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I'm not surprised with signings like this. Our recruitment is a total joke.

How on earth can Sport Republic be this stupid???? It's almost like our recruitment is being run by John Westwood. NorwichCity 4 mo. ago TrickySpring4984 George Long The worst keeper I’ve ever seen in yellow and green. TheTalkingDonkey07 4mo ago Agree. Giving Long the contract extension was the first big red flag. But this playing out through the press is mind bogglingly naïve. I was happy to give him the summer transfer window and another year, but this is beyond inept. He's clearly way out of his depth thaibaht69 4mo ago Yes, to give him a new 3 year deal must be a sackable offense for all who greenlighted it! shadyjudgement 4mo ago He wouldn't have made sub in my under 10's team PerfectStealth_ 4mo ago Never want to see him in a Norwich shirt again, but some helmet offered him a 3yr contract… https://www.reddit.com/r/NorwichCity/comments/1k26zmj/george_long/

I remember him well from this game. He is No.30: Southampton sweep past Brentford at St Mary's | Football News | Sky Sports

Jay Robinson is such an exciting player - easily the best forward in our squad. Thank God we've got him, as he's our one real goal threat up front.

He is a defensive weak link and against good sides, he's always likely to present them with goalscoring opportunities. We saw that in our last pre-season friendly v Brighton.

One thing's for sure: after all the money he's been paid, he's definitely not poor. Not a bad return for 1 goal in 2½ years.

Well, we found the answer to that today: Ryan Manning and Jack Stephens. But, can they do it every week?

It will be interesting to find out who we have who can score goals. The only player who really looked a goal threat in pre-season was Jay Robinson. The last time I saw Saints play Wrexham was in August 1979 and we beat them 5-0 in a Tuesday night League Cup game, then beat Liverpool, the team that would be champions that season, 3-2 on the Saturday. We certainly had some goalscorers in the McMenemy era. For no reason other than we beat them 5-0 all those years ago, if Jay Robinson plays, I expect (more hope really) we'll win by at least 2 goals today.

I see he's captain of Birmingham against Ipswich tonight. He was in the League One Team of the Year last season.

Spors is the boardroom equivalent of Stephens. No wonder they get on so well together. I only wish they would do it at another club. They're just two more hangers-on we need to get rid of.

It was and he came across as a bumbling idiot. No wonder it's such a shambles.

Talk about timewasting. That's probably what they're going to talk about next.

Very good second half performance. Jay Robinson made a big difference when he came on, but Quarshie was a concerning defensive weak link. Our players looked sharper and fitter than Brighton at the end. Bazunu had a good game and is now clearly much better than McCarthy. Jay Robinson should be an automatic first choice up front as he is, by far, our best attacking player. Overall, I feel a lot more optimistic about the season after seeing that. Will Still seems to be turning things around.

It's not their fans I'm worried about (they'll be heavily outnumbered and stuck in a corner like they were in 1996); it's their team. Admittedly, they've had some easy pre-season games, but they haven't conceded a single goal in any of them. They won 4-0 at Reading.

They'll put out a strong team. It's not as if they need to rest players. Brighton's pre-season: 12 July 2025Friendly Brighton & Hove Albion 6–1 Wycombe Wanderers Lancing 16 July 2025Friendly Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 Stoke City Andalusia, Spain 21 July 2025Friendly Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Las Palmas Marbella, Spain 26 July 2025Friendly Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Coventry City Lancing 2 August 2025Friendly Southampton v Brighton & Hove Albion Southampton 9 August 2025Friendly Brighton & Hove Albion v VfL Wolfsburg

Fear. They were attacked the last time they walked to St Mary's in a large group, even with a police escort. So, they certainly wouldn't risk walking around unescorted in a small group,

Yes, he's another one who should have been released by now. Smallbone appearing on the pitch usually means goals for the opposition.

It's so depressing seeing him still apppearing on the pitch for us. I know no other club would take him, but he should have been released a long time ago.

Princewill Ehibhatiomhan scored a good solo goal in the Saints' XI's win against Crawley yesterday. He averages a goal every 2 games and should be given some time on the pitch for the first team this pre-season. He may turn out to be the pick of the strikers in our squad.

I agree - I expect most fans do - and I'd say the same about Smallbone. We've had years with this rotten core of players in the squad and until they're cleared out, things won't improve much. When you see them lining up yet again, it really makes you feel that we're just sleepwalking towards disaster.

I'm not just surprised; I'm shocked that he's still here. At any other professional club, they'd have got rid of him a long time ago.

It looks like that record won't last for long.

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Exactly, and at his age, that tells you a lot. He's a lower league player. The Scots saw plenty of him over the years. and if he'd been any good, one of the bigger clubs, like Rangers, Celtic or even Aberdeen, would have given him a chance. He might even have got a Scottish cap if they'd thought he was good enough. Ross Stewart - Player profile 24/25 | Transfermarkt

Get Vasco Matos in now with Jose Fonte as his assistant so he can take over when a big club eventually poaches Matos. "Vasco Matos led Santa Clara to the best defensive record in the top ten European leagues, conceding only 19 goals in a season. This remarkable achievement, along with their promotion and current performance in the Primeira Liga, highlights Matos's ability to build a strong and organized backline."