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    Strasbourg Saint wrote:
    Confucious wrote:
    Strasbourg Saint wrote:
    Pedant time: "It has been a little bit frustrating as I’ve not had as many games as I would have like to have played."

    1. Did he really use HAVE four times (plus HAD) in one sentence?
    2. However, the error which the Echo has made is LIKE. It should be LIKED.

    Anyway, I think fans should give him (Lee and Mayuka) more time. New players don't always settle in straight away. It took Keegan an age to score his first goal.

    In short, I have faith that Jay has the talent to have a fantastic future once he has settled into the life he has chosen playing for the best team ever to have graced the Premier League. He has my full support and I have a feeling that by 5pm he will have bagged another goal or two.
    Spot on Stras - you will definately not go down to posterity writing bad grammar.

    I try not ever to split infinitives because the less times I do it the more affect my postings have. To be more or less specific, I would of thought most people on here really should have went to a better school.

    Some will find this a mute point, hardly awaited with bated breath, but for me and you it's an issue to be very concerned with.

    As for Jay - time will prove he's not second to nobody.
    Just got back online, Confucious.

    Your right. You obviously speak very well English - just as I would of faught :)

    Allez Le Machine Rouge et Blanc!!!
    mange tout"
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Rodriguez stakes claim to start for Saints against Villa

6:00am Saturday 12th January 2013 in Sport Photograph of the Author By Gordon Simpson , Senior Sports Reporter

Jay Rodriguez Jay Rodriguez

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.

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“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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