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I think we can at last look at keeping our better players and adding to them rather than selling them.

Trouble is we are all not behind Pardew 100%. There are plenty here waiting to jump on his back after the next 0-0 draw against a lower placed side and plenty here willing to see him go next Chistmas if we aren't looking like automatic promotion certs.

Apart from his very public statement about the results not being good enough! If I had been Pardew I would have been very angry about that. These things should be said behind closed doors not in public. Cortese has a job to do and so does Pardew. Part of Cortese's job is to support his management team. Every team has poor results and performances in a season. If Cortese is going to spit his dummy out every time we don't roll a side over I can see any manager with a backbone getting hacked off with him. When we heard about Lowe getting "involved" in team affairs he was roundly slagged off. Really, what is the difference with Cortese??? Let Pardew manage. Bring in the players he needs if you can. Other than that, leave well alone.

Half way through a match??? Hmmmm

Oh joy, no pressure then!!!

Once upon a time wins at home and draws away would see you okay. Now you have to win at home and away. Walsall may well have been pants against us on the day but so were we against Brighton. It is all about maintaing a level of consistency - something even Leeds are have problems wity right now.

Pardew is doing a decent job and should be given the time to see it through. Those cretins who are looking ahead and want him out the door should eff off and support Portsmouth. Try and see the benefits of getting behind the manager and supporting him and not just when his team wins 5-1 at home.

Perhaps Cortese complained because we didn't score 6?

Jeez you talk twaddle. Not once did I say that Burley lacked resources. Poortvilet did though. There are a lot of teams that have spent a great deal of money with nothing to show for it.

Because some people have no patience and think that you can buy promotion. Pardew should be given the job until the end of next season come what may. We are unbeaten in the league since he brought new players in but I think most rational people can see that were are still one or two players short of stepping up into the Norwich/Leeds area. At some point we are going to have to support a manager and back him longer than a period between transfer windows.

I expect every supporter will find a reason to feel that his or her team should be doing better. When two teams walk out onto the pitch that is a real leveller and it is 11 against 11. Price tags don't count for much. Man City fans will probably feel that they should be doing a lot better considering the cost of their team would pay off the national debt of a small country. Could we be doing better? Of course. Could we be doing worse? Yes we could. How much did Roy Keane spend on his Ipswich team? £8m was it?

Good post Mark but sadly some people seem to support SFC so that they can wallow in negativity. I remember Birmingham sitting at the top of the CCC a couple of years ago and a faction of fans giving Steve Bruce grief so I suppose all clubs have them. It doesn't bother me that they are negative, that is their right. What bothers me is that they feel they have the right to come and p*ss on everyone else's chips all the time! Perhaps they should forn their own forum (called Doomwatch) and wallow in their collective gloom!

Why? At some point we are going to show some faith in a manager. God knows this place has been full of wailing and the gnashing of teeth about how many managers we have gotten through. It will be a tough call for any club to get automatic promotion next season. If we make the play offs I shall be more than happy. All you can do is put yourself in with a shout.

You know you have problems when you start talking about youself in the third person! Still back to the results. 4 points way from home not to be sneezed at. We are not going to roll over teams every time. Often it is harder to play the poorer sides than the better ones but we have proved that we can "do" Norwich, by far one of the strongest teams in the divison, and that is more important than a draw at Wycombe. Still not beaten this year. This time last year we couldn't buy a win. We HAVE made progress, just because we don't play like Brazil every game it is no reason to be negative.

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I wouldn't be surprised to see a few more players come in in the summer. Starting on the same points as everyone else will be nice. I think we shall be a lot more competitive next season ad hopefully more consistent but those who think we are certs for promotion were not around in the 70's when it took LM sveral seasons to get promotion with a decent side which included the likes of Mick Channon. Leeds have not found it easy to rebuild. We need to be patient but it won't happen. If we are off the pace come Christmas the usual suspects will be after Pardew.

Andrew Davies, Kevin Davis, Gareth Bale, Baird.

The Beatles did a few cover versions when they started out but soon gave that up as they had so much good material of their own. They didn't record it and I can't imagine them playing it live. Can't remember when Mrs Robisnon came out but The Beatles stopped touring in 1966 and I think that MR came out after that?

I used to tap the ball to one side and our centre forward used to have a pop from the half way line. He scored a couple like that and it certainly got the match off to an interesting start!

Yes there was.

No they didn't.

I have been supporting the Saints since 1966. Guess what? Every season we have had good results, average results and poor results in various measures. It will happen next season and every season to come. After the 10 point deduction and the slow start promotion was always going to be tough. We have not had a bad season and the signs are there for a decent crack at promotion next season. Some of you need to grow up and stop being so precious. How many seasons have we had a trip to Wembley to look forward to?

Here we go again, get a good result and we are world beaters and everyone loves Pardew, get a draw away from home and it is the end of the world and Pardew out! LOL

Of those three only Owen is an out and out striker.

Indeed, but that might be Pards best team but if it gets beaten there will be plenty here who would take issue with the selection!