Charlie Wayman

Beeb seems to have lost its voice?

That doesn't follow ar all. We didn't know then what we know now. Very few if any of our players had broken through on their potential in the way that they did under Eckert later in the season. None of our players would have attracted much interest last Christmas even if they had been put up for sale.

Unless we need the money there will be pressure from the club for players to honour their existing contracts even at the expense of future losses in transfer fees. If we then get promoted the balance sheet will sort itself out. We would know by Christmas of the likelihood of promotion so players more likely to be allowed to leave in the January window than now.

The key will be THB.. If he stays most of ythe others will as well.

It's not about "Why do it" it's about the timing. The 'Why' is obvious, gather as much information as possible about your opponents before you play them and work out your strategy, tactics anmd otions accordingly for the match . We'd be on his back for gross negligence if he didn't do that. Most things in life are about timing.

The same might be said about your post!

Who's telling the truth though? I don't trust the Beeb for one minute, they seem to be revelling in Saints' misery and this 'new' artcle is not at all balanced. Are they trying to influence the FA? Just asking…………..

Trophies should be shared if no outright winner after ET. What's wrong with sharing, each club gets a replica trophy for the year and prize money is split.

What happens on Mars is of not much interest on here

We've got Ryan Manning, I know which one we can trust.

How many times do we deserve to be punished as a club? Surely enough is enough now! Stop the bloody witch hunt.

That's terrible news. Poor lad, tragedy for his family. RIP

Nah!

Was Eckert good because he spied on opponents or is he good anyway? With all the corruption going on in football worldwide, I am happy to forgive this relatively minor indiscretion and keep him here provided that the players are still prepared to work with him. I am hoping that if players like THB, Jander and Scienza are happy to give it another go then the rest will fall into line. We have the basis of a very good team assembled here and if we can keep 90% of it together then things might not turn out so badly in the end.

come on you tigers!

It's not over yet…...

Don't be so bloody soft, the bloke knew exactly what he was doing @ just following orders, sir!

Cheer up, it'll all be forgotten in a couple of weeks.

Yes. Shame that Larin lost his touch when it mattered most. Fellows has been a disappointment although Eckert still seems to see something in him. I'd rather have a battler like Matsuki with an eye for goal even if Fellows provides better defensive cover for Bree.

Tough times ahead. Squeeky bum time tonight.

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No way was it our "plan" to sit back in the first half and invite them to give us a battering. They came out of the blocks gunning for us, rocked us onto the back foot before we could settle and all we could do was to resort to rearguard action. They were by far the better team and should have been out of sight at HT. Credit to the coaches for lifting the team for the second half and spotting ways to neutralise their threat; thus enabing us to settle, slow the pace and start to play our game rather than theirs. Maybe 'born tired but it was us that had to do all the first half chasing so our lads were probably even more knackered than them. It was a tactical victory but only in the sense that we stopped the rot. We did not deserve anything from this match other than taking a good look at ourselves in the mirror. Tuesday is not going to be an easy stroll to Wembley Way, if we don't pull up our socks over this weekend there is every chance that this is all going to end in tears in front of our home fans.

dirty tricks to unsettle us

Clinging to straws

The lads need to pull up their socks second half or we could lose this one through complacency. Archer needs hooking and Charles doesn't look that bothered. Scienza needs a goal to restore his confidence.