Lee On Solent Saint

Not getting all the hate for Adams. We paid for what we got. Not the greatest finisher we have ever had, but did a lot of hard work that went unoticed. Give me Adams over Mara any day of the week.

Lis really not giving a good account of himself here,

First touch a bit wayward, seems to get caught in two minds what to do sometimes.

Agreed, looks a bit uncomfortable with the ball at his feet, unusual seeing as he has played the Martin way before.

Thought it was just me, but looks to be carrying a little extra timber.

Not surprising we are trying to move him out.

Seriously? You must be on the wind up? Lazy? Have you watched us recently? What the fuck do you think about Mara?

Ideal opportunity to see if they have anything decent. Probably pick them up for pocket change.

I didn't have a problem with us getting Fraser in. Have you seen this lad play? How do you know he is exicting and direct? If Palace rate him so highly why are they letting him leave? They are likely to lose both their wingers this summer, yet are prepared to let this lad leave and spend big on another player. Our track record for signing wide players has been awful over the past few seasons, this one if it happens, has all the hallmarks of another.

Absolute total waste of a loan space. We need to strengthen in other areas first. This makes absolutely no sense at all.

Agreed. Hopefully not part of some arse plan to play Armstrong up top.

Didn't Armstrong play a chunk of the season coming off the right? Hope we aren't considering playing him centrally again, we know he can't play up top in the Premier.

Be pretty fucked off if we waste one of our loan slots on him. Surely we have better within the club already than him?

Fine, if you think he is good enough. I don't share that opinion, no drama though.

Atalanta or Southampton, the poor lad must be having sleepless nights trying to decide.

Caravan

We need to find him a decent loan move somewhere. Playing under 21's isn't going to be much of a benefit to him.

O'Reilly doesn't work on Sunday's, might be a problem for us

So we can all lose our shit when he starts against Newcastle. Like I said earlier, I think he is a commited player and his passion for us is probably not in doubt, but we all know he isn't good enough.

I get what you are saying, but there does come a time when you have to put quality before sentiment. I loved Yoshida, but we knew we had to move on from him. I would not have put that obligation in to be honest, much rather have told him he can stay for another year, but we wouldn't have renewed after that. That way he could have assessed his options and moved on if he wanted.

People take this thread way too seriously

Deserves? I didn't realise Southampton Football Club was a charity now. I like Stephens, committed player. But hugely limited and in truth should be nowhere near a Premier League squad.

Until he scores a last minute winner against us at St Mary's

The option to renew shouldn't have been included to be honest. We all moaned like fuck when he was brought back into a Championship team, what's it going to be like when he starts the first game of this season? Great lads around the club don't make great players. We've had too many of those in the past.

Hope it is something like that, after agreeing a contract extension with Stephens