You talk a good game Nigel but your record is crap like all the others before you, but now is the time for you to take brave decisions and pick the right team to win the game tommorow night and ill be there to cheer the boys on and help in any way I can just like many others who will make the trip.
The time has come for battlers please please be brave and lets go down with a fight!
Please No Braley Wright Phillips!
Please No Idiakez!
I think the team should be as follows:-
Richard Wright
Jermaine Wright
Chris Perry
Chris Lucketti
Gregory Vignal
Heres the Tricky Bit :-
Mario Licka or Jason Euell on the right
John Viafara
Youseff Safri
Andrew Surnman
Stern John
Marek Saganowski

Subs :-
Nathan Dyer
Vincent Pericard
Wayne Thomas
Kelvin Davis

COYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!YELLOWS
Mario Licka or Jason Euell

Good luck Nigel, If the players share your passion then it will a well fought battle. COYR.

C0ME 0N U SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!11

Lets bash them to pieces

I glanced at the headline and thought for a second we'd won a game on Wednesday! Wrong again!

I'm not sure that I can remember the last time I saw Saints win a televised game. It would be nice to see that happen tonight but I just cannot see us scoring let alone winning. Feel free to prove me wrong though.

to be fair , we havent lost when we've played this season on sky. we beat burnley 3-2 away and cardiff 1-0 at home so lets go for the hat trick shall we. We will have such a better idea of where we are at 10pm tonight. Until then lets keep the faith!!

obelisk wrote:
I'm not sure that I can remember the last time I saw Saints win a televised game. It would be nice to see that happen tonight but I just cannot see us scoring let alone winning. Feel free to prove me wrong though.

3 2 away at Burnley last September. We're due another one!

Can't make tonights game but if the atmosphere is half as good as it was at Charlton, we'll have a fighting chance.

C O Y Y

Mike wrote:
You talk a good game Nigel but your record is crap like all the others before you, but now is the time for you to take brave decisions and pick the right team to win the game tommorow night and ill be there to cheer the boys on and help in any way I can just like many others who will make the trip. The time has come for battlers please please be brave and lets go down with a fight! Please No Braley Wright Phillips! Please No Idiakez! I think the team should be as follows:- Richard Wright Jermaine Wright Chris Perry Chris Lucketti Gregory Vignal Heres the Tricky Bit :- Mario Licka or Jason Euell on the right John Viafara Youseff Safri Andrew Surnman Stern John Marek Saganowski Subs :- Nathan Dyer Vincent Pericard Wayne Thomas Kelvin Davis COYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!YELLOWS Mario Licka or Jason Euell

Saga should not be in the team, believe me. Saw him in the reserves in the week and he was shocking he couldnt trap a wet bag of cement and missed a few easy chances. BWP is quicker and looks sharper at the moment, what evidence do you have that makes you want to put him in the team? I would also like to see dyer back in, scaring defenders with his pace, as we know WBA cant defend. COYY!

I will be there tonight and I would like to see NP make a bold statement for the future. Now is the time to put our best team out. Dyer and Hammill down the flanks with BWP up front and Stern scoring it will be a very attacking line up. Safri and Viafara in the middle will be strong. Would like to see Vignal at left back with Ostlund at right back. 2 full backs who know how to defend. Keep Wright in goal and Lucketti and Perry at the back and we can win. Surman, Saga, Euell and Thomas on the bench. Going down is not an option. Its time the players took responsibility and earned their pay. COYY Saint Forever

As usual there seem to be a lot of football experts watching Saints who seem to know nothing about football!? If he's fit and wanting to play, why avoid playing Idiakez!? He's without a doubt our best player and certainly the only one with enough class to come up with something clever to unlock the Baggies defence tonight. I was at Hillsboro earlier this season when we were spanked by Wednesday and could not believe that at least 5 of our players (including Jason Euell) were laughing and joking with the opposition after the final whistle!! You'd never see Idiakez doing that, like me it would seem he either has pride or he HATES losing and right now that is the passion we need! Come on Nigel let's stall those Baggies and put Weds and Leicester City back below us in the league! Come on you Saints!

