Dan Johnson

Agreed that he put himself about more last night than previously. Felt out of the 3 Subs, Aribo, Azaz and Downs, he was the better of the 3. Criminal ball from Azaz when Downs had got himself in the right position.

I think the only thing lower than our confidence right now, is Bonnie Blues Cervix. That was a terrible watch, Scienzas absolute stunner aside. BUT!! We've been crying out for this team to show some fight for the last few months and at least tonight we've seen that. Granted some of that fight we showed, we were punching ourselves in the head, plums and stomach but we've at least shown it!! A win on Saturday, a 2 week international break for the pressure cooker to die down and hopefully we can steadily see some confidence return.

Completely Agree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Southampton_F.C._managers 9th best Win% of Saints Managers @45.21%, longest unbeaten run in Saints History, proven Championship experience and success, really dont understand the absolute hate some Saints Fans have for this man??!!? I'd welcome him back. Only 3 recent managers with better win %. Koeman @48.35% Pardew @53.13% Adkins @54.03% Martin has a better win % than Hoddle, Lawrie McMenemy, Pochettino, Strachan, Hassenhuttl, Alan Ball Didnt work in the Prem but we got worse after he left us, so cant soley be blamed for that.

Haaland maybe the best thing to happen to the future of English football, all be it we may have to wait for 10 years to see the impact. At the moment we seem to have players who grew up wanting to play in false 9 positions, inside left forwards etc. With Haaland we finally see a physical beast who concentrates purely on scoring goals, lets hope the majority of 9\10 year olds watching football these days want to grow up to be a Haaland, then, in 10 years, we may find a few more Ricky Lamberts in the lower leagues.

Abject. THB at fault for goals 2 & 3. Bazunu terrible for Goal 1 Downs useless. Azaz Terrible. embarrassing defeat, Hull conceded 11 goals in the last 4 and we’ve hardly tested their goal keeper

100% agree. I'd rather have the VVDs, Manes, Lavias, Livramento for 2 seasons than not at all. If we want to be an ambitious club, we need to sign ambitious players, as part of that process the clubs trajectory maybe slower than a players and the player wants to move on.

Almost certainly this.

Reports West Brom in for him as a fellows replacement https://www.westbromnews.co.uk/2025/08/29/west-brom-now-in-talks-to-sign-brazilian-forward-as-tom-fellows-replacement/

Yeah I agree, thought the ball could have been better from Charles. Also agree about the partnership with Archer, they were busy all night and caused problems. I'm looking forward to seeing him more to be honest.

Omari Kellyman would be a player i'd be looking at to take on loan

Hoping to see at least another 6 more leave. Bella-Kotchap Edozie Ben Brenton Diaz Will Smallbone Joe Aribo Charlie Taylor Would expect to see 3 then come in. Accomplished Midfielder, Attacking Midfielder and a winger

Smallbone to Wrexham being reported for £7.5m https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/25413549.championship-rivals-reportedly-make-7-5m-transfer-bid-smallbone/ Hopefully frees up a midfield position in the squad. I’d love us to try for Josh Brownhill a solid goal scoring midfielder. fofana from Chelsea maybe an attacking option, was on loan at Goztepe last season.

We have The Chain of ffp around us, remember.

I think in general there’s a trickle down effect in play, bigger transfers for the bigger clubs seem to always happen at the beginning of the window. That then gives the middle tier clubs who have sold players, money to spend, they buy off the lower middle tier, who in turn buy off the top of the lower tier etc etc. there’s also allot of brinkmanship going on, players holding out for moves in the hope something else comes up later in the window which slows down the process. Ramsdale is probably the perfect example, he probably has offers (like Sunderland) that are currently on ICE in the hope something better comes along. Maybe Man Utd offload their keeper later in the window and go for ramsdale, maybe Utd buy Martinez and Villa becomes and option for Ramsdale…. Maybe none of that happens and Sunderland is his best option but maybe they got feed up of waiting and have bought someone else. i think it’s unavoidable that all business is done towards the end of the window, unless you’re one of the big clubs with the biggest draw and most money. even Newcastle have come out this week and said how their window hasn’t gone to plan because the players they chase either move elsewhere or they’re priced out, they have way more money and draw than we do

Never heard of him but he's played nearly a 100 games in the Portuguese top flight over the last 3 seasons, so he has pedigree. He played nearly all games in the 22/23 season when Arouca finished 5th (Arouca qualified for Europe) He played nearly all games in the 23/24 season when Arouca finished 7th, also played 2 games in europe He played nearly all games last season, when Arouca finished 12th. 37 caps for Guinea and 8 goals too

Shocked by the response to this news. Sometimes signings aren't always about performances on the pitch, they're about influence off it. We've had an abundance of chancers sign for us in the last 5 years or so, absolute wasters who couldn't give 2 shits about this football club. We need solid voices in the dressing room, committed professionals who live and breath Southampton football club and lead by professional example. He is a more than capable footballer at this level, he is a leader and when we go up and we improve the squad, he'll happily play 3rd or 4th fiddle to better quality CBs and he wont moan or bitch, he'll set an example to younger players about professional conduct and what it means to play for this club. I would rather have 11 Jack Stephens than a Bella Kotcha, Wesley Hoedt, Mara, Caleta-Car, Orsic, Sulemana, Salisu, Lemina, Vestergaard etc etc etc

