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Always makes me think of this game

Great era, don't forget Jim Magilton and Super Ken Monkou 👏 Decent kit I think

I think we need 9-12 point deduction to finish above them

Becoming more common for behind closed doors training ground friendlies, clubs like it away from spotlight , no fans, not official fixtures can make up their own arrangements to suit training plan like these 60 min x 2 matches , makes sense really

Speak for yourself. I'm very excited for Thursdays unveiling

He'll also get good teeth and hair which is something older players might take into consideration Thjnk I prefer this rather than watching him turn out for another English club

Anyone recommend a good tree to watch from?

Is Jay Robinson ahead of him for a starting place now anyway?

I didn't watch a minute of that tournament, even Chelsea / Man City fans I know weren't interested yet Fifa will claim it was a success. All about the global product Do Chelsea even have a pre season now ?

You also get £5 off C cat match tickets, if you were going to those anyway it pays for the membership Last season they put tickets on sale to membership, then season ticket holders could buy additional, first half of season not many games made it to "general" sale at all . Saints have roughly 22k season tickets, 3k away fans, perhaps 1.5k hospitality so it doesn't leave that many game by game tickets to sell. Wrexham sales look quite slow so far, right in peak holiday season, on tv , early ko and expensive cat A prices so not that surprised

Stephens and Taylor can also play that position, too many players there

It wasn't great, no dressing it up , Edozie swing and miss summed it up, but friendlies are often a waste of time as a spectacle Nice to put a bit of money into Eastleighs budget , thought they played quite well. No game in "official" fixture list for next two weeks so we might not get to see the lads in action for a while

Still plenty of tickets left for Eastleigh (standing) game. It is unsegregated if anyone looking for a ticket buy direct from them. https://eastleighfc.com/2025/07/matchday-information-eastleigh-v-southampton/

I think you are probably right, hard to know what offers we'll receive, we all expected KWP to leave last time and no big offers ever came in. I think Ramsdale and Fernandes most likely to go, but possibly later in the window as we hold out for best price. Would be good to see us get some quality loans, makes such a big difference in this league.

My opinion as well. After last seasons horror show I just don't see us turning it around as some others seem to think. Tough first few fixtures

Yeah but I figured they've just been replaced by Charles and Edwards coming back from their loans

With Nottingham Forest selling Elanga and Gibbs-White I've heard they are interested in Matty Fernandes, if that happens need to hold out for at least £40M

From last seasons playing squad we've managed to remove wages for ; Walker-Peters Sulemana Onuacho Lallana Lumley Larios Definitely a few more need to go to get that bill down

I wish that was the case, they'll be back 3 week before our game Saints seem a bit short of opponents as well, perhaps choosing to play more behind closed doors games that aren't publicised

Purely a decision based on brand promotion and building the global fanbase they're obsessed with rather than good preparation, unfortunately they fly back in plenty of time before we play them so won't benefit from the jet lag. Doesn't seem like they have any other games planned yet other than the tour down under, seems a bit odd.

Completely agree with you

It's a funny old saga isn't it, think the price to buy him out of Sheff Wed contract was just too high Still not clear how many unpaid players could walk away in next few weeks

Hopefully the new contract includes a testimonial at St Mary's, slight twist being current Saints XI v worst Saints XI put together from the "Stephens era" and must have played at least one game for Saints , could be comedy gold