Dan Johnson

He's 6.2ft, one of our best ever keepers Antti Niemi, was 6.1ft, So I dont think his heights an issue, although I agree that physically he could probably do with bulking out a bit, getting stronger and more powerful, so arguably that could come with age and muscle maturity which tends to peak between 25-35. Ultimately whether I'm right or wrong about whether he becomes a good keeper later in his career is largely irrelevant, as we've got him at 23 and that's what matters to us as Saints fans at the moment and like I said, we've persisted with him enough to the point it's probably best for his career and our sanity that we look for a replacement and he moves on to a fresh challenge. I do hope we get Ramsdale back in, if we put together a good run between now and when the transfer window re-opens he maybe tempted back by the challenge of getting us promoted, if we're still languishing at the bottom of the table I'd say that's probably not going to happen and we'd need to get someone else in. For what it's worth, I dont feel comfortable with either Baz or McCarthy in goal, maybe we can get them to run into each other really fast at the training ground in the hope they merge into 1 better all round combined keeper

I agree, which is why my original post mentioned we've persisted with him enough now and its time to look into alternatives, but we have to support him until we have an alternative in house because I dont think there's much difference between McCarthy and Bazunu, I hope that we get Ramsdale back in January as he's not playing.

He's occasionally made some world class saves for us and he seems to be a good reactionary keeper, that save against Wrexham earlier this season was top draw. His worst attributes seem to be his positional sense (thinking back to some examples, like the 3rd goal we conceded against Huddlesfield in the champ last time around) and decision making, Wednesday nights goal for example. Both of those things I think will improve with age and experience. At 23 he probably questions his own ability at times, which seems to result in a lack of confidence\over compensation of decisions and results in those poor decision like Wednesday night. I think as you get older, just in life in general, you start to understand what you're good at, you become more self confident and self assured and I think we'll see that reflected in his performances when he gets into his early 30s. David James used to be called "Calamity James" because of similar mistakes in his 20s, his best years were probably from 34 onwards where he was easily one of the best keepers in the country by that point.

He looks low on confidence, as does everyone else. I think we've probably persisted enough and we all realise that he's not going to be the keeper we'd have hoped at this stage of his career. I suspect when he's in his 30s and he's more experienced he'll be a top keeper but right now he looks too Shakey. However, will continue to support him until we have an alternative in. I hope with Ramsdale not getting any games at Newcastle, that his Loan can be cancelled and we can tempt him back in January

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