Galway saint

Get Tonda appointed, give him the January transfer window, sack him a few days after it closes having spent £20million plus on total dog shit and then appoint Mowbray and Lallana as caretaker managers until the end of the of the season, narrowly avoiding relegation - that’s the ‘Southampton Way’….

You may well be right It’s odd though that we spent a considerable sum on Edozie and he’s been banished to the back of beyond yet Baz is still front and centre. Edozie hasn’t set the world alight but he is actually competent in his position

There was another - WBA away a couple of years back. As someone else said it’s a boring debate now. He's so obviously not up to it but the club spent a load of money on him and whoever made that decision isn’t prepared to admit it was a bad decision even after four years. I actually think he’s got worse in that time albeit his confidence must be rock bottom so that wont help. People say McCarthy is crap but I think he’s ok for us at this level and had been in goal it’s pretty likely we would have had to clear sheets.

Looks like the new guy understands the ‘Southampton Way’: Baz in goal Stephen’s in defence Five at the back Cm overrun Small guy up front on his own My only concern is that he hasn’t started with Downs but hopefully he can get him on swiftly for a full house

I can’t see that was anything other than a total fuck up by the keeper and from there the team went into panic mode. Whether or not the defence should have done better doesn’t alter that. The guy had been poor again this season and was dropped yet suddenly reappeared. Why ? It spoke volumes when he began this season again as No. 1 that the philosophy of the club had not changed and we were still in a downward spiral. I said before that we won’t have turned a corner until the club move this guy on and I suspect we are more likely to offer him a new contract than do that so looks like we haven’t hit rock bottom just yet. I do however think the resigning of Romeu shows some much needed pragmatism so some brownie points for that decision

when he’s in his thirties as apparently that’s when he will come good ( according to some)

I think your first paragraph is spot on - his size and poor positioning means he has to ‘fling’ himself across goal whereas someone who actually is a goalkeeper would have better anticipation and not have to resort to that

I find it interesting that Still goes and Baz is straight back in goal. He’s become a bit of a totem for everything that is wrong with the club and perhaps only when he leaves can we say we have turned the corner. Again tonight he looked a small ish bloke playing in goal despite having none of the attributes of a professional goalkeeper.

The first half was awful. No discernible style, laboured passing and just terrible football. So boring. Two decent goals but after the Baz howler we went to pieces. That last 15 minutes was so bad it was funny. No game management just 11 men in the box hacking it away anywhere. We seemed to have no idea how to control the game - it was pure panic and we lost all shape and composure. We won and that’s about it. The thing is if the interim coach beats the owls I believe he will have as many wins as our last 5 managers each achieved and which must put him in pole position to be our next coach ! He’s already reinstalled Baz and Stephens and managed to get Downs back on the pitch. He also looked like the sort of guy who would do what he was told by whichever fuckwit(s) is running the club.

At times in that last 15 minutes we didn’t look like a professional football team

More great keeping !

Nice keeping - Jesus

What a goal

What a terrible half of football

Baz and Stephens back ! You have to laugh - what a total shit show

I am happy to predict that the new manager will be someone we have never heard of, has never managed in England before and will sacked before the end of the season

We are going backwards in age. Has anyone ever managed a championship side in their twenties ?

Hopefully we will get someone with a bit of experience from the Hungarian second division Have zero confidence we will make a decent appointment. Nothing will change until SR move on.

Think this sums it up

Morecombe ?

seems inexplicable that Bazanu was ever preferred over McCarthy

Put simply - not everyone need do it; just us.

Yes but those squads were assembled for a small fortune - those who can’t spend that big have to compensate to some degree with physicality and athleticism. We didn’t do that. remember the crazy gang ?

Not convinced anything will change until whoever decided to give stephens a contract extension, have Bazanu and McCarthy as GKs for the season and appoints mangers who play 5 at the back moves on. If we are going to sack Still appoint someone who is experienced in this league and has a strong personality and clear idea of how he wants to play and it’s not 5 at the back. Feels like although Martin has gone we are still playing the ‘Southampton way’ and that has to come from upstairs at the club.