Mike wrote:
You talk a good game Nigel but your record is crap like all the others before you, but now is the time for you to take brave decisions and pick the right team to win the game tommorow night and ill be there to cheer the boys on and help in any way I can just like many others who will make the trip. The time has come for battlers please please be brave and lets go down with a fight! Please No Braley Wright Phillips! Please No Idiakez! I think the team should be as follows:- Richard Wright Jermaine Wright Chris Perry Chris Lucketti Gregory Vignal Heres the Tricky Bit :- Mario Licka or Jason Euell on the right John Viafara Youseff Safri Andrew Surnman Stern John Marek Saganowski Subs :- Nathan Dyer Vincent Pericard Wayne Thomas Kelvin Davis COYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!YELLOWS Mario Licka or Jason Euell

What an unfair way to start a post Mike!
'You talk a good game but your record is crap like all the others before you'!
What you fail to mention is that successive managers have had a worse batch of players to select from than the manager they replaced!
For anyone that has the slightest knowledge of football, I would think it would be obvious that you cannot sell Premier League quality players, replace them with lesser quality players, and still have a quality, winning team!
Nigel Pearson took on the job of manager, when other, more experienced out of work managers, did not apply because they did not fancy the challenge!
Your manager deserves support, not criticism at this time, and a bit more understanding of the problems he faces that were not of his making!
It's easy to select a team on here, but if Nigel took your advice, and the team were slaughtered, it is Nigel that would have to face the press to explain what went wrong, and the abuse from 'customers' like yourself, on these posts, not YOU!

Are you Inigo's brother Ian?

No question he has good feet but my feeling is that he doesn't have the pace or physicality to cut it in Championship football. Having said that, would I rather Viafara (can't control a ball) or Euell (can't be bothered to control a ball)? No.

Going to be a difficult night. We need to be brave and go for it. I'm sure we have players who's egos tell them they are good enough for this level. They have to stand up and prove that.

ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD TO SAINTS TONIGHT.

Jez wrote:
Are you Inigo\'s brother Ian?

No question he has good feet but my feeling is that he doesn\'t have the pace or physicality to cut it in Championship football. Having said that, would I rather Viafara (can\'t control a ball) or Euell (can\'t be bothered to control a ball)? No.

Going to be a difficult night. We need to be brave and go for it. I\'m sure we have players who\'s egos tell them they are good enough for this level. They have to stand up and prove that.

Unfortunately we don't have any players with pace. BWP is quick but can't be bothered to run, chase or dribble. Dyer is quick but forgets to look where he's going.

I think we just pick the ones who have either got the skill (not much choice) or care enough (less choice). And we should also not pick on sentiment. Surman may be a Saints fan, but he has been very, very poor this season. Bit like having a Saints fan as Chairman - looks like a god idea, but has got us in more trouble than it's worth.

Having said all that I think the best team without any doubt will be the one Pearson picks - because that is the one that has to get three points tonight whatever we say. Next season, which ever division, we can at least look forward to players who are fit (even if they still can't play football) with Hoddle back in charge.

West Brom should have the drive to win promotion tonight

come on you baggies

Hopefully 'super' Kevin Phillips will bang a couple in tonight and 'Beatts' can finish the job on Sunday ! What irony !

Hopefully 'super' Kevin Phillips will bang a couple in tonight and 'Beatts' can finish the job on Sunday ! What irony !

sailor sam wrote:

Mike wrote: You talk a good game Nigel but your record is crap like all the others before you, but now is the time for you to take brave decisions and pick the right team to win the game tommorow night and ill be there to cheer the boys on and help in any way I can just like many others who will make the trip. The time has come for battlers please please be brave and lets go down with a fight! Please No Braley Wright Phillips! Please No Idiakez! I think the team should be as follows:- Richard Wright Jermaine Wright Chris Perry Chris Lucketti Gregory Vignal Heres the Tricky Bit :- Mario Licka or Jason Euell on the right John Viafara Youseff Safri Andrew Surnman Stern John Marek Saganowski Subs :- Nathan Dyer Vincent Pericard Wayne Thomas Kelvin Davis COYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!YELLOWS Mario Licka or Jason Euell

What an unfair way to start a post Mike! 'You talk a good game but your record is crap like all the others before you'! What you fail to mention is that successive managers have had a worse batch of players to select from than the manager they replaced! For anyone that has the slightest knowledge of football, I would think it would be obvious that you cannot sell Premier League quality players, replace them with lesser quality players, and still have a quality, winning team! Nigel Pearson took on the job of manager, when other, more experienced out of work managers, did not apply because they did not fancy the challenge! Your manager deserves support, not criticism at this time, and a bit more understanding of the problems he faces that were not of his making! It's easy to select a team on here, but if Nigel took your advice, and the team were slaughtered, it is Nigel that would have to face the press to explain what went wrong, and the abuse from 'customers' like yourself, on these posts, not YOU!

