Weston Saint

After a positive start with Saints Puncheon never looked the same after. He had a bit of pace and skill BUT his thinking was too slow. He got past players but whilst he thought about what to do next the defenders blocked him time and time again. There was clearly a problem with his attitude and general work rate. One poster who appears to have an inside track says there was a problem with him and our Assistant Manager. From that moment his time with Saints was limited. Could be, of course, that it gives him an opportunity of reigniting his form with a fresh challenge and a time to heal wounds but I suspect he no longer features in our plans. Chamberlain has been far far more successful. Lets look forward. Puncheon was ineffective most games. His skill flattered to deceive.

With alacrity

leftback, I am not sure of your motive but your posts of late give too much private information away, unless of course Lambert and Schneiderlin have said it can go in the public domain. Some of this is personal HR information. You appear to lack the judgement of what to disclose and what should be kept off the forum. Someone is likely to get found out soon.

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As a Manager you can prepare a team and tactics. You can work all week and then pick your best eleven. Once 3pm comes alll you can do is watch what they do, offer advice at half time and modify the tactics if the other team have changed the formation/tactics you expected them to play. You cannot go out there and play for them. The players in defence did not do what was fundamentally expected of decend defenders. It was not about tactics. Adkins can be questioned about players, particularly those that failed in defence. Harding has been a decent left back. He is not performing badly every game. Schneiderlin shold know how to defend. He is suposed to have a little bit of class but he is lazy. We scored two goals away going forward. It was defensive mistakes, not tactics. Five in Midfield when the opposition has the ball away from home is sound. When we have the ball it should immediately become 3 up front with 2 midfield holding high up the pitch and the other forcing the game forward.

Agree. He is not being given the ball enough playing out wide. Frustrating waste of his talent.

For supporters who thought Pardew was the Manager to take us forward and had a record of reasonable success then I suppose they will be underwhealmed, as you put it, with Adkins Management so far. For those who felt that Pardew was too negative and narrow with a lack of a tactical change during games, Adkins represents an improvement. Pardew was a "dead man walking". Cortese had seen to that in Pardew's eyes. From then in change was inevitable. Just like supporters, players and staff would have the same differing opinions. Adkins has to prove he can do the job. So far he is doing a decent job but soon he is going to have to crank it up. January will be an interesting time.

leftback, whoever he is or wants to be, has posted twice on this thread and I have to say his comments are worrying and to a certain extent he may have put the finger on why we are not flying with the team we have. Has Adkins won ALL the dressing room?. Why do some players not seem to want to play whilst others give 110%? I am not unduly worried by a defeat at Carlisle. They are a better side than the one we played last season. However, add that to the Huddersfield loss away and doubt begins to creep in. Then look at some of our recent home games were we have won but not really performed as a team and it says to me that we are not as good as we think we are. Fortunately it is still early enough in our season to put it right. We are up there with the rest and on the basis that we are unlikely to get any worse a playoff slot should be well within our grasp. I have doubts on automatic promotion and playoffs bring the risk of failure and the loss of some of our better players. Not a disaster but as leftback says, sort it out Mr Adkins. So far so good but not yet good enough for success of our 5 year plan.

There is no point taking a young player on loan if he is not going to be used, especially as there is no chance of a permanent deal if he is any good. We have Lambert, Barnard, Guly and Connolly. Surely Doble is the lad we should be giving a chance rather than blood a loan player from somewhere else without signing prospect.

Ormerod 1995–1997 Accrington Stanley 54 (32) 1997–2001 Blackpool 128 (46) 2001–2006 Southampton 98 (11) 2004 → Leeds United (loan) 6 (0) 2005 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 6 (2) 2006–2009 Preston North End 62 (13) 2008 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 13 (2) 2008 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 5 (0) 2009– Blackpool 57 (13) Barnard 2002–2008 Tottenham Hotspur 3 (0) 2002 → Exeter City (loan) 3 (0) 2004 → Stevenage Borough (loan) 4 (1) 2004–2005 → Leyton Orient (loan) 10 (0) 2005 → Northampton Town (loan) 3 (0) 2007–2008 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 10 (3) 2008–2010 Southend United 75 (35) 2010– Southampton 32 (13)

Look at Ormerod's goal scoring record for Blackpool at this level. Look at Barnards goal scoring record for Southend at this level. Very similar. Ormerod could not reproduce at a higher level but had a good work rate. Barnard has a good work rate. Can he do it at a higher level? Untried as yet but as Ormerod did not and Barnard might, I will take Barnard for now.

Perhaps I should add that I heard this from outside the club from a source close to the echo. Players demotivation was not not part of it.

Exactly.

leftbacks version of Mr Cortese.

Seems easy to understand as far as I am concerned. There was no fight. Pardew and Cortese did not get on. Training staff demotivated which fed into the players BUT they were 100% behind Pardew. I had heard similar things.

Final word. Enjoy your ashes tour.

It wasn't a competition!

Volgens hij linksback is niet erg blij

No, don't think I will bother Postie. You only make fleeting appearances on here (get it!!!) May be we can meet up at the Rose Bowl next season for a drink. You will find me in the Executive Club in the Robin Smith.

Rose Bowl has 10,000 on Friday and had to turn some away as capacity for the event reached. Organised events seem to be the order of the day

Rose Bowl has 10,000 on Friday and had to turn some away as capacity for the event reached. Organised events seem to be the order of the day

Davis - nothing much to do but 1 world class save Richardson - quiet game for me. Hardly noticed him there Jaidi - never put a foot wrong. May lack pace but still our best centre back with Fonte Seaborne - decent game but nothing outstanding Harding - not really at the races for me today. Could and shoulld have linked up more with Lallana Chamberlain - ok but drifted inside too much but still a great prospect. Chaplow - put himself about and I thought he had a decent game. Always trying Hammond - I know he is the holding midfielder but no where near enough effort from him. Poor header over the top when he should have scored! Lallana - Quiet first half because he did not receive the ball enough out wide. Good second half and probably my man of the match Barnard - running round or falling down without effect. Poor game Guly - seemed to be playing behind Barnard and not very effective. Couple of decent runs in the second half Connolly on for 3 minutes - 1 goal and 1 assist! Says it all Poor game and not worth the ticket money. Still we did win but not enough of the team are trying. Adkins still has a lot to sort out.

leftback was right again, Fonte is indeed on holiday with his wife and it is jst that, a short break to recharge his batteries. Wotton likely to join Oxford on loan. Could not find anything about Connolly. Puncheon tweeked his back yesterday. Forgot to ask about the Chief Scout!

Dan Lobb is a big Saints fan but one of Fridays guests is actually a season ticket holder at SMS

It's Weston, not Western, get your catchphrase correct leftie.