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I'd only play him in home games because he does normally play well then but has he ever played well in an away game?

Worth it for the name

Apart from scoring against us a lot I seem to remember Agyemang isn't that great.

Please not Doherty he is awful. Saga says on his website there have been offers from Larissa and Swansea which have not worked out but he is still looking for a transfer.

I still have no opinion on Smith having never seen him play his correct position.

Kayne McClaggon

If I was manager I would bring back Lucien Mettomo and tell him to shoot from the half way line. He would defo get 30+ a season in this league.

Team spirit seems to be coming together more

Seriously... a sports psychologist...... what the **** is that?? It's about the players and the manager. Bringing in a sports psychologist is the kind of thing Lowe would have done.

lol

What is it with Saints fans and the obsessive voting for things? MLT best striker Kelvin Davis Keeper of the season Rupert Lowe most punched Coca-cola buy a player etc etc

He won player of the season so he can't have done too badly.

There was an absolute dickhead sat near me last night. Spent the entire came abusing the players, abusing the ref and shouting "Cmon Sagers". He though he was the commentator and the manager. Unsurprisingly he was alone.

He did because Thomas punted into his knees. You can't fault him for that. After all he was making himself available so Thomas didn't have to punt it to no-one As for ball watching (J Bizzle) well you could criticise any of the midfield for the second goal. They were all ball watching and no-one picked up Carsley. Gillett could have picked him up but you are only singling him out because you've got a case to make against him.

The squad list is a bit misleading because we've really got about 25 players who are part of the first team squad not all the ones who have numbers. One of Lowe's tactics to cover up the mess last year was to list lots of youth players in the squad so it didn't look like we had no full-backs and the youth team players don't seem to have been demoted.

poor girl

We need to stop kidding ourselves that players like this even have potential. Lancashire should be released and then try to work his way up from non-league level.

I think as fans we have a right to ask why he didn't make any subs until the last 10 minutes and why we have played awful for two games in a row. That doesn't mean we want him sacked. Only a complete moron would say that.

Craig Lindfield has apparently been released by Liverpool. Is he any good in real life?

Lallana is a creative playmaker but it's very difficult for him to be that on the left wing when he has been told to stay wide. Lambert is a big strong boy and is also quite skillful so I think we should give a 4-4-1-1 a go with Lambert up front alone and Lallana playing just behind him. Gillett was one of our best players last season and has shown that he is a good partner for Schneiderlin. As far as I am concerned people saying he is lightweight is ********, he may be small but he makes up for it with his determination and often beats players in the air who are several inches taller than him. He does lose the ball a lot but wins it a lot as well and makes so many interceptions. Wotton may be mentally tough and brave but he is never in the right place to make the tackles and is so often really quite anonymous. When you do notice him its normally because he has tripped someone up from behind. His first touch is poor and he is slow to move the ball, almost always ending up passing it backwards because he takes so long that he gets closed down. When he does hit it forward it is nearly always a complete punt to no-one because he hasn't even looked to see if anyone is there. While I like Gillett and we could do with him in the midfield (certainly over Wotton) the problem that we have for me is that the players don't have the right attributes. Finding the real gems that can help make a good team is very difficult but we have defenders with good positional sense who can't head, defenders who can head but have poor positional sense, midfielders who can tackle but not pass, midfielders who can pass but not tackle, wingers who are fast but can't cross etc. Basically we need some new players and we can't be sentimental.

I think Pele is still available. He would be a decent foil for Schneiderlin.

I think he started against Reading and Man Utd last season

Rasiak normally scores more in away games so start him on Saturday along with Ricky.

twice as fat as Stern John. Lambert was awesome Davis 6 nothing to do Murty 6 solid Harding 7 some good running and defensive play Thomas 8 won every header until Akinfenwa came on Lancashire 6 okay but a few dodgy headers James 8 Always looking to spread play and create openings before the game opened up and when it did he made some good chances Wotton 6 steady Morgan 7 some good passing and tackling Lallana 7 better than Millwall but still wasted at time on the left Paterson 6 ran around a bit when we didn't have the ball but didn't look hungry, no movement Lambert 9 strong, determined, skillful and was quality in the 1st half but fairly quiet 2nd half Subs: Rasiak 7 skillful never understood why people say he's so lazy or slow he's got flair Gobern 6 some good touches Thomson 6 one good run to the byline and cross needs more time in the team

I think as Saints fans we know how they will be feeling more than most.