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15 Sep 2024 13:42:45
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12 May 2024 20:48:11
Positives from today is; well for mez its all positive. Mainly because I didn't/don't think we'd win the playoffs and at the moment we're still in a good position .and second positive is whatever were feeling after the result today all the fans of the other 3 teams will be feeling the same as results were same for everyone across the board. We can't be critical if everyone did the same thing. Friday is a fresh start.
1.) 13 May 2024 16:20:27
Completely agree. An away draw is a reasonable result and we should be confident playing at home on Friday.
I watchd the Leeds game highlights on their YouTube channel and it was interesting to read their fans believing they will bottle the playoffs.
So nobody is blowing anybody away and we have a very good chance.
13 Apr 2024 21:44:50
I'm all for the positivity and believe me I am trying lol but I'm still not optimistic about automatic.
Yes it is technically possible again now but we've been riding our luck too hard to get where we are right now. The teams above us have all dropped massive points but we having capitalized on that nearly enough.
The main factor will be when we face them. They're away games and Leicester and Leeds will both up their games and show their promotion form when playing against us. When it comes to ruthlessness and not conceeding when it matters I can't honestly say we've got it in us. Maybe if we start playing Lumley.
I'm going to be positive though, go with the flow and hope for the fairytale lol . Here's hoping for automatic ?
18 Aug 2023 12:14:00
If we let Che Adams go then we're showing no desire/ambition to return to the premier league. I get the majority of the other exits, big value players and fringe players. Che though isn't either. He's definitely class and that's why people are bidding for him obviously but he's a player the club SHOULD be able to keep hold of.
He's a proven goal scorer, even more so in this league and goals are part of the recipe you need for success. The valuation I'm hearing at 10M for him too is ridiculous. I don't rate Adam Armstrong (recent goals were penalties) .and any replacement for Che would be looking to cover the goals he would have certainly got us and there's no guarantee the replacement will .it's madness.
With all this outgoings as well we fans have to be aware that the club is a business. The new owners bought the club for whatever sum of money, the sell of players/assets covers their expenditure whilst netting them a tidy profit. As a business they've just made some nice money, so there's always the possibility that we're here to languish in the championship now whilst our former team is stripped for parts.
1.) 19 Aug 2023 20:55:38
The skill that Adams has is intelligence . he has the Danny Ings/lambert ability to hold and then move into space space at the last moment .
makes him impossible to play, IF our players anticipate his movement .
Three pure poachers goals in three games!
Tella has two great feet, knows where the goal is, bags of confidence!
Adam A . not an intelligent player, hasn’t progressed as a player . love to see Dom Ballard being given a chance over AA
27 Apr 2023 19:15:10
Armstrong instead of Suleman .wtaf! : (:/:#
McCarthy in for bazuna, whilst I do think bazuna needs some time off, he might be decent one day but has been in the firing line too much this season, replacing him with McCarthy is NOT any better. I'd rather keep bazuna in and hope he finds form . McCarthy is just a shower of rubbish and forever will be.
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02 Apr 2025 23:00:36
A whipped cross onto the head of Onuachu and a goal.
I was mad to suggest the return of JWP apparently but that combo was something I was looking forward to testing/seeing in the premier and one that probably would have saved us/added more excitement.
I mean, at the end of the day JWP may only be a one trick pony but that would have been one more trick that any other of our midfield would have had and couldn't have done any worse.
1.) 03 Apr 2025 06:25:16
Lesleee lesleee lesleee if excitement is what you expected from signing Jwp you really are delusional. Your heralded RM was never going to say "get the ball unto the box early"anyway. In regards to not being any worse in a large proportion of your posts you moan about changing for the sake of change and not to better ourselves, surely this would fall into this category?
2.) 03 Apr 2025 07:07:58
Recent reports from Spain confirm that SFC Board made.a CATASTROPHIC. BLUNDER in opting for GREED OVER REPUTATION. with reference to the sudden jettisoning of preferred candidate Carlos Corbera’n in favour of outsider Ivan Juric (which turned out to be a total disaster) .I truly hope that history doesn’t repeat itself in the Summer and the Board have the opportunity to restore some trust and credibility among both Supporters and prospective Managemet Candidates alike by adopting a more Professional selection process.this time around! KOM.
