VectisSaint

Good to know their front end configuration was broken. WTF, do people really write such absolute ******** (and mean it)? Clearly the person writing the mail hasn't got a Scrooby.

Forster was dropped because he was absolute ****. It took longer to do than it should because no one was confident that McCarthy was any better. But eventually he was given the chance and he grabbed it with both hands and has shown that he is a more than capable keeper. Can't see any way Forster could get back in, injury permitting.

Not forgetting Accrington Stanley

Be better if it was Yoshida instead of Hoedt

(1) Falling out with Koeman when he decided to go against the Reed manifesto way of playing. (2) Appointing Puel (3) Sacking Puel to appoint Pellegrino (4) Persisting with poor quality coaches at the top end of the Academy (Hunter) (5) Appointing a hockey coach as Chief Exec (6) Selling club to a chancer

Forget the caption competition, by the look of those scarves we may be back to the red with white pinstripes next season as per Cortese.

I fnd it odd how people seem to have jumped on the bandwagon of slagging off the PFA. OK, Taylor's salary is ridiculous, but in the end he is paid by an organisation that is funded primarily by professional footballers. Annual membership fees for most pro players (i.e. those in L1 and below) are £150 per year, so the funding must be made up considerably by PL and to a lesser degree Championship players. Clearly as a result of what members pay they are able to fund huge salaries not just for Taylor but all of the other executives (not forgetting that all of them are former pro footballers). It is understandable that the union executive gets paid somewhere in the same region as an average PL player (obscene levels, but thats how it is with the Sky money). Research shows that 45 top union leaders earned in excess of £100000 last year, most far more, and these are mostly for unions where the average salary of the members is much much lower than a PL footballer. If the membership of the union are comfortable with Taylor being paid what he is then that's fine by me, if they aren't comfortable with it then they do not need to join (there is no closed shop). Ironic to me that "rent a gob" Simon Jordan is the one slagging Taylor off. I don't see any real evidence that this organisation is bleeding the industry, that would be the players, agents, managers and PL executives. In fact you could argue that it is a way of putting money back into the game from the real fat cats). Its not like the BBC or the NHS where the body is publicly funded.

A more realistic comparison would be with the season after we were last relegated from the PL. The season you used was boosted by the feel good factor of Promotion, JPT and generally winning lots of games. I would suggest average attendance would be more likely to be 23k. Hopefully it would be more than the 17k of the season we dropped down to L1.

Now we know where all of our good players have been hiding. Maybe they have found a proper manager as well: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-43010399

Sky commentator today said out for another 4 weeks

Can only assume you are mixing him up with Hoedt.

Hoedt again, he really is the liability in our defence, really would be happier with Yoshida. Awful defending.

Its the league cup competition for Premier League 2 sides (u23s). We won it 3 years ago (when it was u21), didn't Sam Gallagher score a screamer in the final at St Mary's?. Nowadays it is played in a group competition format, 8 groups of 4 teams, top 2 from each group qualify for the knockout stages (same format as CL and EL). Even after last night we are still top of Group B (Blackburn Rovers, Cardiff City, Southampton, Watford) though only 2 points cover the 4 teams with 2 left to play.

He is the epitome of inconsistency, especially this season. His goals have dried up and he is being completely overshadowed by Mo Salah. He is still world class amd I would have him back in a flash, but to consider him as "not inconsistent" is laughable.

What I don't understand is that the lady complainant only boycotts Liverpool games (she is a season ticket holder). The c word isn't exclusively used at Liverpool games is it? I recall hearing it at most games, is she actually offended by insults against Lallana and Lovren (if its the 3rd season running) rather than the c word itself? Its a very odd thing to do, to boycott a game against a particular team in case the c word is used, because as she has boycotted it for 3 years how does she actually know that the c word is used anyway? I get the sense this is really a bit of a put-up job. I don't condone use of the c word by the way, but neither would I be offended by anyone using it, its just a word/sound, used by the grammatically challenged.

The primary purpose of a Defender is to defend, Danny Fox was ****ing useless at his job. Yes he did some assists. Sorry if calling him out as a charlatan means I know nothing about football, whereas in reality it shows I know more than some on here who think Danny Fox was a good defender, iansums.

Forren never really cost us much, we allegedly got back most of what we paid (not all but most). Bednarek will be OK in a couple of years, he is only 21 ish. Gardens wasn't a mistake, but his career was ruined by injury. He's also a very decent bloke and did more than most to acclimatise and make Southampton his home. Wish him good luck in the future, hopefully if will find a decent club probably back in Romania. Pied too, decent player, limited but always gave everything when he was asked.

He was usually easy to spot, hands on hips facing our goal watching opposition score as had been beaten again by average attacker. If Carling did worst left backs ever.

Austin was at Reading until he was 15.

Could have been better, as Kane's first penalty should have been re-taken as Emre Can was encroaching in the area (he was again for the second but not as blatantly).

Should be playing instead of Hoedt as well, this week Stephens, last game Hoedt yet Yoshida is on the bench. Need his experience to help the two youngsters.

Would have played Yoshida instead of Hoedt, problem is having to rely on Tadic and Boufal who are hopeless at creating this season. About time we tried Sims or even Hesketh.

Harry Lewis "I sat there thinking I was the worst keeper in the world, then I remembered Fraser Forster" :-)

I would take a punt on the guy called Osvaldo. What could possibly go wrong? Pele is a good shout as well, even if he is an ex-Skate.

So things could get worse. What a triumvirate. At least Craig Fleming and Danny Butterfield would have a better chance of doing something positive.