cambsaint

Sometimes a period of quiet reflection is called for rather than making hasty knee jerk reactions. Also in the case of Spygate I think that it would be best to remember the words of Jesus- "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." Perspective has been lost in a media frenzy (possibly encouraged by certain PR advisers but I have no proof of this )

In the grand scheme of things spying on a football opponent is way down the list. Our gutter press would do well to remember that they willingly and knowingly paid private investigators to break the law by hacking into celebrities mobile phones to increase their circulation and profits

He may have to take a break from Saints dependent on FA ban, but Sports Republic have other teams in other leagues and in my opinion thy'd be mad to let him go.Possible destination Turkey if FA ban him from English football. AS I have said earlier he could return a wiser and even better manager.Somebody in the club must have been aware of the 72 hour rule and should have advised him . I still cannot see what all the fuss is about, when you consider what Man City have done and the praise heaped upon Pep and his achievements. I will always consider him a near genius manager whatever the crap certain parts of the media continue to throw on him.

I personally think there is the hint of genius in Tonda Eckert . He was young and inexperienced and needed a mature helper. However pragmatically Sport Republic imo would be mad to lose his services. I consider the pragmatic answer is to transfer him to one of our other clubs for a year or so in an assistant manager capacity. In a year or so he can say "mea culpa, I was inexperienced and didn't recognise the gravity of my offence as it was de rigeur in the other leagues I had experience in." By this time as the saying goes the headlines will not just be today's Chip paper but will have been recycled into Amazon cardboard at least twice. I see no reason why a mistake made in his formative year as a manager with little or no experience should blight a very promising career. I think it is extremely sad that such an amazing performance can blind us to his amazing achievement, the two most notable of which the win over Arsenal and the game against Man City would have been impossible to spy upon. However I am furious at the amateurish nature of the operation-sending a callow youth up with a mobile phone is asking to be caught.

He was a great signing, just what we needed at the time, big, strong and quite fast. As he got fitter he showed other aspects of his game and how skilful he is.His goal last night was quite amazing.

I agree with esseffvee, surely the obvious song is the chorus from Help me Rhonda,by the beach boys, and if you want an ending Help us win this foo fooiball match. I have deliberately avoided expletives so families can join in.

I didn't like the hoofball tactics one little bit. It cam straight back to us with them in possession most of the time. I thought we looked much better when we were in control and passed it around in midfield as long as its not at the back. I still think we need a tall thug as CF in this league, but its looking unlikely now.

If that dismal result doesn't get SR bringing in a hard CB and a tall hard CF in an emergency then nothing will and the club is a basket case

I can remember back to the early 60s, Ted Bates and promotion to Div 1 It was a real sport in those days kids entry was 2/6 ie12.5bp and adults was 5/- 25p. It was a truly affordable day out then and money hadn't taken the game over. we really used to enjoy the game in those days. Probably as others have said the end really came when we lost most of our best players to Liverpool and couldn't compete with the money thereafter. Unfortunately nowadays it's all about money ; but a good manager and sensible recruitment can still compete. However we have lacked that and it now seems that the academy can no longer produce the talent it used to as other clubs have caught up. I really admire clubs such as Bournemouth Brighton Brentford and Crystal Palace for succeeding against all odds. It's just a shame we have lost that ability. I stopped enjoying Saints a few years ago but I can't get them out of my system, my wife thinks it ridiculous that I am still bad tempered for a while at 78 when they suffer a bad loss. The only good thing this season is that I'm able to watch them on TV more often but unfortunately that has turned out to be a double edged sword as we can't seem to play well for more than 45 minutes. Please excuse the witterings of a grumpy old man.

I couldn't agree more, but two out of four CF and Midfield are the greatest need. \\\\\\\someone for Armstrong to play off, and our wingers and wing backs to aim for..

It's frequently quoted that promotion to the Prem is worth £100 m. So I don't think anybody will be buying Lampard for a figure much less than that.

If we don't appoint him you can be sure another club maybe in the Championship or league 1 will come in for him. What about the Skates ? That possibility doesn't even bear thinking about !! Imo he at the very least deserves the certainty of a decent extension with an option to appoint, However in the absence of any official announcement nobody outside the club knows what is going on. the current situation isn't very dignified for him.

The players look as if they are right behind him and enjoying playing again. He had the international break to instill confidence and coach them and on this evidence it has worked. Who could we get who can improve on this, it didn't look as if it was a flash in the pan. The Leicester game will be a real test of how far we have come. If however he does turn out to be really good we wont keep him long -just like Poch who was unknown and untested when he came to us IMO he must now be given a good run of games before we go bungling around looking for experience. Hopefully we have struck really lucky

It is unrealistic to call for Sports Republic to go because , they own the club, it's their money, and they would have to want to sell to a willing buyer at a profit. Having said that though, they must be wondering where there investment is going or has gone. A massive shake up at all levels of management is surely required. As for Will Still, well although I follow from afar and my health only allows me to watch on TV, I seriously wonder if he is the right man for the job. If you want to see what a good manager can do then just look at Lampard at Coventry. Perhaps Still is too cerebral and not inspirational enough for this league. Have Coventry more money than us, have they got the parachute payments, yet they looked very good at the end of last season. The contribution the right manager can make is intangible, but remember when we found Pochetino, Our league position is dire however you look at things.

I watched the game on Sky and I felt I had wasted my time. Yes we were dominant but the commentator called our attack powder puff and I thought it was an apt description. No height in attack in a physical league is very dubious. I wondered if there is a place to play Manning in a midfield position, at least he can hit a barn door from 5 yards.