3.) 04 Apr 2025 13:02:40
You're missing the context of my point saint Kenny. I never claimed any manager would do/opt for my JWP/Onuachu tactic just that I believed it had potential.
I didn't say JWP was exciting either. Just that a) his downfalls in midfield could have been any worse that any other out our midfielders this season and more importantly b) the thing he can bring is what none other in our team (and arguably the premiership) have .decent delivery.
Onuachu is the tallest player in the league I believe, combine that with crossing/delivery of JWP and that was the excitement I was talking about. The goal against crystal palace was a testament to that. I'm not sure about you but apart from dibling I haven't gone into many games and seen an outlet for us this season.
JWP/Onuachu was a real option/possibility and compared to what we have/ended up having it would have been worth a punt.
I'm not comparing the two but similar to having Beckham and Couchy in the same team. Eventually the combination of the two are going to get you a goal.
15 Mar 2025 14:47:09
RM apparently linked with Tottenham and meanwhile we have Juric ?
At this point with Juric were literally just bodies on the pitch, there to make up the numbers.
Today is a must win for Juric. Not for relegation survival, that's gone were relegated. Not even for pride, I'd rather us go down as the worst team in history as least then it reminds us of the brutal truth, that we need need to rebuild. No, today's win is to show whether there was any actual point to switching managers. because a loss today doesn't only mean things remained the same, it means they have gotten worse.
1.) 17 Mar 2025 06:44:58
At least Saints have upped their game with reported interest in Danny Rohl and Liam Rosenior. Either or for me! KO M.
2.) 17 Mar 2025 06:49:52
South hants rich . Long time no hear -trust you are OK mate? KOM
3.) 19 Mar 2025 13:56:18
Hi St John, thanks for asking!
I have been here along but haven’t posted.
Lost for words really. RM had to go, but as for the replacement …
Clearly an honest and open guy, has seen quality in certain players where others didn’t and has spotted deficiencies in players!
But if we were going to try and survive, we needed a quick fixer just like mark Hughes saved us from relegation. Offered a very short term contract with something like a million pound bonus to save us!
Not someone only experienced in Italy.
A most bizarre choice …
Anyway, I’m here, I’m watching the games .
been somewhat occupied with my partners son, who is a pro footballer and ex Southampton pro of 9 years.
was part of the team that beat rangers at ibrox recently!
Back to saints …
If RM had gone much sooner and we had installed a manager, Rohl would have been my choice, I believe we had a chance of surviving .
The owners have a lot to answer for
4.) 20 Mar 2025 07:52:50
All good south hants rich!
25 Feb 2025 21:38:40
Are you ready to come in from the rain yet BigRed ?☔?
1.) 26 Feb 2025 01:06:55
Hey Millertime! I think Juric must have a complex regarding his similar appearance to a “rag and bone” man by recently shaving and even leaving his horse and cart at home.! KOM.
2.) 26 Feb 2025 16:44:31
Hi St John, I know there are more pressing issues to be concerned about, but honestly, is that the sort of look we want from our manager. I see him as a cross between Steptoe and Columbo.
I am always wary of judging a book by its cover, but he is the personification of a bewildered man thrust into a role he has no understanding of and unsure whether it’s Christmas or Easter.
I despair - but more with the Board who appointed him.
3.) 27 Feb 2025 00:31:43
Hi Millertime! Your accurate interpretation says it all—-congratulations! KOM.
