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only a bunch of morons would believe that....oh wait one!

It really is a very depressing time to be a Saints fan because there is absolutely no excuse from the club for being in this position. The whole bloody football world could see we were crying out for a striker last season. There was so much time to plan for this season in that department and not gamble on a player that has barely played a minute since he joined us and purchase a totally unproven American at this level. We are truly up shit creek without a paddle in regards to forwards and this is entirely down to absolutely mental recruitment in the striker position.

Casper Jander is in the second group. *Casper*

He firmly believes we needed more creativity which he agrees we signed but has not clicked yet and that we should have signed someone with experience of the Championship not another player from overseas who has no idea about the Championship. He's never mentioned a striker we should sign and to be fair that's not his job but he knows the players he does not rate in our side and which of our new signings he thought were solid signings IF played to their strengths. He doesn't rate Baz, Stephens, THB, Edozie , Quarsie, Ryan Frazer. He thinks we have done well with Scienza, Jelert, Azaz, Casper and Fellows

You are quite correct Sheaf Saint. My son is the chief scout for an American outfit called Pheonix Rising. He mainly concentrates on looking at players from South America and the US and had seen a fair bit of DD because of him being in the United States International team setup. He was scathing of DD abilities when he heard we were signing him and was absolutely gobsmacked we had bought him. To be fair he is not very enthusiastic about many players coming out of the states! He started working as an football agent/scout in Venezuela tapping into a generally little known market and looking for players that could make the move to the MLS or the lesser European leagues. He quite quickly built a reputation for an eye for a player and whilst still living in Caracas, Venezuela is now working mainly for Pheonix Rising. (their manager is as bad as Martin and Still). He has built up a lot of contacts both abroad and back here in the UK, Saints and Norwich to name but 2. We sometimes differ in opinions about players but i 100% trust his judgement on players.

I can confirm DD was signed before she took her position and from what i've been told she would NOT have recommended him!

How many of us on here know work colleges that have got promotions based on the fact they interview very well because they know all the corporate buzz words and use examples of work they have done that is usually complete lies and never checked by their employer. These people often turn out to be absolute shit at their promoted roles because they lack any common sense and get found out very quickly!!!

why not, we have shoehorned him in every other position!

Will Still is clearly out of his depth and has not been helped by shit recruitment in vital areas of the pitch. We took a punt on DD who my son said the minute we bought him was a massive mistake and that he was a terrible player and could not believe one of our scouts had recommended him. (He should know, he's a professional scout) Where is the leader on the pitch, i just can't see one anywhere, i just don't understand why we have not bought a true leader. Again in defence we lack a leader, an organiser. Goalkeeper has been an issue for seasons now and yet we have gambled again

I'm not one for sacking managers but even i have had enough of this lacklustre football and want Still out now!

we are very average. Only player that looks decent is leo

Saints have a habit of ruining the weekend just when your hopes are up that a corner has been turned. I'm not convinced at all by Tuesdays win and generally speaking think we have been awful this season. Tuesdays win has raised the hopes that we can now start a good run and certainly on paper we should but i seriously think the team lacks a proper leader on the pitch. I live in hope that i watch a good performance from us this afternoon because in all seriousness i can't remember the last time i actually saw us play good attacking football.

It was great to get the win on Tuesday but it was against Sheff Utd who have 7 loses and 1 win this season! I'm not getting carried away or fooled by the extended highlights i saw of the game. We are still very poor in patches and when we are the team on top we are not being clinical enough in the final third. I'm hoping the win on Tuesday lifts everyones confidence and the players start to believe in themselves a bit more and really go at Derby, otherwise we will end up with another Hull result!

I was at the airport in Egypt last night when we kicked off and it had just gone 2-1 when we took off back to Gatwick, so you can imagine i was nervous as hell hoping we hadn't thrown it away. So relieved when we touched down at Gatwick to see the notice come through that we had won and most of the other teams playing last night had drawn. Watched the highlights this morning. Stewart took his goals so well, really pleased for him and just hope he stays fit. From the highlights it looked like they had a couple of very decent chances they really should have buried which concerns me. The penalty miss was horrendous from AA but his flick onto the crossbar that led to Stewarts goal was lovely. I happily take a scrappy win and hope that builds the confidence of the players.

I have hated pretty much every minute of this season so far because we have been so poor and there has hardly been a flicker of light at the end of what seems a very dark tunnel. I look for partnerships on the pitch but i see none at all, just 11 strangers! I appreciate he has only had the new players for a couple of weeks now so i think WS deserves more time BUT no more than 5 league games. If there are not major improvements by then well i'm sorry it's time for him to go.