Charlie Wayman

Frankly the Pink is a disappointment and now available out here in the sticks only on Sunday, worse than useless. So, unsurprisingly I don't know anybody that's bothered and lots go unsold which didn't happen in the 'old days'. Monday's Echo was always more detailed, entertaining and accurate.

He won't fail, why would he? He'll play for England, mark my words. This is a monumental b*ll*cks up by Below Par-dew

Certainly before Christmas.

Inevitable really after the shocking treatment he has received at the hands of Pardew and his cohorts. Even if Pardew thinks we have better people as first picks isn't it necessary to keep young gifted players like him in the squad in case of injuries? It's idiots like Thomas who are cluttering up the wage bill not Gillett. Still what do I know.

Our games & goals performances exactly matches Millwall, if admin penalty is ignored. Southend are just one point below Millwall so on paper there should have been nothing between the teams and certainly we did not dominate them even taking the Radio Solent commentary bias into account. It sounded as if Saints were better all-round whereas Southend seemed to have a fairly lively attack. Pardew's crew are founded on defence. In most conflicts of history defence inevitably proved the more successful strategy. Wellington 'Won Ugly' as they say allowing wave after wave of Gallic thrusting to collapse against the British back line. The lessons of history are there for us to comprehend and mis-use as the mood takes us. No offense meant Morgan you were magical!

Wishful thinking has it's place, certainly but it didn't keep us in the Premiership; it didn't win us the FA Cup in 2003; it didn't keep us in the CCC last season. Nor will building houses on sand ensure safety in an earthquake. Those of us who acknowledge realism are equally as fanatically Saints as you but recognise that the world is not tinged pink and that experience is a very hard taskmaster. 50+ years of trudging up to The Dell and SMS has taught me if nothing else that sh*t happens and seemingly sh*t happens more often at this club than at many others. So always take one little step at a time in your hopes and ambitions. We won on Saturday so let us HOPE that we might do so again next Friday.

Davis 6 - Poor distribution. James 6 - Not his best game. Skinned at RB but better as a creative mid-fielder. We need Murty back fast. Jaidi - 7 solid if unspectacular Trotman 6 - ditto, some poor positioning Harding 6 - Seemed strangely subdued and uncertain Mellis 8 - probably our best mid-fielder today. Always a threat. Hammond 6 - BNot at his best, a bit laboured Wotton 7 - An extra mark for sheer guts and determination. Will never make a footballer but as a terrier, just great today. Papa 6 - Looked more involved today and had one or two good runs especially later on. Great individual goal promises more to come Lallana 7 - Usual headless chicken act in first half but improved scond half and ofcourse two graet goals Lambert 8 - Best game so far, fitter and wiser, no criticism at all

This is not true is it, really. We are 16 points ADRIFT of the play-off places which means we have to MAKE UP 16 points on those clubs alreday there and everyone else who aspires to be as well so in the proper context it is a nigh-on impossible and unrealistic task. Sorry, but we need to be realistic not just fanciful

Who will Boo tomorrow if we draw or lose. Let's show our feelings to Cortese, otherwise he'll think we're all happy with the crap that is being served up by Pardew's Band of Horrors.

Before you go off on one and sh*t-stir why not phone the guy and try to understand what reasons lie behind the decision. It's no good moaning at us and rabble rousing without facts. The 'Poor Little Me' routine wears a bit thin frankly,

Does it matter what we think any more? Staying away might drive Cortese and the Swiss money away as well so that's not the answer. PARDEW, CLEARLY IS NOT THE ANSWER EITHER. Sorry Pal, but you've had your chance and blown it so "On your Bike!" ... and take that great lumbering brainless idiot Lambert with you.

Very well put, I concur absolutely even adopting the poetic licence your subtext allows. Even the much vaunted 'new solidity in defence' was found out last night to be just another smoke-screen of ineptitude from a management, out of its depth, rudderless and bankrupt of ideas. I fear I cannot put up with much more of this endless cycle of misery that is Being a Saints fan. We should adopt as our motto "In Defence we are crap, in Attack we are crap" suitably embellished in latin of course as that was the local lingo around here when we last looked capable of winning a football match

What was ever difficult about scoring goals? Even Saints used to knock 'em in by the shovel load back when. Eight games, one win, no goals from open creative play?Pardew is the problem no question. Blame the tools (players) by all means but the Poor Workman (manager) in this case will soon be the Poor Out-of-Work man if this nonsense isn't sorted out soon. No easy games? Will we still be claiming that in the Wessex League. Cortese has more patience than me that's for sure but failure to win both home games this week surely must signal "Time Up" for this incompetent management crew.

