Charlie Wayman

We are so inconsistent that it is most likley that we will fall by the wayside on the run in and never make a serious challenge for sixth spot. Beating QPR will be fine but it's the teams above us that we need to beat to close the gap.

Not sure he will have any options beyond Saints with his injury record. Nobody will take a chance on him unless he bangs in fifteen or twenty goals before the season's end.

Certainly a disappointing performance from Saints but Jones team had done their homework, sat deep and frustrated all our efforts to penetrate their front line. Kudos to them but it highlighted the lack of creativity in our team and to a certain extent a lack of leadership when the going gets tough. Scant pickings for Sienza and Fellows today as they were well marshalled by their fullbacks. Fellows had another poor game irrespectively of the close marking and seems to have lost confidence. IMO it was a mistake to start him over Matsuki who has been performing dynamically in recent matches. The high spot for us was undoubtedly Stewart's well taken header, really classy stuff from the big man. Their goal was disappointing; awful defending by Stephens and Manning allowed Carey far too much space to pick his spot but Peretz could have and should have done better and will have nightmares after his howler. Charlton did not deserve a point but Saints showed that they still have much to do to convince that they really are serious candidates for promotion. On this showing they are not. We can expect a similar pattern of play on Tuesday evening and if we can't come uo with some clever tactics to overcome visitors sitting back in a low block at SMS in the meantime, one fears our season will start to peter out.

So, what about KWP? How's he doing?

Surely his next step is with us into the Premier League!

Peretz Bree THB Stephens Manning Downes Jander Matsuki Azaz Scienza Stewart

Sensitive soul. He should spare a thought for referees who suffer this insult at every single match in which they officiate.

Very winnable and a good test of our progress and where we are.

…but he does often and most importantly he is a tiger, chasing everything, getting stuck in when off the ball and never giving up. IMO he is a better bet than Fellows because his final ball is always into lethal areas. The lad is a class act. It will not surprise me at all if he gets the nod over Fellows to start on Saturday.

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He'll sign a new contract, stop worrying.

No doubt Eckert will bask in the glory of this win and the impact of the U21 lads, who were managed by him once but in truth he is a very lucky boy indeed. He picked a side to lose the match. no doubt about that but the stiffs confounded his plan by playing out of their skins and pulling off an unlikely victory. One hopes that in triumph there will be more than a touch of humility on his part as well, recognising that this was a player's victory and not the result of some master technician's devious plan.

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What fans? SMS will be half empty.

Two up and two down worked perfectly for years without all this play-off nonsense and nobody then thought it boring or lacking competition. In fact quite the opposite, everyone was in it to win it. In the old 3rd South and 3rd North only one team was promoted IIRC. Already, too many poor teams are promoted from all divisions these days and the yo-yo phenomenon has emerged. The proposed new system is likely to exacerbate this and could lead to a decline in playing standards across the leagues. LCD and all that!