Predictions are that Saints will survive
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| Nigel Pearson |
SIR ALEX Ferguson once famously called this stage of the season squeaky bum time' when it came to chasing a Premiership title.
Well, it's not just title hopefuls that suffer from it.
For Saints, the final six games of this Championship season could have a massive bearing on the future of the club.
They face a real battle to avoid relegation to League One - just five years after an FA Cup final appearance, UEFA Cup qualification and an eighth-placed Premiership finish.
Nigel Pearson's side do have some tough fixtures from which to get the points they require.
But they have been helped by the very inconsistent form of the other sides around them.
Trying to predict results is a nightmare and an experience fraught with pitfalls.
Nonetheless, fans everywhere will be doing it at this stage of the season.
By my reckoning, Saints will survive - with a small points cushion.
Read Adam Leitch's predictions in today's Daily Echo.
6:00am Wednesday 26th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: Mike, Southampton on 7:57am Wed 26 Mar 08
[bold]Saints will survive if Pearson gets his tactics right and again picks the right players for the right games![/bold]
Adam Hammill needs to be used wide right or left and for me Viafara needs to play in the middle with Safri otherwise he just as well sit on the bench!
1 Point should be the aim for Saturday anything more a bonus, anything less another nail in the coffin!
I wait with baited breath to see Adam [bold]Leitch's predictions if its anything like his match reports it will be pure fiction![/bold]
Saints will survive if Pearson gets his tactics right and again picks the right players for the right games!
Adam Hammill needs to be used wide right or left and for me Viafara needs to play in the middle with Safri otherwise he just as well sit on the bench!
1 Point should be the aim for Saturday anything more a bonus, anything less another nail in the coffin!
I wait with baited breath to see Adam
Leitch's predictions if its anything like his match reports it will be pure fiction! Posted by: Berkshire Saint, Berkshire on 8:49am Wed 26 Mar 08
I agree that a point at Cardiff will be a great result. Lets hope they've one eye on the FA Cup semi final the following weekend. It would be interesting to see these predictions? I can see 2 wins at best at thats pushing it.
I agree that a point at Cardiff will be a great result. Lets hope they've one eye on the FA Cup semi final the following weekend. It would be interesting to see these predictions? I can see 2 wins at best at thats pushing it.
Posted by: Osama Bin Laden, A Cave far far away on 9:36am Wed 26 Mar 08
I predict a riot if we dont
I predict a riot if we dont
Posted by: BurleyFan, London on 11:42am Wed 26 Mar 08
Just a query to all you Saints fans who were slating Burley and desperate for him to go...do you still feel the same or now accept the blatant facts that with him in charge you may well have made the playoffs, but are now fighting relegation instead?
Just a query to all you Saints fans who were slating Burley and desperate for him to go...do you still feel the same or now accept the blatant facts that with him in charge you may well have made the playoffs, but are now fighting relegation instead?
Posted by: saint steve, southampton on 11:51am Wed 26 Mar 08
Would be happy with a point agianst Cardiff away. We have a tough run in , but there's sure to be a few supprises, let's just hope they're in our favour. I believe we will stay up - just. Can't wait for the season to end.
Would be happy with a point agianst Cardiff away. We have a tough run in , but there's sure to be a few supprises, let's just hope they're in our favour. I believe we will stay up - just. Can't wait for the season to end.
Posted by: oxford saint, oxford on 12:48pm Wed 26 Mar 08
[quote][bold]BurleyFan[/bold] wrote:
Just a query to all you Saints fans who were slating Burley and desperate for him to go...do you still feel the same or now accept the blatant facts that with him in charge you may well have made the playoffs, but are now fighting relegation instead?[/quote] you are joking are'nt you ?
BurleyFan wrote:
Just a query to all you Saints fans who were slating Burley and desperate for him to go...do you still feel the same or now accept the blatant facts that with him in charge you may well have made the playoffs, but are now fighting relegation instead?
you are joking are'nt you ?
Posted by: sailor sam, portsmouth on 1:04pm Wed 26 Mar 08
Mystic Meg said that I was going to win the lottery as well!
I think that her prediction looks more likely than this one!
Mystic Meg said that I was going to win the lottery as well!
I think that her prediction looks more likely than this one!
Posted by: Jacko, West End on 2:19pm Wed 26 Mar 08
[quote][bold]BurleyFan[/bold] wrote:
Just a query to all you Saints fans who were slating Burley and desperate for him to go...do you still feel the same or now accept the blatant facts that with him in charge you may well have made the playoffs, but are now fighting relegation instead?[/quote] This has to be a joke quote, no one would seriously post something like this would they?
