Patrick Bateman

Yes, we all know that. However he simply shouldn't have started today as .... shock .... he was not fit. He was puffing and blowing after 10 minutes, Cork should have started and that second half performance would have come earlier had he started! Fact.

Opinion; he's f*cking brilliant. Awesome engine, tough tackling, solid and for his age, very good. However today, he was w*nk. Just simply out of match practise.

Exactly. You weren't there, so you didn't see. He was utter w*nk. Horrible in the first half. Both Turkish and I commented how he was puffing and blowing after the first 10 minutes - made the difference when Cork came on.

Why pay players we're not going to play? What a waste of money, a lot of money, millions of pounds. This money could therefore be spent in the summer. Some of our fans are a bit thick. We are theoretically safe now and we get any injuries we have some backup and plenty of young players to give a go to - it's really not going to hurt us this season to give these guys a chance as and when we need to. People bleating on about Osvaldo; yes, the guy has undoubted talent, but he score 3 goals for us and missed half the season so far due to mystery injuries and suspension. He's a clown. Had he scored 14 goals so far then yes, I'm sure we'd be correct in being more concerned. Jesus H.

Could not agree more with you! He's actually a top bloke, really nice guy, well liked and did a great job in helping us get where we are now. He was also happy to be backup and Shaw obviously liked him and learned from his experience. Hope Forest works out for him.

"At age seven, Konoplyanka signed up for a karate class, which he did simultaneously with football, eventually reaching black belt" Do we want someone to finish the job properly next time there's a scrap on the training ground? Eric Cantona, flying sidekick, look forward to it!

Genius - we have to have this!

Looks like it's sold out - I've just logged in to take a look and there are plenty of tickets in the home ends, but the neutral zone is sold out or not available to buy online?

Agree with most so far. Definitely 2 points dropped - Arsenal scored one very good goal and one goal we should have prevented and we should have punished them more up front. Gallagher was very good and offered something we've been missing in a fast striker. I really do like Chambers too, especially today - but I think the one thing he needs to improve on is not going that one step/man too far and looking for the right pass earlier. Morgan was MoTM for me - immense, everywhere, bossed the midfield. Fonte, Lallana, Shaw all excellent too, in fact, harsh to really call out anyone as poor tonight. Great match - really enjoyed it, but didn't think I'd be that frustrated that we could have beaten Arsenal (fairly easily) at home!

LOL, brilliant!!

To be fair, it was that boring Barry spack going on about how good Norwich's signings were and to be fair to him, I think a fair few people expected RVW especially to be pretty good in this league. But Norwich are cack.

The Toure / "Davis" song ... Katherine, Katherine Katherine, Katherine Katherine, Katherine Liebherr. Markus, Markus Markus, Markus Markus, Markus Liebherr. Katherine, Katherine Katherine, Katherine Katherine, Katherine Liebherr. At 2000 miles per hour, with hand gestures, followed by clap clap clap clap, we hate Pompey.

Brighton or Charlton home or away please. This Chelsea - Stoke match is INCREDIBLY dull. No atmosphere either, zzzzz

You have to laugh - yet another thread / discussion point on here becomes a short piece of newspaper content within a couple of days ...

The guy obviously wants out. He's being a div. How about "I'm sorry guys, really sorry, I've been an utter helmet, let me make it up to you on the pitch by giving the performances of my life to help us all". No, some random pic of an a*se and "this is all the love that counts".

Yes you do. He's mentioned on this thread. HTH!

Same applied to Barnard as applied to Sharp - top blokes, deserve to play football. Thanks both for their performances and goals for us and hope it works out elsewhere. Just a shame it's taken a change at the top to sort this out ...

And therein lies the root of the matter here. I think we all (?) wanted him to be the success that an Italian International should be at Saints and we've seen some glimpses - but the lack of goals, lack of creativity and general "randomness" haven't done him any favours. Honestly, I am a bit gutted it's not working out and now appears irreparable, but hopefully he can still give us an income and there must be someone out there we could buy. I'd love Berahino at Saints, or Zaha - they wouldn't cost more, surely?

Agreed. Top professional, came in, did a job (well), helped get us over the line and seems oddly treated since. AND he scored against the Skates, what more could we ask for? Very best of luck to the bloke.

This one for me, hopefully still in solid red.

1. He's a CFO and has all the necessary qualifications to do that role very well (He's a grad from a good Uni and he's worked for a consultancy who are hard to get in to) 2. He's now an INTERIM CEO. Most CEOs in most companies have Accountancy backgrounds for good reason 3. None of Lowe, Cortese, Wilde, Oldknow etc etc etc have a much more "qualified" background 4. What did you expect? It's the CEO of a company, football aside, he's looking after the health of a company first and foremost 5. He's interim 6. Congrats to to guy for being asked to fill in from CFO to Interim CEO!

Tell me where this is the case? Do insurance companies offer new or existing customers incentives? Do Virgin Media, Sky and BT offer new or existing customer better incentives? Do mobile operators offer new or existing companies better incentives? Energy providers? Even retailers target new customers by the use of coupon code sites (Voucher Hub, Quid co etc.) where they give better offers for "new customers" rather than customers who have been contacted through a database.

Totally agree. The guy is respected by many and is probably more instrumental in the actual football set up at Southampton than Cortese - maybe that's obvious, but I never see anyone say that? I think he is and will be a pivotal member of the team.

Makes sense, thanks - very grey area in terms of accounting. This was a good read if you/anyone is interested; http://www.bbk.ac.uk/management/mscmres/publications/seanpublications/agameoftwohalves/Gof2H-chap7.shtml