Good afternoon Sam. What you say is right, Pearson does need our support (I for one will be there tonight to see my return on £2 on us winning 2-0 at 35-1!!). However, I can well understand Mikes point. Pearson might well have to make a few different decisions tonight, unpopular or not-depending on which way you look at it.

May i suggest your thoughts and efforts could be put into better use at Fratton judging by Redknapps comments on MOTD last night,"lack of atmosphere", "dead" and "I hoped we would be better supported with a cup final around the corner" were mentioned by the supremo unless I'm very much mistaken.....

By the way, I thought Defoe looked sharp yesterday and should be amongst the top scorers next season- I just hope he changes boot colour,yellow doesn't suit him!

Lammy wrote:

sailor sam wrote:

Mike wrote: You talk a good game Nigel but your record is crap like all the others before you, but now is the time for you to take brave decisions and pick the right team to win the game tommorow night and ill be there to cheer the boys on and help in any way I can just like many others who will make the trip. The time has come for battlers please please be brave and lets go down with a fight! Please No Braley Wright Phillips! Please No Idiakez! I think the team should be as follows:- Richard Wright Jermaine Wright Chris Perry Chris Lucketti Gregory Vignal Heres the Tricky Bit :- Mario Licka or Jason Euell on the right John Viafara Youseff Safri Andrew Surnman Stern John Marek Saganowski Subs :- Nathan Dyer Vincent Pericard Wayne Thomas Kelvin Davis COYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!YELLOWS Mario Licka or Jason Euell

What an unfair way to start a post Mike! 'You talk a good game but your record is crap like all the others before you'! What you fail to mention is that successive managers have had a worse batch of players to select from than the manager they replaced! For anyone that has the slightest knowledge of football, I would think it would be obvious that you cannot sell Premier League quality players, replace them with lesser quality players, and still have a quality, winning team! Nigel Pearson took on the job of manager, when other, more experienced out of work managers, did not apply because they did not fancy the challenge! Your manager deserves support, not criticism at this time, and a bit more understanding of the problems he faces that were not of his making! It's easy to select a team on here, but if Nigel took your advice, and the team were slaughtered, it is Nigel that would have to face the press to explain what went wrong, and the abuse from 'customers' like yourself, on these posts, not YOU!

Good afternoon Sam. What you say is right, Pearson does need our support (I for one will be there tonight to see my return on £2 on us winning 2-0 at 35-1!!). However, I can well understand Mikes point. Pearson might well have to make a few different decisions tonight, unpopular or not-depending on which way you look at it. May i suggest your thoughts and efforts could be put into better use at Fratton judging by Redknapps comments on MOTD last night,"lack of atmosphere", "dead" and "I hoped we would be better supported with a cup final around the corner" were mentioned by the supremo unless I'm very much mistaken..... By the way, I thought Defoe looked sharp yesterday and should be amongst the top scorers next season- I just hope he changes boot colour,yellow doesn't suit him!

Of course Pearson will have to take decisions, some unpopular - that's what he's paid to do!
Let's face it, with the squad he has inherited, there is not a lot of juggling that he can do! The quality player has long gone! He has to make the best of a bad job, that was not of his making! He's got it tough, and deserves support, not constant criticism about selection, lack of experience etc etc.

Did not see MOTD! I was not aware that the crowd were any less vocal than usual. I do think that, despite what is said by Harry and Tony, the players have their minds on Wembley more than on the league games. After the weekend's results, maybe that's the best thing! Don't get injured!
Yes! Defoe does look good, and only wish that Benjani was still here to work alongside him, because Baros has, in my opinion, failed to deliver, and think that his loan deal will not be turned into a contract offer when the season ends.

I hope all goes well for you tonight!

It's going to be a tough one!

Good Luck!

