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If anyone wants to know the formation this was the instruction from Wotte: Back 4 speaks for itself, Wotton in front of them, Surman and Gillet in midfield, Lallana in the hole and McGoldrick and Saganowski up front. Comment before the game from the person who told me this, "we will be playing a narrow game" And so it came to pass. All played their part well. Gillett was everywhere although a couple of poor passes late on. Surman 's game came to life when he had to move to left back. Great through ball for Saga's second. Euell did very well when he came on. Wotton was superb "Size" was the good old fashioned no nonsense centre half we have been missing of late Overall, they were all M.O.M You had to be there to appreciate the work rate. I am told the players moral is high, happy with Wotte, who is a hard man.

Good game. Saints full of heart, chased and challenged for the full 90+ minutes and deserved their point. Full moneys worth for me.

If that was the stumbling block, it is only my opinion putting things together, then I agree it might have been false economy and conflicts with what Cowen said. Some on this thread have said his attitude was good when he was out of the team. That conflicts with what I was told but I cannot blame him for that. I am sure it was part of Lowes plan to give a big helping hand to the high earners in the hope they would go. He failed and that tells us a lot about his lack of man management, as if we did not know already.

Should get to the ground about 2:30pm so I will have probably missed it.

Peaceful demonstrations are the cornerstone of democracy. Be safe, avoid disrupting those on lawful business or visit, listen to police advice and act accordingly. An opportunity of sending an important message, don't mess it up. Good luck.

Bloody hell, you are out of touch aren't you. Safri went....John is out of contract at the end of the season, Thomas has a long term injury

Hope all goes well Mark.

Just to try to put the record straight on Skacel earnings. He was not on £16,000 a week but nearer to half that. One of the problems was that he was on £1,000 a game appearance bonus. Was he any good? Not up to our expectations but an OK player in the Championship. Was he worth his wages and appearance money? Not in my opinion. Was he badly treated by the club? Most certainly. Will he go? I doubt it. Who would want to pay his wage demands?

Wilde lost the trust of those who supported him, affirmed the lack of trust some had of him when he first appeared on the scene. Those who were not sure have no doubt fallen into the non trust camp. Yes he appears universally mistrusted by supporters.

Good pick. I would leave McLaggon on the bench though. We need to introduce him carefully and selectively. So I would put Euell on the right and Lallana in the middle. Surman on the left is not his best position but he might be a bit more disciplined than the others to remain out wide and support Molyneau

No one will want him....he stays.

I am prepared to give Wotte a chance now he has been appointed as Head Coach and he is certainly spinning his way this week. Will we avoid relegation? I doubt it. I think the damage has already been done. Our next two home games might give us a clue.

In my early days, late 60's, we all packed to Milton Road End and the away support was at the Archers Road. There was a fantastic atmosphere, particularly when there was a heavy away support. Admit at that time it was mostly terrace standing which does make a difference and we often had 25,000 - 30,000 in the ground. Nowhere near the same atmosphere now.

I take issue with the Rasiak/Skacel loans being a deliberate attempt to reduce the wage bill. Rasiak was looking to move to enhance his chances of being included in the Poland Squad for the Europeans. Bolton came in with a loan offer we could not refuse according to Hoos. They were not actively looking to ship him out from the way it looks. Hoos asked Skacel if he was happy with Saints and he confirmed he was. Hoos then said he was disapointed Skacel changed his mind and asked for the loan move. However Davies was already on loan with a buy option when Crouch came back to power. All Crouch did was exercise that option on what, at that time, appreaed a good buy. He had a previous injury history but looked to have got over it. Just our's and Crouch's luck...he gets a long term injury again! Crouch was looking to cut costs and I am informed Deloittes and some of Crouch's advisors had drawn up a survival document that Barclays seemed to approve. Whether it would have worked is debatable. I wonder how much of Lowes strategy was based on that document. A fair bit I suspect. Closing the corners was certainly one of them. Getting rid of Pearson certainly was not!

Sorry but the answer is no. To many confidences and promises to my sources.

Yes, got mine on Monday.

One worry about all this is that with so many Swansea fans arriving in the city I can see trouble. Police will have their work cut out

I assume the Northam home fans area ie season ticket holders will still have their normal seats. It is just the Away area is how I read it. I put it up in case fans no on thedata base roll up for a ticket after the protest.

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I suspect he was pushed into resigning with a mutually agreed payoff. No evidence, no inside information, just a feeling I think many share.

I was told recently there was never any love between Poortvliet and Wotte. It was suggested Wotte was not happy to see Poortvliet brought in above him at the time.

BBC comment about Saints first half.....CLUELESS!!!

Euell is on the subs bench tonight

Well if the Administrator could pay off or restructure all the debts and the company was a going concern it would return to the shareholders after the Administator had taken his fat fee. That is very unlikely. So he sells the company to someone. It would not be a plc but there is nothing to stop the new owner being a plc or selling shares in the company on the open market. That would be my understanding but I have limited knowledge on the subject

Shares are suspended the moment an Administrator is appointed