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11 Mar 2026 22:05:09
Tonight just wasn't good enough on any level. West Brom out muscles us and created better chances.
Yes, we nicked a draw but the performance was woeful. Lethargic with more misplaced passes and terrible first touch from start to finish.
Most disappointing of all is Leo's injury - looks like it could be a nasty one.
We need to do much better on Saturday against the league leaders.
On the plus side - the run continues - just!
24 Jan 2026 10:17:22
Reminiscing a moment.
What have our current 'pretty boy' squad got in common with:
Francis Benall
Jimmy Case
Jim Steele
Ivan Golac
Terry Hurlock
Peter Osgood
Jo Jordan
Stevie Williams
I could go on.
Answer - absolutely nothing.
Boy, could we do with some of their hard b'stard fighting spirit tomorrow.
1.) 24 Jan 2026 15:10:54
Don’t forget Mick Channon.
04 Oct 2025 17:12:46
Couldn't really understand the substitutions - could you?
Downes gets worse every time he plays.
2 wins from 9 games but worse than that the football is so drab so slow and so predictable.
How often do we get off our seats with excitement - it's just so uninspiring. Remember Boy Still when he joined - "we're going to play on the front foot - we will be brave and take risks, we'll get the fans behind us again".
Well, no one can say we peaked early!
1.) 05 Oct 2025 16:02:19
I am usually a voice of optimism but I agree with your assessment @Millertime.
At 1-0 up and 9th in the league I was hopeful but now with our only target man out and another drab draw, we are a few levels off.
11 Aug 2025 21:02:05
Sadly, it looks like Fernandes will be leaving and joining up with JWP.
What confuses me though is the valuation. We're digging our heels in for 50 mil for Dibling yet there is talk of Fernandes going for 30 mil.
Surely it should be the other way round. Fernandes was the stand out player last season. For much of it, Dibling was a stand in.
Losing Fernandes will be a big blow even if they offer us JWP as a make weight.
1.) 12 Aug 2025 11:53:44
I really highly doubt that will be the case, likely the opening offer from West Ham not what Southampton value him at.
2.) 13 Aug 2025 12:05:18
Fernandes on the pitch is far greater value than money in the bank. It makes no sense to sell him. If we were to return to the PL we would need players of his ability and we certainly wouldn’t be able to afford anything like the going rate for him.
That’s why I say keep hold of our most valuable asset. Show some ambition and future proofing.
10 Jul 2022 22:27:59
Am I late to the party on the news that Saints are interested in Moussa Dembele?
Now he is a 20 goal a season forward IMO and along with Aribo we could look quite strong in attack.
At a cut price 10 mil (he's only 26) this could be the sort of quality we're all hoping for.
I just have this horrible feeling that one of you guys are going to bring me down to earth by saying he's off to Newcastle or wherever!
1.) 16 Jul 2022 19:29:42
Biggest worry if we got him is he could turn out to be similar to Osvaldo, great player who believes he is above us.
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15 Mar 2026 08:41:40
6 out of our remaining 9 league games are at home. Is that a good thing?
All eyes are on our visit to Wrexham but Hull aren't home and hosed for the play offs yet.
An in-form Norwich under the lights on Wednesday will be a big test. I think there will need to be changed to our staring line- up.
Not sure how Bragg gets the nod in front of Charles. I doubt if Leo will be fit so maybe Edozie could provide that bit of pace down the left flank.
Am I the only one who finds Azaz frustrating - he is so inconsistent but has flashes of brilliance.
Last word to our keeer on Saturday - that was an absolute worldie he pulled off at 0-0
1.) 15 Mar 2026 21:50:02
There are a lot of flaws but we’ve won away at the league leaders in spite of it. Anything can happen. With momentum and a load of home matches, surely can only be a good thing…
I think it’s Coventry and one of Millwall, Boro and Ipswich, then the remaining two play off spots being two of us, Hull, Wrexham and Derby. And we have to play three of the top six still.
The dream is still on of Portsmouth going down and Leicester joining them would give us a good dose of perspective. But from now it’s less about playing teams at the top, it’s playing those with nothing to play for.
