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Are they players getting game time? YES........whats your point? Young raw players getting game time to improve to become experienced players seem the norm to me. SAA had a couple of appreance in the 1st team, he did do well and not so well, go figure, raw kid not quire ready, but not forgotten......Should he leave too?

So KD thinks he will get game in a PL team with very good PL players @ Brighton vs championship Saints, yeah not logical. We are playing young kids, baz, edoz, charles, charly etc so we play them IF they are good enough! Is KD good enough. Did Rm not see him as ready ( boy thinks he is, but coaches managers dont?). His mates are getting game time, why wouldnt he think his was coming soon, IF he was ready. I dont wish him good luck or bad luck, seems like he is willing to try somewhere else. He was ready to be a possitive asset to us after years of youth scolarships with us, but decided to leave. Maybe he didnt see a pathway forward, could not see himself displacing what we got? So Brighton will be easier because they have worse players than us?........$$$$$$$$$$ come to mind$$$$$$$$$$$

$$$$BROGA ALERT$$$$ https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13051042/armando-broja-chelsea-willing-to-sell-striker-for-50m-with-fulham-and-wolves-interested-in-albanian He is in the shop window! would you still want him? 50 mil ??? Last week 35mil this week. Seems Chelsea want rid! Chelsea have reduced the price of Armando Broja. The Blues wanted £50million for the Albanian striker. However, they have reportedly knocked off £15million and will accept £35million. The deal for any potential suitors is a loan until the end of the campaign with an obligation to buy in the summer. We are prob not in the convo with PL teams interested , but with Poch still interested in KWP, would you want to swap BRO for KWP? Loan Broga to buy next year for 20-30 mil when we go back up? Broja has an Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) of €20m, and the article below argues Chelsea asking price is too high. https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/transfer-news/uk-premier-league/2024/01/chelsea-transfer-news-openda-gimenez-and-six-forwards-better-value-than-rip-off-broja Prior to his knee injury, Broja impressed on loan at Southampton in the 2021/22 season, hitting nine goals in 38 matches in all competitions. He has 2 in 17 appearances for Chelsea.

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/southampton-target-juventus-star-in-big-money-move/ Southampton FC weigh up big money move for Juventus star BYHAMISH WOODWARD PUBLISHED 1 HOUR AGO Southampton are reportedly interested in a big money move for Juventus star Matias Soulé in the January transfer window.

Ryan Manning has averaged the most chances created per 90 among the Southampton squad this season (1.9), just ahead of Stuart Armstrong (1.8), Not so useless after all. Who is the next whipping boy? Some of ya gotta have one!

Well said, just have to listen to what RM has been saying to find the truth.

https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/transfer-news/tag/newsnow-features-only/chelsea-transfer-news-kyle-walker-peters-southampton Intetesting article, looks like they need him as a back-up? That alone tells me they dont rate him highly enough, he would be thier best, most versitile fb as far as i am concerned. KWP was upset with Poch after being ignored after wininning motm, hope he still feels poch is not for him. Keep an eye on some of their youth talent, looks like they will buy for sucess again instead of having faith in the youth, AKA Tino.....

Don't know where u came from but your post are well thought out with good football logic behind your thoughts/posts. Your positive attitude is refreshing for a saints fan who has to endure decades mediocrity, many have fallen into the glass half empty crew. I appreciate your contribution to this forum and the team support. I am now going to listerine my lips from the ass kissing.😝

And if you are wrong, will u shut up? Fucking cluless, u love to bring our players down. My opionion is you are a shite judge of a football player. Many of you got AA wrong, there is little patience for a player who doesnt obviously light up the PL. No grace for a player stepping up to PL? in a team in disarray? With inept managers? I was frustrated with AA but could see he was a fighter that had good skills, pace, speed and eye for goal (which he has shown in the epl, and he has shown again). I also clung on the snippet of info from Tella who said he was the best finisher at the club before we got relegated. Excuse me if I a use a pro footballer opinion who trained with him over a PONY forum banger. Confidence is huge for strikers, he was absent of it due to a poor start with a poor SFC team. HE (WE) have it back and it is showing accross the team.

