun family atmosphere that I remember when I started going and which has been missing inthe last 10years. no.e of these are bad things and why not be proud that are clubs put on a good laugh at halftime. ts all good entertainment after all

********, i agree about our legs being gone. now dreading saturday