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Thread | Slack Jack will be back on Tuesday
at 16:53 24 Feb 2025
I hate to say it but Slack Jack is likely to be back for the Chelsea match.
We all know how poor he is but with all the injuries we have he's probably our best ctr back at the moment (God help us).
Play him alongside ABK, we just can't continue trying to convert both Bree & Aribo into Ctr Backs, neither of them are suitable to play that position, in fact neither them are good enough to play any position in Premier Lge .
Stick to just 4 across the back & 4 in midfield with Tall Paul & KS up front.
Whatever team we send out will not get a result but we could restore a bit of credibility.
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Reply | Rusk
at 13:30 24 Feb 2025
That's obviously the plan.
I don't have a problem with that.
When you consider the level of players that we'll be relying on next season then I think Simon Rusk if not exciting is adequate.
We are now a club lacking in funds & ambition so you cut your cloth to suit. |
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Reply | Our Fans
at 10:17 23 Feb 2025
I've given up my Season Ticket.
WHY, because when I got home from matches my wife would ask me if I enjoyed it & I'd say NO it was Crap.
She said so why do you keep going to which I answered because I've got a season ticket.
Also the expectation of the next game being better than the last game kept me motivated, but the next game was never any better.
That is when I decided enough was enough, stop wasting money on something I don't enjoy watching.
Plus all the aggravation of getting there, getting home & on one occasion getting punched by an opposing supporter outside the ground, I am still & will always be an ardent supporter of the club but my days of wasting time & money are finished.
Just so glad that I haven't been going this season but I applaud those that do.
But I do think that a large contingent of the crowd are just there for social reasons & not for the football.
Football has changed both on the pitch & off the pitch, but not for the better. |
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Reply | Leicester look terrible too
at 08:35 22 Feb 2025
A tradesman is only as good as tools he has to work with, likewise a Manager is only as good as the players he has.
Unfortunately we currently don't have enough Premier lge players to survive.
But after watching Leicester last night, despite us being below them in the lge I think they are worst than we are.
Jamie Vardy at 38 years old was their only spark, he'd look good in our side. |
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Reply | Charly Alcaraz
at 15:18 16 Feb 2025
Can you imagine.
Charly Alcaraz & Mattheus Fernández playing in our team.
What an exciting combination that would be, but we mustn't dwell it what could have been, we have accept what we've got & where we are thanks to SR.
They made money on Charley as they will with Fernández just a shame that they've wasted so many millions on other rubbish coaches & players.
SORRY GUYS, so good I wrote it twice. [Post edited 16 Feb 15:20]
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Reply | Charly Alcaraz
at 15:14 16 Feb 2025
Can you imagine.
Charly Alcaraz & Mattheus Fernández playing in our team.
What an exciting combination that would be, but we mustn't dwell it what could have been, we have accept what we've got & where we are thanks to SR.
They made money on Charley as they will with Fernández just a shame that they've wasted so many millions on other rubbish coaches & players. |
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Thread | Fantastic turn out again.
at 13:10 16 Feb 2025
It's surprising that so many are still turning up week after week to watch the worst Saints team that I can remember.
Alright you expect a good crowd for a so called local Derby against high flying Bournemouth but there are regularly near capacity crowds for all of our home games.
If only the Owners, Coaches & Players showed such resilience & commitment.
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Reply | Southampton V Bournemouth The Preview
at 14:02 15 Feb 2025
Bit surprised to see Smallbone back on the team today.
He always appears to struggle physically against bigger, stronger & technically better players in Premier lge. Basically like most of our squad he's a Championship player. |
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Reply | Sulemana . Let's get behind him.
at 12:20 14 Feb 2025
Surprising the difference it can make to a player when the mamager has faith in them & gives them game time.
I would just like to see Bella Kotchap given some game time, I think he could be the best ctr back we have & we don't use him.
We'll never know how good he could be if he's not given game time.
I've not been impressed with THB this season, he looks out of his depth in Premier lge, too many mistakes & regularly out of position.
I know he's still quite young & should get better with age. (they say that about wine but it never does). |
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Reply | Will Juric be in charge next season?
at 12:49 11 Feb 2025
I agree with this post.
RM had created a lazy, easy going mentality within the club, that is going to take a while to recover from.
And we need to clear out the lazy, non committed players who were guaranteed games with RM in charge.
It doesn't take long to destroy a club but it'll take an age to recover from it.
I just hope Ivan Juric is able to restore just little bit of pride & winning mentality into what is a very, very poor squad of players.
Unfortunately I don't think it will happen whilst SR own the club. |
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Reply | Juric calls Downes unprofessional live on air
at 11:26 10 Feb 2025
I'm not saying that Juric is not part of the problem, but he's on a hiding to nothing (& so would any other coaches be) trying to get results with a bunch of non committed, inadequate players.
With the exception of Ramsdale & possibly Fernández none of the other players would get regular games at any other Premier lge club.
Some would struggle to get regular games in the Championship.
It's without any doubt the worst squad of players that I can personally remember playing for the club.
Sad to say that under the ownership of SR our Club has lost its identity & it's credibility & we're about to lose our Premiership status again.
I've got fed up with saying it, SR are not interested in winning football matches for our club as long as their group of investments are making money. [Post edited 10 Feb 12:16]
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Reply | Juric calls Downes unprofessional live on air
at 13:01 9 Feb 2025
I'm not going to jump on the "get Juric out" bandwagon yet.
He's having to work with a bunch of players that just aren't good enough & some with bad " don't want to be here" attitudes.
There's not a Manager/ Coach on the Planet that could get results with this squad. [Post edited 9 Feb 13:10]
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Reply | Juric wanted players - these owners didn't deliver
at 09:14 7 Feb 2025
The damage has been done in the previous Transfer Windows.
We are where we are because of the clubs failure to bring in the right players in previous Transfer Windows ( & Managers) It's all gone to pot since SR took over.
It would achieve nothing spending heavily in this window when we are inevitably going to be playing in Championship next season.
SR's track record of buying & selling players ( & Managers) is very poor, until we get new owners we are in a spiralling decline. |
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Reply | 10 Greatest Players In Saints History Ranked
at 10:47 6 Feb 2025
What's happened to our great club.
Why haven't we had any great players or anyone that would get into our top ten legends for the last 5 or more years.
There is not one player in our current squad that will be regarded as a club legend in the future.
Also who was the the last Manager we had that could ever be regarded as a club legend.
I can only think of two, Big Lawrie & Ted Bates.
You'll probably remind me of a few more. |
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Reply | 10 Greatest Players In Saints History Ranked
at 20:56 5 Feb 2025
Franny would have carried on with 2 broken legs.
In those days every team needed a Franny.
OK he wouldn't have figured in our top ten legends but in his own right he was a club legend. |
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Reply | 10 Greatest Players In Saints History Ranked
at 18:36 5 Feb 2025
I remember Franny Benali playing half a game with a broken arm, that's commitment.
You don't have to be a great player to be a legend.
Franny was not only a local lad he was a legend for us. |
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Reply | Danny Ings
at 12:48 5 Feb 2025
Don't see all the fuss about Danny Ings.
If he was that good he would have got regular games at Villa.
He also failed to get games at West Ham.
He's an overated Journeyman.
Just because he was born in Winchester doesn't mean he's interested in playing for Saints.
He might get a game for Winchester City. |
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