Lammy wrote:

sailor sam wrote:

Mike wrote: You talk a good game Nigel but your record is crap like all the others before you, but now is the time for you to take brave decisions and pick the right team to win the game tommorow night and ill be there to cheer the boys on and help in any way I can just like many others who will make the trip. The time has come for battlers please please be brave and lets go down with a fight! Please No Braley Wright Phillips! Please No Idiakez! I think the team should be as follows:- Richard Wright Jermaine Wright Chris Perry Chris Lucketti Gregory Vignal Heres the Tricky Bit :- Mario Licka or Jason Euell on the right John Viafara Youseff Safri Andrew Surnman Stern John Marek Saganowski Subs :- Nathan Dyer Vincent Pericard Wayne Thomas Kelvin Davis COYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!YELLOWS Mario Licka or Jason Euell

What an unfair way to start a post Mike! \'You talk a good game but your record is crap like all the others before you\'! What you fail to mention is that successive managers have had a worse batch of players to select from than the manager they replaced! For anyone that has the slightest knowledge of football, I would think it would be obvious that you cannot sell Premier League quality players, replace them with lesser quality players, and still have a quality, winning team! Nigel Pearson took on the job of manager, when other, more experienced out of work managers, did not apply because they did not fancy the challenge! Your manager deserves support, not criticism at this time, and a bit more understanding of the problems he faces that were not of his making! It\'s easy to select a team on here, but if Nigel took your advice, and the team were slaughtered, it is Nigel that would have to face the press to explain what went wrong, and the abuse from \'customers\' like yourself, on these posts, not YOU!

Good afternoon Sam. What you say is right, Pearson does need our support (I for one will be there tonight to see my return on £2 on us winning 2-0 at 35-1!!). However, I can well understand Mikes point. Pearson might well have to make a few different decisions tonight, unpopular or not-depending on which way you look at it. May i suggest your thoughts and efforts could be put into better use at Fratton judging by Redknapps comments on MOTD last night,\"lack of atmosphere\", \"dead\" and \"I hoped we would be better supported with a cup final around the corner\" were mentioned by the supremo unless I\'m very much mistaken..... By the way, I thought Defoe looked sharp yesterday and should be amongst the top scorers next season- I just hope he changes boot colour,yellow doesn\'t suit him!

Of course Pearson will have to take decisions, some unpopular - that's what he's paid to do!
Let's face it, with the squad he has inherited, there is not a lot of juggling that he can do! The quality player has long gone! He has to make the best of a bad job, that was not of his making! He's got it tough, and deserves support, not constant criticism about selection, lack of experience etc etc.

Did not see MOTD! I was not aware that the crowd were any less vocal than usual. I do think that, despite what is said by Harry and Tony, the players have their minds on Wembley more than on the league games. After the weekend's results, maybe that's the best thing! Don't get injured!
Yes! Defoe does look good, and only wish that Benjani was still here to work alongside him, because Baros has, in my opinion, failed to deliver, and think that his loan deal will not be turned into a contract offer when the season ends.

I hope all goes well for you tonight!

It's going to be a tough one!

Good Luck!

sailor sam wrote:

Lammy wrote:

sailor sam wrote:

Mike wrote: You talk a good game Nigel but your record is crap like all the others before you, but now is the time for you to take brave decisions and pick the right team to win the game tommorow night and ill be there to cheer the boys on and help in any way I can just like many others who will make the trip. The time has come for battlers please please be brave and lets go down with a fight! Please No Braley Wright Phillips! Please No Idiakez! I think the team should be as follows:- Richard Wright Jermaine Wright Chris Perry Chris Lucketti Gregory Vignal Heres the Tricky Bit :- Mario Licka or Jason Euell on the right John Viafara Youseff Safri Andrew Surnman Stern John Marek Saganowski Subs :- Nathan Dyer Vincent Pericard Wayne Thomas Kelvin Davis COYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!YELLOWS Mario Licka or Jason Euell

What an unfair way to start a post Mike! 'You talk a good game but your record is crap like all the others before you'! What you fail to mention is that successive managers have had a worse batch of players to select from than the manager they replaced! For anyone that has the slightest knowledge of football, I would think it would be obvious that you cannot sell Premier League quality players, replace them with lesser quality players, and still have a quality, winning team! Nigel Pearson took on the job of manager, when other, more experienced out of work managers, did not apply because they did not fancy the challenge! Your manager deserves support, not criticism at this time, and a bit more understanding of the problems he faces that were not of his making! It's easy to select a team on here, but if Nigel took your advice, and the team were slaughtered, it is Nigel that would have to face the press to explain what went wrong, and the abuse from 'customers' like yourself, on these posts, not YOU!

