East Kent Saint

Did the fans select the team today ????

Mahrez now linked to Manure in Jan , Leicester going the way of Saints ! Used to think the American Football draft system was strange but perhaps a fairer allocation of players would trim the rich clubs here .

Just buying players doesn't seem to be the answer as seen at ManU ! with no win in 6 games after massive investment . They seem to be playing a similar game to Saints with the accent on defending and not getting forward quickly enough to cause opposition much of a problem coupled with missing scoring chances . We need someone who can shoot up front Pelle has a good shot on him but seems to go for the near impossible flick / deflection etc when trying to score . Perhaps Ron has got fed up with lack of investment and has now hit a brick wall like Jose M. With Van G. now looking dodgy perhaps clubs/fans need to reset their expectations in future . In the mean time I would like to see Saints players and Ron start to play with a bit of joy , slagging your team off in public doesn't usually work . Hoping for a burst of form soon before we make the next trip down , even a surprise Jan signing . PS Wanyama's passing , well I remember him passing from his own half to put one of our men in on goal but it beat everyone and went for a goal kick !

But only one home win in the prem today , maybe 2 after NUFC , holiday season usually throws up some odd results as well . Even so we need a win to get going again....

Is Our owner still involved as before ? No mentions/pictures lately as per previous season ?

Interesting to see Stoke got their just deserts ie yellows and red cards yesterday and lost , I think we would of won as well with a decent Ref !!!!

Totally unintelligible from start to finish , saw the camera kissing but the rest ......

Tibet mentioned above , I thought the empire was clear of that one but it turns out we managed to kill 30 000 Tibetans when we invaded Tibet to 'protect' it from Russian influence back in the 1800s.

Thought their cross was partly blocked which took the pace off it and dropped it nicely for the scorer . Their back four were totally solid all game which made our reliance on endless crosses frustrating , at least Mane looked like he was trying to change that when he came on but final ball not quite good enough. If Stoke weren't so 'dirty' they would be seen in a better light !

Fans need something to cheer about , Stoke ensured we didn't , how Stoke didn't see 2 red cards and we didn't get a pen was a mystery . Their 26 spent the whole match trying to wrestle Pelle to the ground , numerous after the ball lunges took out a saint and the ref waves advantage ! We spent the whole match banging crosses that were easily dealt with etc Not the fans fault , bring back Shearer a player who could score from 30 yards out or the 6 yard box etc ....

According to article in Guardian today Saints are third in the Shots on Goal prem table ! Teams like manure are nowhere . So we are in fact brilliant !!!

Watching MotD Van Dijk was beaten when defending 2 or 3 times , he seemed to make the right moves to keep the attacker away from goal but still got beaten. Does he need more advice from Ron or would he be better in midfield ?

That's the end to our annual income from sales ......

Cork subbed last week and gets 5 mins today , past his prime ?

Who has upset the BBC ? hardly and time given to the match and near the end. Fonte's block , was it a penalty ? he didn't go into the player , the player ran into him after passing ? MotD seemed confused by the ref as well !

iOS9 now has pop up blocker , turn that on ! There was a ad blocker app which blocked all ad links thus speeding up downloads when browsing but that has been withdrawn by the coder who wrote it saying it was too much money to earn for so little work !!!! (another Gaston obs) There is an ad blocker app still available for iphone to try etc

except England's WC was a fix by FIFA to reward the inventors of the game , sending off the Argie and awarding random goals in the final meant FIFAs obligation was fulfilled hence no more WC s for England . If Greaves and Paine were picked we might have won anyway but these things are not discussed openly just a tacit understanding that it was England's turn .....

Despite his lack of shooting etc he was usually a joy to watch ghosting past the opposition so his leaving was a disappointment but as even Fonte with a new agent is agitating for a new contract / move one tends to lose faith in the modern game. The Prem has gone the same way as F1 with the side effect of weakening the England players chances of development .

As with Everton Euro was a completely disasterous way to start a Prem season for Saints , so back to the Prem and after 10 matches we will see where the season is going !

Sorted now after ringing Ticket Office ! Alloction to be done at basket stage before paying apparently.

Have bought 2 Swansea tickets with a mate as Friend and Family but but both tickets were allocated to my account , he had selected me as F&F as well and during the process it said to allocate to accounts before you pay for them , clicked on the link and it showed mate as F&F but no ideas as to how to allocate to accounts . Too late now I presume but what's the trick to allocate one ticket to my account and the other to the F&F ?

Arsenal pursued Cambers from the Jan window until they signed him , I think he would have been impressed by that, unfortunately it hasn't turned out so well . I expect he will hang around for another season or two not playing much then be sold on/loaned out .

Jose's comments are after a bid has been put in by the club and all the comments in the press etc , this seems to be accepted by clubs these days . "Tapping up" has traditionally been done in secret before any bids are put in to get the player interested without the knowledge of his club . This is what causes upset at clubs IMO as you all probably know already !

I'm positive about this signing , once he is tuned into the Saints coaching he will be an asset IMO !

Two things ; re sell on clause buy out , I think Saints were desperate for cash so a few £M was good at the time. Who was predicting the progress Bale would make , nor 'array!Re players moving to 'big' clubs , It seems that players are looking to make THE move that will secure them financially for life , they don't necessarily do well at the 'big' club but have made it !