16 Feb 2025 11:09:04
Not me millertime. I could see us going down and staying down for a while and it's why I was hesitant on sacking RM. Some managers/players are crap at some things and good at others and whilst you will say it was luck he got us promoted I saw enough last year to know he would have secured it for us again. I would have kept him but spent that season looking for a serious manager to replace him when we got back up. *Thanks for the promotion and redemption RM but we've secured against the risk of what happened last time with this new guy, cheers, take care. We march on.*
The commentary on talksport for yesterday's match said and I quote "RM was sacked because of results and style of play and that Juric was brought in to change and make them better . if anything, he's made them worse"
^^ That was exactly my point the whole time I was defending RM and being called delusional. I never overly rated RM as a manager (I hoped maybe) because he was young and time to learn but mainly because our board seems incapable of finding a decent coach. I knew wholeheartedly the replacement would be a Juric type, I mentioned it endlessly and yet so many thought sacking fixes things. Not only that, but we would also get some of the managers on fans radar. We didn't. Also - look currently at those same managers fans on here were calling for, Potter, van Nistelrooy ect ??
A proportion of fans wanted RM gone because they thought with him in charge we were a laughing stock and yet (apparently) after the Bournemouth player scored yesterday he went and gave a Southampton fan his shirt ? .
The Bournemouth game will have been around 10+ games since RM was sacked, so I think it's safe to say yesterday was nothing to do with RM. If we're still a laughing stock without RM, what was the point in sacking him in the first place. You guys thought/hoped we would get someone better who would magically fix things. I saw in RM the best of a bad situation, the best in a line of recent dodgey managers that seems like it will continue for a while until it is seriously highlighted.
Some think we will magically get Rohl now too, why? Him and Sheffield will pass us by whilst we're left to stagnate.
1.) 16 Feb 2025 12:16:59
RM had to go. His possession style, lack of flexibility and isolating creative players meant we would never survive in the PL and be a yo yo team at best.
Juric has been a mixed bag. He has brought out the best in Sulemana, Aribo and Big Les but has not given defensive stability, spirit or goals. Damage was already done.
We need to go back to the drawing board, figure out what style can get teams like us to go up and stay up, then build a squad and hire a manager to suit it.
SR did well to get Wood, Edwards and Wellington for 6m, plus get Ramsdale but their success rate on many players and managers is awful.
Hopefully the new Sporting Director can sort it out. We need a 3 year vision fans and players buy into.
2.) 16 Feb 2025 13:32:44
That's my point though Kick, you can't keep saying damage is already done.
Are you going to keep saying the same thing halfway into the championship right before Juric gets the boot for having a sub-par season.
If the point of anyone being brought in was to improve the team/players that should have been implemented by now and if like you say that was an impossible job because the 'damage was already done' then what was the point in bringing in anyone at all.
Either the right man could have improved us or it was an impossible task. Meaning we either got/have the wrong guy in and or what was the point in the first place
3.) 16 Feb 2025 13:45:59
Lesleee, never in a month of Sundays will I agree with you on RM. His legacy from the Championship will mean he will get work again, but never in the PL - trust me on that.
The squad’s confidence is shot and for that he holds some responsibility.
But for me, we are depressingly mediocre in every aspect on the park. Even yesterday, both sets of suns wee going through their paces at half time. Bournemouth were doing it under the watchful eye of one of their coaches - our lot were just playing keep it ups. Their team came on to the pitch second half looking like a team - ours just ambled on aimlessly - rather like their performance.
Little things can make big difference - unfortunately our little things are rubbish too.
Yep, a 3 year plan with strategic milestones to
Measure progress against targets. Will that happen? I seriously doubt it.
4.) 16 Feb 2025 15:38:51
The damage was done in the sense relegation was inevitable by the time Juric came in.
If SR has been more decisive and got a proven PL manager in earlier, had time to change style and bring in players, it may have been a different story but any manager would struggle with this squad, spirit and fitness now.
SR are on their third strike. If they mess up player and manager recruitment again, they need to go.
5.) 16 Feb 2025 19:28:49
RM had to go les, we would've been in worse conditions if he still was at the helm. The current condition of the club really is just a mix bag of not good enough players and the fact that most our good players left the club last season when we went down. Look at Alcaraz already scored in the prem. I get he wanted to leave but they club could've loaned him out again or worked around it.
What the club keeps doing is selling our best players and then signing a terrible replacement. Carillo being a prime example.
