SaintBobby

Pardew: crowd were jittery and negative...first 2 games this season unlike last year in terms of crowd...teams will raise their game against us this season as we're favourites.. If we are going to be negative in the stadium, it will spread to the team...our passes were jeered unless they were brilliant...we need the stadium right behind us or we're not going to be able to do it...as it happened, crowd got behind us from start of 2nd half, which helped my teamtalk. Lallana, Puncheon and Lambert are big, big players...like taking Gerrard and Torres out of Liverpool makes them very ordinary. Cliche that players need a good pre-season under their belt, one more game and Adam will be up to speed - players in this modern era just need to be toned. He's lacking a bit of that, as are Rickie and Punch. Oxlade-Chamberlain merited his place because he's shown pace and "Antonio isn't here" but I hope there will be competition for that soon. The Bournemouth supporters, team and manager were fantastic - Howe's tactics and players confused me. They can do well in League One. Didn't really want to put Lambert on, but felt he needed ten minutes to make it possible for him to play on Saturday.

Am pretty sure they said Carling Cup draw is tomorrow. JPT draw is on Saturday, I think.

Someone has just texted the radio saying we should offer £10m for Antonio. Sigh.

They have gone back to the Butt/Koren rumours on Saints player....anyone attach any credibility at all to this?

I can only see one - the bloke in the foreground standing in front of the mountains.

Phew...am so pleased we won that and improved after a grim first 45.

Nerd :-)

I agree on cover, we need more...but the hard truth is we are going to pretty dependent on those two come what may.

Two nil...in your cup final...

Nice one Kiddo!

Lmabert on for Barnard

Good save from Kelvin

Lambert gets 9 min run out

Lallana off for Holmes. Sounds like a much, much better 2nd half performance.

Lallana....beauty!

sounds like a great cup tie now tbf

Saints best spell. Clearance off the line. Then Barnard loses balance and hits it over from 4 yards. Saints have "exploded into life"

We should beat them because our players are (a) worth vastly more than their players (b) paid vastly more than their players and © we are at home. HTH

This is dire by the sounds of it. But a good (or even reasonable) 45 mins now can kick start our season.

We need to coach our present players to acquire some pace, I fear. That might be tricky.

If we lose tonight, I think a modicum of panic is probably justified

I think...but was only half listening...the Saintsplayer commentator just said something like "and we are waiting on news as to whether Southampton are going to sign Nicky Butt or Robert Koren" Any otehr listeners confirm? Apols if he was just reading out a (speculative) text.

Id love to see a photo of that. Oh.

I haven't heard Wotton or Hammond mentioned in the commentary at all really. Merrington: Pardew must shake up, AFCB have bossed midfield, Saints def not a threat up front and not getting the ball wide

sounds like they are all over us TBH Saints "absolutely rocking" at the back