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Great performance...stay aways are missing a treat!

Would this be the same Merrington whose plan B at Blackburn was to take off 2 strikers and put Neil Maddison up front on his own when we were losing? Or played for the most boring 0-0 draw imaginable at the Dell against West Ham (the only time I have ever left a game at half time)? Still that won't stop you hysterical, pathetic T***s from your witch hunt behind your keyboards. Perhaps some of you ought to get a REAL life....w*****s!

Times are a changing. For people with families, or those on low income football will start taking a back seat. In todays current economic climate and with concerns it will get far worse, people will (and are) cutting back on things that could be described as 'luxuries'. Football in general could be in a for a very rude awakening.........if you noticed for some games at QPR the ticket prices will be £50.....totally and utterly ridiculous. About £18-20 for an adults ticket and £7 for kids would be about right. Having said that, I don't personally believe that lowering ticket prices now will result in a dramatic increase in attendances....for the Blackpool game there were cheap tickets galore yet the crowd was very poor. Overall, attendances are dropping pretty much everywhere - if you look at the stats for the CCC right now, most teams are averaging about 80% of capacity and although we are 2nd lowest (after Sheff Wed) we are still 14th in terms of highest home average attendances in this league and QPR are managing an appalling 77% of capacity with an average home gate of 14,700.

What do you suggest then Alpine? What's the answer? You seem to know everything......

Cannot believe how many f****n muppets there are around on this board! We're playing OK, the lads are still trying and I'm not quite sure what the 'told you sos' expect? We have no money and there is NO OTHER OPTION other than to do what we're doing right now. Do you thickos think last seasons team would have played as well as the 10 lads have? Do you think last seasons team would have carried on battling after going down to 10 men? Pathetic bunch of tossers!

sog...... Unfortunately GB's managerial track record is one of a great start followed by completely losing the plot. Something that happened here too.........in the play-off season he did well (having had more money than anyone else in the division) but then quickly ran out of ideas. Not a great manager but not a completely terrible one either.

Well, I have always been very dubious about Wilde from the moment he came on the scene. However, the answers to the questions put to him were full, frank and open. It would seem that he is a good example (with Crouch) of why a fan is not always the best chairman of a club. The team that wass put in place was terrible and we're now reaping the 'benefits' of that. Also a big dig at Crouch & co (and Fulthorpe) by stating that the club will only enter formal negotiations with interested parties once they prove they ahve the funds in place. What the hell were the last lot and Seymour Pierce up to and how much money was wasted on wild goose chases.

Completely agree Minty....it actually feels like OUR club again (at least to me) because we have so many players that have come through the ranks rather than those looking for one last big pay day. And we're trying to do it the right way by playing attacking attractive football. It was also interesting listening to Radio Hampshire last night when someone phoned in to say Lallana turned up for a charity event on Saturday night even though Saints lost and he was gutted. That speaks volumes for Adam and also the way these youngsters have been brought up by the club and their parents. Compare this tale to the ones in recent years of players out on the lash all the time, making a nuisance of themselevs, etc. Since our younger players have started this season I have not heard any lurid tales of their behaviour (aside from BWP and Dyer months ago).

Some, like the charlatan ST David and others, I woud totally agree with. But there were a fair number of the saner posters who also had pretty good information and have been proven right in several instances (e.g. nickh, weston).

To be fair, he was not good. Does not mean he will not be good though. I remember Lallana making his debut under Burley at home and he had a similar experience in that he was ineffectual and was pulled off at half time. He managed to overcome this poor start and I hope, and believe, that Jamie will too. Perhaps it's easier for some of these younger players to make their debut away from home where there is less expectation and pressure. Jamie WHite has bags of talent and his time will come.

We can't afford to lose Kelvin. He's been immense so far this season.

With nothing having seen the light of day for months, do you now consider any takeover, from what you've heard, dead in the water? With Fulthorpe, we were led to believe before the EGM it would happen, then a few weeks later, then a few weeks later and now a few weeks later. Not a loaded question, just interested in your views.

