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If Wanyama starts, MoPo will have confirmed what I've always quietly believed about him - that he is an absolute muppet. We simply cannot afford to not have him against City (we'd get thrashed) and mark my words he WILL get booked if he plays against Villa.

If Morgan's out for an extended period and we don't buy a top quality replacement come January, we can kiss top 6 goodbye nevermind top 4....

Why wasn't I taught this in my computer graphics and image processing courses?? Amazing...

Disagree. We've been absolutely inept the last two games, at least in an attacking sense. MoPo's tactics have been found out and he should be smart enough to admit that to himself and shake things up a bit.

Not sure which OsWaldo you've been watching as of late.

Primary Suspect: Every time, without fail, we start to build attacking momentum and someone (usually Morgan, Clyne or Shaw) passes to Wanyama I just KNOW the move will die down soon and nothing will come of it. As much as he is a monster in the middle of the park, great tackler, ball winner, chaser of the opposition, he is HORRENDOUS when it comes to passing the ball. Every time, without fail, there is a great opening for him to thread the ball to Lallana, Jayrod, etc. he chooses to turn back and pass to Lovren instead. Makes my blood boil every time. There should be a rule in our tactics: when looking to attack/score goals, NEVER, under any circumstances, pass the ball to Wanyama.

Looks like the general consensus is to give the lad a chance, great! Can't see how things could get worse, we can't possibly get more toothless up front and we're not going to be worse off defensively when Gaston's in the team. Not to mention we are far more entertaining to watch when he's in the team.

Rickie's about as direct a no.9 as you can get, always looking forward, getting the ball forward and shooting whenever he gets the slightest sniff of goal. Don't see where your coming from with that point at all. We could really do with an in-form Rickie at the moment and a big reason of our impotence upfront is his uncharacteristically poor start to the season imho.

Still convinced Gaston is the solution. Rickie's been out of sorts this season - not scored a single goal from open play. Osvaldo is IMO not a playmaker/no. 10 type...should stay in the box, just needs quality service and I'm sure he'll start banging them in. Jayrod goes AWOL too often IMO, was anonymous for much of the game yesterday and has not developed a great footballing brain as of yet. Lallana badly needs to work on his finishing - gets into great positions with tricks/turns/twists but final product severely lacking. Davis does not get forward nearly enough to really threaten, always seems to prefer to stay somewhere in the middle of the pitch when we have the ball. What we could really do with is a player we had in home games against Villa and Newcastle last season, in which we created clear cut chances by the truck load based on his intelligent off the ball running, link up play, and eye of the needle threaded passes that split defences apart. Cometh the hour, cometh the man... this is Gaston's time to shine imho.

Still is IMO. In 03/04 mid-table obscurity seemed our best bet until a good late run meant that in early April we were within touching distance of 4th spot. We were 5 points behind 4th placed Liverpool with a game in hand. We managed to lose our 'easy' game in hand at home to relegation threatened Bolton (I think), and somehow an out of sorts Liverpool won at title chasing Man United the following week and the rest is history. But we came oh so close.

So the toothless formation/lineup that played yesterday would do a better job you think? Let's face it, like I said in my OP with AL not playing well, we are absolutely clueless: WBA: penalty Sunderland: set piece Norwich: no goals West Ham: no goals Liverpool: set piece (by AL) Palace: AL assist, set piece Swansea: AL, Jayrod fluke United: set piece Fulham: set piece, AL cross Stoke: Jayrod fluke Hull: Morgan, AL, penalty(won by AL), Davis Arsenal: no goals Chelsea: Jayrod fluke There you go: take out AL, and take out set pieces, penalties and Jayrod flukes, and we've scored TWICE that's right a paltry TWO LEAGUE GOALS ALL SEASON! Really need that spark and a breath of fresh air in the team - Ramirez is just the ticket imho. PS nothing against Jayrod, just for some reason 3 of his 4 league goals this season have been flukes lol

Would like to see him start with Ramirez for a game or two, IMO would gel together well...

Villa not that physical of a side. Must learn to adapt to avoid unwanted suspensions. We'd get completely walloped by a free-scoring Man City team if Wanyama misses out.

Even the best of us can make wrong predictions. I stand corrected.

Would save Big Vic for the City game, need him most then (you just KNOW if he plays on Weds he'll get booked and get himself suspended). Would go all out attack for this one - could really use some goals to restore confidence and get into xmas spirit... ______________________________________Gazza___________________________________ Clyne________________Fonte_______________________Lovren____________________Shaw ____________________________________JWP__________________________________ __________Lallana______________________________________________JayRod_________ _______________________Lambert_____________________Ramirez_____________________ ____________________________________Osvaldo___________________________________ Should be banging them in for fun with that. Saints 6-1 Villa.

How much you got on us finishing 4th? Shame I can't get odds on my bet... I'm sticking with my August 2012 prediction: Gaston = future Saints legend.

With Kelvin out injured this question has become moot.

Emergency loan keeper possible you think?

Poll please mods! When Adam's not on his game we're absolutely clueless in the final third. Let's start a Bring Gaston Back brigade!!

I truly do not understand... my infraction was specifically for "pornographic images", so wtf!? p.s. Invisimod is Skintsaint!! (sorry mate)

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Well in the end this contractor bloke got he wanted, he riled you guys up!! All I did was smile and chuckle at his clever little ploy and moved on. Why would or should I get offended?