Football Special

Don't hear that song enough nowadays

Last time we were relegated Arsenal couldn't beat us, take some inspiration from this , Martin could give Selles a bell for some tips , whatever happened to Alcaraz?

Remember that one mate, think Yoshida came on for his debut and had to be shown where to stand for a corner, some of the defending was up there with what we've seen this season

Don't feel too sorry for us, it's a day out with your pals have a few shandies in some good old London pubs, the game is just part of the day

That's brilliant, well played Jack 👏

Seems excessive, I don't recall other examples like this.

9-0 Only joking, we're due a league win away at Arsenal

Disappointing the Kingsland stand is closed, was planning to treat myself to a padded seat in block 31 https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/southampton-vs-stoke

They will Grandad, they will. *depending on your definition of a good time (I'm including exciting cup runs, promotions etc)

You say that, but I'm not sure he is, was hanging around a fish and chip shop at the weekend, might have just been having chips and a pickled onion I suppose

You can only truly appreciate the good times once you have experienced the bad. Philosophy.

Discussion last night at half time, will we manage another 9-0 on this visit to the Premier league?

I don't disagree with you, there were some particularly frustrating games, but last season was still a refreshing change after the previous years relegation and I do "miss" the championship (yes I know we'll be back there soon enough)

One other point from last night - what a terrible away day Bournemouth is, tiny allocation, no atmosphere in the ground, took an age to get into the ground with queueing and multiple searches, coppers stood there with a camera filming you getting searched , suppose they had to do something to justify their days wages , home fans barely managing a song except a muffled "scummers get battered everywhere they go" near the end, wish I could get my £2 back I put in their buckets when we had a whip round to save them late 90s.

I think Lallana was brought in to add experience, Wee Man as well, but neither look capable of playing a whole match Just a shame we couldn't offload ABK, Sulemana and Tall Paul, wages combined just on those three could have gone a long way to decent centre forward Cornet certainly doesn't seem to be the answer

Walker Peters is being frozen out due to his contract situation, Sugawara has been decent to be fair but another crazy situation where one of our best players isn't featuring.

It's hard work I give you that, keep the faith though. I genuinely could not imagine my kids supporting a different team, would feel weird, Difficult for the youngsters in the modern era relentlessly subjected to the premier league / champions league hype by the media , but it's soulless football for soulless consumers , attaching themselves to winning teams because they want to be associated with success despite never actually going to games.

Time to bin the premier league campaign off and focus on this competition, our best / only chance of some enjoyment this season

Get a fucking grip man, of course he should support Saints. Did you take him to Wembley? I took mine and the buzz of that day will stay with them for life. Life of ups and mainly downs but give me that over soulless glory hunting any day. Try taking him to your local non-league side if he wants another team to attach to.

This is all RM's audition for the Man City job which will inevitably come his way once Pep departs.

Yeah I agree, the Ipswich home game was so nearly the "nick a 1-0" but I can't see many more of those, other managers will really enjoy coming up against this Martin team, so easy to play against

Clearly we have quantity over quality. Crazy having 5 forwards on the bench. We spent a lot cumulatively so no one player exceeded wage structure but still end up with big wage bill and several players on big money not even in the squad, it's poor management by the club.

No way he gets sacked before this game. I think they'll give him Leicester home.

We're already down I'm afraid, there's no way this team scores enough goals to have a chance. I thought we played ok in spells last night but still painfully slow moving the ball forward, just makes it so easy to defend against. I'll take no pleasure from Martin getting sacked but it does seem a case of when not if. Fans arguing with each other in away end last night, it's really having a demoralising affect on the fan base, I'm old enough to not be surprised anymore but feel sorry for the young nippers who want to wear their saints shirts proudly and have to put up with shit from the usual premier league glory hunting fans. At the moment we face a season of breaking all the wrong records.

It's about as likely as a Ball / Mcmenemy dream team coming back to rescue us.