Hand on Heart? 2 points only. Fairy tales are just that.

Pardew's comments are really quite worrying. It suggests to me that he is losing the dressing room especially if he is too partisan and has favourites who can do no wrong whilst others who can do no right. The classic case is Simon Gillett, reliable stalwart last year and a shoe-in for the new Scholes. Now suddenly he can't even get on the bench. Gradually all our young ex-Academy players have been sidelined in favour of the blokes that Pardew has brought in; Jaidi apart can anybody say hand on heart that we are any better for it. The football has deteriorated that's for sure and results are certainly no better than last season's. No wonder the guys are getting hacked off, sort of been-there, done-that frustration as the new methods seem to them just to be different rather than more effective. Also, Pardew's frankness may signal that he really is under pressure from up above to deliver so best to start blaming the players before the **** hits the fan and he has no where to hide... Just a thought.

Too pessimistic. We'll have a bigger stadium before 2018.

Jaidi

Typical of this forum we're off into navel gazing once again. The future is now, sod the past let's just get behind the great guys who ended our misery and took a flyer with their cheque books.

So is this all talk 'badgerbadger' or is something gonna happen, 'cos if the latter then somebody needs to get on with it? Cut the jokes, make it happen and set up the dosh account and organise somebody to do the honours. Why not get Capelli or Pearce down so he can look at Kelvin Davies at the same time. There isn't anybody better certainly not that idiot who plays up North for the Bully Boys.

I can attest to his presence at every home game including the friendly v Ajax. I'll bet that's more than most Witch-finders on here

Pardew recognises that Waigo must be nurtured and blooded carefully into this team and this type of football. 20 mins is good for now it will probably be 30 at Brunton Park as long as we are not chasing the game. If we're 3-0 down don't expect to see him. As for him being offside, don't forget he is up against lumbering defences and third rate officials where his speed of thought, reaction and pace are way beyond what these clowns are used to. He'll always look offside to these plodders 'cos they'll only see his movement when he is 5 yards past the back four. If the liney isn't actually capable of looking in two places at once, i.e., when the ball is last kicked and where Waigo was standing at the time, then our man will have no chance as the clowns will err on the side of safety and flag anyway. Pardew has to wise him up to this and tell him how to get away with it, like run diagonally rather than straight and do something overt that attracts liney's attention in the build up.

Third highest attendance in Division 3 on Saturday and only 4 larger crowds in Division 2. Norwich did better 'though, they really do have great supporters.

Saganowski should switch to the high-board in time for 2012, as for the second James clearly fouled their player which led to the Green guy being off balance and stumbling into the ball. Liney called it right but incredibly the ref over-ruled him. Good that St Dunstan's are supplying refs to the Football league these days

A win Jim but not as we used to know it. Yet another load of sheep's ballacks served up as prime steak, no wonder people were streaming out before the end even from the Northam. Another 94 minutes of talentless, unimaginative plodding. Good job we had a friendly referee, otherwise we would be playing still next Thursday before we scored a goal. Ratings: Davies 6 - B all to do Thomas 4 - at least he's reliably crap on the ball (Wotton 78) 5 - oh well! Jaidi 8 - that's more like it, solid as a rock Trotman 5 - lacked confidence and imagination on the ball but a half decent stopper Harding 8 - good performance for 94 minutes Lallana 4 - why oh why do we put up with this lazy, half-hearted idiot? Hammond 8 - good performance although ****ged later MoTM? Schneiderlin 7 - good on the ball, great positioning; made some great tackles and passes (Mills 71) 5 - lost in translation James 5 - has had better days, his final ball is beginning to look embarrassing Lambert 7 - tried really hard to hold up the ball and bring others in but never near scoring from open play. Still, he shot them dead, bang! bang! Saganowski 4 - not so much effort put in as in recent matches. Strange how he plays better when coming on later rather than starting? (N'diaye 71) 6 - looks to have some magical flair, fast with fast feet and a wicked shot or two

Frankly, it doesn't seem even remotely possible to avoid relegation on performances we've seen so far. If we do it'll be by a point or two on the last day, which would be yet another but not-so-very-great escape.