InvictaSaint

I realise that this is to a degree stating the bleeding obvious, but now that the penny has finally dropped in the upper echelons of the club that our direction of travel needed serious correction, and with Les going and RH coming in, we have the beginnings of a new project. But here’s the rub: we are going to have to be patient, and perhaps more important, we are going to have to support to the fullest extent. This is going to be hard. The last 2-3 years of poor management, awful recruitment and a perception (at the very least) that certain players don’t give a flying f.uck have left us, as Saints fans, devoid of hope, enthusiasm and belief. But we have to give Ralph and the players every ounce of support we can, even when things are going against us. RH has himself said the team we saw against Cardiff will bear no resemblance to the team we see in 6 months’ time. In that time we may well scrape enough points to stay up, we may not. But we have to give this man a chance to build and I’m confident we will. We are building for the long term again - and in the right way, at last - and need to be patient. We may regress in the first few games as players adapt to the new system. We may not pick up any more points this year. But we have to be patient, and we have to continue to do our job as supporters. I feel optimistic for the medium and long terms. There is not a massive gap between us and the morass above us and but whatever happens, I feel more able to support our team than at any time over the last 3 years, and shall continue to be at St Mary’s come what may. COYS

“Watch out for that post, Wes” “**** off is there a po...(thump)”

Was he in charge last season when they beat us 2-0 at St Mary’s? If so, they played us off the pitch that day.

I love the bit where he’s quoted as saying “I’ve been through these things before”. Why’s that then Mark?!? If you’ve never seen the brilliant “Lucky Number Slevin”, this is Ben Kingsley’s character’s take on it: “The first time a man calls you a horse, you kick him in the shin; the second time a man calls you a horse, you punch him in the stomach; but the *third* time a man calls you a horse? Well my friend, maybe it’s time to buy a saddle.” Time to buy a saddle, Mark.

Long’s injured so it may be Austin on his own (in which case WTAF) or maybe Austin and Obafemi....

The other issue is, irrespective of how ****e the disallowed goal was - and it was - we were winning at that point. We could and should have had the will and the wit to see it through. But we don’t and - yet again - we didn’t. Hughes isn’t changing this and has to go.

Desire...or fact?

Badoom tish!! [emoji6]

Hamstring for Ings according to Sky...

Puts us 17th as things stand.

I think the article posted further up the thread mentions no relegation for 20 years so I imagine it would be a closed shop with no possibility of promotion to the league unless it expands or creates a second tier.

The weird thing is that Hughes in his post match Solent interview paraphrased Einstein’s supposed quotation about the definition of madness being doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results - and yet he still picks Austin.....[emoji849][emoji849][emoji848]

Austin plays again. Hojberg our as he is ill. Romeu in.

Can’t really argue with any of that; the similarities between the two periods are worryingly similar. The question will be whether Ralph and Les notice the iceberg before it’s too late....

Paul Walsh on Sky: “Southampton have been the better team”

Good to see Weird Al’s son making a life for himself....(ba-doom tish). I’m here all week.

Anyone know what day/time the cup highlights are on and also which channel? Ta in advance.

No Yoshida again either....

Carillo played the full 90 in a 2-2 home draw with Real Sociedad last night, but didn’t score.

‘There’s their striker; just make you sure you track his run towards our goal whilst you’re going towards their goal’ ‘Genius plan boss’

Didn’t score; subbed on 85. Leganes heading for a 1-1 draw.

Weather looking fairly awful - rain pretty much constant from before kick off to after the final whistle...[emoji15]

Ekon’s Twitter account started mid March 2018. He somehow knows the euphemistic and sarcastic use of the word “pal” (posts above) but in his tweets says he hopes we beat “Wigone Utd” in the cup....[emoji848][emoji848] Trying a bit too hard methinks....1/10.

Mate, I’m on my way....[emoji6][emoji6][emoji177]

Seconded. With added nausea.