Singeon Sears

For me we already have a mid table side, if we want to push into top 8 then in my order of priority 1 centre back - lovren/yosh is a lower mid table central def a top cb would really push us on 2 striker - need someone v.good to compete with / replace / play alongside / help SRL 3 attacking midfielder - punch/lallana operate at mid table prem level currently, could be improved 4 full back cover - need cover both sides by strengthening either one would be ok 5 winger - a decent winger is v.useful to have esp for plan B So I reckon 5 signings are needed to push top 8 - vastly strengthening the squad

I was at that Liverpool match when MLT scored that goal (over Mark Wright). The warm applause esp. from the Kop end was quite a moment. Of course they were playing us, at the time an inferior side, which meant maybe they could "afford" to applaud an oppostion goal. That said, for me it wasn't just the goal - to me it felt like pure respect for someone who was a special one off talent - and they recognised it. Anyway enough of that, there is no love lost between me and Liverpool (and most other teams), but i appreciated that

pitiful display esp first half no surprise at all given Adkins seems in awe of the whole thing at the minute. Before the W.Ham game he was waxing lyrical about Allardyce, and no doubt thoughts of coming out at Anfield got the better of everyone. We seem to be wandering around the fixtures as if we are on some sort of tourist excursion This is about the worst Liverpool side there has been in recent years and we've rolled over in awe of it all And another thing, after using umpteen subs to wreck winning positions earlier in the season we now use hardly anybody when we have 3 games in a week. Sort it out.

So as far as i can ascertain from the various "apparantly's" "this is what i heard" "this is what i thought i saw" brigade Borac stands accused of throwing/kicking a plastic bottle at-------the advertising boards? I guess this is becuase Boruc replaced Gazzinga - in my opinion the right decision; aren't we crying out for some experience? And to think this was the guy's home debut, maybe a bit of support for him wouldn't be too much to ask....

Instead of strengthening we have somehow managed to buy a (presumed) better player and make the overall defence weaker by keeping the current partnership at CB and playing him in the wrong place.

I think, some people are in for a surprise

Thank you Delldays - that was the very article. It's no doubt factually correct but some people have jumped to strange conclusions since. Please don't quote the "loan" sentence I have seen it

Billy Sharp has (thankfully) joined the current Championship leaders - it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone he has a battle to get into the team. Lee (who i suspect was expected to take a little longer to settle in), Lamber, Guly, would walk into most Championship sides. I actually don't believe he is 100% match fit, at least to the level Adkins wants, this may be due to niggles I have no idea. Either way it shouldn't be surprising anyone that it tough to get into our starting line up - and we should see it as a positive thing

I don't think you have missed anything. Some people are jumping to all sorts of odd conclusions based on, well, nothing. This forum is better viewed as a comedy club, it makes more sense then.

LeTiss would have walked into any other countries side in the world during his best years, including Brazil - especially Brazil Unfortunately he was English and we had, and still have no idea what to do with real talent.

If there is one thing i've learnt with Saints over the years through good times and bad is that fixtures on paper mean nothing. As a "Saints fan" does going to play Boro away sound harder than playing Bristol City away? I'd suggest we are just as likely to beat Boro away as we are to lose to Bristol City away.

It looked to me that Guly was told to hold a line right up against the central defenders - I'd guess to allow our midfield as much space as possible to play in. From watching him this season he looks most comfortable as the forward that drops off, something he rarely, or was asked to do, did last night. Dropping off is also something Lambert likes to do, if both forwards do it you risk the space in the middle of the park dissappearing. So the tactics we right but it probably didn't allow either Guly or Lambert to optimise their own games. But Guly will have to accomodate such things like most players have to, no doubt in other games he'll get more of a free role. That said he played up front and scored - job done.

It's all about the sum of the parts for me. The reason we are top of the league is because of Guly. It's also because of Hammond, Cork, Richardson and so on. People bleat on and on about work rate completing forgetting that a successful team requires all the right elements - we've got about the best work rate in the league. That's why somebody like Guly is so vital - 7 assists and 7 goals tells it own story. If we had 11 work horses we'd be - mid table.

Completey agree with keeping it for the memorial game - keeps it special as it should be. Taking it to away games sounds completely inappropriate

If he is 22 (can't recall if i am right) and is scoring goals for a club currently struggling then the indications look promising. I suspect some are underwhelmed compared to other names mentioned eg Maynard etc, but at his age he could well become better than the others by the time he gets to their age. I am assuming Maynard is older of course - in fact this is probably my worst post from a research perspective. But i haven't researched because its currently just rumour