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Hopefully very, very wrong but that starting lineup does not fill me with confidence in any way. Both full backs are very poor, the midfield seems very lightweight - hopefully they will tear Fulham a new one and prove me wrong!

SISA and credible don't go together. Bunch of self-publicising muppets.

So many of you are a bunch of pathetic, moaning bedwetters. Did you expect Saints to be top of the Prem? Not a great start to the season but we'll be OK once the team gels.....we only have Fonte, Richardson, JWP, Lallana and Lambert out there that were in our side last season. We have to be patient - survival this year would be an achievement and I still think we'll be just fine.

good lord......hwo on earth can anyone have a pop at Kelvin for not saving the free kick? No keeper would have saved it......what is it with you plastics that are forever looking for a scapegoat?

What's so LOL about losing 6-1? Pathetic.

Alpine in moaning shock! I truly hope you are happier in real life than on this board......you are the most miserable sod I have ever come across and are one sad individual. Life is way too short.........and Saints wills be OK. How the hell you can state they did nothing re. the defence in the off season in a joke - we bought 3 players. Up the Saints and get lost the bed wetters!

I have worked with people who lost friends and colleagues in the Pentagon on that day. I would really like to see conspiracy theorists say to them they don't believe the events of that day. It was sheer luck (if it can be called that) that the plane crashed into a part of the Pentagon that was being renovated so there were fewer people than normal in that particular area. Bexy - re. the cell phones.......people were making calls from the pay per use phones on the planes. If you ever get the chance to visit the 9/11 memorial in NYC it is very, very moving......and clearly highlights that people from most/all nations were impacted by these murderous thugs (including Muslims).

Alpine - what is your problem? Of course there is room for improvement in the Saints side (letting slip leads against Man c and Man U show that). But the style of football we are playing is magnificent and hopefully once the new additions bed in the results will come. But I trust in the Saints management's judgement more than someone who, it appears, all they can do is moan and gripe about EVERYTHING. As good a goal scorer as Sharp is he does not look to have the game for the Prem as he is not a big guy and does not have blistering pace. Lambert has the game.... as a big center forward who will get goals anywhere. All promoted teams have to make these tough decisions: Norwich did, west ham did and we have.............very little room for sentimentality in today's game. And, lets face it, you would be at the front of the line complaining if we did not add to the squad (as you have been many, many times in the past).

A whopping 5,979 "packed the park" tonight. No-one can deny they have the bestest fans in the world............

Good to see some of the younger fringe players get competitive games. Got to be good for their development...it'll be interesting to see how the likes of Reeves, Hoskins, Chambers, Sinclair, etc get on this year.

A lot of that goal was down to Fox. Completely drifted away from his player towards the center and left his guy wide open to get the ball to RVP. He really is a weak link in this side.

Men against boys right now. Where is Rodriguez? Not even on the bench

Who?

Saint Richmond, Alpine....where are you? Not celebrating this great signing? Fair play to the club for keeping the details under wraps for so long and what a statement of intent! Nige has to deliver in the Prem now with this level of backing. Never thought I'd see the day when we made signings like this - but just hope we are not overreaching ourselves financially.

Why is it? Jordan Rhodes - 8 million, Steven Fletcher - 12 million, J-Rod - 7 million. Based on that seems like good business and why don't you wait until he's played in his proper position before writing him off? Why do we have so many bed wetter fans or complete imbeciles like Alpine? Or is it because its the school,holidays?

this will be Saints biggest signing since Keegan - if it goes through - and a real statement of intent. Hopefully the new guys will bed in quickly and we will start rising up the League. Incredible if it happens and just hope he lives up to the hype.

racist c**k Dune/Stanley/Moron whatever your new user name is......

It won't be longer than a month....all were signed on non-contract terms. In separate news Appleton gets the begging bowl out again to sign yet more players.....quite unbelievable...his refusal to put youngsters on the bench seems to go without comment from the League. Just so he can say he needs new players to be "competitive". They really are a cluster of a club and the Trust have not made any details of their "revised" bid public. Bet those that have pledged at least 1K are happy that they don't know what the hell is going on.

Are you there to come out with that definitive statement? Against Wigan, we looked better with the 4-3-3 than with the 4-4-2.......if we can get Ramirez and a CB we should be just fine.

You have always been a ray of sunshine over the years Saint Richmond......you only ever seem to surface when there is a chance to complain about something. Great if this deal happens, but if it does not the sky won't fall in and I'm sure Saints have other irons in the fire. Have you forgotten where we were 2 years ago? Or how we played last Sunday against Man City?

don't forget....... Matt Jarvis - 12m Carroll - 35m

sfc1971 - thanks for the snippet. Hopefully it is correct......and hypo could start an argument with himself in a closet. Ignore him.......I think most others do. What a signing this would be.......almost as exciting as when Keegan signed, but perhaps even more so as this sort of signing doesn't really happen in this day and age as Man C, Liverpool, Man U, etc. will typically take stars like this. Real statement of intent should it happen and will hopefully show the likes of Shaw that they can achieve things at So'ton and don't need to go elsewhere.

So proud of Saints........if we play like that all season and with a couple of additions we should be looking at a top 10 finish. Fox is a worry at LB (does not look Prem quality) but if we can get Ramirez, Phillips and a CB we will be looking really good. Clyne looks a steal and Adam was pulling all the strings. On Fox Soccer in the US, that plank Warren barton and co were talking about City can't play like that, they won't win the title, etc, etc and then Eric Wynalda butted in and said they were not giving Saints anywhere near enough credit. Good for you Eric.

Overall...very impressed with Saints so far. Davis kicking is dodgy and should not have been beaten at near post (despite Tevez being offside), Puncheon has been non-existent. Ward-Prowse, Lallana, Clyne all look very good. Saints are going to have to learn quick that you cannot give the ball away cheaply at this level (as they have done far too often this half).

They really are deluded...so the trialists will take a non-contract deal or month to month contract. And what happens if they get injured? Why would anyone take that risk (unless they cannot find another club)