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That is awful new for Stephens and potentially seriously bad news for Saints given "Gorilla's" nightmare debut last night. We are now desperately hoping Salisu and Bednarek stay fit and form a great partnership.

no sensible fan is going to write off Gorilla after his first game in England. Tonight will be a good learning experience for him and i'm sure he will be massively disappointed to have made such blunders and that will hopefully spur him on to not make those mistakes again.

A good and upcoming goalkeeper unlikely to cost much from abroad.....step forward Wuilker Farinez the Venezuelan keeper currently playing for Lens. I've watched a lot of Venezuelas games and he is very athletic and a great shop stopper. Really commands his box well.

All this is very interesting when we have one of our own players who calls himself "Gorilla". God only knows what is going to happen when he plays!

Maitland -Niles staying at Arsenal after clear the air talks!

I am prepared to give Ely another chance if Ralph honestly thinks he could offer something this season. However he needs to do a lot of convincing for me to change my stance that he is NOT Premiership level. I watched all the preseason games and therefore saw all the minutes he was included and i saw nothing that convinced me that he will cut it in the Premiership. He had a good game against a very poor Newport and scored 3 goals that apart from McCarthy most Premiership keepers would never have conceded. I really hope he can step up this season because it will be like a new signing......but i honestly believe he found his level in Scotland. Hopefully i'm proved wrong.

Even in such a one sided game Long can't score.....now that's saying something. Professional performance from the lads tonight.

Jesus we have a bunch of miserable bastards on here. Spending £20 million plus sure as hell does not instantly buy you success, at best it % wise might give you a slightly better chance. Many top players came from absolutely nowhere for very little money but were recognised as having that potential. Give the lad a chance, our transfer business so far in this window has been decent.

Please God NO! What the hell did Ralph see in those preseason games that i did not??? I rarely slate our own players but even i have got fed up with some of Ralphs weird selections. Elyounoussi should be nowhere near a Premiership team and the same goes for Stephens and bless him Theo who offers bugger all ON THE PITCH.

Looks like Obi one is off to Blackburn for a small fee. The lad needs to knuckle down if he wants a proper career.

There is a lot of interest in this lad who i would put in the category as Livramento. He has turned down a very good offer from Everton who don't want to lose him because he wants to be playing first team football or at least see there is a possibility of it. He sounds like he would be perfect cover for Perraud. It's being quoted that we are the first club to have actually made a firm enquiry. If we could pull this one off and he's anything like Livramento then we would have done some very good business!

I love Ralph to bits but i honestly think he has lost the plot if he thinks Ely can cut it in the Premiership. I watched every preseason game and Ely was shit in all the ones he featured in. He's too slow, he is not physical enough and he should bugger off back to Scotland where he found his level.

Personally think we should give RH 10 games, time to get maybe 2 players in and get all the new players up to speed. The first half yesterday was good and for 15 minutes once we had survived Everton equalising we were again on top. RH signing of a new CB is collosal for his future, it needs to be a hard bastard who will lead. Get this purchase wrong Ralph and i'm afraid your time will be up.

Is there any chance that with a new season about to kick off and us all being Saints fans on here that we could just discuss football without the need to act like children and chuck petty insults around. Lets have a great season supporting our team.

i VE been out wearing the top this afternoon/evening and proud of it. No negative responses from anyone.

I think it has been plainly obvious to most people that Ralph has been preparing for a Bednarek/Salisu partnership as his first choice CB pairing. Stephens on his day is an adequate backup. What we are looking for i suggest is someone that can challenge Bednarek/Salisu for a starting place and is a better option than Stephens. I get why some don't fancy Bednarek but he is much better than some would suggest. Salisu is the future and that was made very clear when we signed him how much they rated him, this is his season to prove that trust put in him.

this lad looks absolute quality!!

Please god not Sorloth, he is utter gash. He is like Ely in as much as they both found their level in really shit leagues where they briefly could shine......however the minute either of them entered the premiership both were found out immediately.

I do hope this is absolute rubbish because he's an awful striker!!! RB Leipzig striker Alexander Sørloth is set to be on his way out of the Red Bull Arena, with Premier League side Southampton showing an interest.

would love it to be Yangel Herrera!

All the JWP haters and yes there are plenty among our fan base can do one. The lad is not going to Villa and has no interest in going them. In this ridiculous market if Grealish is worth £100 mill then JWP is worth north of £50 mill every day of the week. Villa are losing Grealish to City and are rightly making sure their fanbase can see them being interested in quality replacements EVEN if they have no chance of obtaining some of the players they are being linked with. I'm sure they would like JWP if they could get him for peanuts, hence the derisory offer, but i'm sure they know Saints are not selling and JWP is not interested , it's all a PR exercise.......one i'm sure Saints themselves have deployed many times "look we tried but it became very difficult"

BBC now reporting official bid from Man City of £100 mill and looking to tie up the deal before Grealish returns from holiday, this is looking like a done deal. Saints need to hold out for a minimum of £50 mill and not a penny less for JWP. I would still be gutted to lose him, i think he's so underrated by so many of our fans.

I've said this from day one, none of the clubs Ings would consider going to are going to come in for him, the transfer window will shut and he will decide to sign a new contract that will give him security. No one can blame him for keeping his options open.

Anyone hoping Elyounoussi would come back a better player after 2 seasons at Celtic please think again, he was woeful last night and is never going to make it in the Premiership. Scottish football is his level. Stephens, omg please do not let him anywhere near the first team, dreadful player. I wasn't convinced Valery has improved. Ings...was he on the pitch??....to be fair he was starved off service and must have wished he had still been on the pitch after the 7 second half subs were made! I like Salisu, he wanted the ball all the time and reads the game so well, but please stop thinking you can dribble it out of defence! Perraud, nothing outstanding but a solid enough first game. The 7 players that came on need dope testing! What a transformation when they entered the fray. Tella is lightening quick and the assists he has are really mounting up, so looking forward to seeing more of this lad. Adams very composed in front of goal Redmond.....please carry on like this! Djneppo...always loved this guy, never know what he's going to do and i'm sure his team mates feel the same, he can produce magic, what a goal, really want him to succeed.

You are aware that in many countries carrying your national ID card is a legal requirement.....it doesn't cause people a problem, just the criminals! If you are driving in this country you are required by law to be in possession of your driving licence (your papers, again no issue for the law abiding and nothing to fear mob)