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I didn't get that feeling , they showed our chances plus the highlights showed Bertie playing very well ( so City buy him ?) praised Forster's saves etc I felt upbeat having watched it .

Well 3 ex Saints managers at other Prem clubs , I would rate Poch the best followed by ? Puel I suppose then Pardew

He did kick up a fuss but was told to stay another season , after being out of the squad until it was resolved , so his objective of playing for France and champions league came to nothing . I think he may have got back in the France squad if he had stayed at Saints but he had probably peaked by then .

If Koeman could have clung on and Pardew gets WBA there would of been 4 ex Saints managers at Prem clubs !! apart from supplying players for the top 6 and other clubs who think they are top 6 but aren't !!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42094924 So sacking a manager works unless you are called Portsmouth . Sack him now !

I don't want Saints to get relegated in case we do a double relegation again , Sunderland showing worrying signs , the report on last nights loss says they lacked creativity and penetration up front as well showing vulnerability in defense while having periods of good play and possession they never looked like scoring during those periods , sound familiar ???

I think you will find that the club board will not take much notice of fans twitter storms , falling gates and income maybe , loss of EPL millions even more .

Excellent OttawaSaint !!!

Surely this has been been coming for a couple of seasons due to Kat wanting to get out of a club she inherited rather than wanted . The tight financial management (aka austerity) meant that transfers had to be more or less self financing so it was no point getting in a top manager who wanted to buy success which is why Koeman threw his hand in (apart from the £6M) Puel was the result but the club bottled it and got a worse replacement who wouldn't ask for new players at vast expense . Conclusion would have been better to keep Puel , now club will need a top manager AND give him a budget for big players . It is no coincidence that the top 6 could put out 2 elevens plus a reserve of loan players to call on. You need a big squad to compete in just the prem these days , injury to a key player can stop progress in a few games . If we want to stay in the prem and do well the new man will have to invest , if not we will have to float to our natural level which could be the championship.

Sorry CB Fry but of all the things I have read about the Saints I don't remember hearing about his backroom staff even on here . I read a fair amount about Black and our GK coach though but no mentions of MPs mates !! Still thanks for updating me . My memory still links to Chivers , Paine , Mcgrath etc .......

I think it was strange when MP came here that he didn't insist on having his own assistants , perhaps he was so inexperienced he didn't know you could do that or perhaps he didn't know anyone !!

Of our ex managers two lost 2-0 and the other is unemployed ! We need a young energetic manager (no not Pullis ) . but who ? No idea as seemingly good managers turn out to unable to cope at their new club . At best you can expect one good season before the player merry go round turns your team into toothless wonders . No one comes to mind as a likely replacement Guardiola could get a bit more out of this bunch but ....

but his job is to play in front of 30 thousand people every week , not only that he gets paid more money in a week than we get in a year . Some goal keepers seem to go downhill and not recover , take Carson , one goal playing for England seemed to ruin his career. Although the ball did hit a divot and bounce over his foot !! If only Mcclaren had played James they might have qualified ....... Catching the ball cleanly seems to be a rare event for Forster this season so it's no wonder he got a cheer , perhaps if he had taken a bow or waved to the crowd he could had felt better . We can only hope the club has a decent sports mind doctor !

Traditionally players get a premium when sold in Jan ......

Yeah get Shelvy in for his passing ability , release Gabbi into the box with a through pass etc

Turn it on it's head , if Koeman hadn't been our manager already would we be excited if Les was replacing Pellingino with him now ?

BFS wants the USA team job , apparently.

Obviously the sound team need to do some more work on this to get the right balance between bleeding ears and inaudibility !

I remember my Dad taking me to the Dell back in the 60s , Ipswich were 1 up with minutes to go and the crowd were streaming out early but then Saints got the goal back to end 1-1 so nothings changed apart from the away fans being sectioned off !

Watching MotD keepers like Begovic Elliot etc were making numerous saves all match , where as Forster had one crucial save to make and got nowhere near the ball , is something wrong with his eyesight ?? or does he take a sleeping pill before each game ??

A few against the run of play results for Saints coming right up !!!!!

I thought he was back on form before he had his leg snapped in two , amazing that the defender didn't even get a yellow card ! Players are never 100% once they come back from major injury , think of Shearer after his achilles snapped . I can see that he wasn't the fittest but what off field problems are being refered to ??

The decline is due to economics , since Kat realized she could not afford to pump money into the club we have been trying to survive by buying low and selling high . Unfortunately , like most clubs outside the top 6 money bags, we cannot afford top players nor have a massive squad mainly loaned out nor compete to bring in the best young talent for future years. Leicester managed for one season by classic breakaway attacking but they have lost their best midfielders to Chelski and the rest of the clubs can now counter their formation (apart from Everton). Guardiola has now produced an excellent team BUT he had to spend big then beat them into shape as well as modifying his tactics , The difference is he has been able to buy top talent to start with , they have the skill and he has managed to get more out of them by coaching as well as threatening their place in the team or even at the club until they get it or get out.

It is not only the squad players the big 6 buy it is the youngsters and in Chelsea's case they seem to have nearly dozens of players out on loan as well. I remember when Seri A was at it's financial peak and their big clubs were buying players just to stop other clubs playing them ! I wonder why our club is struggling to bring players through to the first team , are all the quality youngsters being snapped up and put through the big 6 system first ?

How do you put posters on ignore again ????