Lee On Solent Saint

You don't become a regular Portuguese international player by being shit.

Shit arguement fella. Think you'll find that Dyer never started a game for Leicester that season, Cedric was a regular starter for Portgual.

Really? What do you base that on? Fonte was a Euro Champion winner too. Was he awful as well?

Not sure I agree with that. Cedric was decent.

Am not a Baz fan, but if he was playing, we probably wouldn't have conceded a goal like yesterday's. If he was as good with his hands as is feet, he'd be a top keeper.

This just shows how far we have fallen as a club. I know they've just got a massive fee for Solanke, but if you said ten or twelve years ago that Bournemouth's record fee for a transfer would be nearly double ours, I would have not been able to stop laughing. It's embarrassing.

But surely your reference to them as an awful club in itself promotes some kind of rivalry? I work in a very heavy PO zone. The rivalry matters to those of a blue persuasion. Even people who have no interest in football hate all things Southampton.

Yet possibly as many as six of that eleven may start at Newcastle on Saturday.

Wasn't impressed with them at St Mary's when they beat us. With better game management we would have beaten them at their place.

Bit odd that it comes out now. Wasn't picked up by PSV last season.

Probably to be expected. A kind draw and you never know though.

Draw for the 2nd round this evening. Any preferences to who we get? Hoping for a home tie at the very least. Would like us to take this competition seriously this year, the cups might offer us the only excitement.

Is he this seasons Harry Winks? Remember most on here turning noses up at him.

Not a player, but Koeman joining as manager was pretty high up there. Massive player, huge profile. I was really pissed off when he left as I genuinely thought we were going to challenge with him.

How do you feel about Mara? He's been given much more of a chance than TP. I would like to see TP given some more opportunities before making a judgement.

I don't think any of us have seen enough of him to determine what his strengths are.

Why have a go at people who didn't attend? Am sure many of us on here would have gone if possible. Did you go? What was your question?

I wonder how much was spunked on the "fans experience". Personally couldn't give a shit about all these fan zones etc.

Roses

Finding a keeper that improves us shouldn't be too difficult

Am sure he will reiterate that he thinks Baz will be the best keeper in the league again.

The bids we put in were unrealistic. Carvallho went for nearly double what we supposedly bid. Whether he is worth that or not remains to be seen.

I wonder if we are interested in Endo at Liverpool for a loan slot. Shouldn't think he's going to get much game time there.

No real surprise though. Was always going to be the case.

Nor particularly worried about laughing faces etc. Just remember the fact that you were banging on about SR having massive amounts of funds. No need to reply with pathetic insults.