Charlie Wayman

LOL

This is effing madness, we're being mugged again by the corporate greedies. It's so predictable but FA we can do about it.

Not expecting Bertie or Lemina back anytime soon having listened intently to what RH was saying at the fans forum t'other evening. Not just about injury recovery and physical fitness anymore these guys have to do at least 30 sprints at full power to satisfy the rules of the new regime. Leave a dirty boot on the floor after training and you're dead meat! Can't see poor old Bertie doing 30 anytime.

Agree but according to RK we have over 400 people in the building now and they all have to be paid and lots of them are fiercely ambitious and looking all the time for wage increases. Why on earth we need 400 people to run a modest sized football club is beyond me. Sounds like the classic empire building that goes on in all organisations that do not have sufficient external over-sight into what is going on. Very Civil Service like, free money (i.e. Taxpayers or Sky/BT) always seems to bring with it corporate irresponsibility until reigned in by external factors. Bet we could be run well enough with half that number. Wonder what our Corporate Governance performance is like, assuming we have a CG Policy in the first place. There is some evidence of money being needlessly squandered by this e costly and ridiculous pre-match high shows that serve no purpose whatsoever after the first time other than damage the environment and keep a few front row folk warm on a nippy day!

Thought with Lemina injured and Hojberg suspended he might have got the call. Listening to what Ralph H had to say the other evening about preparing every individual player for his style of play we may have to assume that he is not quite there yet in terms of athleticism and obedience to the plan.

Tom O'Connor is a real prospect in midfield and will push one or two of our current first teamers aside given the chance.

Oh Really? Didn't see that coming..... sigh! Still Mr Gao, bit more of the old debt paid off eh? Always a silver lining for some, lucky or what?

Brilliant

Clutching at straws here.

Words escape me at least polite ones do. Peculiar ideas as always from you, a lone voice in the wilderness.

People quite clearly are talking about his return in the summer at the end of the season. With our limited budget resources for new players, letting Ralph see him in action for a few weeks is eminently sensible. You never know it might actually turn out that we have a star on our hands.

Hear, Hear! That's at least two of us. The vile abuse of Cedric is a step too far and a new low for so-called Saints fans.

Is there any player that you do like? Why are you a Saints fan at all, always so bloody negative and cynical?

It's only Day 17 what's the panic?

Raging Idiot.

Putting the blame on Cedric for last night's fiasco is typical of the mindset of a few bigoted idiots on here. For his sake I will be pleased for him if he leaves. Sadly, that will leave a space for the boo boys to gang up on another player, probably a foreigner.

Hasenhüttl certainly did him no favours in his presser when asked if Cedric was an important player for him. I don't like this approach of basing judgements on first impressions, seems with Hasenhüttl if the initial chemistry isn't right you're out the door. Poor old Cedric, he's been more loyal than most had a really bad recent injury and simply ha don chance to prove his worth in our new set up. If he goes my view of the new boss will diminish slightly and anything he says in future will carry a caveat.

Joking yes? He is a dirty barsteward and will get sent off more times than Hoj

Spot on. Nothing there to argue about. Nutshell.

I'd like to see O'Connor given a chance. He's much better than Slattery and Slattery is clearly well out of his depth at the moment.

Don't we still have Boufal?

12 inches?

but surely not after 22 games? We might end up 10th yet.

Hasenhüttl is a jammy barsteward, I'll give him that. As for young Valery, least said soonest mended. Crap team playing crap football yet we get a result. What was wrong with Redmond, didn't seem to be interested. What to say to all the experts on here who have run the hate campaign against Romeu? How about ******** to the lot of you?

I get the impression that even Hasenhüttl is not ITK. Anything that spices up the January window is fare game for me so keep posting. I guess we both suspect that come the end of the month Saints will have failed to bring in anybody of any significance having meanwhile sold off even more of the family silver however tarnished it may have appeared to some. Only JWP seems immune to such rumours and gossip, wonder why that is? Having got themselves relegated from the PL U23 last year it is good to see so much faith being put in that same group of young players to save us in the PL proper. You couldn't make it up.