Charlie Wayman

You are a sentimental old fool!

Oh No! Not him. Another player who has always been labelled as "having potential" but never having actually delivered it. Who can blame Moyes for wanting to shift him out the door. Now we are top, obvious to mention us in despatches as being interested then others will come sniffing around. A journeyman if ever there was one. Not for Saints thank you!

Which is exactly why he gets up my nose every match - always stating the bleedin' obvious. Dave, we can work that out for ourselves mate, try coming up with something that'll surprise us...

Dopey nerk!

Wake me up at 7.00am!

Cliff Huxford

We need to remember too that Barnsley are one of the favourites for relegation, which if turns out to be the case will set our performance in a more meaningful perspective. We looked really good against Torquay last week with the diamond formation after 60 mins, couldn't stop pinging it around; scored twice and should have had two more at least - so it wasn't a fluke at Barnsley but may say something about them and Torquay?

Bit odd isn't it that Seaborne was in a gigantic effing sulk against Torquay and played crap football all evening - presumably jealous of Martin getting the nod v Leeds? Then he gets the pick for the Barnsley match... What goes on in this happy team with a common goal?

I worry about Morgan Schneiderlin who will surely walk if he doesn't get a start soon. He was pure class against Torquay but got only a few minutes at Barnsley... Why? What's the problem? He is masterly on the ball as a receiver (from the back four - playing the ball out as Nigel wants it) and giver which is what you need in mid-field as well as spoilers such as Hammond. What do others think about this? Can we really afford to disaffect him and drive him out? FFS he's a French U21 international.

He might be quite good but it's much too early to tell. He must stay up-beat even when we start losing.

Two wins, gentlemen. It's a bit early to start crowing yet. I hope it keeps going but **** happens

Dickson was woeful against Torquay on Tuesday and doesn't look anything like the player he did last year. Maybe he knew that we were in for a LB and being third choice is end of career stuff. Guess he'll be gone soon. It was obvious from the Tuesday game that both Butterfield and Seaborne are being left behind, can't see either of them getting a look-in except through default injuries to first choices. Aaron Martin gets better by the match so will be hard to displace although Richardson looks limited and we may need a good RB as well as this new LB. Hate the tattoos 'though didn't think we'd want that kind of person on out patch? Times they sure are a changin'

Selfish little turd, hope he ends up in their third team. At least we needed the money when Theo & Drew went.

Doubt it. Smacks of wishful thinking. If we lose Chambo it will be a huge loss psychologically to the team

This surprised me, when I saw the TV pics last night. From my seat in the Itchen the ground seemed full but clearly the Itchen was half empty. I have no idea why but if we do well it won't last, the prawn sandwiches will be back on the menu pretty soon.

As usual the Beeb have this thing against Saints, extended coverage of their beloved Gay Town (BBC, gay...), their fancy pants new stadium that looks like a tin shed and costs 3 times more and doesn't seat as many as SMS and selective camera shots of 'personalities' that just happened to be there in direct line of sight of the cameras (£500, ta very much Des) and then a quick run over our goals taking all of two minutes. Ballacks to the BBC! We'd win the premiership and it would still be a fluke to them and we'd still be last on

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You really will earn some beer money at 1-1, go for the draw as well

Burnley given up on promotion then?

I think you are wrong, Jaidi will start for obvious reasons, we're going to need all our experience and guile to keep Grayson's terriers out in the first 30 mins. Seaborne may come on later when Jaidi is knackered or we're 3-0 down but he isn't good enough to start in this league

We are so up ourselves! What is it with Saints fans that we can't see there's a world beyond Bassett Avenue.

Rudi Scachel scored in the Euro match las night... Quality!

You need to move on from the Pompey obsession thing, if we set our targets on only besting them we'll forget that there are much better clubs in our own back-yard like Reading & Brighton who'll delight in stuffing a self-styled BIG team like us especially as we are local. Make no mistake both have the ability to stuff us big time if we're off guard. Luckily Pompey are "who?" to Adkins so one doubts the team will be as fixated on the blue boys as you. As far as Pompey is concerned, they are in their own mid-life crises and will have to resolve that before they can become serious challengers again, indeed I worry that they may be dropping down a few more leagues yet before they can get their act together, another reason why we need to forget them and get on with our own progress.

Hate to say anything good about the Daily Wail but this analysis seems quite good, well balanced and unsensational. One may take issue with the view of Brighton, they have the new arena to show off in and one should not underestimate that motivation. They have not suddenly become a bad team and with the Posh lad up-front don't rule them out of a top six finish. Saints are a bit over-rated in my opinion and will more likely be in the mid-table group. Whatever happens early on Cortese must not get the jitters and blame Adkins if we are not pace setters. We comfortably beat Ipswich last season - OK, with Keane - so who knows?

For sure, it will not be easy especially over the first couple of months as we adjust our playing style to suit this more skillful league. However, it is only two years since we went down so we should not have forgotten everything from our history. Luckily too, there are always poor teams in the mix who through dodgy finances or whatever are on their own slide down the scale whereas we are most definitely on the up with high morale and no money worries. Any unsettling 'noises off' will be confined to team performance not whether they'll have jobs next month or get paid this. Stability in this league will be a big factor, no fire sales etc. so the lads can just get on with the job in hand. We have some talent for sure especially in mid-field but I am concerned about our all too fragile defence despite Fonte who is not always brilliant. Two against from WBA.. OK but two against by Yeovil highlights a real problem. The trick will be to score first and keep the momentum going forward so that we don't let our back four get exposed otherewise if we choose o sit back and take it, then we will be in trouble. At home we should do OK this way but away certainly during the first part of the season will be an uphill struggle. Mid-table after October should be a decent start but we should not expect another Norwich phenomenon especailly with Leicester and West Ham spending big on quality but there again those teams have to gel whereas we are settled but don't rule out Leeds and Reading, well managed and there or thereabouts last year and also on the up. I guess we will all be relieved to get the first win but we'll need to be patient and not expect miracles this Saturday. We'll do well to get a 1-1. It won't be the end of the world.