Charlie Wayman

Thanks for the support. Pity you highlighted his comment 'though as that person has been on my 'IGNORE' list for years. The comment is par for the course with him. People reveal more about themselves than others by such remarks.

This

That's the one for me.

What Guardiola was really saying is that with the talent Saints have got we should be doing a lot better than we are and under his guidance we would be much better than we are. The chances of getting a guy like him here to improve our players are about as close to absolute zero as you'll ever get so the alternative logical thought must be that he will be in for some of our players in the summer. He can see how they can be improved already. Sadly he was also taking a swipe at Pellegrino in the same breath because obviously he can't.

There has always been an anti-Saints agenda on that programme. Of course it is based in the North West sic "where football belongs" so the snotty upstarts from the Southern League have never been taken seriously.

Miserable sod!

Morgan as they say is 'one of our own' and you could see that he hadn't forgotten his time here either or his old buddies, all cuddles in the line up and after the match. One sensed he may genuinely have regretted leaving - at least on Sunday. Of course nostalgia is a wonderful thing especially for romantics which the French are supposed to be. Nostalgia aside there can be no question that he was a fantastic player for us when it mattered most and for his contribution to our climb back to respectability we should be eternally grateful. Those who seek to denigrate him and try to rewrite that part of our history because he is no longer a Saints player should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. Why wouldn't we take him back if the opportunity arose and the price was right after all he is no worse than any of our other options in midfield and many might claim a bloody site more consistent than most of them.

Cheer up lads for goodness sake, you all sound like manic depressives, can't do this, can't do that! Of course we can.

If indeed we are at last building momentum then we would not want to mess about too much with the present line up. If VVD was off in January what would have been the point of making him a regular starter in the team and especially forming a partnership with his fellow countryman, where his role is as a team member in his own right and as a mentor for the younger player. On Sunday it was very noticeable how Hoedt mimicked van Dyke in style especially striding forward with the ball trying to build attacks. I suspect that the decision was made at the beginning of the season that VVD would stay for one more season which actually benefits the player as it gives him the chance to get back up to full speed without the full glare of the spotlight that would have been on him at a bigger club where patience is in short supply. Look what has happened to Morgan and don't say it couldn't have happened to Virgil because it could. I want him to stay until the summer, he should stay and probably has already agreed to do so. Realistically very few 'big moves' happen in January so even historical precedent makes it unlikely. We'll have to tackle Europe next season without him 'though.

Not at all the way I saw it with Bertie in front of me in the Itchen in the second half and don't forget Boufal was taken off so that partnership was wrecked at a stroke. Then again the game was won and we needed these guys recovered, fit and up and ready for Wednesday evening. I'd imagine the he was ****ged out by the end with all the effort and running he put in all afternoon.

Why spoil the party Doddy with petty mindedness, Boufal was unplayable yesterday and deserves great credit for his performance, he is proving to be a world class player. Who else in our squad has his level of skill? Great to see how he is settling into the squad personally and obviously the more senior and cynical players are beginning to embrace him. Now we must worry about Arsenal, Spurs and Man C scouting him for next summer. Maybe sometimes even our much hated Les gets his sums right. Lemina, Boufal and Hojberg on yesterday's showing won't look to bad on his CV.

Give it a rest mate, you have no idea what your are talking about.

I'd have said the other way around - Hoj / Lem - but whichever we cannot drop Captain Davo so who would miss out JWP + 1?

Best I've ever seen from Bertie today, he was really up for this one. World class and from easily MotM. His link up with Boufal was mesmerising to watch, sheer brilliance at times. Great to see Hojberg at his best, a bit rough around the edges still but top marks for effort. Everyone was at the races today, little to criticise. Shop window time.

We'd all yell "Offside ref where's your bleeding specs"

Hopefully he will run the Academy. My word, we need a positive character around the building? Never will forget his "building" his "bus" and his "man in the mirror".

Probably 0-0

Will be people going up there on Sunday with a genuine sense of excitement or just out of curious morbidity, spectre at the grave so to speak.

Didn't happen in my day.

I suppose the best way to protest this weekend is to stay away. Bet there will be no sign of Liebherr or Gao and good bet Reed will be elsewhere as well.

Yep! Isn't there an old saying, don't chuck good money after Bad? Gao might already be thinking that he's already made one very bad investment in getting conned by the Liebherr's to er "take a stake" in SFC. So OK then, no problem I'll chuck in another £70m quid in the hope things improve? Yeah, right! Do me a favour!

Clearly a number of PL clubs think otherwise that 13 weeks is high time enough to show your mettle as a manager, Stoke City being the latest. In numbers thats over 1/3rd of the season already gone. How much more time should Pellegrino get then and please tell us when is too late and much too late?

This is what happens when there are no independent observers present. Poll Rigging Scandal

Pellegrino is a disaster whichever way you look at it, just listen to the rhetorical claptrap he spouts every Friday to the press corps.

This does not bode well for next season in the Championship if nine of our first team squad cannot beat Fulham's kids. This is far worse than most of us thought possible.