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That makes it 6 points from last 5 games... This was a game we really should've been winning. Still, 4 points off top with a game in hand shows we're not out of it, but got to put a great run together now (sounds remarkably similar to the men's team ATM!)

Only us and Munich are more than a couple of points off top of our respective leagues in that table. Shows the importance of possession, but as has been pointed out we've been lacking in execution sadly...

It'll mean they'll need to play him more in the games he's fit for though. It's also pretty likely that Juve won't have any money to buy him anyway, even if the fee was reduced. Unless there's a swap deal on I can't see it happening

Good luck Ralph! Guess that means he's off our payroll if he's found another role?

Beat Reading 5-0 today! It was live on FA Player. I only watched half of the first half but we looked great going forward, albeit Reading were equally inept defensively

Nice to see fans of other clubs like to write off players after 2-3 games as well!

Not to many on here sadly... But I agree with you. Hope we persevere with him

Cmon be fair... Lavia was a steal! It was only c£90m wasted

Not really surprising. We spend £100m on new players that year. Recouped most of that through sales this year so hopefully we're ok, but who knows with football finances

Look at their form before those 7 games and tell me it's not a big improvement, particularly given who they've played in that time as The Cat points out

Huge difference between managing at PL and managing L1. Look at Jones for another example, doing great at Charlton after being a catastrophe for us. And plenty who watched the Chelsea game at the time acknowledged that, whilst it was a great win, we rode our luck massively. I felt at the time it was nuts to give Selles the job full time after one game

Loving the positivity on here atm 😂 If we're in the playoffs, unless Leeds are also in there, we will be heavy favourites. We're on a blip ATM without a doubt, but come the end of the season I expect our class to shine through again. We didn't go 25 games undefeated for nothing!

People were saying the same about Edioze not so long ago and he's turned it around. Sulemana has loads of potential but hasn't had a solid run in the first team, mainly this season due to injury. However he was by far our most dangerous looking player at the start of the season before he got injured. People are far too quick to write players off. There's a potentially brilliant player in Sulemana

Even worse is how he is utterly incapable of counting to three at the correct speed...

Leicester are perennial chokers?? The team that have won the Premier League and the FA Cup in the last ten years? That have also won the Championship and going back 30 years also won the league cup twice? That Leicester?

We had a similar thread when Ipswich played Leicester, and there was a lot of conflicting views as to what result was best for Saints. I think a lot of people will see Leeds as being more dangerous to our promotion aspirations than Ipswich, plus we have looked shaky in a few games in the last couple of weeks, so wondered if there will be a different consensus this time? For me it's the same as last time - I want us to worry about catching Leicester only if & when we have pulled away from third place. Therefore I want a Leicester win

Of course there are, must likely his agent. I get people want to work for the biggest clubs but it'd be doubly disappointing if after losing Shields so quickly the same happens with Wilcox. You'd hope they'd be prepared to stay for a couple of years at least. We can hold a player to that, but sadly not the staff.

Shout out to Edozie in particular here. At the start of the season he was singled out for having no end product. Just goes to show what confidence will do for a footballer!

Personally really disappointed that after a classic Super Bowl all the main photos and headlines refer to Taylor Swift... Including in more reputable news agencies like the BBC. What a fcuking mess that a celebrity can overshadow such a popular sports showpiece event

Fair play to him, and indeed anyone, who undertakes fostering. He spoke about it several months back in the echo as well https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23813804.saints-announce-partnership-city-council-fostering-southampton/

Highlights are available here (worth watching just for the kid in the crowds reaction when Hudds go 2-0 up!) WHilst Baz should have done better for the first goal, it does bounce right in front of his hand and goes past quickly. The replays, particularly from behind the goal, show this

He got an assist in a 3-0 win, which leaves Leverkusen 5 points clear. Long way to go but looking good! Bizarrely Bayern's GK went up for a corner in the last minute of stoppage time, despite them being 2-0 down so even if he scored it's unlikely to affect anything... As it was Leverkusen went straight up the other end and put the ball in the unguarded net

Starting today in the top of the table clash against Munich - Currently 1-0 up. C'mon Tella!

I think thoughts of THB going straight to a top team are a little premature. Fantastic as he has been he is still completely untested at PL level, which is a huge step up from The Championship. If we go up he'll, I'm sure, be delighted to join permanently as a first choice CB in a PL team. Of course if he steps up as we believe he can he won't stay long, but by that time he'll be worth mega money and I will fully enjoy watching Saints piss it up the wall again ala VVD. Or City will have a buy back clause worth buttons.