If we go down we need to start fresh and have a clean slate. Clean up the messes of the club. If we don't I don't even think we will be in the automatic promotion at this rate.
Hopefully in summer we find the pieces to put the puzzle together such as new capable staff and some standout players and as much as I don't mind juric I hope we get Rohl instead.
6.) 18 Feb 2025 09:07:45
RM had to go purely based on the results in the premier league, his football style was transparent and very easy to press into mistakes. Juric appointment was strange I don’t understand it. I had hoped for him to bring stability and resolute defending having come from Italian football background but our defence is now all over the place!
The players look devoid of confidence and probably praying for the season to finish now.
The rebuild will be crucial and I don’t think Juric is the man, he was given an 18 months contract but should be released by the end of this season.
Whoever takes the job next season is going to have a very difficult time. A squad with zero confidence, a squad that’s value has plummeted, a squad who quality footballers will think twice about joining!
Absolute cockup by SR.
09 Feb 2025 12:34:49
2 points from the next 2 games BigRedArmy? Have to say I'm feeling confident, as much as one can in finding the positives of us losing games ?
Next two games are South coast derbies and whilst they're both home games and not true/heated ones like Pompey .both Brighton and Bournemouth have been in our shadows for many years. The opportunity to push us a league lower, rub salt in the wound and command presence as the main team on the south coast will not be lost on them/their fans and I think they will be baying for blood.
After that it's away games against top teams, so I can't see us performing any escape miracles, the best we can hope for is to not go down as the worst points team in history.in honesty I think that's going to be a close push to avoid.
No more redo's after these next two though Red ?
03 Jan 2024 20:57:11
I never said anything about Stephen's, your point was is KWP bett up the pitch .you said no.
Just because the modern game is more fast "pep-esque" demand more from players in certain positions doesn't mean certain players can't play in places. I agree Stephens isn't a great right back, but I've got nothing against mixing it up . because KWP from day one has always been an attacking full back, not a defensive one .so to argue his defensive attributes are better than his forward play is bizarre. Fraser is ok on the wing, but I'll think your find he's more suited to a Stuey Armstrong roll, attacking midfielder.
02 Jan 2024 12:23:32
I disagree with KWP comment, I'd argue he's better as an attacking winger then he is a defender .at the least he's best in both positions. It's his pace and agility that ables him to get up the pitch but also get back, track and close down players and he's shown time and time again that he's willing to that roll no matter how far up the pitch he plays .so why wouldn't you play in further up?
In relation to other wingers I wouldn't say we have any natural wingers like KWP. Fraser and Sulamana aren't as good on the wing. Fraser isn't as fast and Sulamana although fast hasn't got the consistency KWP has. KWP also has the ability to cut inside and score with the best of them.
So all in all, saying KWP is not effective higher up the pitch is complete bonkers. He's one of our main threats that actually looks to move the ball forward and direct to goal. Sure he's a decent full back/defender but he's an even better winger.
25 Feb 2023 23:14:33
Nope, twas a sober post and one can still be dignified and articulate whilst using the phrase "suck dick" . In todays day and age it simply relates to some loving a person that much.
My point remains though . Fans that were calling for Ralphs head are now cheering for any meagre success. I'm certain Ralph, at the very least would have kept us up this season and though Selles is a more of a positive since Jones (though let's be fair, anyone would have been) . I think his inexperience will be the too much to save us.
The fact is football is filled with fickle fans, from all clubs and fans never seen to take account for a lot of the rubbish they chant/demand and post on online and social media.
People say Ralph lost the dressing room, yet all I've ever read from actual players and pundits alike is how well he was respected there.
All fans here (I include myself in this) think we know what's what but the reality is that if any of us were given the saints job we'd be no better than Nathan Jones.
And so now, we've got an inexperienced manager trying to manage us out of a relegation battle, who has taken over from a guy who was completely clueless who job was also to save and improve us who was brought in to take over from a guy has kept us at the least stable and more exciting than the managers before him.
