Oh no Mick Mills

Underrated by alot of supporters . He got 7 goals and 4 assists in the 23/24 season , to think we'd could get him for free whilst Dobbin cost 9m, Fellows 8m .

Stephens is pretty average imo , many feel he's alot worse than that! I've always felt he's prejudiced against because he replaced arguably our best ever CB pairing in VVD and Fonte and he's miles off that level and that has stayed with many fans. We all know his weaknesses but overall I thought he was fine last season and he made no more errors than THB or Wood ....but , I'm all for replacing him if we can find genuine upgrades... for me the jury is still out on Wood, Schlotterbeck and the new young lad as well ...let's see what happens.

Schlotterbeck looks decent but he got away with 2 bad errors on Tues with Stansfield hitting the post . We all know the reaction on social media if Stephens had done this but Schlotterbeck is newbie and deserves a run of games . It's going to be interesting to see who ends up being the 2 main men at the back as the season progresses.

Mubama is only a loan with no option to buy so if he ends up getting pushed down the pecking order because we find a more suitable alternative to Larin then so be it.

Exactly....We had a 3 game week and won the 2 games that mattered and scored 8 goals in the process. The West Ham League Cup was an irrelevence. Apart from the first 15m today there was just so many positives. Happy weekend everyone.

I'd definitely be looking to shift him on , particularly whilst we could still get a decent fee for him. Zero goals from one of your attackers in a side aiming for promotion is simply unacceptable. 5 assists is nowhere near enough. I enjoy watching him play and he puts in decent crosses but we really need more goals from the right side of our attack if we're serious about promotion.

I'm a hypocrite. I forked out 6.50 for a Pukka Steak Pie and enjoyed it...twat

As for the game , it was crap tonight, poor performances all round but I'm certainly not going to crash out just yet! It's a 3 game week and we've won 1, lost the irrelevant middle one , just need to get a decent result against Millwall and no one remembers this. A draw wouldn't be a disaster either...

We always drive past the Leonardo Hotel on West Quay Rd ...(Used to be the Grand De Vere). The Saints players are normally in there and we've seen them get back on the coach about 1.30 and head to the ground.

All the food and all the drink is overpriced crap served up by imbeciles. Best to avoid and make the club think again about what they're serving up and charging.

Maybe they should have charged 15 quid and a 5er for kids. 5/10k more fans would have gone. Parents can then afford to take their Kids to their first match and possibly becoming lifetime supporters. More food , drinks, shop merchandise sold. Better atmosphere for the players.

Poor first half , dominant second. Deserved the win. Both strikers on the scoresheet. Happy weekend everyone

Im kind of torn at the moment between thinking things will be fine , we'll sign a couple of top quality players for this level and over a 46 game season will be right up there in the top 1-4 positions.... On the other hand I can't let go of the thought that Sports Republic have converted us into a Championship side that are light years behind the level required to compete back in the Prem, and its hard under their ownership to see that they have the scruples to get us back to that level. ...are we being mugged off and all they want is to player trade 5/10m players into 20/30m players...end of.

I agree with Blackmore. We've gone from the 23/24 season with Armstrong playing down the right getting 20 plus goals . Last season we alternated between Matsuki and Fellows in the same position and they totalled 4 goals... One of Coventry's strengths last year was they had consistent goalscorers in Wright, Mason Clark, Thomas Asante and Sims.

THB made alot of errors in the first half of last season . Remember Hull away games for example. Stephens had a crap first half yesterday and he always has a section of the fan base ready to jump all over him whenever he has a poor game. Let's judge him after the Stoke game and if he's poor I'd bring in Wood but at least give him a chance to redeem himself . His passing through the lines means we create more goalscoring chances.

Although I'd admit I was keen on Ings returning a few years ago , I've come to realise being infatuated with your ex's is a bad idea. Adams, JWP, Harrison Reed....nah ...we're better than this bunch of has beens. Fresh, talented, hungry players who have already gained experience elsewhere and are ready to come to a bigger , better Southampton.

DISGRACEFUL PERFORMANCE. IM FURIOUS

There's rumours on one of the Swansea fan forums that we're looking to do a deal for Vipotnik.

We were the best team in the Championship from January onwards. He played his part in this with the rotation partnership with Larin Including goals against Arsenal and Fulham in the cup. He'll be hard to replace..we might well regret not getting him back

It's crazy how we all see things differently. I always thought he looked decent, certainly had his limitations for sure but he made a big difference when he played and looked far better than Adam Armstrong .

Although they'll no doubt lose a few more players in the transfer window, they've kept they're two best assets in Nuno and Bowen. This is a club and squad of players that got 39 points in the Prem last season. Our two previous Prem campaigns we totalled 37! West Ham will run away with this league 100%

The tickets are attached to an email you should have got.

I believe we got 42m total plus 15% sell on clause....so off a 43m profit West Ham have made we'll get aprox 6.5m cut. Use some of this to try and keep THB ? A nice bonus/ pay increase.