Fitzhugh Fella

A fair analysis

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Was on the bench for the game v Huddersfield so not that indespensable

You have a valid opinion but my guess is not many on here will agree. Adkins has so far done well this season but I sense the wheels on the bus are wobbling and whether he and Cortese can steady things will now be crucial. I have faith because both are capable but this is now a make or break week in respect of investment.

Ron thanks for the update. It is a shame though we have to get it from you and not the club

The voice of reason - at the end of the day we all lose out.

Have you ever read 1984?

This post deserves to be aired again - nice one Faz

I think your last sentence sort of sums up this whole thread in a nutshell

Good work and I think it proves this. Celtic are a much bigger team than Saints due to their support and their tradition, but nowadays play in an inferior league and, while they continue to do so, they will slowly and inexorably decline.

Doble's loan record is nothing like as impressive as Trotta's. Makes sense this - good back up for Rickie Lambert

Niaive?

OS article is confusing as it says he is still on the books of Juventus and then that Spurs have signed him permantly. Happy to have him on the bus - even temporarily - but sincerely believe the squad needs a boost by a marquee "better than what we already have" signing and not sure either Lee or Falque meet that criteria. Hopefully that big signing will happen but not sure it will.

Sorry don't agree with your last sentence. Barnard we can forget this season what with one thing and another, Connolly is good but brittle, Doble simply not good enough and Do Prado blows hot and cold. Look how we all panicked when Rickie picked up a 3 match ban - too much rests on his availability for us to expect/hope for automatic promotion.

As for turning the lights on at the start of the day and off at the end has no one told him all the light bulbs down at Fartton have been set to automatic dim for a few months now. Steve - seriously have you thought about making this thread into a book - all the profits could be used to buy them and finally put them out of their misery.

Hooiveld cannot be included as a new signing as he has been in the team since September. I am sure NA and NC are working hard behind the scenes because they KNOW what we have at present is probably not going to sustain an automatic promotion slot. I think they may have to push the boat out more than they want and there's the rub. Will NC be prepared to do that.

Hooiveld was not signed in the window

If Butterfield and Richardson are injured it begs the question why let Dickson go on loan to Yeovil?

Waitrose was horrible Interestingly only Charlie Wayman would have got to Lambert's total (74) in less games. Charlie had a 72% goal scoring record. The only others to get above 50% were George O'Brien 64%, Martin Chivers 57%, Derek Reeves and Ron Davies 55%, Bill Rawlings and Fred Harrison 53% Of course all Ron's goals were in the top flight

You got it in one

No - the clue lies in something that happened last month (18 Dec to be precise) which dislodged James Beattie from that list. Just off to Waitrose I expect a correct answer by the time I get back

To take minds off the transfer window - I will pose a question. What fact links the following 15 players but not for much longer Mike Channon, Matt Le Tissier Bill Rawlings, Terry Paine, George O’Brien, Derek Reeves, Eric Day, Ron Davies, Arthur Dominy, Martin Chivers, Tommy Mulgrew, Steve Moran, Fred Harrison, Danny Wallace and Charlie Wayman. To give you a clue James Beattie left the above group last month

Always a good idea to watch a player a dozen or more times before a) writing him off or b) hailing him as the new Mesiah.

AA's use of the word "fairly" throughout shows he is far from convinced.

I am struggling to move on from yesterday and think we lost because D'Urso made 4 really bad decisions in the first 51 mins. 1. Booking Harding for a really good tackle on C M-S. There was nothing wrong with it, it was hard it was fair and it was not dangerous - so why the booking which then led to more problems 2. Lallana goal that wasn't - just bad incompetance - if you can see a bad tackle that wasn't how come you can't see a goal that was? 3. The penalty when Lambert was pushed - as blatant as I have ever seen and D'Urso had a perfect view. Lambert was about to connect and got a massive shove that was impossible to simulate. 4. A few mins later Lambert was grappled to the ground and then stopped from getting to his feet; he did what anyone would do and stuck his arm out to fend off the pincer movement and the B+HA defender put his face in the way of Lambert's palm and did a dying swan act. I accept point nos 4 was dependable on what was seen when but how can you assault someone when you are lying on your back and trying to stand quickly. D'Urso's decision was so terribly wrong. Add those 4 decisions up and you have the reason why we lost. Personally can't see the point of football any more if you are robbed by poor ref's decisions. I wouldn't mind but is D'Urso going to held account.? Sorry just letting off steam. Normally I am a critic of saints but imo we would have won if anyone else but D'Urso was in charge. We must move on - the next month's transfer activity will reveal true intent.