Fans forget that were Southampton a lot of the time .no matter how good we start to get other teams will always poach our players/staff. I don't believe in the phrase "a selling club" as saints are one that seem to get labeled with it as well.at the end of the day we're a stepping stone for players and clubs because as soon as someone has success here they can resist moving on . I'm saying this because of we had players here still like mane, shaw, van dyk, hoijberg, ings ect than we wouldn't be in a relegation battle. We can't and never will keep these players and so were left trying to replace them until we end up with sub-par players like djenpo, Adam Armstrong, lyanco ect.
Soo, the reality is accepting our place in the food chain whilst looking for ray of hopes. Ralph was a ray of hope because he genuinely looked like he was happy to stay and try and build something. Fickle fans gave hime the boot though .and thus, here we are.
24 Feb 2023 18:49:28
Selles is a breathe of fresh air . So we can hold you to that when your inevitably calling for his head next season?
Fact is, Selles ain't going to do much more than at absolute best maybe, maybe keep us up. Then next season the bricks will begin to fall. It's only fans that seem to have this thing about Ralph. Players and pundits have all gave admiration for what he did for us.
People are sucking selles dick after one game due to him being a better fit than Jones, to which the saints fan are accountable for to somewhat for asking for change. We're see how far that breathe of fresh air takes us after a few games . Point is, if your praising Selles at the end of the season for barely keeping us up .then your whole thing about Ralph is pretty pointless
18 May 2025 22:13:25
I was just using a narrative to see how many movie/film names I could work into it.
I.e the emphasis on Hollywood ?
16 May 2025 19:19:26
As far as emulating Hollywood I think we failed on the Great Escape, don't think we even got the script on that one, instead we ended up with a squad of Lost Boys.
Hopefully next year won't be the year of the Hurtlocker/The Crying Game and or our transfer policy won't become Lost in Translation.
Maybe we're find someone who can Bend it like Beckham or some other Goodfellas. Hopefully (Danny Rohl) comes to us or someone similar and they can be The Rock we need to guide us forward. However for that the board/background staff will need to prove their not the Usual Suspects they've shown to be with all their Risky Business so far though.
Alas, at least for the foreseeable future I fear the championship is for us As good as it Gets . possibly Falling Down further into obscurity.
Yet if by some miracle though we do find ourselves promoted at the end of the season, let's hope the final emulation isn't Ground hog Day.
15 May 2025 23:49:11
They will be promoted or at the very least up there with the runners next season.
They're not an global team but they've gone global because of Ryan and Rob. Combine that with the drive and passion they're chairman have and it's a no brainer.
Any quality fringe players from better teams around/above them are more like to choose wrexham to sign for loan/transfer because they get to run shoulders with Hollywood and be part of the story.
Wrexham are being steamrolled by an unstoppable force and fair play to them. It's the type of determination every club needs/deserves from their board.
04 Apr 2025 13:02:40
You're missing the context of my point saint Kenny. I never claimed any manager would do/opt for my JWP/Onuachu tactic just that I believed it had potential.
I didn't say JWP was exciting either. Just that a) his downfalls in midfield could have been any worse that any other out our midfielders this season and more importantly b) the thing he can bring is what none other in our team (and arguably the premiership) have .decent delivery.
Onuachu is the tallest player in the league I believe, combine that with crossing/delivery of JWP and that was the excitement I was talking about. The goal against crystal palace was a testament to that. I'm not sure about you but apart from dibling I haven't gone into many games and seen an outlet for us this season.
JWP/Onuachu was a real option/possibility and compared to what we have/ended up having it would have been worth a punt.
I'm not comparing the two but similar to having Beckham and Couchy in the same team. Eventually the combination of the two are going to get you a goal.
09 Mar 2025 22:10:32
Again, that's exactly my point SaintKick
IF sr will be more shrewder. Time and time again they've shown us they haven't been. Wether it's incompetence or naivety I'm not sure but their track record with us is why I'm not getting carried away.
It's honestly not negative to suggest we will be mid table at best next season as I honestly see them giving Juric a rubbish in the championship and or if not signing some other unknown ass opposed to Rohl.