Charlie Wayman

Not a snowball's chance in Haddes! FFS we are 8 points behind and they've lost 3 all season. Just because Nicola has demanded we win this league it is not our Given right as some on here seem to think; right now we look at best, good enough only to scrape the play-offs. If Lallana is out for any length of time even that might prove beyond us.

More or less how I see it too, quite a few fans will want out as well. This season really is beginning to shape up like "make or break", If Adkins can't get us up it's quite possible that Cortese will up sticks as well, then he'd sell all his quality players to get the books looking really good for a sale.

Is this worth a thread? Doubtful.

Effing Echo doesn't help at all, banging on and on about Wenger's interest FFS whose side are they on?

At least he lost this one out of the building. I don't give a sh*t who manages this team of ours so long as he gets us out of this cesspit of a league, I mean S****horpe can win it and we can't????? What the Fudge is that all about? Here's a man with the best resources of any club ever in Division 3 and he can't even craft a win against a team more or less doomed to the 4th Division next year - I wonder how long he'll be smiling after Monday's meeting?

We really ARE a One Man Team despite all the hyperbole about strength in depth and transfer windows . This was abysmal. How on earth can we expect to get out of this league playing like this. Everyone knows now just to kick Lallana out of a game and we're stuffed. As for the false promises of exciting new players coming in... WTFAT? Funny what a solid 2 year contract does isn't it. When they were insecure and uncertain of their futures, Chaplow and Do Pardo really put in shifts and classy ones at that. Now they've got what they want they're back to their old ways of lazziness and ineptitude. Thanks guys for conning us!

On what possible basis can you say that? Frankly this view is prejudicial nonsense. Real talent can emerge from anywhere at any time. Kids don't blossom to order, they need a personal combination of good coaches, good surroundings, lots of attention and to feel loved. It is arguable that being with one of the BIG FOUR could be the worst place to find and develop high level talents. How come the BIG FOUR didn't find Shearer, Le Tosser, Bridge, Walcott or Bale if you think you are right?

Nice one old bean!

That would be true only if you think Adkins did not enjoy the full support of the Board. Clearly he enjoys unequivocal support so his word is the word of the Board. Paranoia is not a pretty site in the young!

Pacifistic twaddle lacking any sensitivity to the issues involved or the reaction of all connected to the club! If AOC is allowed to leave before the end of his contract it will be a disaster for the fans and a disaster for the club. It will signify beyong doubt to the manager, the players and the fans that we are still a selling club and ergo not interested in becoming anything other than a self-sufficient business where football is of secondary importance. If AOC leaves thee will be an immediate exodus, contracts or no contarcats and the first out wil be Nigel Adkins followed veru quickly By Adam Lallana and Morgan Schneiderlin and every other youngster who thinks this club has a real furure and their futures are best guarantedd by staying with this upwardly mobile unit called SFC. Knock out one brick from this still fragile structure and down will come the whole house of bricks make no mistake on that judgement. I may be only one fan but one of long-standing and sitting fan who has bought his ST year-upon-year come what may but if we even hint at being unambitious and a selling club again I will be off for good. Nicola Cortese will know this.

A very crappy analogy indeed. Nigel "Hug-a-star" Adkins is the one of two very sensible and sober reasons why the Oxy situation is so totally different, the other one being Nicola "My Way or No-Way" Cortese. Again, I'd advise all to disregard the Arsenal link cited by the Mail. If we can afford to run without a shirt sponsor for a whole season in League 1 ask yourself why we'd be remotely interested i discussing £5m for the "best young prospect in English football" £25m + may prove to be less resistible... but Gooners don't have that sort of money and sure as hell we are not here to subsidise those perennial poseurs. Mr Wenger may be a very nice man at times but he gets awfully angry and *****y sometimes whereas Adders seems venom-less.

There is no reason for him to leave or for us to believe he will leave; the rest is up to us, get promoted twice and why would he want to leave? After that we can do anything Spurs have been able to do and let's face it they only did it by taking our best player away from us, as mancini said today bale is 60% of Spurs! - Of course Bale, baled us out but it wasn't that long ago we beat Spurs 4-0 in the FA Cup and 1-0 in the PL all within a week.

Did anybody manage to book their tickets on-line? Effed if I can make it work despite being a ST and my seat is allegedly reserved for me. Can't get through on the effing blower either so looks like standing in the rain tomorrow morning at SMS. Time they sorted this kind of mess out.

