Disco Stu

I rate him so would be pleased with this if true. Not quite Prem quality IMO but will be excellent for us next season.

We don't sign those.

I think some on here were getting a bit carried away yesterday. It's great to finally win but we were outplayed for the majority of the game. The main difference was the quality of the two goalkeepers. My concern is how we surrender the midfield. Every attack reached the edge of our box and we're putting way too much trust in our back three when we know how much of a liability they are. We look much more dangerous going forward now that we're playing more direct but we're not defending any better. I'm not convinced by our chosen formation personally because I don't think we'll ever have players good enough to play it at this level but it might work in the Championship. Still, it's relatively early days for Juric so maybe after a few tweaks to his system as he adapts to English football, he could find a way of playing that we can embrace long-term. Some of his substitutions still leave me scratching my head but I defintely feel more confident beating Derby's record under Juric than I did with Martin.

That might be your opinion. For me, it was the absolute most boring way to play football, even when it "worked".

Not quite sure how we won that but we deserved a bit of luck. Their goalkeeper seems a liability. Welington looks lively so hopefully he'll still be around next season.

Nice to hit Ipswich with a late goal for a change.

STOP THE COUNT

No way am I going to celebrate. I've learnt my lesson 😂

Lallana instead of Dibling? Still not convinced by Juric.

So when is Dibling coming on? Or is he another one on the bench that's not allowed to come on?

We're starting to see the subs that will lose us the game.

Game devoid of quality. Welington looks enthusiastic though.

Consistantly, we concede within minutes of taking leads. It's a joke.

Here we go.

Hmm

Who could have seen that coming?! 😂

I'm talking about the idea I've seen being thrown around that keeping both wasn't an option. If people want to use that narrative, then I'm suggesting we could have avoided buying so much squad filler instead of selling a player that has performed at this level. And like I said, losing Alcaraz because he didn't suit Martin's flawed system was infuriating.

I don't believe the narrative that it had to be one or the other regarding Alcaraz and Fernandes especially given they were both at the club at the same time albiet for a short while. If we were so cash strapped that it was critical we could only have one or the other, we would have waited for an Alcaraz sale to go through and I doubt we would have been playing him against Newcastle when the Fernandes deal was announced by Fabrizio Romano on the same day. Playing Alcaraz suggests a deal wasn't anywhere close at that point. Save the wages and signing-on-fees for Lallana, Fraser and Taylor. Save the fees for BBD, Wood and Edwards amounting to £14m. We've just deemed it acceptable to spent another €5m this window on an 18 year old from the 3rd division of French football. We wasted so much money on crap last window and this is hardly just hindsight. It was clear to see at the time. Edwards and Wood were never going to improve us at this level and Kayi Sanda won't help us this season or probably next. If we wanted to add to central defense and couldn't afford to bring in real quality, we should have utlilised the loan market for a player that can actually play at this level instead of wasting a loan spot on a squad filler forward like Maxwell Cornet.

That's not how I heard it. The Athletic claimed his intentions were to stay. https://www.givemesport.com/charly-alcaraz-wants-to-stay-at-southampton/#:~:text=Midfielder Carlos Alcaraz intends to,Kamaldeen Sulemana's future is uncertain. Martin failed to play to his strengths, agreed, but under Selles' direct system, he was our best player. One of the few that made watching us bearable that season.

The two stupid sending offs and subsequent suspensions let down his manager, teammates, fans... and was not worthy of someone wearing the captain's armband. Suspensions for verbal abuse and hair pulling is so unprofessional, he's done nothing but let us down this season.

I can't help but feel annoyed about Alcaraz. You don't sell one of the few players to have shown they can play at this level if you're looking to build a competitive squad. If keeping him meant we couldn't sign BBD, Fraser, Lallana, Wood, Edwards and Taylor, that would have been fine by me. I despised Martin's style of play so losing Alcaraz because he wasn't deemed to fit his slow, indirect system infuriated me. He should be playing for us. Think about the number of times we've lost all potency this season because nobody decent was available to replace Dibling or Fernandes. I expect him to be a £40m player in a year or two now that he's playing in a direct system.

2-0 or 3-0 to Ipswich. I can't decide.

After saying we'd learn from our mistakes from the last time we were relegated, saying it again doesn't hold much weight.

I certainly am.

Because he gets bullied during corners in mens football.