LuckyNumber7

Championship is probably his level and we'll need some characters like him. Think if he stays he could do well next season.

In 2005 I was absolutely gutted and admit I cried a little, having gone through all the great escapes with heroes like MLT and Pahars it was a horrible feeling as Premier League was all I'd known. Feels totally different this time as apathy has long since taken over and I feel no real connection with the club or vast majority of players. Even when Forest took the lead last night I felt nothing tbh. I'm actually looking forward to the Championship and a great purge of playing and coaching staff, and hopefully feeling a connection to the club again. Think it will take a while for scars of the last few years to heal though.

So many contenders, but I think Forest at home was the worst. Up against the worst team in the league (bar ourselves) in a vital game with a new manager and all we did was hoof it aimlessly for 90 minutes and didn't even have a shot on target. There have been so many games this season where we just haven't turned up or had any discernible pattern of play.

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/23493755.on-loan-midfielder-targeting-dream-return-southampton-squad/

Down in National League South, Weymouth on the verge of one of the greatest escapes. Literally been in the relegation zone all season and looked cut adrift, currently beating Dover which would keep them up on goal difference.

There's no way in hell Emery would have left Villarreal to come to Saints. Also as good a job as Emery has done, it's mainly because Villa have much much better players than we do.

Assuming we go down, I think he'd be a decent free transfer for the Championship and offers plenty of versatility. I wouldn't keep him if we stay up though.

I understand the despondency at throwing away the lead late on, I was as gutted as anyone and still am. But those saying we bottled it, we still had another 10 minutes to hold on for the point after their equaliser despite being out on our feet and Arsenal having all the momentum. Would have been so easy to crumble and concede a winner. As frustrating as it was the team still deserve credit for last night.

Bournemouth were recently 2-0 up at Arsenal and lost 3-2 deep in stoppage time.

Absolutely gutted to throw it away so late although not surprised, but that is still a very good point that none of us expected. Still not enough though.

If he had a goal ruled out by VAR, considering it's not used in the Championship, I'm not surprised he got pissed off and earned a second yellow.

I'm sick to death of us meekly surrendering in 'must win' games, just off the top of my head Forest and Brentford and now Palace at home, Leeds and West Ham away have all been pathetic performances where we've barely had a shot on goal and shown no urgency, seemingly playing for a 0-1 defeat. What summed it all up for me yesterday was when the board went up for 1 minute of stoppage time at the end of the first half, instead of trying to get the ball forward and get a lead going into the break, we just passed it around at the back waiting for the half time whistle to go. No urgency, no intent, just negative cowardly football. Yet somehow it's the fans' fault for not getting behind the team. Seriously we've had 6/7 years of this utterly turgid rubbish at home, all the passion and belief has been sucked out of the fans to the point we hardly care any more. Let's look at our home record since Koeman left; 2016/17 W6 D6 L7 GF17 GA21 PTS24 2017/18 W4 D7 L8 GF20 GA26 PTS19 2018/19 W5 D8 L6 GF27 GA30 PTS23 2019/20 W6 D3 L10 GF21 GA35 PTS21 2020/21 W8 D3 L8 GF28 GA25 PTS27 2021/22 W6 D7 L6 GF23 GA24 PTS25 2022/23 W2 D4 L10 GF15 GA30 PTS10 - With 3 games still to play This year has been a new low but not once in those seasons have we won more games than we've lost whilst mostly struggling to average much more than a goal a game. We have been given nothing to get behind on the pitch other than passive, dull crab football, whilst off it we are fed corporate bullshit about how league position isn't important and we are a stepping stone club for young talent. Home fans are treated like criminals whilst away fans have the red carpet rolled out and are allowed to pretty much do whatever they want and have a great day out. Personally I can't wait for this season to end and a fresh start in the Championship and hopefully a fresh mentality. Things may or may not get better but there is literally no way it can be less enjoyable than it is now.

Along with the lack of goals, Bazunu is the main reason we are going down. Clean sheets get you points even if you don't score, to only have 4 all season is abysmal. We have only scored 2 goals fewer than Wolves yet they are now well clear of danger. Turning defeats into draws by not giving away cheap goals every game is so important. Literally no other PL club would have looked at a 19/20 year old mid table L1 keeper who's never played in the top flight and brought him in as first choice. One of the biggest clusterfucks of so many clusterfucks that have been made this season. Also agree with others who think he will be out of his depth in the Championship.

Apparently we just didn't know what we wanted, probably in terms of short term or long term appointment. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/23452895.former-usa-player-hints-jesse-marsch-rejected-southampton-job/

He'll be off in the summer anyway, if his head's not in it we may already have seen the last of him in a Saints shirt. Shame as he was showing real promise in the first half of last season but in the last year or so has really gone backwards.

