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Wouldn't be surprised to see him quit or be sacked if we lose ground in the league in the run in, personally I don't rate his tactics, or the way he comes across in his interview's hardly inspiring stuff to the fans...... wonder how he motivates players to perform?? and just how much influence Eric Black has in team selection tactics etc. One thing that really irritates me during listening to his interviews (when they haven't sent me to sleep) are the constant nasally discharges he does as though he has trouble breathing, its really annoying, has anyone else noticed that??? its in every interview he does....... Regards the season ticket renewal dilemma i am deciding at the end of the season, although after Saturday's disappointing performance i'm sure the style of football played under Puel throughout the majority of this season would try the patience of most Saints. In the past you could see the manager (Poch and Koeman) having a plan to improve us thus I fear this season we seem to be heading the opposite way and unfortunately I can't see him turning it around, if he does stay, this summer will be a massive transfer window for us as surely the annual player exodus will happen and getting in the right replacements will be a challenge im not sure Puel/Les can get right this time.

Thinks we've had our fair share of wife ****gers thankyou

Gabbi going off injured here FFS GAME OVER this season now

Boufal now been hauled off and straight down the tunnel not a happy chap

WTF is Boufal doing?? playing rubbish and getting himself booked in an U23 game, not the way to get yourself into the starting line up Caceres however looks a useful player looks composed and can pass out from the back well

from the BBC's weekends football predictions Martin Kemp's prediction: This is a United win all day - they are getting stronger and stronger. 2-0 Lawro also has us down for a 2-0 loss too Lets hope our lads can make these 2 eat humble pie!! COYS!!!

See Jose is getting his excuses and mind games ready if they lose to us next week "Southampton is sleeping, is eating and resting and working for the League Cup final and we have had to play three tough games. It is so much more difficult for us, but for good reasons." Just one more opportunity for Ibra, Mata and Pogba to get crocked against St Etienne away next week, however at 3-0 up I bet he rests them all

Seems the club hierarchy believed all the good press by blowing smoke up our arses for the last few seasons now it come back to bite us on them, we are sleep walking to relegation this season and we have planned poorly all season, Reed MUST shoulder the blame for surely? His decision making particularly in hiring a manager who play negative football and who seems totally uninspiring to the players , chops and changes the team selection from one week to the next. This would be unforgivable in itself but no to make matters even worse his inability to get in a CB to cover not only Fonte's departure but knowing that Virgil was going to be out injured for 3 months too and have our 3rd choice CB (at the start of the season) and an academy player who had yet to make his full debut in the Premier league as our 1st choice pairing for the rest of the season is also the final nail in our coffin this season, think we will get hammered in the Cup final tool playing them to compound a fully miserable season for us and who do we have to thank for this take a bow LES REED, think alot of fans out there are sick of this and will vote with there feet next season after so much promise the last 3-4 seasons has evaporated

I'd go for Harry Maguire of Hull City he's only 23 and has bags of potential, looking for a move too after turning down a new deal

Harry Maguire looks a good player, a possible replacement for Fonte or Virgil if he goes in the summer, we've been linked with him too https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/2700916/harry-maguire-reject-hull-southampton-everton/

Hull back in with a shout here lol

When he is sold..... which will be in the summer , why would he stay based on the current situation.... would you???

Such a crappy feeling this season after all the highs of the previous 2-3 seasons under ambitious managers who set up the team to play and man manage players the right way. it's 2 steps forward and 1 massive step back......back to the championship that is if this continues i'd also like to think we'll beat Liverpool to reach Wembley but if by some miracle we achieve that we'd probably get annihilated by Utd in the final with this team the way we play. Unlikely we'll do any business in the transfer window going by Puel's Thursday pre-match press conference too which only confirms our lack of ambition to push on from last season which we should of done correctly in the summer after losing Mane,Pelle and Wanyama without Austin we are toothless and Useless, and if Alex McCarthy is fit for the love of god PLAY him instead of that oaf we currently have between the sticks

We are a disaster in the league this season...... all the chances and no end product, so depressing

Found this quote from Les Reed from the SFC site when Puel was first appointed “Claude has a track record of improving the situations he has been presented with and we are confident he can repeat this at Southampton". Not working out too well currently is it Les, would say the opposite is happening quite frankly

Eric Black is a fluent speaker in french apparently and Puel knows him from his time playing for Monaco in the french league in the late 80's early 90's while Black was a player for Metz

No competition for his place can't help after all we are hardly going to start Stuart Taylor or young Harry Lewis..... When Alex McCarthy gets back to full fitness then expect changes to be made.....just hope we don't suffer more costly errors until then. I suspect when Alex is back to full fitness Fraser's form will miraculously pick up Anyone have am update of how long Alex is out for??

No just saying he's a better PL manager than Puel will ever be

A new manager !! heard there's a good one just been made available

I think he did a good job here helping to mould a competitive and successful team practically from scratch with the club in league one on -10 points bringing in the likes of Lambert, Barnard, Harding etc and don't forget he took us to Wembley and won our 1st trophy (however insignificant) for decades, I still can't fathom why we sacked him when he was the catalyst behind our resurgence back to the Premier League, he's 100% better then Claude Puel. Think Palace are crazy to fire him too as he also took them to Wembley and re-built their squad too after Warnock left them is a dire state he almost took them into the Europa League too. I would welcome him back here

were crap with a clueless manager, end of, off to get ****ed down the pub and forget about football cya when Puel is sacked

Jay Rod and Tadic on at last