Good afternoon Sam. What you say is right, Pearson does need our support (I for one will be there tonight to see my return on £2 on us winning 2-0 at 35-1!!). However, I can well understand Mikes point. Pearson might well have to make a few different decisions tonight, unpopular or not-depending on which way you look at it. May i suggest your thoughts and efforts could be put into better use at Fratton judging by Redknapps comments on MOTD last night,"lack of atmosphere", "dead" and "I hoped we would be better supported with a cup final around the corner" were mentioned by the supremo unless I'm very much mistaken..... By the way, I thought Defoe looked sharp yesterday and should be amongst the top scorers next season- I just hope he changes boot colour,yellow doesn't suit him!

Of course Pearson will have to take decisions, some unpopular - that's what he's paid to do! Let's face it, with the squad he has inherited, there is not a lot of juggling that he can do! The quality player has long gone! He has to make the best of a bad job, that was not of his making! He's got it tough, and deserves support, not constant criticism about selection, lack of experience etc etc. Did not see MOTD! I was not aware that the crowd were any less vocal than usual. I do think that, despite what is said by Harry and Tony, the players have their minds on Wembley more than on the league games. After the weekend's results, maybe that's the best thing! Don't get injured! Yes! Defoe does look good, and only wish that Benjani was still here to work alongside him, because Baros has, in my opinion, failed to deliver, and think that his loan deal will not be turned into a contract offer when the season ends. I hope all goes well for you tonight! It's going to be a tough one! Good Luck!

Cheers Sam, I might even share my winnings with you..............
Oh,and Redknapp really did say that, he looked thoroughly bemused.

Saint since 73 wrote:
I will be there tonight and I would like to see NP make a bold statement for the future. Now is the time to put our best team out. Dyer and Hammill down the flanks with BWP up front and Stern scoring it will be a very attacking line up. Safri and Viafara in the middle will be strong. Would like to see Vignal at left back with Ostlund at right back. 2 full backs who know how to defend. Keep Wright in goal and Lucketti and Perry at the back and we can win. Surman, Saga, Euell and Thomas on the bench. Going down is not an option. Its time the players took responsibility and earned their pay. COYY Saint Forever

I agree - spring a surprise - at least have Hammil on the bench instead of Pericard. Ostlund is more mobile than Wright! If Daly gets his butt in gear then who knows. Vignal to return.

Lammy wrote:

sailor sam wrote:

Lammy wrote:

sailor sam wrote:

Mike wrote: You talk a good game Nigel but your record is crap like all the others before you, but now is the time for you to take brave decisions and pick the right team to win the game tommorow night and ill be there to cheer the boys on and help in any way I can just like many others who will make the trip. The time has come for battlers please please be brave and lets go down with a fight! Please No Braley Wright Phillips! Please No Idiakez! I think the team should be as follows:- Richard Wright Jermaine Wright Chris Perry Chris Lucketti Gregory Vignal Heres the Tricky Bit :- Mario Licka or Jason Euell on the right John Viafara Youseff Safri Andrew Surnman Stern John Marek Saganowski Subs :- Nathan Dyer Vincent Pericard Wayne Thomas Kelvin Davis COYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!YELLOWS Mario Licka or Jason Euell

What an unfair way to start a post Mike! 'You talk a good game but your record is crap like all the others before you'! What you fail to mention is that successive managers have had a worse batch of players to select from than the manager they replaced! For anyone that has the slightest knowledge of football, I would think it would be obvious that you cannot sell Premier League quality players, replace them with lesser quality players, and still have a quality, winning team! Nigel Pearson took on the job of manager, when other, more experienced out of work managers, did not apply because they did not fancy the challenge! Your manager deserves support, not criticism at this time, and a bit more understanding of the problems he faces that were not of his making! It's easy to select a team on here, but if Nigel took your advice, and the team were slaughtered, it is Nigel that would have to face the press to explain what went wrong, and the abuse from 'customers' like yourself, on these posts, not YOU!