Norwich (albeit in form), Swansea, Bristol City, Preston are the easier matches on paper. Oxford and Blackburn will be real banana skins and Oxford seem to be hitting form.
20 points from here seems realistic but we will surely lose again. Ipswich chasing autos might do it, or Wrexham. But that’d put us on 77 and would have been enough in most of the last decade. That’s all we can ask for.
Wrexham look to have a kind run in but a final three of Oxford, Coventry and Boro fighting. Hull and Derby’s are much of a muchness. It’ll come down to which teams hold their bottle. Currently Hull aren’t.
I also don’t see how Charles isn’t starting, but Matsuki has impressed recently, as has Downes. Tonda has got it gelling and 8/9 of the side pick themselves currently. We should really be winning both games this week, but four points is still progress.
2.) 16 Mar 2026 11:49:52
I think you world view on the scrap ahead is spot on SaintGGsy.
I’ve always viewed Norwich as a bogey side where we draw matches we really should have won. Hopefully that won’t be the case on Wed night.
What might work for us is the strength of our bench and surely the law of averages will mean Archer will have a good game or part game sometime soon.
Dull it isn’t!
08 Mar 2026 10:27:12
Cup day has arrived and I'm thinking how great it would be if we go all out - aggression and offence.
We are unlikely to keep a clean sheet against an impressive Fulham unit so we will need to score goals - more than them if we are to progress.
Actually it will be a good test for us against a mid table PL side and it will probably show the gulf between the two leagues.
That said, it was good to see Wrexham put up a spirited fight against Chelsea last night albeit a youthful side.
Winning is about momentum so hopefully we won't go into our next league game off the back of a poor performance today.
Although it must be our turn to win the Cup after 50 years, unlike some, I would like us to get back to the PL as well!
1.) 08 Mar 2026 15:59:19
So pleased I called this wrong - a real display of grit and determination and if we had our finishing boots on, it could have been more comfortable.
Still prone to the odd calamitous mistake at the back but we rode our luck today.
Well done boys!
2.) 08 Mar 2026 19:02:52
What a great run!
Excited for the Wrexham battle for 6th and a Hollywood heart break!
Let's be the form team into the playoffs then anything can happen!
COYR!
31 Jan 2026 01:49:56
With the transfer deadline looming it's like watching blamange set.
All we hear is who might be going (eg Arma and Archer) but no news or even rumours on incomings.
And this is not surprising to be fair - diving around the basement bargains is unlikely to yield a 20 goal a season striker or the next Virgil van Dyke.
What we actually need is character and attitude over technical ability. We don't need wannabe big time Charlies with their designer stubble and hair gel - we need grit and determination and a win or die trying attitude.
So maybe we should start fishing in a different pond.
If you're interested I'm now in Buenos Aires where the bill boards keep showing enormous pictures of a little bloke who goes by the name of Messi. Apparently, he was quite useful.
18 Jan 2026 08:45:25
After our giant killing performance against the mighty Doncaster Rovers, they've decided to focus on the FA Cup - it's been 50 years!
I think between us posters, we've said it all . Shambolic doesn't begin to describe our performance yesterday and the post match comments from the manager are frankly insulting our intelligence.
Talking of managers, Thomas Frank may be unemployed soon - he would be a better fit for us than Spuds. What he did at Brentford was very impressive.
1.) 18 Jan 2026 12:12:41
Sign of madness replying to your own post but that’s what watching Saints does to you.
Anyway, I was just musing that in terms of ambition and culture, we are polar opposite to Wrexham. The excitement generated by the Hollywood duo has been inspirational and under their stewardship they have turned water into wine.
In contrast at Southampton - well you know the rest…
2.) 18 Jan 2026 17:07:24
I know I'm not saying I necessarily want a Hollywood duo or big oil money but I just wish we had someone wants to run the club from the bottom up .not just as a business.
The signs were there early doors with the relentless sponsorhips of gambling companies.
We had a what I'm referring to with Wrexham in the Libeher/Cortese days and who knows if we will ever return there.
The only good thing about this board is that they do invest, they just get everything wrong.
Straight away I saw Wrexham would go on to do great things .thats why I put my money where my mouth is and put them done for promotion early doors.
