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Well done Saints for getting an away point that was nearly 3 !!! I thought we were getting 0 today so we’ll done again !

Or you could say he couldn’t hack it so took it easy ! But all forgiven by beating Bournemouth!

Perhaps he's not mentally fit yet , I wonder about goalkeepers , Carson was thrown into the deep end for England and due to a bobble of the ball off the pitch let in a goal that meant England fail to qualify , since then he went downhill but is still playing at a lower level. Hart was England No1 as well as Man C but now he can't get a game for Burnley.

It still begs the question "why on earth would you let a £15M asset make his own way via a tin pot plane/pilot etc " It is also beyond belief that a player on £40K a week would try to drive himself home after 10 pints and 12 cocktails but what do I know ?

I thought part of the rumour was that FF had agreed to reduced pay while he was ill , when does that end or is it still the case ?? or was it a red herring ?

Wanyama was good a few years ago but can’t get a game . I remember his passing quality ie poor and his attitude when he thought he could do better so no not wanted back at St Mary’s.

On MOTD , which is one of the few I’ve looked forward to , it looked like Long’s chip was going wide ! Thanks to The keeper it went in ! But fantastic , can’t understand why Huddersfield pen was cancelled but if you are in the bottom 12 you are ......

Dembele has had a foot injury and found the prem a bit too tough , he's looking forward to semi retirement in China , so not a good buy for Saints ! (source Guardian)

The Guardian says we blew all the transfer budget on Hughes's pay off so not too many prem quality players to be expected . .

We use West Quay multi (after the Cineworld became paying and max 4hrs) , usually costs £5 , which includes time for lunch as well as match .

Good to see a manager with an open mind when selecting the team and using substitutes.

Tadic was brilliant for those last few games , 2 goals v Bournemouth made us all happy , rare at St Mary’s last season . I suspect he was a. glad MP2 had gone and b. Willing to try hard as his wish to leave for a small fee to join his club of choice was granted.

2 goals again and a point ! Woohoo !

It also said that Gao is NOT putting any money in therefore any signings / manager replacement compensation would be funded by player sales only SO no new players or manager coming any time soon !!!!

The mentality of the team is normal for a side that can't win a game , as seen before over numerous years at any level of a team game .

Austin's rant was a product of his poor form and knowing he is on the way out , he was only a £4M stopgap signing that turned into long term stay !!!!

Defending yesterday was poor , never mind about "high press" what about a bit of pressure / challenging when in our own half ? If we get a new manager let's hope he can sort the defense out , meanwhile what a poor finish by Gabbi , more like a back pass to the keeper !

Apart from his lack of height so can't defend a high ball , yesterday he just stood around in the box and failed to notice or even attempt to challenge their attackers as they scored . His contribution was to wave his arms about after the ball went in our net . This applied to the other "defenders" as well who stood around watching the man with the ball and failing to get any sort of challenge in !!!

Doesn't matter if "you" are obsessed !!!

Fonte was slowing down at Saints , his late challenges got later . He hit the heights with his international career but when he came back things got worse and he left for WHU where his decline continued . He is now in a league that may suit him and I hope he enjoys the end of his career , which was not going to happen in the Prem .

Pardew's sacking was clouded in mystery , stories about players wives etc at Saints plus stories about his mate Derek Llambias who ran Newcastle and casinos in London led to Pardews appointment at NUFC despite a 5% approval by NUFC fans .

Beyond words ! After the £100M bonus scandal as well ............................................

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46171504 Good points about unbalanced prem and Hughes being worse than ever even for him !! Koeman is the man ! Southampton's failure to beat Watford on Saturday created an unwanted club record. The 1-1 draw means the Saints have failed to win any of their first six home games in a season for the first time in the club's history. The result also means Southampton are only out of the relegation zone on goal difference, increasing the pressure on boss Mark Hughes. Hughes fulfilled his remit in keeping the Saints up last season, but his record of five wins from 24 games in charge means he has the worst win ratio - 20.8% - of any recent Saints manager. How does Mark Hughes' Southampton record compare? Manager Matches Won Drawn Lost Win ratio% Mauricio Pochettino (2013-14) 60 23 18 19 38.33% Ronald Koeman (2014-16) 91 44 17 30 48.35% Claude Puel (2016-17) 53 20 13 20 37.74% Mauricio Pellegrino (2017-18) 34 8 13 13 23.53% Mark Hughes (2018-present) 24 5 8 11 20.8% Not only that, it is also the worst win ratio of Hughes' managerial career. Mark Hughes' managerial record Team Matches Won Drawn Lost Win ratio% Blackburn (2004-08) 188 82 47 59 43.6% Man City (2008-09) 77 36 16 25 46.8% Fulham (2010-11) 43 14 16 13 32.6% QPR (2012) 34 8 6 20 23.5% Stoke (2013-18) 200 71 48 81 35.5% Southampton (2018-) 24 5 8 11 20.8% The 55-year-old has won just three out of 20 Premier League games in charge, averaging 0.8 points per game. Of managers who have taken charge of 10 Premier League games or more since Hughes was appointed at St Mary's, only Slavisa Jokanovic, David Wagner and Neil Warnock have a worse points-per-game ratio - the managers of the three teams currently below Saints in the table. If Southampton maintain their current points-per-game ratio, they are on course to end the season on 30 points. No team has ever avoided relegation from the Premier League with such a tally, with West Brom's total of 34 points the lowest in 2004-05

Trump is not a businessman like we understand , he was left billions by his Dad and runs his empire on borrowed money , his companies make losses so he doesn't pay any taxes (so he won't show his tax returns) He borrowed 3 billion from Deutsche Bank to build another hotel then refused to pay it back , when they sued he counter sued saying they caused the 2008 crash so it was their fault !! Some deal was then done to his advantage so no we do not want that type of person owning our club . The Guardian has an article today suggesting the Prem is poor this season , 7 clubs at the bottom with few points and the "top six" scraping by in europe as they are not as good as they think they are . The Prem needs reform (City PSG etc seen to be dodging ffp ) to make a proper competitive league all about football not money.

Harold Wilson sent in the British Army to protect the minority Catholic population originally! So it is ironic (as usual) that it all went ti*ts up and ended up As an undeclared war between the British Government and Catholic Irish .