The Kraken

Sounds like Tonda expects him to stay and maybe play for the U21s until at least January. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c9v9elp98gro

Talksport saying it could be that, but could be part of a homegrown rule and he lost out due to numbers allowed. Why is Harwood-Bellis not included? UEFA squads must include at least eight 'homegrown' players, although four must be trained by the club, meaning Unai Emery faced a numerical dilemma. Villa only have two players who spent three years or more in their academy between the ages of 15 to 21 (goalkeeper James Wright and defender Lamare Bogarde). As a result, the Villans did not fill all four mandatory club-trained spots, which reduces their total List A capacity from 25 down to 23 players. There are also some suggestions Harwood-Bellis may have completed his deadline day move too late to meet UEFA's deadline for squad submissions.

Jesus. Just so many ‘WTF?’ moments to that article. Absolutely horrendous, just beyond comprehension.

Rumoured £100K in the Prem. So at best for us around half that. More of an issue it would seem is that Eckert has said he has made a commitment to Peretz to be the number 1 keeper, and he intends to honour that commitment. I’m sure we can afford Ramsdale, as we were preparing to spend up to £10M on a new CB.

Vipotnik started on the bench again for them. He started their first game of the season and hasn’t started in the league since.

Probably not. But according to the BBC report, he started at right back rather than centre back.

Back to being a badly run seaside B&B ffs

Get Hans Gruber in. Or the Viking. Whatever.

Good luck to him. Big part of getting promoted the first time and getting us to the playoffs last time. I think he’ll do well and it won’t be too long until we see him getting another England call up.

'There is more to come' - Eckert Southampton manager Tonda Eckert speaking to BBC Radio Solent: "No start to the season is easy. "As much as we all want things to get up and running from the start, it takes time. "We've seen in moments of the game how good we can be. Even after today there is a lot more to come. "There is a long way to go. We managed to stay humble and hungry last year and that is the job. Tuesday's game (at Birmingham) is going to demand a lot from us. "Today and tomorrow it is about recovery and then we will focus on that."

That’s brilliant. Delighted for Tom, I really think there’s a player in there who can cause mayhem, just needs a bit of confidence and self belief. Also really lovely to see Leo’s reaction, he’s legged it from the sub’s bench to be there for that. A team 🙏

Great result, second half very impressive. Could have looked different had Lisbie not put on his concrete toblerone slippers, but nonetheless a very good win. Hope Flynn’s injury is just superficial. Prob would have betted on JwP coming on for Bragg who had a bit of a mare. But, fair play to the lad, he looked much better second half. JWP looked as you’d expect, tidy and willing. Think he’ll be a really good asset, he’s very much a pass and move to get the ball again player so might help us quicken things up going forward. Azaz looks like he glides when he’s on this form. And after a risible first 15 from Leo he massively sparked into life and gave Millwall all sorts of bother. Same with Schlotterbeck really. In the first 15 minutes he had a couple of wobbly moments, and was a bit sloppy with giving the goal away. But after that, gave their strikers a rough ride and stood up to the physical side of things. Same for Wood, he seemed to relish the battle. Well done Saints, put it together over 90 minutes and we’ll be purring along.

Fellows breaks the net for his debut!

Ah yes, he does.