Unlike you eh Wilko who is gods gift? What a moron! I based my opnion on my opinion....doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong but I said it how I saw it. John has no pace, falls over a lot and misses plenty of chances.

I thought James did pretty well as did Perry. Svensson was shocking! James got no support from White in the first half and the general play just wasn't there. It will be interesting to see hwo the team react to this.........it's the first real setback since pre-season and hopefully JP and co will elarn and we'll come back stronger. In the same way we weren't world beaters after beating Derby we're not rubbish after losing to Blackpool. I think too many people are doing Blackpool a disservice...........they played well and, certainly in the 2nd half, outplayed us with sharp, passing incisive football. In short, what we did to Derby last week.

I just don't get it...............people seem to wet their pants over John yet today he was total pants and McGoldrick was superb. Mcgoldrick held the ball up well, laid it off nicely and looked a real threat going forward and in front of goal. In short, everything JOhn was not. John is yesterdays man and every time I've seen him play in pre-season and regular season he's looked terrible. I hope this new loanee is good!

I felt he was a bit gimpy.....he never really leapt into headers and, when he did jump, seemed to land on one leg.

There was no booing aimed at our players. The booing was aimed at the ref, the linesmen and the terrible time wasting from Blackpool. Plenty of encouragement for the lads again but it just wasn't our day today.

http://www.thisishampshire.net/sport/saints/display.var.2436515.0.lallana_signs_new_saints_contract.php This just shows the great spirit in the camp but also the fact if we had had any decent managers who knew what they were doing they would have used Prost's tactics in the first team a long time ago. After seeing Saints in pre-season it was clear they were playing the 'Prost way' and were extremely comfortable doing it. Thank goodness we have consistency now throughout the club in terms of style of play. IT just shows the very poor standard of coaching in thjis country that the older, senior pros struggle to come to grips with the 'total football' of Prost and JP. Georges Prost - we salute you!

I don't get it....the lad has not played a game for us yet but he's been consigned to the 'hes crap' pile. By the same people who said Gillett was no good because he wasn't being picked by the drunken Scot and went on loan and struggled to get a game. And no doubt said the same about Strachan (I know I did!) and players like Marsden et al. Perhaps JP can get the best out of him - I hope so, and if he does, he'll be a good addition to the squad.

If Davies didn't want to leave why was his agent desperately trying to get him a move away (as per JPs comments)? And Davies' remarks about how he wants to play in the Prem (for one season mush then you'e back)?

http://www.blackpoolfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10432~1378818,00.html Good to see that others are impressed with our new look side. Hopefully we can keep it a secret for quite a while longer that we're not the pushovers most think we'll be this season. Underestimate our side at your peril!

I'm a wee bit confused (not difficult I know!) as we're absolutely skint yet we're signing players (albeit on loan/free transfers) at a rate of knots. How are we able to do this if we're so skint? Or does it mean the likes of Euell, BWP, John and Skacel are off?

Fantastic news and hopefully will give everyone a lift! I can't remember the last time most fans were so positive and excited by the now and the future!

Gillett - he's showing what crap managers we have had. How he was ignored by Redcrap and Burley is beyond me (Pearson did bring him back into the fold). Not only has he been tenacious but he has more than a little bit of skill as well. Plus he lovees the club which was why he didn't leave when he had the chance to. Top lad!

I think many are getting ahead of themselves. This will be a really tough game against a team of battlers. ANyone who thinks it will be easy will be doing Blackpool a major disservice.....just like Derby fans and Brum fans did about us. Whatever happens the crowd must not get on the teams back....we won't win every game and there will be games where we do not play well. Too much ****iness is a bad thing (confidence is good but cokiness bites you on the bum). There were signs on Tuesday that some of the lads were getting a bit too ****y and this is all part of the learning curve for them. I'd be pleased with a 1-0 win.