This is not the time to get carried away and make extravagant claims for our team, we can do that after we win this league and the FA Cup in May

Oldham are a very good side and the best by miles to visit us this season as our hard won 2-1 victory attests. They have matched us all the way and in fact have a better record having lost only 5. They are my tip for the Title. I am not suggesting they are unstoppable but at home to a Saints side that doesn't travel all that well? I don't think they'll be troubled overmuch tonight and will win 2-0. I hope and pray to be wrong but can't see it frankly. Sorry lads but we are not yet unbeatable as we seemed to be at times late last year.

Let's hope if we get turned over by Man U that the defeat doesn't derail our bid to win this league. It's the worst draw we could have had at this stage of the season, a heavy defeat will do our morale no good at all as it will serve as a reality check for one or two of our budding young stars who may think secretly that they are already Premier League class... down to earth with a JOLT! is not what they or we need right now. This is what worries me most.

I was at a social gathering last evening and guess how many new friends I had wanting to talk about Saints and "their terrific win over Blackpool" and "the wonderful draw against Man U" and hint, hint access to tickets? The biggest surprise in life is that there are no surprises! Trust yourself and nobody else for the next few weeks. Ask, would they do the same for you? Would they ********! Where am I coming from on tickets? I guess £30/35 will be the level set whatever we might wish to the contrary. Also we ST's ought to be offered our own seats first, not everyone is on the internet or able to walk up to the ticket office, there are plenty of ST's who are ordinary working blokes or pensioners on very modest incomes. I know a few older ST's who've already got squeezed out in the earlier rounds as they couldn't take up their tickets quickly enough. I don't like the 'Fastest Finger First' principle when it comes to football, as the weakest and poorest always lose out and corruption is always a oily smielling presence.

At the end of the day its about winning a game of football. We've got a good group of players and today they did just that with a good spirit which is important and yes we made a few changes with games coming up but its all about the squad and keeping a good squad together and in the dressing room and going out there with a good spirit and winning a game of football and they did that today and I'm proud of the way they played despite we changed our shape and we also won the game of football with this shape... Morgan, Morgan signir un contrat de cinq ans s'il vous plait!

I still back Oldham to win this league, they are by far the best side we've seen at SMS this season, let's just hope we can stay second.

Holloway in a foul mood? Maybe if he could have kept his trap shut on fielding his second team then the FA would not have been on his back with threats of fines and censure - this is the competition that really matters to the FA so you don't get away with telling 'em to FO. However it also possible that Holloway has tried to sucker us on team selection and will indeed field his best eleven but why would we fall for that hoary old gambit (Adders?) when we don't even know who their first team is anyway - "Who R any of U?" comes to mind as the song of the day. I hope we don't play silly buggers with our team selection as well, let's get the maxi boys out there Adders and run 'em off the park.

Time to sniff the seaweed guys, any old tosser could have scored three goals against West Ham last night. Best couldn't get out of the way. Next game... Leon who? Wasn't it Pardew that turfed him out of St Mary's. How ironic is that.

Any signings need to made immediately, we need them now, there's no sense in a secret cat-and-mouse poker game delaying our bid until 31/01 just so others can' t come in and offer more. Get the details tied up secretly and then announce he's here fait accompli, whoever he / they may be. We can't afford to lose a month of his / their services.

Nicola Cortese has emphasised that we are no longer a selling club. If Chamberlain or Lallana are sold it would be a serious breach of trust between we fans and the ownership, confirming that all the rhetoric and hyperbole about returning to our rightful place in the Premier League within (now) 3 1/2 years was nothing but brazen barefaced bull**** from the start. This would be one hell of a gamble on the part of the ownership as nobody would ever believe another word they spoke. It just wouldn't do to say "we had no choice as the player wanted to go... " I once vowed that if Lowe returned I would not set foot in the ground again whilst he remained involved - I was true to my word. If these two players are sold, I will be gone for good and there will be plenty more like me.

We should not forget that this is Pardew's team, they may well play better under Adkins but it was Pardew that signed them all. Thanks Al.

Watch Out! Whilst we are all looking at Lallana, Chamberlain and Shneiderlin hoping they won't get snatched, just watch out for some bugger to come in and nip Adkins from under our noses whilst we're not looking. Maybe it's him the Scousers have been scouting?