Football Special

You're right, we returned some tickets (600) to Man Utd out of the original allocation of just over 3000 we've reduced to 2,424, of which about 150 left to anyone on Saints database with a recent purchase. Nottingham Forest allocation of 2,932 is now on general sale but only about 75 left.

Forgot about him, we don't have any room in the squad until some leave? Or is he off to Turkey?

He looked exhausted before going off, did he have a knock?

Crying out for a forward who can make something out of nothing , Broja in his prime when we first got him, quick, strong. You look at Armstrong and he just gets brushed aside by defenders , Archer was the same when he came on unable to establish any presence on the pitch , looks so easy to defend against, poor service doesn't help

Completely agree, we have no fluidity moving forwards, combination of lack of movement and uncertainty on the ball, still too many moments where players took comfort from a safe pass backwards than take a risk and drive forwards

Agree, considering we're adrift at the bottom we are a positive set of fans really compared to some other clubs , most seemed to be enjoying themselves today, if Uguchukwu header had gone in at the end would have been bedlam

Seems odd? Maybe shouting BREEE sounds like a boo. Support was good mostly, Fulham supporters good impression of a mural in complete silence for 90 mins, walking back after the game they were having a right old moan about not beating us

Heading back on train now, jubilant scenes at the final whistle celebrating the clean sheet, party will go on long into the night , happy days are here again 🍺

Who knows what we'll get with all the chaos around the club at the moment, new boss but not involved, Simon Rusk will get to do one more team talk, I think we're more likely to fall apart in the post-Russ unpicking of possession football whilst a new style is implemented, prediction Fulham 3-0 Saints

Tons of pubs around, spoilt for choice between Putney and the ground

I'd suggest that's a tongue in cheek way of singing we're going down, gallows humour, whereas they are starting to foam at the mouth at the prospect of playing us on equal terms for the first time in 13 years

We are down, come on we've all known that for a while, unfortunately it's also looking likely we get a local derby next year as well, dopey skates singing about it already

It's a good point, Le Tiss showed signs he was going to be a great but he certainly wasn't a guaranteed starter late 80s, got to give it time and use wisely

They will rely on owners shutting down their sites in fear of being liable, awful legislation If they come for him all of us need to stand up and say I'm Stevie G

Big Ben will have a new lease of life under the new boss

It's much much needed...but unfortunately takes time to build up the levels needed , makes a start at least, they're well out of shape compared to other sides.

The question I think most of us want answered is will he do whey whey wheeeeey with the Northam after a win

What's the death metal scene like in southampton?

Do we have any proper fitness / conditioning coaches at the club? Definitely needed to improve as don't look fit enough

I can genuinely see an AI data driven manager in the next few years , that's the way the world is going

I'm not sure the fan base can take another one, we've had the stuffing knocked out of us. I really feel for the youngsters, it's doing real damage to their pride in being Saints fans.

Yeah assuming some of the players will hardly even know who he is there's not much chance to make an impact in one day

Did he talk about trusting any processess or being brave at all?

Had a look back at the legendary team from the 2022/23 season who made the semi finals with a shock win over Man City in the 1/4 finals, three players remain, how many of the others would get into our current team? Not a bad side on paper. Worth noting as well only a crowd of 22,996 turned up. Bazunu Lyanco Caleta-Car Salisu Walker-Peters Lavia (subbed for Elyounoussi) Diallo Djenepo (subbed for Perraud) Ward-Prowse A. Armstrong (subbed for Orsic) Mara (subbed for Che Adams)

If Rusk gets to end of the season and keeps us up then 3 other teams must have had 30 point + deductions , there's no other plausible scenario