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First unwanted record officially achieved!

Has it ever been done where an entire team has been sold/released at the end of a season, and a completely new squad starts the next season? We seem to have a losing/don't care mentality in every player that we currently have, and if we bring in a few new players they seem great for a couple of games and then their form nosedives. Maybe the solution to changing the culture is a completely clean slate. Has it ever been done? Could it work? I would imagine it would take a while to settle and learn to play with new team mates, but it can't be as bad as our current lack of cohesion?

I can't believe I got this far through a thread without the mention of Steve De Ridder! edit: Dammit, someone beat me to it after all

Ormorod was the first name I thought of, but also have to give a mention to Gordon Hobson

Plymouth Reserves would beat us too.

Updated 7 Apr: Most defeats in a season: 29 (Currently 25, 7 games left) Most home defeats in a season: 15 (12, 4 games left) Worst goal difference in a season: -69 (-51 - if we carry on with our current averages this season we will be on -63) Fewest points in a season: 11 (10) Fewest home points in a season: 7 (5) Fewest home wins in a season: 1 (1) Worst home goal difference in a season: −38 (-29, 4 games to go, with our current averages we would be on -37) RECORD CONFIRMED: Relegated with the most remaining games (7)

Do they even need to play a goalkeeper?

Maybe we should have gone for that one handed Belgian after all - probably would have spent less time in the treatment room.

Dragan to take over Club statement: January 14 | Southampton FC Official Site

A win? What's one of those?

The best representation of Russball I have ever seen. Hats off to you sir! One day, this will be in all football coaching manuals

Too many links between 5, 7, 8 and 4. What is completely lacking in this diagram is the bulk of the passes between 2 and 3, occasionally involving 5 and 4. You've also missed the one way passes from 9, 10 and 11 to 1.

Now THAT is what possession based football should look like! And how we can dream of the days of the Wallaces on the wing crossing the ball into a striker in the middle.

It's clearly not that super - it reckons we will score 36 goals!

Branfoot was absolutely hated. You could feel the hatred and anger in the crowd at every match. Martin gets none of that. Generally I think he is a decent bloke who is doing his best. Unfortunately that best is woefully inadequate for the Prem, and you can tell in his body language he is waiting to be put out of his misery.