Charlie Wayman

The signs are not good. We have our own example of Ricky Lambert's to gauge how well Adams should fare in the PL as opposed to the Championship. Ricky of course adapted very quickly to every levels at which he played. Goals in his first PL match (ManC - away) and his first appearance in a Three Lions shirt is testimony to that. Ricky is the benchmark and Che looks a poor second in comparison. He seems not to have the craft, guile or adaptability for the task that faces him. If Obafemi can show us a moment of magic in otherwise one-dimensional performances then surely Che Adams can show us something. You get runs in teams when you deserve them not because you happen to be on the books and somebody thinks you deserve a chance.

Ah! The extravagance of a new poster. Never mind you'll soon pick up the local language lad.

We'll soon find out the currency of being "one of our own". Local lad, comes home, makes good should result in him staying here forever.

Jimmy Melia?

Should be enough.

What we don't want to do now is shatter our newly restored self-belief by putting out a weakened team, giving away silly goals and then not being able to pull it back after bringing back our better players from the bench. OK give Danny a rest and maybe Redmond and Armstrong but otherwise stay unchanged McCarthy Cedric Bednarek Stephens Bertrand Hojberg Ward Prowse Boufal Djenepo Adams

He'll be staying put. Ralph loves him and Bertie. Strange how he's dome a 180 on thees two players having more or less sidelined him earlier in the season. I'd offer Cedric a two year contract to help us develop his eventual successor.

Best not to count too many chickens just yet.

The big question is what has changed in our backroom set-up 'cos sure as hell something has. It's not all about Ralph chaps

Yes oh Yes oh Yes! Up to 12th

Hope he will not be leaving this month. He looked really committed and up for it when he returned from loan in the summer but having not been given much game time by Ralph, one could understand that he might have decided to call it a day here.

Saints have benefitted most from VAR this season.

Not unpopular at all. Best to ignore the anti-Cedric clan on here.

They should have been three or four up at HT

We beat them here last season although luck played its part. We are better and meaner this season so no reason to fear the big club hype.

Also depends upon which Saints side turns up. It'll be 1-1 in my view although Stephens willingness to keep an eye on Kane for 90 mins may be the key

You pedant, why pick on one player. Cedric is one of the best and gutsiest players we have; if you think Valery has anywhere near his quality then you will get a very rude awakening if your wish came true. Anyway Ralph is not as daft as you seem to be and Cedric will. not only not be going anywhere in Jan but will also be offered a new contract in the summer unless he wants away. Get used to it!

The common factor in our good away form is that we always play in yellow/ grey. The common factor in our poor home form is that we always play in Red & White. Can it be just visibility that aids our fast passing game, easier to pick out our own players? Yellow / Black is always associated with danger to life. Maybe just maybe this is a factor in our comparative success away? Simple solution really Ralph, ditch the red & white and play in yellow/grey for the rest of the season home and away.

Ings' second against Villa was breath-taking, how he scored from that angle as he pivoted was remarkable. As one who suggested that we should reneged on the £20m outstanding payment in June because of his fragility I am quite willing to eat humble pie. I guess in a Sky Blue shirt he might score as many as Sterling or Aguero. He would certainly suit their style of play.

Adams looks lazy to me and will not track back. He is an orthodox centre forward running the channels or waiting for crosses but seems to have no other strings to his bow. In effect "off the ball" Adams is next to useless so perfectly obvious why Ralph doesn't give him much game time. Time and again Ralph demands recovery action off the ball and rates that almost as highly as scoring goals. He is not a patch on Ricky Lambert who could hold up the ball, constantly draw players out of position and still be in the right place at the right time to hit the back of the net most games he played.

Of course Dave you are right, the pundits have always wanted Grealish to succeed for whatever reasons even though by and large his career has been even less impressive than that of our own golden boy JWP. Ergo, it follows that if Grealish even kicks the ball it is a "silky touch" and if he actually scores a fairly straightforward goal as he did on Saturday then it is "a wonder goal" and goal of the century. What mystifies me is that 'cherished golden locks' has spent some of his career in the Championship, never made the England team and most games looks our of his depth. I just don't get the hype?

28,000 fans at SMS v measly 1500/2500 at away games. I doubt so-called 'away fans' have much to do with our relative success on the road. In any case aren't they mostly the same people?

Although Chelsea beat Spurs 2-0 today they didn't look that much of a force to me and a lot of their play was long balls back to front in the hope that the strikers could latch onto them. Dodgy penalty decision flattered them and Spurs were woeful and just didn't turn up. Jose has some work to do there while Lampard's team are quite ploddy and predictable compared to recent Chelseas sides. Saints ought to get something from this game if they hustle and harried their way to victory as they did yesterday.

"Awful" as in we only beat poor teams?

Cedric is always "the downside" for you. You really are a tedious bigot. Cedric played really well yesterday and it must stick in your Crawl to swallow that fact.