Give it to Ron

Maupay was rumour I heard no idea if true

Djenepro had great game second half . Lavia looks quality and Aribo just gives us strength and ability on ball and him and KWP linked so well. Enough has been said about formation let’s just hope he learns. Che battling performance showed what we missed and get players around him we look so much better united 4 down!!!

2-1 Ballard again

1-1 at h/t 1 down early Ballard with equaliser

It’s not Saints Extra it’s Jacob our reporter on The Athletic

Busy day 😉

🚨 Southampton are ‘keen’ to offload 28-year-old winger Nathan Redmond and ‘freshen the attacking positions’ #saintsfc @J_Tanswell

So I hope that rubbish today is inaccurate because if he really wants 18-20 squad that worked so well last time. Hopefully that’s tosh especially when you read Diallo, Stephens, Bednarek and Redmond can go and next line says replacements may come in!!

Don’t read the latest Athletic today Nick !

Think that’s why I was ‘annoyed’ at Stephens and McCarthy contracts neither are good enough for Prem and should have been replaced. That couldn’t have been difficult with wages they are on. We still haven’t recruited for first 11 yet alone the squad and why am surprised Ralph isn’t gone yet. I so want him to do well but like above think his day has gone.

Depends if charging £5 a 330ml can of shite IPA

It was the Watford at home game a great chance for 3 points as they were on bad run what does Ralph do play 1 up and Smallbone behind a role he hadn’t done before.

Something to do with 5 points in 39 and no sign of the manager knowing his best line up or ability to change that? I still want Ralph to succeed but he is making that bloody difficult too

TBC I am not a fan of his at all but Ralph was now it seems didn’t trust him against Spurs. I still don’t get that line up.

Doesn’t matter what this forum says he is the manager and well paid to do so. He could have kept it tight with JWP until h/t then switched when Perraud came on. JWP has kept Zaha in pocket, to play 3 players he hardly gave a kick to at end of season was very odd. Moussa is never a defensive option even pre season he was fine going forward defensive poor.

Ely played left wing back before , he was Ralph’s go to man yet nowhere near starting Saturday. That’s what’s odd this left out at end last year now start those that were his safe picks Ely, Stu, Redmond to some extent nowhere near starting positions just now seems desperate

Stephens/ Valery/JWP right back and KWP left back?

He can be like that but as said he just wants best for Saints but doesn’t express that in right way sometimes

The body language between Ralph and Semmens was very weird. Ralph looked a bit pissed off and downbeat as he should be with his recent record. Didnt give me the feeling this management structure has long left

I play football with him has 4 STs for family and never misses an away game . He bleeds red and white and does get carried away a bit but heart in right place. Bit rich you calling him whopper with your history on here

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cp81t0 Should be here

That came from Alex Crook!

Yeah but they had a good pre-season….the fact they have been shite for years is irrelevant. The 3 outcasts of last year were suddenly going to perform miracles in this new formation and prove him wrong….or right or something anyway Ralph is a tactical genius we are all wrong 5 points in 39 proves it.

Would Tarkowski, Mee or Coady be worse than any of ours? Wages of course but they are same level as us and we shipped out Long saved those wages etc. I am in the Ralph doesn’t like anyone who could contradict his tactical naivety that’s why we don’t sign leaders.

Please as a Ralph fan can you explain his tactics you have seen that makes you certain we will stay up? Why do you think there is no one else capable of getting more than 5 points in 13 games? Is the tactic of bringing in players from the cold (his doing) a master plan none of us all can see?