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It really all depends on what sort of team we are left with on Aug 4th although a Friday night away to newly promoted Sheff Wed has got defeat written all over it 😵

Skates at home is the dream draw ! Bring it on.... 😇

Said last night that he's not taking up the Arab offer !!

Any update on the release dates ??

I have read a few snippets here and there suggesting that Leicester are trying to hijack our deal ! Probably bollocks but it is out there in the cyber world !!

Believe me, it could be worse, one of my grandsons is a Man Utd fan 😬

Sadly that has now become a 10 team Premier League as the other 10 have wealth way beyond the reach of those below ! If you want to be in the top half you either need 'blood money' or a bunch of Yanks clubbing together !! The likes of us, Burnley, Sheff U, Palace etc.. have no chance in the long term and yes I am aware that Brentford, Fulham, Brighton etc.. have had a good season but f'sure that ain't gonna last for too long.... 😬

Shame on you 🤣

There is no substitute for basic ‘common courtesy’ and those Leeds guys with their heads in their phones (not even looking up!) was the lowest form of social behaviour IMHO ! So far up their own arses that they’ve virtually disappeared ! Sums up today’s Premier league I’m afraid 😧

Good old Sky haven’t bothered with any Saints pundits again… Forest legend Martin O’Neill and erm... Jamie Carragher ! I reckon the Franny is the only one we’ve had all season but not tonight 🤨 I guess that we’re just irrelevant !!

Twice a season would be nice 🤪

He tries something different every match, problem is it never works.... 😣

I guess that after 50 years supporting the Saints that my mental health has settled into a steady mode of acceptance 😔 We do not stand alone in this as supporters of all teams who are near the drop zone vent their anger / frustration towards whomsoever is deemed to be the biggest culprit, normally the manager, the board or the players (and usually in that order) ! Today's blame culture demands this ! The fans of the likes of Everton and Leeds are much more vociferous than us and TBH I'm glad that we don't issue death threats etc.. to the board or players families (it is supposed to be a sport after all) ! At the start of this season many of us looked for the obvious relegation candidates but strangely none stood out, meaning that a larger number than usual were scrapping to be free of the bottom 3 ! It doesn't take too many cock-ups to reach that slippery slope, thereafter it becomes an uphill struggle, you start monitoring other teams results on a match by match basis and confidence ebbs away ! I'm sure that most would agree that the appointment of Nathan Jones was the monumental error from which we never recovered but my fervent hope is that the board will learn from this and we move into the Championship with a new outlook, fresh faces, a bit more experience and renewed optimism !! Come on you Saints😇

Hands up those who do not realise that Turkish is taking the piss ?? As soon as I read the opening post it was clear 😊

We have been incredibly badly managed throughout the season ! I reckon that this group of players is at least as good as 7 or 8 other teams above us but the constant chopping and changing coupled with over-complicated tactics and methods has killed us… We desperately need a manager who keeps it simple and motivates his squad ! All this crap about stats etc… is not the answer 🤨

It can be argued that they have spent their "blood money" better than most (eg. Chelsea) but it's still a fact that without a (circa) £300mil net spend they would be nowhere near where they are now... Unfortunately when the dust settles they will be like Man City and most will forget that they used to be a 'normal' club before being bought by a country for sport washing reasons 😔

I don't think any of our recent managers (Selles in particular) has had any idea of what our best 11 actually is ! The squad of 25 is comprised of mostly average players with similar levels of ability and because we don't get results there is a lot of chopping and changing ! We would certainly have been better off picking 11 in their natural positions and sticking with it for a number of games to help them gel as a team but this never happened ! Also the obsession with process, personality, laptops, red zones and all the technical claptrap etc.. must be a distraction for some players who just want to go out and perform without a drawing board full of graphs implanted in their brains !! My greatest hope in the Championship is that we go back to basics, ditch the theory and play with passion and instinct which sadly I doubt will actually happen 😟

Bazunu is not by no means perfect but all this crap about him being our worst ever keeper and also the worst in Europe is total nonsense !

Do you watch much football these days ?? 🤨

What a lot of you guys don't seem to realise is that the game is all about : Process, personality, principles, systemic movement, competing for space etc..etc.. All this nonsense about moving forward, being direct, using wingers, shooting on sight etc.. etc.. will get us nowhere ! We didn't get where we are today without being 'stats obsessed' so get a grip you lot, you know it makes sense ! Grrrr.... 😢😢

Given that we came back from 1-3 down to Spurs and held Man City for 44 mins I'm not sure that this is fair ! We have limitations in quality for sure but I reckon that lack of effort is not an issue (how do you evaluate intensity against a far superior team when you spend most of your time chasing the ball/shadows ?)

My Skate mate tells me that they are becoming more and more embarrassed by the day and even chant “Westwood, Westwood, what’s that smell “ !! Blue phew….

Rashford should have been booked for a blatant dive having intentionally clipped his own heels !

The worst aspects of today’s football for me is : a) play acting ! b) time wasting ! c) haranguing the officials ! d) VAR on borderline offsides ! e) VAR interpretation in general ! f) big team bias by media !

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