VectisSaint

Yep, we should also ensure that we do no business whatsoever with Spurs, and that definitely includes 'Dros Townsend.

We're ****ed then. "Southampton Nil"

Southampton Nil. No need to say more.

Love it when someone brands everyone who disagrees with their short-sighted view something unspeakable. Fiddle away Mr Nero.

Agreed, if Spurs (or anyone else) were interested surely today's performance would have ended that interest. Awful, responsible for giving the ball away so many times. I hadn't really joined in with the anti-Vic posts recently, but today he was a complete tosser (along with several others).

Perhaps they were looking to see if they have Mourinho's number.

Guess you didn't see him today then. Looked like he had no idea how to pass a ball today. Unfair to have a go at Juanmi only, but he was awful and looked completely out of his depth today.

Don't disagree, but if you get the part right about beating the teams below us then at least you end up above the bottom 3 (or bottom 6). Other wins and draws you pick up on the way then push you further up. The difference between finishing 14th and finishing 7th is not that great in terms of results. The current team is clearly not good enough to finish the same place as last season which was probably the target for this season. Too fragile and too dependent on players who have proved for the second season running that they are not consistent enough.

Its actually more important to beat the teams below us. Consistently beat the teams in the bottom 6 and not only will you get more points but you also stop them. If they get an occassional win against the top boys it will not compensate completely. Problem with us at the moment is we are not winning enough games full stop.

Difference is you spout about it every season, eventually one season you are going to be right by the law of averages.

He was talking quite a lot about relegation during the press conference second part. Admits that if we don't win in our next 3 games that we will probably be fighting relegation. Journo: "Ronald, do you think if you don't win a game in the next few you could join the relegation battle?" Ronald: "Yes. [long pause] I think so".

Why, what does it say in the papers?

14 mill was being mentioned yesterday. Total madness.

Glad to see the back of him, but to be honest Chelsea should have sacked some of the players, not the manager. Almost seems odd for a PL manager to have been sacked and Saints not the most recent team to beat them.

Seems pretty reasonable assessment of all to be honest.

Mourinho gone...

Gazza starts against Spurs.

Utter stuff and nonsense. Clearly he wouldn't be taking on Sterling wide right and getting his feet mixed up if he was playing left sided CB. He is crap when he plays RB and makes more mistakes because he is doing a different job than when he plays in his more familiar position of CB. He still makes occasional mistakes at CB but generally not many comparitively.

I give up...

Thanks Les. Good to know the Club has not lost its marbles after all. Stand down, crisis averted.

Clearly not, otherwise we would have.

Not winning in 5 games is not inconsistent, its consistent. Previously we had gone about 10 unbeaten (lots of draws), that's consistent. The phrase was about anyone can beat anyone on their day, not anyone can play well for 45 minutes and then badly for 45 minutes. Please explain how we are capable of beating anyone at the moment. We have played 5 teams in 5 games ranging from the top team to the bottom team and not beaten any of them, so we are not capable of beating anyone at the moment. We have clearly been totally incapable of beating anyone for a little while now.

Well no, it isn't. It usually implies that you lose one week against somebody awful and then win the next against someone good.. Its about inconsistency, something we are not.

Harsh. He's a centre back, and is crap at RB. People who think he'just a defender so it doesn't matter are just mnongboard helmets.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/6807060/Andros-Townsend-could-be-resuced-from-his-Tottenham-hell-by-Southampton.html