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Can't help but feel sorry for Ross Stewart as a person though. It's not his fault that we splashed out cash for him when his fitness was already suspect. I'm sure he has earned excellent wages but I'm also convinced that he has some miserable times not being able to play.

31,000 at the next ladies match then ..

I'm not employed in the football profession and even more critically I have never even played FIFA or Football Manager which probably means that I have no valid opinion whatsoever. However, being more than a little miffed with this current outfit and having even bored myself of moaning about the status quo I decided to try and think positively of what we could do to improve matters (not difficult you would think). So, I decided to jot down a few ideas of WHAT could be done by the owners of this club (other than do passable impressions of camels with their heads buried in the sand). "cunning" plan 1) Before we sign anyone ever again, we need to get rid of the people in charge of our signings which have been generally dogshit. 2) Employ a new director of football (not Wankersen) solely responsible for Southampton FC (not the other SR clubs). This person should have relevant high-level experience and success elsewhere. 3) The new DOF should then: employ a new recruitment team that unlike the current lot (who presumably won a raffle for their jobs) know what they are doing. decide who we need as manager for next season in the Championship, someone who ideally knows the Championship and the PL. decide what management structure we need to maximise success on the pitch rather than the success of the fan zone or the canteen as currently appears to be the case e.g. a set-piece coach who can improve our performance at these (very low bar). start to recruit individuals for that management structure and remove individuals who don't fit that structure. 4) In January, we need to try to sell/loan anyone who won't be required next season for promotion from the Championship. 5) The target for Juric for the rest of this season is to get this lazyass group as fit as possible physically and mentally, because they don't seem to be either at the moment. The minimum requirement should be to make it as difficult as possible for the opposition to beat us. Any player who can't do that should not be playing for us. 6) Hopefully, we can have a decent shout at recruiting the players in the summer that we need for AUTOMATIC promotion to the PL. Come on You Reds, a bit of pride that's all we want at the moment.

I think you are right about Rohl, he seems to be doing a great job at a "basket case" of a Championship club which will make us an ideal fit for next season. By then he will know what it takes to get out of the Championship and a good idea of which players he will need to achieve that.

Couldn't disagree more. This is a Wednesday team that is by all accounts a basket case of a club that should be fighting to stave off relegation. People forget Shea's age (still only 21). Stoke fans were not raving about Smallbone when he was on loan there. Bree, Smallbone and Fraser are seasoned professionals who weren't even stand out stars in the Championship last season (Bree hardly had a game). He is our player, has huge potential, is doing really well and will be extremely useful next season after gaining a full season's experience of championship football. The question should be whether Shea wants ro stay at another basket case of a club in the Championship having already more than proved himself at that level.

I think Shea has huge potential and would have been a better option in the PL than Ugochukwu as a DM. He started strongly last season but his form declined under RM as he was asked to do things that weren't part of his game at that point in his development (i.e new to senior professional football).

I'm afraid I have seen plenty of matches where the effort shown by Sullemana was negligible. Not showing for passes and then spurning the opportunity to take a player on have been typical of his performances this season. Contrast that with the player who tore Liverpool apart in the last match of our last PL season where we saw that the ceiling was potentially very high with Sullemana. Whether it is a lack of confidence or effort I haven't seen anything approaching that form this season (or last for that matter).

Well put Trousers. I've not met one Saints fan who held the opinion that if we dispensed with RM we would suddenly become a solid PL team. It was just clear to most that his stubborn insistence on playing out from the back allayed with crab-like attacks was making things worse. His unwillingness to adapt was the final straw; it was just unfortunate that the management (sic) typically held on far too long giving a new manager no realistic chance of keeping us up.

Sullemana has been so poor and disinterested that the only reason I can see for Saints starting him is out of forlorn desperation that he plays well ahead of the transfer window.

North?

IQ?

Sorry, my bad 😊

It could happen. He should be tempted to return to a club where he had a good scoring record and will get games. At Southampton he is not even getting any gametime. He would also be swapping a club that is getting relegated to a club that may will be promoted into the PL (possibly on the back of his goals).

Brentford 1 up

Are we even trying to score?