01 Jan 2026 17:01:29
Going backwards in every sense of the word.
Run out of words to describe how slow and ponderous we are. It's absolutely pathetic.
They don't deserve to draw their wages.
And yes, Tonda has to go - he shouldn't have been given the job in the first place (as I said all along).
1.) 02 Jan 2026 11:12:15
I thought I would delay my post so that rather than it be a knee-jerk reaction, it’s written without frustration!
I cannot understand what has happened to our fast, free flowing football. It was an absolute pleasure to watch with excellent results.
I fully understand the idea of drawing your opponents out… But the opponents aren’t falling for it.
So meanwhile, we play around with the ball like we are playing a key ball training session.
If they won’t be drawn out, run at them, get outside them, get behind them, get out wide…
It’s almost like they are playing an under 12 aside game with the attitude ‘ come on, come and get it’ …
I won’t add anymore because so many other posters are saying the same thing…
We played some magnificent fast flowing football and we were scoring goals for fun.
Get on my pitch and play positive football, look forward not sidewards backwards
Happy New Year
13 Aug 2025 12:05:18
Fernandes on the pitch is far greater value than money in the bank. It makes no sense to sell him. If we were to return to the PL we would need players of his ability and we certainly wouldn’t be able to afford anything like the going rate for him.
That’s why I say keep hold of our most valuable asset. Show some ambition and future proofing.
30 Jul 2025 17:10:02
It’s definitely a hard league to call.
Outside of Southampton, fans across the other clubs are tipping Saints as one of the favourites to go up.
Which can be a hindrance if we set up to not lose rather than go out to win games.
That winning mentality has been a scarce commodity of late and I just hope that Will can boost confidence levels.
Each day brings news of other leavers - Rambo all but gone and a surge of interest in Fernandes.
What will give me nightmares is seeing McCarthy back in goal.
Still 10 days to go!
29 Jul 2025 17:37:24
If you’re right (and I hope that you are) the January window will be key. By then we should know where the gaps are and who can and cannot cut it. I think a lot will hang on whether we see the Armstrong of old or the latest version - slow in mind and second best in challenges.
29 Jul 2025 10:34:09
It’s deeply worrying. Broadly speaking, we’re looking to off load the better half of the squad, recoup some money and rebuild. All that with a novice manager and a pool of players who struggle to beat Eastleigh among others. Granted, they were pretty meaningless friendlies but nevertheless one looks for green shoots of optimism. Nothing.
So what baffles me, is how some of our respected posters on this forum believe we are strong candidates for promotion? Our squad was far better last time round when we dropped into the Championship.
This time, as I’ve repeatedly said, we are mid-table at best. As I said, deeply worrying.
19 May 2025 19:20:03
Targett - seriously? We will all go to hell in a handcart.
16 Mar 2026 11:49:52
I think you world view on the scrap ahead is spot on SaintGGsy.
I’ve always viewed Norwich as a bogey side where we draw matches we really should have won. Hopefully that won’t be the case on Wed night.
What might work for us is the strength of our bench and surely the law of averages will mean Archer will have a good game or part game sometime soon.
Dull it isn’t!
14 Mar 2026 17:18:26
A big lesson from today is if you get the ball into the box, unexpected things can happen. Balls into the box often cause chaos - look what happens at our end!
I thought Downes had his best game in a long while and although Laris lacks a first touch, his aggression is good to see.
Role on Wednesday and hopefully we can really put the pressure on!
08 Mar 2026 15:59:19
So pleased I called this wrong - a real display of grit and determination and if we had our finishing boots on, it could have been more comfortable.
Still prone to the odd calamitous mistake at the back but we rode our luck today.
Well done boys!
11 Feb 2026 15:47:18
Unbelievable - best I stay in South America!
04 Feb 2026 17:06:29
The only winners are the accountants and when was the last time a statue was built in honour of a bean counter - precisely, never!
I haven’t been a fan of Armo recently but to trade him for umm an unknown and untried is putting it mildly, bewildering.
Continuing my travels to Antarctica, I find myself at a town called Ushuaia on the very tip of Argentina - ironically it is called ‘End of the World’ town - how fitting when considering SR’s business strategy.