DrunkenSaint

Because we keep playing ppl like Lambert who is slow...it's what about 80% of saints fans have said for a long long time, we need pace in the team. If we had a pacey fwd or winger or even both our counter attacks would be lethal.

looks to me as a 4132 formation on paper unless jwp is going to be used as a DM

---------------------- Boruc ---------------------- Clyne ------- Fonte ------- Lovren ------- Shaw --------- Wanyama ------- Schneiderlin -------- R.Ekelund --------- Le Tissier --------- Lallana -------------------- Rod Wallace -------------------- In our currant team in a high pressing game we lack pace upfront so R.Wallace would work wonders for counter attacks and on the deck passing. Mlt could always go upfront if needed and move Wallace on the wing and move Lallana behind the forward. If we had Ronnie now he would replace Jrod in a flash, probably the best player ive seen such a pity he got injured. If we had a choice of another player i would choose either Wright or killer for Fonte.

Would love to have seen what Lee has to offer

It wont happen but id drop Lambert for one of Cork/Davis/Jwp so we dominate the midfield. Pity we don't have anyone with raw pace, after watching England in the last 2 games, Townsend did really well i thought and its the only thing that we lack.

So if our aim is to get into Europe there is no point in selling. Get into Europe and you'll get that 15m, Spurs has a lot of money to throw around i would place a 50m tag on him as he is suppose to be the "next Bale" which will be telling them in a nice way...to go and do one.

Lambert and Osvaldo shouldn't of both started imo, i knew it wouldn't work and it hasn't, it has messed up our pressing style. We also missed Cork and someone who can run at the defence. I think we should play Cork in away games and let Jwp play home games. How can we get the best out of Osvaldo? get pacey wingers to open the defence and put good balls into the box....and that's what we don't have, not our style? then we have just wasted all that money on someone who thrives with that style.

--------------------Boruc Clyne-------Lovren-------Fonte/Yoshida------Shaw ---------Wanyama ----Schneiderlin-------- -----Lallana------Ramirez------- JWP------- ------------------Osvaldo------------ We can't have Osvaldo on the bench he's too good and we can't play Lambert in the hole, Ramirez will be much better suited there. Jwp is playing well so can't drop him and Clyne should be ahead of Chambers. All in all that team has everyone playing in their rightful positions maybe apart from JWP but like i said he's probably the man on form. That formation can be mixed about going 433 if needed moving jwp in the middle.

Need a pacey wide man to get more crosses into the box for Osvaldo (We have no one who runs at the defence, that creates chances). Ramirez linked well with Dani a few times and both should start next game. Lambert too slow and missed good chances, i don't think we should play both Osvaldo and Lambo together, Lallana was crap first half but had a great 25 mins in the 2nd but i'm still unsure of him playing out wide, jrod seemed to have no impact at all. JWP man of the match!! MP really needs to bite the bullet and drop lambert for Osvaldo, our starting 4 attacking players were poor and wont fire us into Europe, yes we didn't really get to see Osvaldo proper game today but he is top quality and probably would of taken Lambert's chances better. There is also no way Lambert can play in the hole, that should be either Lalllana or Ramirez place.

Lambert likes hogging free kicks don't he? He's no Beckham or Le Tiss, should let someone else have a few to mix it up

sorry but Osvaldo is a lone striker and wont play behind where the attacking midfield are, meaning unless Lambert can play behind the striker he wont start and be used as a bench player or we play a 442 but thats not our way anymore. I'm sure Lambert will play there for a bit but we'll need more of a attacking midfielder in there for it to work better, if Ramirez and Osvaldo can link up well i reckon it would be a great pairing. --------------------Boruc-------------------- Clyne------ Lovren---- Yoshida----- Shaw ----------Wanyama----Schneiderlin-------- Puncheon/JRod------- Ramirez-------- --Lallana -------------------Osvaldo------------------ or --------------------Boruc-------------------- Clyne------ Lovren---- Yoshida----- Shaw -----Cork-------Wanyama-----Schneiderlin-------- Puncheon------- Osvaldo-------- --Lallana-------

still think we should go 433 playing morgan cork and victor in the middle, those 3 would win most midfield battles this year.

Spot on, its our forward line that needs boosting and even in the few pre season games against the better sides we can't score for toffee. If our club is serious about European football we need a forward line that can provide us goals but it's also important to get them early so that they can get used to the way we play and get to know the team mates. What we don't want to happen is to dominate the early games without scoring then getting a new striker in on deadline day and for him to take 5-10 games to settle in.

not with our current 3 forward players in Lambo, J-Rod and Lallana, they are good for lower-mid table but they wont take us into Europe. Our midfield seems to be there (Cork, Victor and Morgan) and for once im happy with our defence but we need goals so we need a top winger and a striker to compete for European football.

so £22m for someone who can score goals, create goals and would help us get into the top half of the league with a bonus of £90m + each season.....bargin

Not sure if true but someone earlier told me around 3-4pm that Victor and another player was being shown around the stadium, the other player i wont name has been mentioned on here before. I didn't think it was true but now Victor has signed the other player could of well been there....but im not holding my breath. Great signing, still need more signings imo, a top striker and a winger will do

how strange, being young i would of thought we would of kept him and got rid of Fonte ( who i thought was our worst cb last season ) or Jos.

ok so the chairman has struck an agreement to move onto the next stage, a bigger stage, he wont be selling our best players. But the only worrying thing is that Arsenal ( who have tracked him for a while ) have said to be splashing the cash this summer. I'm sure NC wont settle for bids anything less than £20 million for him, if he really wants European football he needs to get a special team here and that would include Morgan.

He wont be our main striker next season, if we are to move on and upwards we need a much better striker, sad but true. I wouldn't sell him but have him on the bench. I'm sure NC and MP have already planned targets, Victor Ruiz is also a target to strengthen our defence.

Yeah i would love if Villa or Stoke went down

play all 3 in a 433 formation?

yep this

Easy being a England manager, if a top 5 club buy a Englishman for lots of ££££ pick them and keep picking them til they either retire or move to a lower premier team. England really need some guy in there with the bo**ocks to start picking players who are on form and play week in week out for any club in the top tier and to place them in the same position they play for their club. That means you don't get knob heads like Milner moving to City to sit on the bench for half a season and still get picked for England.

YES PLEASE! If we were to step up to mid-table/top 10 team we will need to start paying wages that other clubs pay, we can or could afford it if we were to become a top 10 club as the prize money coming there is insane. SS has the pace we need, he runs at defenders causing problems (something we lack) and used to pop in a few goals for Swansea so would be great addition.

I'd keep Mayuka and that's about it from that lot, im sure MP has a lot of South American/Spanish players in mind to strengthen us but we need to get rid of that list first.