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Yeah but I figured they've just been replaced by Charles and Edwards coming back from their loans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

Fair. He's not Guido Carillo level but for 10 million or whatever we paid for him he ranks highly in the what a waste of money XI , I've heard he's not the most popular lad around Staplewood due to bad attitude. Anyway if he does stay I hope he makes an appearance so our fans can give him a standing ovation again 😃

Jeez, he's up there with the worst signings we've ever made pound for pound, I'd be happy getting his wages off the books.

If anyone is 50/50 on getting a membership the thought of logging in to their inbox and discovering a lovely email from Saints about a retail product launch could be the clincher

Was that Bazunu missing one down low to his left?

I agree, and no chance of Stoke bringing 3000 fans so they need to find a way of putting excess seats back on sale to home fans Also price behind the goals and in corners seems to be the same for A and B games which doesn't really make sense

Wrexham pricing Stoke pricing

They should confirm which fixtures are A , B or C as whether a membership is good value could depend on whether those Cat C games are attended

Ah yes can see Stoke prices now updated https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/southampton-v-stoke-city

Cheers. Also says Stoke on sale but no.prices for that one yet, will be interesting to see how much we charge away fans https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/wrexham-and-stoke-city-tickets-on-sale-to-members-tomorrow

Just FYI Eastleigh have said the game is unsegregated (despite Saints having an away allocation) and tickets are still available to buy directly from them https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/SelectType?fixtureId=11729

There's no news on match pricing yet is there? I'm sure Wrexham and Skates will be Cat A Interesting to see if they tie the Pompey game in with others like priority initially when also booking for one other home game in Aug / Sept.

Thanks. Would be a great story if Stewart did the job for us but feels a big gamble with his injury record and limited experience.