SaintsBarry74

15 pts then

In the wildly optimistic scenario that we actually go up, is 12 points still the target? Or have we decided to dream bigger this time? Not sure I want another season of breaking unwanted records and providing weekly comedy for the rest of the league.

Brilliant for us! Their forum is in meltdown right now, absolutely dreading the thought of Aribo ending up as a RM signing (even though RM never signed him).

Doubt they're dumb enough to sign Bazunu after having endured Danny Ward. Would be amusing if they signed Russell Martin.

I thought we said that last season?

Had a peak at their message board, this post stood out: "Aren't Southampton renowned for that sweeper keeper shite? We keep it pretty simple playing out from the back so as long as he's ok on crosses and shot stopping he'll be fine"

Please get this deal done asap, before they get cold feet.

Is he even allowed to play against us if he's on loan?

I reckon we can take these

Dear Saudi Arabia, if you’re reading, please don’t take away our Premier League-experienced, Man City-trained, Ireland international. And if you insist, just know we won’t accept a penny under £50m.

Baiting? 🎣

We'd still have the worst goalkeeper in the league then.

He would be the worst keeper in League Two. So far, he hasn’t stepped into a single league without ending up statistically bottom – and that’s even when you include second- and third-choice keepers earning a tenth of his wages. I’ve said it countless times: SR are actively destroying his value by continuing to play him.

He’s statistically the worst goalkeeper on record in both the PL and Championship.

Im his biggest critic and that was an outstanding save.

This narrative about his “excellent distribution” is becoming laughable. He’s bottom five in all passing stats, and five-yard passes to defenders don’t suddenly make you Ederson.

Worse at Russball than Russell himself.

After todays game Baz is now last for shot-stopping this season (5+ games, PSxG). He’s been last in every league he’s played in. That isn’t bad luck - that’s a pattern. He’d be the worst keeper in League One and Two. What’s truly insane about Baz is that it doesn’t matter how you filter the data – long passing completion%, sweeper actions, crosses, goal kicks – he is bottom of the chart in every single category.

Lmao did Baz headbutt their GK there

Took my son to his first game at St Mary’s against Leicester in 2019, unfortunately, neither of us saw that coming. The last match I’d managed to convince him to attend wirh me was Spurs, when we got battered and RM legged it down the tunnel before the fifth goal even went in. Supporting Southampton should come with a warning label.

Bazunu has the third-worst pass completion rate in the league at 20.4% (40 feet+). No matter how you filter the data, he’s always near the bottom. He also claims just 2.3% of all crosses, which puts him dead last. https://fbref.com/en/comps/10/keepersadv/Championship-Stats This is a football club running a multi-million-pound football operation, and the level of negligence is staggering. They keep playing Bazunu in the hope he’ll somehow improve and salvage a return on what is already a horrific investment. Instead, he’s so shit that by continuing to play him theyre actually actively reducing his value.

He had -16.9 in his 22/23 PL season. He's not only the worst shot-stopper in every league he plays in, he's been breaking the record for worst xG on record every season. It's unreal.

You don’t see many outright howlers from Baz, but his shot-stopping is genuinely non-league level, and that isn’t hyperbole. The data backs it up: this is an unheard-of level of sustained underperformance for this level. He has ranked as the worst shot-stopper in every league he’s played in, even when compared with opposition second- and third-choice keepers.

Realistically, he’s about National League level. He’s so, so shit.