You'd have to assume from the signing of Quarshie that we'll be selling at least 2, probably 3 CBs this summer. I'd assume that would be Bella-Kotchap and Bednarek (because of the £6m release clause) I'd like us to try and keep Harwood-Bellis but of course he's the most likely 3rd leaving us with Wood-Gordon, Stephens, Edwards, Quarshie, Kayi-Sanda

I think Onuachu maybe the best worst player we’ve had at our club. ive still no idea if he’s actually any good 🤣 Most of the time he looks like Bambi on ice with very limited technical ability, he’s all arms and legs. it always feels like such a massive fluke when he turns with the ball and beats a few players, or wins a duel with the ball bouncing off his chest, knees, legs and then landing favourably at his feet. Yet despite all of that, he’s a massive problem for the opposition and seems to offer us something we’ve been lacking. He puts himself about, he always seems to be involved positively when going forward and he’s a right time right place kind of player. He’d arguably get over double figures in the premier league if he started every game. id like to see us play off him allot more, to often we’re playing long to him but no ones close enough to capitalise on the second ball. I don’t know if I’d keep him or not, if we can claw back £7-£10m for him I’d probably let him go, purely because he’s 31 this year and it maybe the best chance we have to get some kind of return, even so, if we end up keeping him, he’d probably be a 20 goal a season striker in the championship, as crazy as that sounds

The Modern Day Billy Sharp. Premier league Stats Played: 73 Scored: 6 Scoring Ration 1/12 Championship Stats Played: 232 Scored: 77 Scoring Ratio 1/3 Love him for his work rate, best position for us in the championship was out wide, offered assists, defensive stability and a goal threat. I wish football had room for sentiment, he'd be in our team every week, the harsh reality is he's had a fair crack at the Premier League Whip and certainly right now, he's not good enough. I wish him absolutely nothing but the best

Next seasons star player and next seasons manager in 1 picture...

Was at the game (although left after the 4th went in) and have watched the extended highlights, highlights and match of the day to truly roll myself in the shit and try and get some understanding of what the fuck we can do to at least get an ounce of self respect back. Stating the obvious, The Midfield With Downes and Fernandes out we were woefully short of any quality in midfield, to make matters infinitely worse, we played with 2 in midfield rather than 3, those 2 players are so far off premier league quality it's embarrassing. We absolutely have to play with 3 in midfield otherwise we just aren't remotely competitive. I'd start with a midfield 3 of Downes/Fernandes/Lallana and look to get at least 2 CMs in January. I'd try and get JWP back, he's not playing at Forest, maybe we could pull on his heart strings to come back and help save this club from the abyss, add more intensity back into this midfield. Lesley Ugochukwu might be one of the worst footballers I have seen in saints shirt, he must not care and probably isnt trying because there is no way he can be that woeful. He was at fault for the first goal, his lack of competitiveness in midfield, he was at fault for the header that hit the bar in the first half through poor marking, he was at fault for the disallowed goal through poor marking, he was at fault for the 2nd goal, not following Mbeumos run, He was at fault for the 3rd goal, he gave away the penalty, his lack of competitiveness in midfield led to the 4th. Send him back to Chelsea ASAP. As much as I want Aribo to do well, he's just no where near the level we need to stay in this league, he was asked to do a job on Saturday that doesn't suit his game so I don't want to be too critical off his performance but even so his work rate alongside Ugochukwus just meant we were so pedestrian in midfield, we lacked any kind of intensity at all. The only difference between Aribo and Ugochukwu is that Aribo doesn't hide. The Defense I have no idea how this has happened but our best CB on Saturday and for the last few games is a player we bought from League 1, Nathan Wood, we looked infinitely more exposed when he went off on Saturday. Janny B/Harwood Bellis had absolute shockers, I think we need to take into account just how exposed they are and the lack of midfield protection, even so their confidence looks absolutely rock bottom. James Bree, he trys hard, he doesn't hide, he's just not good enough. KWP, our most attacking threat, making silly mistakes but probably the outfield player who comes out of Saturday with the least damage to his reputation. Sugawara, looked promising at the start of the season, looks like a rabbit in headlights at the moment and making silly mistakes again, think he could still come good if we get a settled/competitive team. Charlie Taylor, not sure what went on, asked to play as part of a back 3, looked miles off it but a player who probably should be playing more considering the number of premier league starts he has under his belt. Attack Tall Paul - Woeful, positional sense seems off, work rate has dropped massively since he came back into the side. Not sure how he's become this cult favorite who everyone thinks has been wrongly treated, the last 2 performances have shown why he was rightly a fringe player for long periods. Sulemana - I am not sure if he was asked to play alongside tall paul as a 2nd striker but he seemed intent on lingering up front and leaving KWP massively exposed. There was the off flash of quality, he had 1 good run and played a decent cross field ball, but that was his whole contribution. Doesnt work nearly hard enough for the team or defensively, feels like we're a man down when he's on the pitch Dibling - Needs to come out the side now for me, he obviously has quality but I think his work rate defensively is sub standard. Showing less and less each game of what made us so excited about his talents, he's not strong enough in tackles, he's not doing enough defensively and he's not offering much going forward any more.

I’m pretty sure it was sulemana, immediately after the goal he was arguing with the bench

agreed, think its a decent fee. I suspect we also re-couped a fee when loaning him out last season too