West Dean FC Legend

I have been saying similar all over the Middlesbrough supporting posts/articles on SM - I am stopping now it's too much I'll be honest - but this statement is so true it is almost a parody. I agree with it entirely and have said as much - I mean whomever gets into the Premier League, no matter how they do it, their fans will be celebrating like they have just won the World Cup for the fifth time in a row if they finish 19th on goal difference. I mean what a crap league - we have no chance of winning or even getting in the top four unless we have millions and millions of pounds to influence the bigger clubs and even then.... Genuinely it is uncompetitive- and that's before we get onto VAR....

Well that's me - and I genuinely and honestly say from the age of 15 to 45 playing in goal behind some bad defences over the many years I never, ever, let in a goal like that second, truthfully, and I was crap obviously.

I think it's pretty obvious who those in charge want to win with some of the decisions already....

Funny how some of us got a bit of stick saying we needed a proper goalie - now everyone agrees, he looks like a goalie in positioning and play. It is as simple as that.

To be fair, local league football, I can't remember too many games where it happened. I can think of a few were were were cruising about 6-2 and won 7-5 or something but I don't remember winning or losing too often after being 3-0 up or down at halftime. That's how difficult it really is.

Posted this elsewhere - and I mean it.... Well the BBC scores page made it more exciting believe it or not - it was 3-1 to Leicester City at 90+2. Anyway I am really happy for all the long-standing loyal fans who have gone to every game over the last few seasons - home and away, spent money, travelled miles and seen some dire rubbish and probably had the mickey taken out of them for months and months. Enjoy every moment fans - every single second for as long as you can - you deserve it. I'll be honest, since 1970 I can't remember a Saints win like this - so it is fantastic for us all.

I think it can be safely said that when it comes to players, their positions, their importance to the team, goalkeepers are an afterthought at Southampton Football Club. Peretz has made a couple of decent saves and seems more vocal to the players surrounding him but frankly on naughty looking crosses and corners coming in under the bar he reminds me of........me when I played! Just for the record that is not a good thing.

A Ko-Ko the Clown goal!

Is it me or is it a tad boring, I mean just as a football match regardless of the game, it's not exactly exciting? Well that's what I think.

Probably couldn't believe he had to go into training on Monday and work really hard - I mean any player sent out on loan is going to get injured training since Russ Ball. I mean they must miss the hugging too.

Got to admit this fella reminds me of the German goalies that we started to see on the TV when I was a lad - Sepp Maier was the original - they used to wear huge gloves all the time - we only did when it rained - and they stopped shots, dived at people's feet really well, but the thing that British footballers and goalies used to question was their dealing with crosses. They'd stay on the line or always punch it whether under pressure or not, or flap at the ball and miss. Seems out new fella is a throwback to those days. he's not crap but dealing with high balls crossed into the box he does not look confident.

Bazuna played reasonable games for us and kept clean sheets too - it does not make him a world beater or even a great goalie. I mean by this metric that means Pat Jennings is an awful goalie because he let in 8 goals for Tottenham Hotspur in one game.

I have not posted much recently, I mean it is a bit pointless because literally nothing changes, but I did listen to the manager pre-match for the Sheffield United game and I've never really listened to one entirely....is it me, and I am a twit who mainly doesn't know too much about football or how it works, but does he sound like he doesn't know what to say or basically what he is talking about. If he is like that with the players when we aren't about then no wonder they don't work very hard or do what they are supposedly asked. If he is genuinely like this he needs to be removed from the job now. I orginally typoed this as 'post-match' but I don't think I could face that at all...

I agree exactly with this. I didn't even play to high standard and I wasn't very good - but you can just see it, trust us.

Good luck to him - I hope he improves. Mind you his wages will make up for any disappointments I'm sure.