Good afternoon Sam. What you say is right, Pearson does need our support (I for one will be there tonight to see my return on £2 on us winning 2-0 at 35-1!!). However, I can well understand Mikes point. Pearson might well have to make a few different decisions tonight, unpopular or not-depending on which way you look at it. May i suggest your thoughts and efforts could be put into better use at Fratton judging by Redknapps comments on MOTD last night,"lack of atmosphere", "dead" and "I hoped we would be better supported with a cup final around the corner" were mentioned by the supremo unless I'm very much mistaken..... By the way, I thought Defoe looked sharp yesterday and should be amongst the top scorers next season- I just hope he changes boot colour,yellow doesn't suit him!

Of course Pearson will have to take decisions, some unpopular - that's what he's paid to do! Let's face it, with the squad he has inherited, there is not a lot of juggling that he can do! The quality player has long gone! He has to make the best of a bad job, that was not of his making! He's got it tough, and deserves support, not constant criticism about selection, lack of experience etc etc. Did not see MOTD! I was not aware that the crowd were any less vocal than usual. I do think that, despite what is said by Harry and Tony, the players have their minds on Wembley more than on the league games. After the weekend's results, maybe that's the best thing! Don't get injured! Yes! Defoe does look good, and only wish that Benjani was still here to work alongside him, because Baros has, in my opinion, failed to deliver, and think that his loan deal will not be turned into a contract offer when the season ends. I hope all goes well for you tonight! It's going to be a tough one! Good Luck!

Cheers Sam, I might even share my winnings with you.............. Oh,and Redknapp really did say that, he looked thoroughly bemused.

I had no doubts about your honesty on what Harry said, but have considerable doubts that you would consider sharing your winnings!
I hope you collect!

Mike wrote:
You talk a good game Nigel but your record is crap like all the others before you, but now is the time for you to take brave decisions and pick the right team to win the game tommorow night and ill be there to cheer the boys on and help in any way I can just like many others who will make the trip.
The time has come for battlers please please be brave and lets go down with a fight!
Please No Braley Wright Phillips!
Please No Idiakez!
I think the team should be as follows:-
Richard Wright
Jermaine Wright
Chris Perry
Chris Lucketti
Gregory Vignal
Heres the Tricky Bit :-
Mario Licka or Jason Euell on the right
John Viafara
Youseff Safri
Andrew Surnman
Stern John
Marek Saganowski

Subs :-
Nathan Dyer
Vincent Pericard
Wayne Thomas
Kelvin Davis

COYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!YELLOWS
Mario Licka or Jason Euell

i see you report posts you dont like MIKE,you are a sad puppy!if you dont like a reasoned argument dont post crap!!!!!!

sailor sam wrote:

Mike wrote: You talk a good game Nigel but your record is crap like all the others before you, but now is the time for you to take brave decisions and pick the right team to win the game tommorow night and ill be there to cheer the boys on and help in any way I can just like many others who will make the trip. The time has come for battlers please please be brave and lets go down with a fight! Please No Braley Wright Phillips! Please No Idiakez! I think the team should be as follows:- Richard Wright Jermaine Wright Chris Perry Chris Lucketti Gregory Vignal Heres the Tricky Bit :- Mario Licka or Jason Euell on the right John Viafara Youseff Safri Andrew Surnman Stern John Marek Saganowski Subs :- Nathan Dyer Vincent Pericard Wayne Thomas Kelvin Davis COYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!YELLOWS Mario Licka or Jason Euell

What an unfair way to start a post Mike! 'You talk a good game but your record is crap like all the others before you'! What you fail to mention is that successive managers have had a worse batch of players to select from than the manager they replaced! For anyone that has the slightest knowledge of football, I would think it would be obvious that you cannot sell Premier League quality players, replace them with lesser quality players, and still have a quality, winning team! Nigel Pearson took on the job of manager, when other, more experienced out of work managers, did not apply because they did not fancy the challenge! Your manager deserves support, not criticism at this time, and a bit more understanding of the problems he faces that were not of his making! It's easy to select a team on here, but if Nigel took your advice, and the team were slaughtered, it is Nigel that would have to face the press to explain what went wrong, and the abuse from 'customers' like yourself, on these posts, not YOU!

