Charlie Wayman

When I read guff like this my heart sinks at the thought of us signing yet another unknown 'hidden gem' who we know in our heart of hearts will fail abysmally if he ever got the job. Put it this way, I'd be less alarmed if Neil Warnock turned up in Britannia Road

You're twenty years older so a lot more sanguine about these things and life in general…. been there, done that!

Depends on the prices. What choice do we have it's hard wired into our souls.

Tis easier said than done my friends

Yep but what's the answer? We can't afford to buy proven PL players so we are stuck with trying to find future stars from the other major leagues around the world and of course a high proportion of these won't be good enough. We don't have wealth so must gamble. It's why we all do Euromillions.

Not much help can you publish pictures of their arses, its easier to recognise them from the back when they're bending over to pick the ball out of the net

It's all very well recruiting players that know what it takes to do well in the Championship but surely the plan must be to build a squad that can return us to the PL and stay there. The sort of players you have in mind will not be able to compete at the higher level so we'd end up back where we started. Futile.

I have a horrible feeling in my gut that the club will sign AMN on a permanent four-year deal in the summer and there's sod all we can do about it.

Far too much information. What they do in private is up to them but not on football pitch.

Agree, he's a tremendous asset to have around the club. Love to be a fly on the wall at team training sessions. Bet he doesn't tolerate slackers easily, still wonder what was going on between him and Tella last season, maybe a few home truths made Tella a better player ?

The characteristic you and others are searching for and missing is "blind panic"….. I certainly wouldn't want him anywhere near the cockpit if the jet plane I was on had an engine catch fire in mid-air.

It is strange how Lavia escapes criticism every week despite the fact that he is one half of the defensive midfield partnership that is supposed to give protection to the back four during opposition attacks, yet last night there were gaping big holes in front of the back four where Forest players were able to roam at wlll and take up scoring positions waiting for balls in from their wingers or lumped up from the back. People always talk about how Ward Prowse is massively overhyped by the media but this lad is massively over-hyped on here in just the same way. People love to shovel the brown stuff onto our centre backs but it's about time Lavia was called out for not doing his job anywhere near well enough. Yes he's great at winning tackles but his positional sense leaves a lot to be desired. Ok he's a raw young lad but if he's good enough to be part of the team then he is old enough for criticism as well. He was more than partly to blame for their first two goals last night and the fourth.

They were knackered, what did you expect?.

What did anybody expect. This was our bunch of brainless headless chickens at their most incompetent. Utter rubbish.

Sounds like double helpings of wishful thinking. Prepare yourself for a massive let-down

We should offload most of the back line and rebuild from there. Not one of them is reliable enough to ensure solidity and confidence in defence. Then prioritise bringing in players that can hold the ball, have good game management and can pass accurately.

Tosh as usual. He's been our best player in recent matches. Not saying much I know but at least he's had a good go at trying to keep us afloat. Surprised he hasn't been offered a coaching role with the youngsters as he has a very good attitude towards young players

It will be soon. 23 coming up.

What are they supposed to say that would have any meaning in those situations? A good many of them are probably only semi-literate so probably best they keep their mouths shut.

Is he still alive?

Wasn't it rather obvious?

What a bleak and depressing picture you paint. I don't know if you have ever watched Championship football recently but it is unrecognisable from the nonsensical and demeaning images conjured up by your last paragraph. The league is populated with many ex-PL teams whose stadia and facilities match anything we are accustomed to. The idea that teams are full of journeymen and cloggers is just infantile. Many successfully promoted sides played football every bit as good as that played by 14 of 20 PL sides as witnessed by the immediate successes of teams like Brentford, Wolves and Fulham in the PL. Burnley this season have been a breath of fresh air. If there ever was a 'Southampton Way' of skilful, pass and move football with emphasis on fast paced wingers and dominant centre forwards then lets stick to that principle and leave the physical stuff to the Leagues 1 & 2 brigades.

As we have observed many times the only constant at a football club is the fans. We are the same people now and then more or less. Everything else from 2012 has been swept away by the winds of change. Our turn will come again.

That's not original, the Bolton fans used to sing that at St Mary's back in the naughties before we were relegated.

I am very surprised that there has not been more rejoicing and jubilation at this fine achievement. A glimpse of a possible brighter future in two or three years time? The perfect riposte to the A team's relegation. Well done lads you have given us hope. Come on you young reds!