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Russell Martin came to my daughter’s school this morning. Signed her shirt. Daughter asked why he took the Southampton job. He said he liked the atmosphere. Said no to a few jobs up north. Had been on saints’ radar for a while. That is all!

Che Adams was just on Talksport. Summary - he likes giving back to the community. 5 minutes of my life I won't get back.

Personally think we'll scrape a place in the play-offs but lose in the final (an upgrade on my previous mid-table prediction in the haze of some lucky late wins recently). And am fine with that. Feel we need one more season in the Champ, and that yes, RM will be backed.

Our goalkeeper is so shit. And why are we giving so much space to dembele. So bloody loose at the back even now

We’re going to need another one though guys. At least.

Can we actually try and get a second goal please? And not fanny about until they equalise. So fucking irritating. Update. thank you

God our style of football is utter shit. Boring overpassing. Slow, dull, without any threat. It’s so tedious. As soon as there is a sniff of something we get a nosebleed and pass it back or lose it. Think I might switch over. Such an inevitability about conceding and none of rsvhave the balls to actually attack or take the game to them. Appalling.

Classic - loads of possession, not really threatening, then losing it high and they go straight up other end so quickly and easily and have a chance. How has this not yet been seen as an issue? Happens all the time. Leave so much space. It’s suicidal.

Holgate. Zero chance of clean sheet. Both teams to score market is good for us at the moment

Never in doubt.

Che Adams means goals goals goals

Mid table. As predicted. Can’t defend. Tactics wrong. Humdrum. Boring. And so it continues.

If we ask him to play the way Che does he will just wander about a bit pretending he's too good for this league and that he wished he'd gone to Everton or whoever else whilst occasionally letting the ball hit his 50p head or scuffing a clear chance straight at the keeper. So that will be good. The team looks so much better without Adams anywhere near a starting berth. I hope Stewart is an old fashioned, direct striker who knows how to kick a ball roughly at the goal, and not how to miss sitters from one yard out in crucial matches. Personally am quite optimistic about him, but like others cannot really understand why we didn't go for Piroe (sufficiently). Was clearly the right choice. As will be getting a no-nonsense keeper in January (not that we will do that as we are allergic to decent keepers and have been for a decade)

I hope it’s just ‘shop window’ for Che as he is the root cause of so much mediocrity at the club. So hope we sell him in January. Awful.

Which is the total opposite of being ‘brave’

Che is back which can only mean goals goals goals. #sarcasm #hesshit

We have to go balls out for the win with goals goals goals and not just do a Saints and turn up expecting to win because they are lowly, fanny around and end up losing. Hope Martin has them in the right frame of mind for this. Be ruthless and attack with pace, right from the start. Would be a massive shame to underestimate them, or somehow not be fired up, with a group expecting to win. With this bunch you can never be sure.

Talksport rhapsodising about JWP and amazed he hasn't made the England side. Same JWP who they didn't mention before he moved. So idiotic that players are obviously picked (or not) for the teams they play for. Mind you, he is better than Kalvin Phillips

Get Bednarek to the Rugby World Cup. PS this commentator hates us. What a nob.

Nope. Awful miss.

Truly shocking header from Stu. Think I could have scored that. Sort of thing that comes back to haunt us

Why are we giving them so much bloody space? Manager needs to be communicating more. Tighten the fuck up

Losing the ball all over the place. Downes again. Awful.

Here we go. Downes was useless there

Graham Potter is available