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I always wanted us to resurrect the old Denmark kit during this Hummel partnership. The photo’s don’t look amazing, but holding out hope the full kit looks better in the flesh.

Booing your own players is proper weird behaviour, with the possible exception of a player who’s clearly not trying or has disrespected the club. How anyone think it’s to anyone’s benefit to boo a player just because the manager picks him is beyond me.

Hearing his name booed in our own stadium is one of the most embarrassing moments i’ve had being a Saints fan. He didn’t pick himself every week, he tried his hardest every game and never moaned or criticised the club once. Good luck Moi, thanks for your efforts.

Wasn’t there a game for Stoke this season where he got 4 assists or something? There have definitely been some good periods for him in a Stoke shirt, think he won player of the month? Also think he set up a goal on his Ireland debut. Worth considering also that last season was his first season of regular football in his career, in a pretty average Stoke team. It wouldn’t surprise me if he plays a big part next season.

I thought I heard Surman himself say in an interview he didn’t want to leave but had to due to the financial implications to Saints at the time if he had stayed - but maybe I dreamt it!

I wonder if he has the confidence to score that second goal if he didn’t score the first, had he got off the mark a bit earlier in his time here maybe we’d have seen a different player. Clearly has all the ingredients to be very good, lack of end product thus far is why he plays for us, but you could see what he could do once the confidence was flowing after that first goal. It would be very exciting if him and Alcaraz were still here next season.

As opposed to grown adults having enough time to post thousands of times on an internet forum?

It wouldn’t surprise me if Caballero popped up wherever Selles ends up, as a coach. Selles seems to have used him mainly in that way since taking over.

Pleased with the prices, personally. When pretty much everything in the country is going up in price, it’s nice to see one go down, especially as most other clubs are putting theirs up (including other relegation threatened PL teams). 6-10% reductions plus an extra 4 games seems very fair to me.

Then people should stop moaning about us appointing a manager because he plays ‘tippy tappy possession rubbish’ or whatever they want to describe it as, because you’re right, ultimately people just want to watch a competitive team that wins games. Let’s wait and see if the manager does that, before writing him off because of his style of football.

They want high pressin… oh wait no they didn’t like that either

He was crap last night and seemed to be a bit rattled by the stick he was getting off the crowd, but agree he’s looked good this season. As a result i’d expect his next move (if he won’t get games at United) would be above Championship level.

He’s one of few managers in the Championship i’ve actually seen some of, in terms of his personality, and actually quite liked what I saw. Whether he’s the right man or not, who knows, but like mentioned above Jones isn’t a reflection of the whole league. Potter and Cooper are both managers that people would have liked here, and both had Swansea on their CV before the jobs that made them popular, maybe Swansea have an eye for a decent British manager.

Not sure why police control rooms and safety make a difference to where the away fans sit, because clearly they pay fuck all attention to the away end as it is. Can’t keep your bottle lid on in the Itchen but you can bring whatever you want into the away end.

If we’re talking current/recent Championship managers then it would probably be Carlos Corberán for me. Took Huddersfield to the play off final, then when he left they needed Warnock to keep them up. Now at West Brom who he took from second bottom to 3 points off the play-offs. Was Bielsa’s assistant at Leeds so the football is decent to watch. Not sure we’d be able to get him though, as he’s already on his 3rd club in about 4 seasons so probably won’t want to move.

Che and Tella in a two or as part of a three would be a great starting point for a good season in the Championship.

Yeah I don’t see how Leicester would fund a £25mil bid given they don’t seem to have a pot to piss in at the moment, and have quite a few defenders on their books. Villa I could definitely see.

I think most expect him to go in the summer regardless of what league we’re in. I think he’s probably not delivered the quality and consistency that we might’ve hoped after certain performances, but clearly has all the tools to be a very good defender. Personally i’ve grown to realise he’s probably the worst of all our CB’s with the ball at his feet, but he’s probably the best actual defender. ABK seems to have the best of both so far, albeit still a little raw.

Ollie Watkins and Morgan Gibbs-White both went for £30mil+. Beyond that there’s quite a few that have gone from Championship to Prem for over £20mil. Maddison, Webster, Sessegnon to name a few. I’m not suggesting Tella would hit anywhere near £30mil, but he’s English so I think that will always add a bit onto his transfer fee.

He did against Chelsea

They also got battered 4-0 by Spurs (who as we know are all over the place at the moment) and lost to a Chelsea team that most teams are getting something out of. Whilst their run of fixtures looked difficult in terms of ‘names’, they’ve been terrible, and haven’t looked like picking up. Clearly Hodgson is not the long term solution but he knows the club and the league inside out, it seems a pretty logical short term plug until they can get a proper manager in the summer.

You definitely picked the right match! Glad you enjoyed it.

The only time I heard the Spurs fans on Saturday was a middle aged bloke shouting ‘come here and say that’ to 3 young teenagers who shouted ‘Arsenal, Arsenal’ when walking through the Spurs fans walking down the road after the game. Then when a police officer went to calm him down he started whining about the kids. Embarrassing.

He was also injured most of last season too, so chances are he’ll never really be fully fit when he goes with England so it does make you think what’s the point.

Did anyone watch Tella against City? I know they got battered but did he trouble them, or look like a Premier League forward? Mara and Djenepo both scored good goals against them for us in the cup, so we know that defence is far from impenetrable.