Charlie Wayman

Of course you are right. Formations were changed in every match last year especially when "we could not get hold of the football" and the diamond formation was refularly introduced to regain control. I didn't see Adders on the dog-and bone to the man upstairs to get his next set of instructions. I'm sure he feels as no doubt everyone in football realises these days that flexibilty and adaptability are the keys to winning games especially when all teams are more or less equal in talent. Adding in the 4-3-3 tactic isn't something you can do by just putting shirts in different positions at half-time, the guys need practice and more practice to perfect the technique. Is it asking too much of young kids to school them in about three or four different formations instead of one or two and expecting them to think and play differently at a stroke when perhaps they are already losing and down in the mouth? Maybe, but we'll see. Some will cope some may not and it is not unlikely that individual intelligence will have more than a little to do with that. One thing Cortese most definitely is not is mad. No way is he likely to tell Adders how to run his army in the battlefield on a match-to-match and minute-to-minute basis, not even Montgomery was that stupid. He just wants to ensure that Adders has all the necessary tools at his disposal for complete flexibility and mastery of his art. If it proves he can't use those tools wisely then he'll be out the door or window or emergency exit and deservedly so. Nor is there any evidence of the so-called "distancing" and why would there be, if Adders really feels it is already time to put "distance" between himself and Cortese then he might as well bugger off now. My own fancy is that Saints will do quite well this season and hover mid-table most of the year and none of Mr Blackmore's concerns will be remembered after September.

No question, Rick Lambert will start on Saturday even if he is not fully fit and will last only 65 mins. At home, attack has got to be the mantra and RL's ability to hold up and bring people in is unmatched, that and the shed-full of goals that he knocks in for fun. ManC was a special case and Adders just about got it right, defend early on when they will be lively out of the traps and rely on our superior fitness to wear them down in the second. Ok so we didn't knick a point and a loss is a loss which ever way up you shake it but at least we didn't get thrashed and trashed.

Can you believe the idiot chose MaUre over Saints? What a tosser! We're already above them in the league so when we thump the Barstewards 4-0 next week Buttners come uppance will be complete. The Northam might even come up with a song along the lines "We thought about buying you but we've got Fox"

This!

Don't be so sure my friend. Saints will win 2-0 and confound that wee moanin' minnie on MotD. Lee Dixon has had the good sense to jump ship rather that sit alongside him and that useless geordie goon.

Sounds like a good bet to me especially if we are bottom in December with Rodgers to follow through the exit at Liverpool

Eff me! Talk about shuffling around the deck chairs whilst the ship is far from water tight! Who will be the first arse to kiss it?

Jack Cork? ex-Chelsea youth....

Joke maybe but Ricky didn't play against Wolves on Saturday due to a mystery minor injury......

They have succeeded in making a pig's ear out of a dog's breakfast . No mean feat. I've given up on it in total exasperation. If they play football like they design websites we're up **** creek!

You cannot be serious! There will be ZERO doubts about Jack Cork, he's awesome!

Why would he not be?

Whoa, hang on there fellas, it wasn't that long ago that you were all saying he could do no wrong... give the guy a chance to show what he can do in the PL before you lynch him.

Far too pessimistic. This team of ours with emphasis on youth will surprise you.

Tut tut! Slipped your mind again? We need two in each position - it is a SQUAD game, repeat S-Q-U-A-D SQUAD!!!

Yet it's Luke Shaw that everyone wants to buy. Crikey just imagine if we have two great stars in the making and they stay here for at least five years. Could we be the new Man U since evidently you can win things with kids. Now we need to stuff ManC on Day 1. Come on you R's ( and er um White's!)

with us I hope!

It reminds me of the Maslow's hierarchy of Needs that we were taught at management school and the lack of greed of bankers who just love doing their jobs because the work in Canary Wharf, one of the best office facilities in the UK. It is of course all absolute ******** and really sad that a well informed bloke like you can swallow this type of propaganda gobble-de-gook without question

You're right! People forget that the PL is all about squads in-depth; whist on paper we may have a reasonably capable "first pick" midfield, they are all injury and emotion prone. At best you need two "first pick" sets of players in each position and W-P whilst being a really exciting prospect is not going to cope with Nasri, Tevez & Saurez just yet. On the other hand we don't want to be bringing in a load of expensive misfits in here either - one or two obstinate personalities who think more of their salary packages than the team cause would cause mayhem; whatever the alleged diplomatic capabilities of Adkins he can't be expected to shape-up and bring into the fold too many "been-there done that" prima -donas (?) at one time and only a month ahead of the real ko.

Of course it would but that is for the future, maybe, one day, when such success would suck in the plastic prawn sandwich brigade. As of today we are nowhere near that level and I'll settle for being amongst the best of the rest and hope we never become another debt ridden bunch of Arab-owned, show-boating, ****-takers who's only tradition is to get chucked out of back street strip joints in a permanent haze of alcohol fuelled self pity.

Brighton have never been seen as 'local' rivals to Saints, for the most part they've inhabited lower leagues than us, secondly they are effing miles away and thirdly Reading & Aldershot and Bournemouth are all much closer. They're just another team that comes and goes. Might as well say Everton are rivals as we've played them more often. Crawley are their local derby team

Does anybody seriously believe Saints will sell more than 22k tops. Never went higher last time around so why this time especially now people are much more skint?

It's called all F*=*ing chiefs and no F*=*ing indians. The last thing we want here are thicko loud-mouthed know-alls who can't even do their own jobs properly. We've had a few over the years have we not?

Mods, you should report this to the police.

The last three years have been pretty damned good, can anything be better than that? I doubt it.