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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!

There are certain positions I would never change on the field unless forced to do so by the player either being injured or having a mare. I wouldn't change the defence/keeper and I would take off the main goal threat. I would play Lambert in every game as a starter come what may. He scares defences, keeps the back four occupied and his free kicks are a constant threat. When you don't play your main goal threat it gives teams a psychological lift.

Things have changed since the 60s and 70s when you had your starting 11, a sub, and that was it. Clubs have squads now and managers select teams to do a job on the day. Thers is also the issue of injuries and suspensions. Bobby Gould made the point the other days that football used to be a lot more physical but players seem to pick up more injuries nowdays. Anyway, this forum can't even decide on who our best keeper is let alone our best starting 11! I don't doubt that Pardew puts a team out each game to get a result. Whatever that team is there will always be dissention and debate, especially if we draw. I won't say lose because we don't lose many matches (which would seem to indicate that Pardew is getting things right more often than he is getting them wrong).

Because some people (and we all know who they are) love to find a cloud for every silver lining. Huge result yesterday and good to see the new players slotting in so well. I stil think we are unlikely to make the play offs this season but, with a couple of decent additions in the summer, we look set for a decent crack at the lague next season.

Apart from Beattie and Davies, those players were royally slagged off as being useless when they were with us!

What has Ron Davies got to do with it??? If you are talking about Lowe, he was geting ripped to shreds the day the moment he took over as, like Cortese, he wasn't a "football man".

It just seems odd to me that you could be in a cup winning team whilst having been knocked out of the competition earlier with another???

So we can't critically discuss ML and NC but it is quite okay to pull Lowe, Crouch, Wilde, Burley, Redknapp, Kelvin Davies, Rory Delap, Matty Oakley, Wigley, Gray, Wright etc etc etc apart??? Personally, apart from Cortese's childish behaviour with the Echo and foolish outburst about results (he should back his manager in public even if he gives him a hard time behind closed doors) I don't have an issue with the bloke. What I do find funny though is the fact that somehow he is fireproof??? Lowe had all kinds of abuse thrown at him for falling out with the Echo, pulling the plug on deals because he thought they were too expensive, not being a football man etc, but someone those things don't seem to matter any more? Hmmmm.....one rule for one......

I don't think it was a policy. Maybe he had to wait to get the guy he wanted. Just a shame we couldn't have got Andrew Davies in sooner.

Players come, players go. Hopefully he will stay but if he does move we will replace him just as we replaced Ron Davies, Mick Channon etc etc.

Wow, bit harsh!!! I can recall some outfielders mistakes that cost us the pay off final place.

If he had gone to West Ham, as many of us thought he would, he might not have played many games but he would have earned a lot more money. He showed great loyalty by staying and the manager seems to think that he is the 1st choice keeper so until that changes this really doesn't matter. As for yesterday, Porstmouth beat us because they took their chances and we didn't, not because we had Davis in goal.