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Could be a decent loan signing. I get all the concerns about his attitude when he downed tools at Bournemouth. He got his move, only to then have Howe follow him up there. Was never gonna go well from that point. Just reading he had also played at RB for club and country before so does provide options.

Not too fussed and can see why the club have decided to let him go. He had the chance to be a Premier League striker and has not really managed it, too many simple chances go begging. Let him go for £15 million and find a better finisher. FWIW I think AA will be the key goalscorer this year. His movement is head and shoulders above Che and with Charlie pulling the strings, he’ll be prolific.

I don’t get this “loyalty” and “one man club” expectation that fans have. JWP obviously wants to try and play for England at a major tournament and that isn’t going to happen playing for us in the championship. I would imagine that the move wouldn’t be for money, just an opportunity to play in Europe and the Prem. As fans we have chosen to follow and support our club and will do for life. For a footballer, a football club is merely an employer. I certainly my haven’t stayed with the first school that employed me, I have moved and progressed, and challenged myself.

I think £30 million is a reasonable deal if the payments are more upfront. JWP is a very good midfielder and his set piece ability is second to none but he’s not the midfield messiah some make him out to be. He has been a great servant to the club though and a model professional. My greater concern is clearing out the likes of Lyanco, McCarthy, Djenepo, and some of the other deadwood holding our rebuild up. Let RM and JW get their players in for their system and then see where we are at.

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/livramento-completes-newcastle-transfer Good move for all parties in my opinion.

Great to start with a win but plenty of work to do. I still feel nervous when we try to defend any set piece with the zonal marking. Offensively, a lot of tipppy tappy possession but an end product that often resulted in a shot from outside the box. The second goal shows what they’ve been working on and it should hopefully click even more as the season progresses. AA had a few nice touches and turns in the first half, Edozie will get his man booked every game, we need to keep giving it to him. MoM for me was either JWP, KWP or Smallbone.

Interesting first half. Some moments of good passing and movement off the ball, mixed in with some crazy play at the back. Edozie has grown into the game and if this was a proper match a couple of their players would be on yellows. Not seen much from Che Adams other than the regular missed one on one. Shea Charles looks quality as does Amo-A at times. Not impressed with McCarthy distribution, lost the ball with some misplaced throws. Overall, the positives just outweigh the negatives at this stage of pre season.

We won’t win anything with Lyanco playing. The bloke is an absolute liability. Just a dreadful defender. In fact, just a dreadful footballer.

I think he got to 21/8

Staying up, with Harry and Jim, we’re staying up with Harry and Jim!

I have given Selles the benefit of the doubt but this is clueless. I’m not convinced Dyche or Big Sam would have kept us up because ultimately we are not good enough. We are getting played off the park by Bournemouth. The club needs a total overhaul. So sad as for the first time in a long while we have actually spent some money. Sadly on players that don’t make the squad.

I didn’t mind the Alcaraz substitution and could just about see the logic, on a yellow, worked his socks off and maybe wasn’t tracking back as well. Don’t get the Lavia one though. No surprise to see then get back into it once Diallo came on.

We need Sulemana on for Armstrong as it’ll at least keep them honest at the back with his pace.

Nobody would do that. They would have a relegation on their CV.

Many folk being melodramatic about getting beaten by City. They are a different class to all the other teams bar maybe Arsenal. This game won’t send us down, we were never likely to get anything from this. If we do go down I don’t care who comes in or who stays but would like to see us actually play some decent football. Stop this pointless passing around the back four that doesn’t move the opponents whatsoever. The Jones experiment screwed us over and that was our chance to stay up with the “preseason” during the World Cup. Ultimately though, it’s the failure to sign a striker that has been our downfall. Pelle was immense, Gabbiadini ok, Ings was good for a season and Che for a month or so but we needed a goal scorer and we got everything else but!

Like our previous relegation, we have a bloated squad of overpaid, overpriced yet average players that can’t do the basics. The Jones experiment has cost us this season but until we sort out our style, strategy and beliefs we won’t bounce back. If we manage to somehow survive this, there needs to be big changes in the summer.

For me, he’s never been the same player since he had Covid.

Think we can all see why FDCC hasnt been picked too often. He’s an absolute liability. We have done nothing up front at all. No support from midfield but can’t blame them as when it is in the other 1/3rd we just gift them the ball back. It’s a gamble to leave yourself way out of position for the subsequent counter attack. Get Mara, Armstrong and Ely off. Bring in Tall Paul, Charlie and Sulimana.

No issues with that team. Diallo has had some good games and some stinkers but must be showing enough in training. Maybe the plan is to bring Lavia on to push things later in the game once they are a bit tired and maybe with yellows. As for Moi, he will do a job. He won’t skin a full back with pace or do ten step overs to bamboozle an opponent but he will work defensively, allowing our full backs to push on. Marsden was a great foil for allowing Bridgey to push on back in the day. Maybe this is something similar. 2-0 Saints win.

My Garmin watch was setting off alarms telling me that I had an unexplained high heart rate while watching that game!

Very happy with that point, certainly more than most had anticipated. I was waiting for the ref to try and even it up but I thought he had a very good game. Still not totally convinced about the ABK handball in the first half but not often you get away with things at Old Trafford. This team looks a million miles away from the crap that Jones had them playing. They are passing and moving, no hoofball. Only a few points from safety and I’m starting to believe.

Need to get some pressure on Martinez in the second half and exploit his yellow card. Use the half time to regroup and work out strategy for playing the ten. If you’d have offered 0-0 at halftime and then down to 10 we would have all jumped at it. Hope we stay positive and push on.

Been through the run in and got Bournemouth, Leeds and Everton going down, with Palace staying up on goal difference. Think I may have been slightly optimistic as we were safe with two games to go on 37points! 🤞

The only positive from this is that hopefully some of these players will never wear the shirt again. Lyanco is up there with one of the worst to have worn the shirt. Aside from Djeppo and KWP, utter shite all round. Get Lyanco, Mara, Armstrong and Aribo as far away from the first team squad as possible.

Even less convinced by him now. Liability.