BurleyFan wrote:
Just a query to all you Saints fans who were slating Burley and desperate for him to go...do you still feel the same or now accept the blatant facts that with him in charge you may well have made the playoffs, but are now fighting relegation instead?
This has to be a joke quote, no one would seriously post something like this would they?
Posted by: toxteth o'grady on 2:31pm Wed 26 Mar 08
[quote][bold]BurleyFan[/bold] wrote:
Just a query to all you Saints fans who were slating Burley and desperate for him to go...do you still feel the same or now accept the blatant facts that with him in charge you may well have made the playoffs, but are now fighting relegation instead?[/quote] Hi George - You been on the sauce again ?
BurleyFan wrote:
Just a query to all you Saints fans who were slating Burley and desperate for him to go...do you still feel the same or now accept the blatant facts that with him in charge you may well have made the playoffs, but are now fighting relegation instead?
Hi George - You been on the sauce again ?
Posted by: mr positive, beautifulsouthampton on 2:33pm Wed 26 Mar 08
Burley/Strachan....e
tc......Pearson is in charge and we are falling into league one , so i say forget the past as it cannot be changed and look forward and get behind the team , unlike saturday in the chapel where people were content to sit there like dummies occasionally clapping..COYR and get singing
Burley/Strachan....e
tc......Pearson is in charge and we are falling into league one , so i say forget the past as it cannot be changed and look forward and get behind the team , unlike saturday in the chapel where people were content to sit there like dummies occasionally clapping..COYR and get singing
Posted by: Osama Bin Laden, A Cave far far away on 3:36pm Wed 26 Mar 08
[quote][bold]mr positive[/bold] wrote:
Burley/Strachan....e
tc......Pearson is in charge and we are falling into league one , so i say forget the past as it cannot be changed and look forward and get behind the team , unlike saturday in the chapel where people were content to sit there like dummies occasionally clapping..COYR and get singing [/quote] Are you HIV?
mr positive wrote:
Burley/Strachan....e
tc......Pearson is in charge and we are falling into league one , so i say forget the past as it cannot be changed and look forward and get behind the team , unlike saturday in the chapel where people were content to sit there like dummies occasionally clapping..COYR and get singing
Are you HIV?
Posted by: Rich on 3:36pm Wed 26 Mar 08
This isn't Pearsons doing, another manager might have got one more win but we probably would have lost some that we have drawn too.
Burley apparently (from a reliable source) booted Licka out of the squad because Burley was reported by him for taking training while drunk.
He then seemed to make team selections that surely only could have been made by someone who was p*ssed up at the time.
Pearson seems to be the kind of man who will have a chance of getting us up if we do end UP heading to L1.
COYR
This isn't Pearsons doing, another manager might have got one more win but we probably would have lost some that we have drawn too.
Burley apparently (from a reliable source) booted Licka out of the squad because Burley was reported by him for taking training while drunk.
He then seemed to make team selections that surely only could have been made by someone who was p*ssed up at the time.
Pearson seems to be the kind of man who will have a chance of getting us up if we do end UP heading to L1.
COYR
Posted by: mdboss, southampton on 4:08pm Wed 26 Mar 08
i for one try not to jump on a band wagon but i am convinced we would have been bottom 3 already if george had stayed. Forgetting the freak that was hull we seem to have a bit of balls about us the last month or so.
i for one try not to jump on a band wagon but i am convinced we would have been bottom 3 already if george had stayed. Forgetting the freak that was hull we seem to have a bit of balls about us the last month or so.
Posted by: sailor sam, portsmouth on 4:46pm Wed 26 Mar 08
[quote][bold]mr positive[/bold] wrote:
Burley/Strachan....e tc......Pearson is in charge and we are falling into league one , so i say forget the past as it cannot be changed and look forward and get behind the team , unlike saturday in the chapel where people were content to sit there like dummies occasionally clapping..COYR and get singing [/quote] Well said Mr Positive, although I have no idea where 'beautifulsouthampto
n' is!
For months I have been saying that the past is what the future should have been built on, and not lived in, which many on here appear to be doing!
It would have helped if SMS customers, who Claim to be Supporters, had shown their faces at the open meeting, to show the new manager how they feel, and ask the board all the questions that they put on these pages!