Couldn't have put it better myself,if we had anyone half decent we have sold them, most of us are behind Nigel, he has had to do the impossible,I like the passion he has for the team,he,s always on the touchline shouting , COYR

Come on Saints don't let me down to-night,I will be watching the game on sky surrounded by
Sheff/Wed and Barnsley supporters,I know Saints will be booed every time they touch the ball,and I will be laughed at if we lose,I want the last laugh to-night,
So Please Please Win
Long suffering Saints Supporter
David Crook

sailor sam wrote:

Lammy wrote:

sailor sam wrote:

Lammy wrote:

sailor sam wrote:

Mike wrote: You talk a good game Nigel but your record is crap like all the others before you, but now is the time for you to take brave decisions and pick the right team to win the game tommorow night and ill be there to cheer the boys on and help in any way I can just like many others who will make the trip. The time has come for battlers please please be brave and lets go down with a fight! Please No Braley Wright Phillips! Please No Idiakez! I think the team should be as follows:- Richard Wright Jermaine Wright Chris Perry Chris Lucketti Gregory Vignal Heres the Tricky Bit :- Mario Licka or Jason Euell on the right John Viafara Youseff Safri Andrew Surnman Stern John Marek Saganowski Subs :- Nathan Dyer Vincent Pericard Wayne Thomas Kelvin Davis COYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!YELLOWS Mario Licka or Jason Euell

What an unfair way to start a post Mike! 'You talk a good game but your record is crap like all the others before you'! What you fail to mention is that successive managers have had a worse batch of players to select from than the manager they replaced! For anyone that has the slightest knowledge of football, I would think it would be obvious that you cannot sell Premier League quality players, replace them with lesser quality players, and still have a quality, winning team! Nigel Pearson took on the job of manager, when other, more experienced out of work managers, did not apply because they did not fancy the challenge! Your manager deserves support, not criticism at this time, and a bit more understanding of the problems he faces that were not of his making! It's easy to select a team on here, but if Nigel took your advice, and the team were slaughtered, it is Nigel that would have to face the press to explain what went wrong, and the abuse from 'customers' like yourself, on these posts, not YOU!

Good afternoon Sam. What you say is right, Pearson does need our support (I for one will be there tonight to see my return on £2 on us winning 2-0 at 35-1!!). However, I can well understand Mikes point. Pearson might well have to make a few different decisions tonight, unpopular or not-depending on which way you look at it. May i suggest your thoughts and efforts could be put into better use at Fratton judging by Redknapps comments on MOTD last night,"lack of atmosphere", "dead" and "I hoped we would be better supported with a cup final around the corner" were mentioned by the supremo unless I'm very much mistaken..... By the way, I thought Defoe looked sharp yesterday and should be amongst the top scorers next season- I just hope he changes boot colour,yellow doesn't suit him!

Of course Pearson will have to take decisions, some unpopular - that's what he's paid to do! Let's face it, with the squad he has inherited, there is not a lot of juggling that he can do! The quality player has long gone! He has to make the best of a bad job, that was not of his making! He's got it tough, and deserves support, not constant criticism about selection, lack of experience etc etc. Did not see MOTD! I was not aware that the crowd were any less vocal than usual. I do think that, despite what is said by Harry and Tony, the players have their minds on Wembley more than on the league games. After the weekend's results, maybe that's the best thing! Don't get injured! Yes! Defoe does look good, and only wish that Benjani was still here to work alongside him, because Baros has, in my opinion, failed to deliver, and think that his loan deal will not be turned into a contract offer when the season ends. I hope all goes well for you tonight! It's going to be a tough one! Good Luck!

Cheers Sam, I might even share my winnings with you.............. Oh,and Redknapp really did say that, he looked thoroughly bemused.

I had no doubts about your honesty on what Harry said, but have considerable doubts that you would consider sharing your winnings!
I hope you collect!

I feel sick

What team was it that cheeted by having to many loan players? when do they have the points deducted?

Sheffield Wednesday - but unfortunately they didn't get any points deducted in the end because they only actually PLAYED 5 out of their 6 loan players in that particular match (Typical)!

in my opinion saint are completely and utterly rubbish and i hope they go down because it will be a joy to watch them playing brighton next year and they will most probably go down again becasue they are that hopeless

all the best though sausage


yours sincerlely benjaminge

Saints Forever wrote:
Sheffield Wednesday - but unfortunately they didn't get any points deducted in the end because they only actually PLAYED 5 out of their 6 loan players in that particular match (Typical)!

in my opinion saint are completely and utterly rubbish and i hope they go down because it will be a joy to watch them playing brighton next year and they will most probably go down again becasue they are that hopeless

all the best though sausage


yours sincerlely benjaminge