1. There is zero chance Potter will want to come to a team in a mess and heading for the Championship when he can wait 'til the summer and probably have a pick of decent mid table clubs to choose from. 2. Just me that thinks he's over-hyped? Had his struggles at Brighton last season (they went six home games without scoring) and they have improved since he left, then he turned Chelsea into a shitshow. Not saying I wouldn't have him here but not sure he's as good as many make him out to be.

Reminds me of an old headline that's always stuck with me from the 90's in The Pink (remember that)? 'Saints swoop for Whiston' (remember him)? Like it was a big coup to sign some guy from Exeter nobody had ever heard of. Only played one game for us.

And yet Tella looked pretty clueless himself in the PL last season. It is a lot easier to score goals in the Championship where a lot of his goals that I've seen have come from really poor defending. Hopefully this season has done him the world of good and if he stays he tears it up for us whatever division we're in, but he could just as easily be another Adam Armstrong. He has proved nothing in the Premier League yet and if he were still here would very unlikely be our saviour.

I think the problem is, Onuachu is a finisher and probably not a lot else, but we simply don't create any chances.

Such a disappointing performance considering what was at stake. As others have said the selections of Diallo and especially Moi were a complete disaster, they are just nowhere near good enough. We were so labored and pedestrian in how we played, we actually looked scared to play a forward ball. There were plenty of times when Che and Sulemana made runs off the last man but were just never picked out, instead the ball going backwards and sideways again until we lost possession. WWe are s easy to play against, no urgency at all and no clue how to break Brentford down. The injury to KWP is just another kick in the bollocks. Feels like any remaining hope has been extinguished tonight, a golden chance to get out of the bottom three and we blew it. There are too many players in this squad who aren't up to standard, I'm almost looking forward to a cleansing of the squad in the summer and a fresh start in the Championship. Just seeing us score a few more goals would be nice.

Up to 50k people turning up on our beaches uninvited and unannounced, is an invasion.

Weird how some are getting their knickers in a twist, I would say the loan has worked out exactly as all parties would have wanted. Tella clearly wasn't ready for PL football last season so a season of playing regular football in the league below to learn his trade and develop was a no brainer. If he'd stayed his game time would have been limited and he wouldn't have pushed on as he has at Burnley. There is also a big difference between scoring goals in the Championship and the PL, see Adams and Armstrong. Tella still has everything to prove at PL level. Now Saints have a decision to make in the summer, either we get a player return who is rejuvenated and full of confidence and proven he can score goals in the Championship (where we'll likely be) or we get a nice healthy fee for selling him. Win win.

I always find this argument hilarious, that just because we have criminals already resident in this country we should have no problem importing them from elsewhere. If it were possible I'd deport the British born scumbags as well but of course that's not an option. That was just one recent and locally relevant example, not to mention the Albanian drug dealers or migrants breaking into homes in Dover etc and that's just ones we know about. Point is we have no idea who is rocking up on these boats, everyone should be strictly vetted before they are allowed into the country. It's madness that this is even considered controversial. Your other points just highlight how this government despite having more power since Brexit, as well as all previous governments have utterly failed the British public in controlling both legal and illegal immigration numbers.

In case people aren't aware there are cheaper tickets available for this one, be good if we could get a sell out.

Try travelling around the US and you will see what 'huge amounts of empty land' looks like, it ain't this country where you're rarely more than a few miles away from the nearest town or village. Countryside is important for many reasons and does not just exist to be built on. Yes I get that people die, emigrate etc, and? NET migration is currently over half a million people and that's not even including the ones coming over on boats. That means we have to effectively build TWO Southamptons every year just to accommodate the people coming here legally, and still you want more. That is nowhere near sustainable and is it any wonder so many younger people will never be able to own their own home. We take less because we are a much smaller country so it's not nonsense at all. If France want to take in millions then that's up to them but should have no bearing on how many we allow in. When would enough be enough for you, or should we just wave everyone through who wants to come here? Yes they have a right to apply for asylum, that is very different to travelling over on dinghies. On that last paragraph I agree, we should be doing that AS WELL as cracking down on the illegal boat crossings. I never mentioned stick, I said remove the carrot. If they know they won't be allowed to stay then they would be pretty stupid to still pay thousands to a criminal gang to risk their lives and be permanently banned from the UK. Then we need to re-draft it or rip it up altogether as it's not working in this day and age. The rights of foreigners should always be second to those of the people living here. Lol and this just sounds like anti Tory, anti Brexit frothing at the mouth. Some valid points in there but I have no love for any of the political parties. But yeah let's make things better by welcoming in more of these 'poor, desperate' people, like this guy. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/man-came-uk-illegal-boat-171222786.html