Charlie Wayman

I just hope that Hasenhüttl's team selection had more to do with giving all his squad a run out before the transfer window as part of a structured evaluation process rather than an expression of ego and authority over players by yet another manager with crackpot ideas about how to run a football team. What was on offer on Sunday was an insult to all long suffering fans who turn up in the hope of at least seeing our best team giving it's all in the hope that they might steal something from one of the big boys. Simply appalling.

Sorry lads but I did warn you about Valery. Being chucked in at the deep end is never a good idea and the poor lad is hopelessly out of his depth.

I've watched him a lot in the Junior teams and am still unconvinced. In my opinion Marcus Barnes and Ty Johnson are better prospects with better technical ability, more clinical finishing qualities and every bit as fast as Michael Obefami. In my book he has always been a bit one-dimensional but am open minded as to what he can do under the tuition of a coach that cares about young players.

Collect your hat on the way out and don't leave a phone number

Shush, we don't want anybody else in our secret. If we beat WHU and ManC you can bet he will not be renewing his contract here in 2021.

Any stream links?

You're only allowed 3 subs and these are pre-planned so barring unforeseen injuries it doesn't matter who else is on the bench. Last week it was Johnson's turn. Obviously today Austin, Long & Lemina are the three planned subs for Ings, Armstrong & Redmond.

Ridiculous nonsense, how can you really dislike somebody that much in only 10 days?

Seats are a lot more expensive 'though. I guess you could say in summary that the bus has left the building and has arrived at the station? With the train leaving soon Ralph, where is the destination?

Seems Ralph won't be letting him go any time soon. Big player for Southampton. Let's face it right now what Ralph wants Ralph will get. He was less supportive of Manolo at his presser.

Utter ********! He's going nowhere.

Here we go again, fake press stories aimed at destabilising our club just when we might be getting our act together. Lots of nasty, spiteful people in the football media who probably hate us for what we did to one of their precious clubs on Saturday in the full TV spotlight beamed around the world. Having landed a big fish manager in the form of Ralph Hasenhüttl the last thing the club would do now is pull the rug out from under his feet by selling any of our best players.

Was that you then? I thought it was Yoshida he was cuddling.

You forgot to tell us how many games it has been since we beat a top six team. I make that 0

You cannot put an old head on your shoulders, yes there has been some promise in Valery's appearances so far but his HT substitution at Cardiff shows how fragile his confidence can be when things do not go as well. Yesterday he had time and space because of our set up but still he made very few runs to the bye-line and when he did their LB read him easily, so let's not get carried away just yet, Maybe next season if Cedric decides to try his luck elsewhere but right now we should not forget that on his day Cedric is a top class international player and can create havoc down the right wing. In fact our situation is almost ideal with the young challenger in the wings and a new enthusiastic and paternalistic manager who seems to have no favourites and possibly getting every single player to improve and give of their best.

That's libellous and shame on you. Why on earth would a postie want to pay £35 to get into SMS just to claim a free drink?

Let's just take one step at a time. On Sunday we get to see Ralph Hasenhüttl in action for the first time on our own turf and I for one and really looking forward to it. OK, we expect to lose but what if we don't, that we actually snatch a victory; then the world view of Saints would look a whole lot different than it does now. I accept also that if we get a drubbing form the Gunners then a few doubts will start entering the minds of the faint hearted. We have lost a lot of ground already and it won't be easy to haul us back to safety as the other clubs are not going to suddenly start losing every match just to please us. Matches against the top six will be just as important to us as the others from now on. There are no games we can afford to lose starting on Sunday.

Maybe Ralph Hasenhüttl is keeping his cards close to his chest, not difficult to select photos for publication is it? In any case it's only Wednesday and the match is on Sunday.

Unusually daft from you. Players need to play matches to get MATCH fit.

One doubts we'll be invited to offer an opinion, isn't this the new manager's job?

This! We have far more pressing matters to worry about than where a bunch of visitors sit.

What a load of ********!

Maybe showing them how to improve might be a bit more useful than an aimless bollocking?

Absolutely agree with you. Anybody who has watched an U23 game this season - 525 at the last St Mary's match - would not place their hopes in any of the young lads. Obviously the 525 did not include many of the wishful thinkers on here.

That's why we're going down!