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    Bring back Branfoot wrote:
    OSPREYSAINT wrote:
    As it appears to be a troll/WUM fest today, it is time to go elsewhere for sensible discourse.
    It’s truly incredible that some of you dedicate such a large portion of your lives to following Saints and posting on here, ad nauseam, yet you missed the fundamental reasons for our poor season, namely our style of play and the defense and GK situations not being fully dealt with in the summer. I said it over a couple of months ago and some of you started crying, namely the skate baiters, you know who you are, huh OSPers!
    BBB Dopey negative post, there is such a thing as having to acclimatise Just look how badly the 3 relegated from Prem teams are doing in the Championship.
    GK position was clearly recognized as a position to fix as evidenced by the club bid for Butland but when that didnt happen we have to make do with what we have and unfortunately KD has been a failure at this level. re Style of play against Stoke and others has been spot on."
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Rodriguez stakes claim to start for Saints against Villa

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Jay Rodriguez believes he has improved as a player since joining Saints, even if his first few months at the club have been frustrating at times.

The 23-year-old, pictured, arrived at St Mary’s last summer in a £7m deal from Championship side Burnley.

At the time, the fee paid for his services was a club record, only for it to be trumped soon after by the £12m capture of Gastón Ramírez from Bologna.

The price tag, coupled with a burgeoning reputation forged in the second tier, meant expectations were high following Rodriguez’s transfer.

But the forward has been unable to nail down a regular place in Nigel Adkins’ team this term.

He started the campaign as a regular selection, however he was utilised mainly on the left-hand side, rather than through the middle.

Rodriguez then dropped onto the substitutes’ bench for a spell, but has started to force his way back into the reckoning, turning in some impressive recent displays.

He scored in the 3-3 draw at Stoke and also put Saints in front against Chelsea in last weekend’s FA Cup defeat, with his form coinciding with opportunities to play in a more central position.

“It has been a learning curve playing against better players and better teams,” admitted Rodriguez.

“It has been a little bit frustrating as I’ve not had as many games as I would have like to have played.

“But all I can do is work hard and just carry on trying to improve as a player.”

Full story in today's Daily Echo

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