Matthew Le God

He is a long way above League One standard. I think you've forgotten how shit that level is.

We didn't.

Well that was disappointing! Saints lacked the spark they had from the end of last season. It wasn't a terrible performance, just a meh performance and unable to break down a packed home defence who sat behind the ball (see the 70% vs 30% split in possession).

Do you mean Deeney? 🤔

I'm puzzled why you think that. Have you seen what relegated Bournemouth have sold this summer? Saints have a lot of players you could get a big fee for.

Pinocchio

It is possible for a manager to want someone to be back up to other players.

Problem is when most people think of the Mayflower they think Plymouth rather than Southampton. Even though Plymouth was essentially a service station stop on a long drive.

First footage of him training with Saints...

Ga Ga

The Liverpool first XI pretty much picks itself. Is that telling?

Famous last words but... between the three of them last season they scored 5 Premier League goals in total. The same as Stuart Armstrong! 😛 (Yes I know Eze was a Championship player and Batsuhyi hardly played)

England made the World Cup semi final in their last tournament 😉

Jan Bednarek follows this Polish journalist...

Hence being 5th choice in the list.

Smallbone has been the backup to Armstrong on the right, Djenepo the backup to Redmond on the left. Plus Tella could be the youth option as a 5th choice attacking midfielder.

I dunno, but the article is written by the editor-in-chief and they have 1.1 million followers. So not a completely random source.

His hairline is receding and he needs the fringe for a comb over.

No, Amazon Prime Video

A pandemic postponing the season from March until June makes it like no other season! 😉