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Looks like a 0-0 draw last night. These guys seem to score even less than us!

Sadly you've listed the 5 most likely players to leave as the ones to retain. I think we'll finally see Bella-Kotchap and Larios go, both to have good careers elsewhere. I doubt Downes will leave unless we get our money back, and would like to see Edozie and Archer given another chance in the Championship. Cornet left in January and now plays in Italy I think.

Last season he was incredible for them and saved them from a very bleak situation. This season they've also done well, having splashed a massive £4.75 million on transfers and the club having constant off the field issues (including not being paid) and sit comfortably mid-table. I think he deserves a shot at a something a bit bigger.

Afraid we're stuck with him (and Stewart) until next summer. As we know, Walker-Peters' contract is up this season but at least we finally get rid of Lumley. Of the youth players, I'd expect we'd offer new deals to one of Derrick Abu or Lewis Payne, Will Merry and possibly Princewill Ehibhatiomham?

I liked his honesty and thought the switch was good to at least mean that we weren't playing favourites with certain players (and completely alienating others). Obviously some like Downes, Armstrong, Fraser and perhaps one or two others didn't like not being besties with their boss anymore, but bringing back in Sulemana and Onuachu were decent moves as two of our better players. However, the damage was already done and you could see the lack of confidence in some of the players since only getting 5 points in 16 matches from Martin's reign of arrogance which completely killed us. Would've taken a superstar to save us from that point.

The great escape begins tomorrow night!

Larios is actually playing regularly with the under 21s at the mo!

He was actually pretty good for the first few games, until he settled into the Southampton way...

"Southampton Football Club are pleased to confirm the signing of Japanese youth international Rento Takaoka on an initial pre-contract agreement. The 17-year-old forward will remain in Japan with his current side, Nissho Gakuen High School, until he turns 18 in March and will officially join the club." Havent seen anything more from the club on this - is he here now?

Good luck tonight. Any more impressions on Traore? Still only 18 and playing regularly, so hopefully good for his development, even if I doubt we'll see much if any of him at Saints.

Who's it been better for, Exempt or Saints?

Problem for me is his fearless style has evaporated a bit in a losing side. On Saturday his confidence seemed to massively increase later in the second half, but only when we started playing better as a team - he doesn't have the confidence to do it on his own at this stage in his career. It could well of been that he started playing better and the rest followed (we were obviously trying to attack more at that point, so probably goes hand in hand). The difference between him and say Fernandes, is that Fernandes continually looks good (or at least more positive), whereas Dibling can disappear a bit. Tyler is a very talented prospect but think he's been hyped a bit too early which may have gotten to him. We'll miss him when he's gone.

I noticed that we've only had 2 penalties all season, but Liverpool have had 9. I wonder how many of those would be deemed 'soft'?

Fernandes? However, I could see him doing an "Alcaraz" 🤣 Remember Archer did a really poor one earlier in the season which threw him off a bit, but is probably the best finisher we have. Not sure if I'd trust Onuachu personally. Not sure why, just doesnt strike me as someone who'd be good at penalties (cue someone bringing up stats of him scoring all 30 of his taken penalties or something).

Any streams? For better or worse have really struggled to find this season. I don’t have IPTV or know how to sort that sadly

Is it not a back 4? Can’t see who the 5th defender might be

I'm not sure anyone's giving us serious money for these guys. You'd take them on a free, but the only one highlighted who might get some money from is Smallbone and possibly Wood (who has looked awful as often has he's looked good). I'd be pretty confident that Sugawara, Bednarek, Downes, Charles, Sulemana and Archer would comfortably get into most of the top 6 starting 11s.

We've gone Quantity over Quality, with the hope that players like Fernandes, Kayi Sanda, Edwards, Takaoka, Matsuki and Juan would become established premier league stars over the next few years, when we really needed more than just Fernandes to be ready this season.

Larios played another 65 mins on Fri night so that's at least promising. Stewart nowhere to be seen. 🙄

Watched about 25 mins of the second half and Valenciennes were well on top, but kept out by a string of great saves from the opposing keeper. Need to turn some of those draws into wins!

Looks like Versailles have won their last three matches, but sit quite low in the table. How many teams get promoted Christophe? How is Traore getting on? Think he's got a good future? I guess at 18, he's unlikely to be playing regularly for Southampton next season, but hopefully he's good!!

I’d completely forgotten about him! Another great loan signing…

Thought ABK was pretty good. Back 4 with KWP - THB - ABK - Welington for the rest of the season. Ditch the back 5 rubbish, never worked for us.

The players are not good enough, but that's what happens when you buy quantity and not quality (and allow your manager to buy his mates). The signings of Fraser and Wood were all completely unnecessary, and made as mates of Martin. Downes was overpriced, but threw all our eggs in on him as he's mates with Martin. Instead of signing Archer, Brereton Diaz and Cornet (remember him?) we could've just spent £25 million on a first choice better quality striker. Charlie Taylor not needed if we already had Manning and KWP playing there (and Welington coming in Jan), and dont know how much we've subsidised Goztepe's best ever season giving them their starting keeper and two starting players on loan - are Juan and Matsuki going to come in and do well for us next season? Fingers crossed, but not holding my breath. All feels like SR have tried to be too clever by taking multiple punts on players which havent really worked out, whilst also letting the manager then buy others who arent good enough. The only successful signings have been Fernandes and Ramsdale, which says a lot when you've signed 20 players...

It would need to be a minimum of £25mil I reckon. We signed him for £20 million and having won an England cap since, had a season (albeit in a terrible side) in the Premier League, and us knowing how good he is in the Championship, they'd be no point selling for a loss or the same we bought him for.