Can't help a blind man see. How about goals?

Southampton reportedly 'eyeing move' for on-loan Plymouth Argyle star SAINTS and Championship rivals Middlesbrough are reportedly eyeing a January move for on-loan Plymouth Argyle star Finn Azaz. Latest reports on the rumour mill suggest that Saints are considering making a move for a player who is currently out on loan from Villa Park, TV footage of him at St Mary's have already appeared. Many Southampton supporters have already seen the man who could be joining the club in January at St Mary's because according to therealefl.co.uk Finn Azaz, currently on loan at Plymouth Argyle could be joining Saints. They report that Saints are considering an offer for Azaz and if they do then Villa are prepared to recall him from his loan spell at Plymouth and sell him on a permanent basis to Southampton or for that matter any other club who makes an offer they deem acceptable. His current valuation is said to be about £1.5 million, which seems a bit low for a player who from the centre of the Argyle midfield has notched 7 goals and 5 assists in the Championship.

I hope he sees a future here and gets time to develope. Like all our young players, they are still raw with plenty of talent that will take a bit of patience to see them mature into great players. Charly, charles, edozie, saa, gav, juan, sule and Mara all under 21, all raw, all very talented, all not the finished artical. I will support them as SFC players and hope they will develope in our team to be superstars! I played and watched football most of my life and feel i have a good idea of what it takes to be a good - great footballer, quick to praise, slow to condem, so i dont get the disdane towards some of our players? Some of you have already 👎, ship him out, not good enough from what you see?? We spend millions on these prospects and track thier careers from youth, do you not think they come with some very good talent to build upon (with patience)?

Great call👍

U need a new bulb, ya been very dark recently! 🤪 Mara has had bit parts, and done ok. You thought he was coming as the finished artical? We are buying potential, takes pateience. ALA Charlie, edozie, baz etc.

Hoping he can take his chance here! would rather have mara vs che, he is young and very talented, much higher cieling if he can live up to his potential.

https://www.football365.com/news/which-players-force-most-premier-league-manager-sackings-goals Always thought we got a few fired, check the list, we have a few in there: Players who induced two manager exits (39) Che Adams Chris Wilder at Sheffield United Antonio Conte at Spurs Rickie Lambert Mark Hughes at QPR Malky Mackay at Cardiff Players who induced four manager exits (one) James Ward-Prowse Claudio Ranieri at Fulham Quique Sanchez Flores at Watford Chris Wilder at Sheffield United Antonio Conte at Spurs

I have been wondering the same thing, Burnley won the championship with possesion based football(pbf), and now are in relegation form in the PL. ManC are credited with with this PBF but have the supieriority of coach and players. Thus can a budget team pull off PBF in tbe PL? Watched Manuure and cespool game where manu tried to play out of the back, @#$% disasterous. A good pressing tean like liverpool had them panicking and giving the ball away in Manures half, this is a billion dollar team!! Then i watched the impressive Brighton who have been punching above thier weight in this league for a few years, they play an excellent build up from the back. So SFC are also implementing PBF, we were poor in the beginning, but are drastically better at it now. Our first game against SW we passed for passing sake, our first look at RM ball, I was so angry we didn't go after more goals as SW were very poor. We needed to practice our final 1/3 ball movement to score more goals which we so poor at last year. BUT keeping an open mind to what RM was trying to accomplish, learning his methods, the endless PBF vs goals, goals,goals. I now get it. We needed to get the movement of the ball and players at the back to be right first, and it has taken a while, but we look much better, confident and assured with PBF. I now see our attacking play develope into predictable movement, passages of play that are practiced, not off the cuff like we were last year. I like learning the tactics of different managers, and the polar opposits from RH ball (high press on steriods) to RM (keep till you sleep) is interesting, and learning the merits and pitfalls of both. As a defensive player, I loved playing the 3rd option, Postecoglou (TOT HOT SQUIRTS) High defensive line, pushing teams up to halfway line, fast cb ready for the chip over, condensed lines never far apart blocking trough balls. Really using the defence's one "super power" of offsides. But we play PBF, and well enough now that teams respect our play out from the back. If we have the Blackburhs that come at us, we cand have them chasing the ball, tiring them out, ideal for us. Then there is Coventry, they sat back and let us come to them, we worked harder moving around at the back then them! Leaving us to break down a team willing to take defensive positions and hope for fast counter attacks.