It is Now that you have to worry about, rather than behaving like actors at the oscars, patting yourselves on your backs for what you did decades ago!
mr positive wrote:
Burley/Strachan....e tc......Pearson is in charge and we are falling into league one , so i say forget the past as it cannot be changed and look forward and get behind the team , unlike saturday in the chapel where people were content to sit there like dummies occasionally clapping..COYR and get singing
Well said Mr Positive, although I have no idea where 'beautifulsouthampto
n' is!
For months I have been saying that the past is what the future should have been built on, and not lived in, which many on here appear to be doing!
It would have helped if SMS customers, who Claim to be Supporters, had shown their faces at the open meeting, to show the new manager how they feel, and ask the board all the questions that they put on these pages!
It is Now that you have to worry about, rather than behaving like actors at the oscars, patting yourselves on your backs for what you did decades ago!
Posted by: MIKE T, SOUTHAMPTON on 5:29pm Wed 26 Mar 08
ADAM LEACH HAS ONCE AGAIN LET HIS HEART RULE HIS HEAD LIKE HE DOES WITH HIS MATCH PREDICTIONS. ITS GOING TO BE MORE LIKE 6 POINTS AT THE MOST FROM THE REMAINING GAMES WHICH SHOULD STILL SEE US STAY UP
ADAM LEACH HAS ONCE AGAIN LET HIS HEART RULE HIS HEAD LIKE HE DOES WITH HIS MATCH PREDICTIONS. ITS GOING TO BE MORE LIKE 6 POINTS AT THE MOST FROM THE REMAINING GAMES WHICH SHOULD STILL SEE US STAY UP
Posted by: MIKE T, SOUTHAMPTON on 5:34pm Wed 26 Mar 08
[quote][bold]mr positive[/bold] wrote:
Burley/Strachan....e tc......Pearson is in charge and we are falling into league one , so i say forget the past as it cannot be changed and look forward and get behind the team , unlike saturday in the chapel where people were content to sit there like dummies occasionally clapping..COYR and get singing [/quote] I THINK THEY WERE CRYING IN THE CHAPEL!!
(as the song goes)
mr positive wrote:
Burley/Strachan....e tc......Pearson is in charge and we are falling into league one , so i say forget the past as it cannot be changed and look forward and get behind the team , unlike saturday in the chapel where people were content to sit there like dummies occasionally clapping..COYR and get singing
I THINK THEY WERE CRYING IN THE CHAPEL!!
(as the song goes)
Posted by: David Brown, Lee-on-Solent on 5:50pm Wed 26 Mar 08
I wonder if Scotland's players will play with the same fire in their bellies as Saints players used to perform under George Burley.
I don't think other teams in the world will be shaking in their boots.
I wonder if Scotland's players will play with the same fire in their bellies as Saints players used to perform under George Burley.
I don't think other teams in the world will be shaking in their boots.
Posted by: Ric Flair on 6:04pm Wed 26 Mar 08
i predict a interference will happen,
it would be me but i'm preparing for wrestlemania
i predict a interference will happen,
it would be me but i'm preparing for wrestlemania
Posted by: MIKE T, SOUTHAMPTON on 8:17pm Wed 26 Mar 08
PERHAPS PEARSON WILL PLAY WRIGHT PHILLIPS AND DYER UP FRONT COS I RECKON THEY COULD NICK ONE OUT OF THE BAG !!!!
PERHAPS PEARSON WILL PLAY WRIGHT PHILLIPS AND DYER UP FRONT COS I RECKON THEY COULD NICK ONE OUT OF THE BAG !!!!
Posted by: US Marine, Out There on 10:36pm Thu 27 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Osama Bin Laden[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]mr positive[/bold] wrote: Burley/Strachan....e tc......Pearson is in charge and we are falling into league one , so i say forget the past as it cannot be changed and look forward and get behind the team , unlike saturday in the chapel where people were content to sit there like dummies occasionally clapping..COYR and get singing [/quote] Are you HIV?[/quote] Mr. Bin Laden,
We blew you away in your cave a few years ago.
US Marine
Osama Bin Laden wrote:
mr positive wrote: Burley/Strachan....e tc......Pearson is in charge and we are falling into league one , so i say forget the past as it cannot be changed and look forward and get behind the team , unlike saturday in the chapel where people were content to sit there like dummies occasionally clapping..COYR and get singing
Are you HIV?
Mr. Bin Laden,
We blew you away in your cave a few years ago.
US Marine
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