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Id play Bree personally and move kwp over But it seems as though Martin doesn’t fancy him at all

Think we were very poor for 80-85 mins but turned it on as Hull got tired. Something to build on now though. Can’t ever knock a late winner

His fashion sense is much better than his ability to coach a football team

We are terrible, absolutely terrible. I don’t see any of these positives that people keep trying to point out

The teams that get promoted from this league battle hard, do the basics well & look solid defensively. You then need a player or two with good finishing skills to put away any chances which come your way. We do literally none of those things. It worries me that it was Jack Stephens that had to instil some discipline. Isn’t that literally the managers job?

Sorry, that sounds way too much like common sense. We are Southampton, we couldn’t possibly approach the game of football with any of that.

Hold my hands up, I thought he’d look really good at champ level. I think if he was anywhere close to his best he really could offer something. But he has been so sluggish. I wonder if he is unfit/overweight to be honest

I think so. His performances since the transfer window closed have been worse than shocking. We now there is talent there, but he has been pathetic really

Can someone please ask why we never counter attack or try and catch teams on the break? We let teams re-set and get back defensively, meaning it’s impossible to break them down

When you see the facts written down like that it is genuinely laughable how bad our owners are. A Pompey fan trying to fuck us over could hardly have done much worse

Dunno, I thought he did a good job at Derby. He earned a ton of respect from me for staying on without a wage through all their financial woes etc. This will be his first proper test and I have a feeling he will do OK. Could be wrong of course

Obviously and it’s not even close

Yes guys, don’t you realise that as a customer of Southampton FC it is your duty to clap and smile no matter what happens on the pitch. How dare you show any displeasure at the fact we barely tried to win the game for 45 minutes against the worst side in the league. My spreadsheet here says that we were phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal and our new head coach has re-invented football. It’s not about scoring goals anymore, it’s about knocking it around aimlessly. Now clap and cheer or it’s YOUR fault if we don’t win, oh and also I am much cleverer than you because only I can see this. (Well me, Russell Martin and sports republic. We are geniuses you see).

Because a sensible manager would realise how shit our keeper is and stop putting him under pressure by playing like Man City. Instead he is forcing a system based on his philosophy instead of the players in front of him

Everyone that defends Martin & sports republic on here seems to have this same smug attitude “I know more about football than you pathetic little peasants, look how knowledgeable and patient I am” You’re fucking embarrassing and deluded. His style is shit and the team is underperforming. Fans are right to say it’s nowhere near good enough. The second half of Rotherham was fucking dreadful. We have put up with too much shit for too long from these charlatans. I don’t like the thought of changing so soon, so fair play give him a bit longer but if he doesn’t get us firing and winning games after the international break he has to go at Christmas

He’s shit. Properly shit. Anyone defending him is just being nice because he’s so young. But he is hurting us so badly. Every shot on our goal goes in. It’s shocking. We can have 80-90% possession, all the chances in the world and then concede the first half chance and lose because we have a lettuce goal keeper.

Yes. This squad should be challenging for autos alongside Leicester, Ipswich and Leeds. If Warnock or someone more experienced & pragmatic was in charge, we’d be in the hunt for the autos right now. Many of the games we have lost so far have been because we are trying to play propaganda football and getting the basics wrong.

An absolute carbon copy of this weekend then. He is coaching a promotion worthy team to a 12th place finish. Another managerial master class from the geniuses at Sports Republic

That, plus the worst goalkeeer we have had in decades. It means we are awful at both ends of the pitch. We haven’t fixed either, the club is too busy wanking themselves off about how clever they are. Meanwhile we are sleep walking into mid table mediocrity and being in this league for a long long time.

Does he ever make a save?

That’s a fucking disgrace of a result

Agree. Looks like a fish out of water even at this level. Which begs the question.. what is his level? Does he have any potential at all?

Ref was so biased to be fair. Not ever seen a ref favour us like that before. But I will take it. Hopefully gives us something to build on. I will try and stay positive, as on the whole I still thought it was a pretty poor performance. But if we can grind out wins it doesn’t really matter. I thought Downes was class

WHY do we pass it back instead of attacking the box every time. It’s so fucking infuriating. Have a fucking go at them instead of passing back to the centre backs ffs

We look like a team that’s been in the championship for a decade