Sarnia Cherie

Really? The way we played second half they would have still beaten us.

I agree. My heart sinks when Long starts stripping off. I was waiting for Obafemi to come and bang one in. We were poor to start with then bucked up after the corner and free kick. Going in at half-time 2-0 up was encouraging but we were all out of sorts for the second half. Vestergaard obligingly playing Cavani on side. He managed very well without any help from us. I hate losing to Man U. 😡

With his recent improvement I would choose Adams. He's looked good with Walcott in the last couple of games and playing better and scoring can only boost his confidence. Obafemi is more of a sub. He has come off the bench and scored some lovely goals but I'm not sure about the whole 90minutes. However, as with Danny Ings at the moment, an injury can happen at any time so perhaps the club may keep him, just in case.

That should reduce their fan base by about 75%. 😄 Glory hunters at the end of the day, except there isn't much glory at the moment and long may that continue!

Agreed. Please let us beat Man U. My son-in-law will be a nightmare if they beat us.

I'll stop worrying then and look forward to his goal fest.

I was hoping we would have bought a steady little striker in the transfer window. I always felt it was a blinkered view to keep relying so much on Danny Ings. Who do we have who will be a 20+ goal a season player for us? Adams is gradually improving but it is a big ask to expect him to fill Ings's boots. I have a feeling of dread that Long will be on, missing chances a 5 year old could put away and smiling about it. He does my head in when he does that!

Whenever the commentators drone on about THAT result I try to stay positive because it gave Ralph and the team the kick up the backside they all needed and we have had a different team since then. Every cloud..........

He was on the touchline waiting to come on very near the end of the game. He must surely look at yesterday's performance and see that only injuries or illness to the first choice strikers will result in him getting a game. I thoroughly enjoyed watching our Saints and I didn't need Long to come on, miss a goal that Stevie Wonder would have scored and then smile about it. He does my head in when he does that!

If I have to hear many more commentators going on about that 0-9 score line, I will plead severe provocation when I appear in court. Let it drop for pity's sake. I was very proud to be a Saints fan today. So hard to pick a MOTM. It is lovely to see the spirit they have as a team. Results like this boosts their confidence no end.

One of our better managers, Alan Ball and, heaven help us, we have had some right turkeys in our time.

As long as Ings keeps clear of Pickford..............................

I am biased towards Matt because we were born on the same little island. That aside he was a great footballer. Not the nippiest in the world as he would be the first to admit but, boy, could he score goals from nothing. Plus, he was loyal to Southampton, something in short supply in today's football.

I appreciate that VVD isn't the most popular ex-Saints player but I don't like to see any footballer get a serious injury, particularly from a reckless challenge. He was never going to stay at Southampton long term and very likely has ideas to move from Liverpool for one of the top Euro teams. You can't knock him for having ambitions. This injury may well put paid to that. There is a statistician amongst us, I am sure, who can come up with a long list of good footballers who have never come back from a serious injury to be the player they once were. Southampton's Jay Rodriquez springs to mind for me. Klopp said it would be a challenge to win the Premier League two seasons running. Well, it is now.

Adams was my MOTM. I have had my doubts about him in the past but all credit to him yesterday, he kept at it with good play throughout the pitch and a well deserved goal. Hope this sets him up for the season.

I was getting worried at 2-0 down with our backs to the wall. All credit to the Saints for not giving in and getting a point.

Perhaps it might be because we may have an American owner? Safety in numbers.

Good post. Very sad that obscene amounts of money have tainted the lovely game of football.

A Yankee takeover, trying to turn us into the NFL. Liverpool are desperate to stay at the top and Manchester United are desperate to get back there. These American owners have no knowledge or interest in our country's national sport. The sport of football. Their only interest is money. I hope Southampton don't vote for it, despite being sucked in with a place at the table.

Sounds as if you have been a Saints supporter for quite a while.🙄

Adams and Djenipo will get better and better? Can we have that in writing, please?

I get fed up with seeing the teams who will be keeping us company in the lower reaches of the Premier League making signings and the effort to improve their squads while our Board just sit back and think everything's great. It isn't!!!

That's my concern too. If Ings picks up an injury or has a dip in form, then where are around 20 goals a season coming from? Not from anyone we currently have, that's for sure. Armstrong had a couple of chances near the end of the game to pass to a better placed team mate but didn't. Burnley have long been a jinx team for us. 49 years since we last won at Turf Moor so a pleasing result. However, the club needs to have a look at last night's win. Yes, it is a welcome 3 points, but Burnley had a long list of injured players and their bench consisted mainly of youngsters with no Premier League game time under their belts. If we are to have a half decent season then the club needs to get a move on and strengthen the squad.

Think for themselves. That's it in a nutshell. Ralph may have told them to play like this, who knows, because he doesn't seem to be owning up to it. Son & Kane sussed out our tactics very early on and took full advantage of it. There was no time in those 90+ minutes when our players thought for themselves and changed things to try to stop the rot. Why is that? Is Ralph's law sacred? Are they scared of his reaction if they don't play his way? Think they will be dropped if they disagree with him? Because if that's the case and Ralph sticks to this suicidal method of play we are in deep, deep trouble.

5 minutes was all Long needed to waste a good cross from Obafemi. Long was right in front of the Brentford goal and according to the commentator 'got his feet muddled up'. Summed the game up really.