Lets not kid ourselves, You are a poor judge of ability, and contradict yourself.

Alcaraz is young and talented, which we need to encourage to flourish. His penalty showed his character,big balls to step up, cheeky to try the chip, the emabarrasment on his face, and the humbleness to appologise after he thump in the goal from desire to make amends. As for our other recent additions, I like Mara got to show he is also very talented. He is still raw but his awards and intl games show how talented this kid is. Edozie showed again he is the best step over, step over, step over...oooops gotcha, step over again... i have seen at his age. Great close controll and a few nice goals. Airbo, no go.....is no more, now see what we were buying. Over the past few games his size, power, ball shielding, driving forward with pace adds more bully to our team. STU mom for me, but all played very well. Well done RM, the style you employ is maturing. We are on a great unbeaten run, looking much more comfortable with all that passing at the back and the forward play is evolving with player more assured of their roles and patrern of play. We are improving as a team, young talented players to keep improving, i think we can overcome that 10 point gap.

Well done Gazza, shows we did see a good keeper in there all those years ago.

The issue is they seem to judge very quickly and harshly. This type of support would never have seen JWP develope and more recently Baz, AA etc. YES, they are free to give thier opionions on players ability, and i have the right to have an opinion on thier short sighted, shite views of players they have hardly seen play.

Why are we sooooo quick to judge a player who has hardly had any game time in a team that was playing poorly. From what little i have seen of him, he deffinitely has some pace and technical ability (small sample). So i wait to see if he will be given the chance to show what he can do. It is silly to write off a player without giving him a fair shot at proving his worth. Players maligned like Baz, AA, Beds,SB, Airbo, Mann, Bree etc are all improving or proving they are good players after some shaky beginnings. Will Mara have people back peddling on thier "no, not good enough" opionion? Will people step back and give players time to show thier worth? I just hope we all support a SFC player as long as he is trying to do thier best, they may not make the grade and it is up to the club to decide thier fate.

Post-game, Martin lamented his side’s mentality in games, particularly when it comes to being 1-0, “We have a bit of a problem at 1-0 up, at the minute. Everything we spoke about in the break, the opposite happened really”. This is not the first time he has stated the team has not done what was discussed at half time. The players seem to fall back to bad habbits?

RM possesion stye has started to take shape and players are improving and proving it can be a successful way to play. From the fist game of a thousand passes ( passing for passing sake?), and defensive fragility when passing out from the back seemed like a recipie for a boring, disaster football. But now our players understand his stlye and as a team and individually are improving rapidly. We are moving the ball outta defence much better with better movement and option to pass to. I see the manager and team evolving into this possesion based system, it is such a diff from RH ball that we really needed time to change the whole phlisophy. Even the possesion ball is starting to evolve from mindless easy safe passing among the defence, into moving the ball to open up or expose a weakness in the oppo. I am just getting to see what RM ball is and it ain't bad. He has stuck to his principal ideas and the team and points have improved. It not as slow and boring as i first feared and he has shown he can get the team moving forward with good passing and movement.

We are now an EFL club and are lucky enough to have the finacial power to outbid most clubs in this league. But we are still shopping in EPL price bracket, over 10 mil for champ teams is record breaking! Got no issue with this if they are worth it ( not sure woods should be over 10 m). At this level we should be getting in a few 4-5 mil prospects (like the abberdeen kid or sunderlands) that will not be a huge tranfer fee or wages. I see Leeds bidding for players around those prices. Got to be a few more hidden gems out in the football world.