Bad Wolf

Wow I didn't know that was THE Willian!! I thought it was just a Brazilian player who happened to have the same name!

Saints fans singing OWTS Commentator: "It's rather quiet in this round" tosser

Anyone else muted the commentators? Absolute morons.

Commentator advising that if we keep losing games we'll go down.

Would he though? He plays a brand of football suited to 6ft5 brutes not a bunch of actual children like we have. Dyche will do wonders for the right club but that's not us IMO.

Is that sarcasm? I'm guessing so?

Why would it? He isn't a Catholic? As I've said before imagine if he was Muslim and these kinds of comments were being made. It'd be an instant ban.

Sean Dyche is the one that has been suggested most on all the Echo/Hampshire Live Facebook posts.

Remember this is a fanbase who once hounded out the manager when finishing 8th and getting to a cup final because "the football was boring" and are now insisting on Sean fvcking Dyche.

Isn't that just all managers these days? The common criticism of every manager now a days from their clubs fans is "Doesn't do the basics" and "Has no plan B" - Those two things get banded about. My mate says the latter about Klopp all the time.

He reminds me of Danny Fox. Good lad but other than having a good attitude, I can't figure out what it is he actually contributes bar the odd long shot.

Stu clearly has fitness issues. That's been obvious for a while. Has he EVER played 2 consecutive 90 minutes for us? Lavia is obviously not quite fit and Perraud isn't very good.

Also, I don't think Perrued is as great as everyone thinks he is. Got a decent shot on him but other than that, his best asset seems to be that he talks well in the media, says all the right things and seems a nice guy.

How? Seems like the best line up instead of maybe CC ahead of Lyanco.

KWP on the left - I prefer him there. Controversial I know but IMO it gives him more freedom to cut inside, turn defenders inside out and make use of either the overlap or the underlap because the inside winger (I guess you'd have to call them ie Stu or Aribo) would be able to be either in or out as opposed to the right hand side where he'd probably just have that overlap.

Not saying Adams isn't good. He is at what he does. His hold up play is possibly the best outside the 'big 6' (with the exception of maybe Mitrovic) but he doesn't score enough goals.

He's done well yes but I just find it odd that we have Adams and Armstrong whom we purchased because they both murdered The Championship, the club have come under crititism for relying on players just because they did well in The Championship and now we want to recall someone who's doing well in The Championship but not as good as the other two. Tbh I think The Championship is his level which could well come in handy next season.

It's utterly embarrassing that there's already a Jones out thread. Wouldn't have been my first choice admittedly but this isn't a kneejerk appointment and it's not a panic one. Jones was scouted by Ankerson in his Brentford days as a replacement for Frank if he'd left. That doesn't make him good, by any means however it does mean that the person who appointed him has been watching him for a long time. Jones also had just started a 5 year contract at Luton which we'd have bought him and his coaches out of so that rules out him being "the cheap option" as spouted by some corners of our fanbase (the ones calling for Sean Dyche who actually WOULD have been the cheap option). The first two games have not been great but look at the ones before he took over. Maybe the players just aren't good enough? Also, those judging Jones by his time at Stoke is exactly the same as anyone judging Eddie Howe by his time at Burnley. Almost identical scenario. Our team are appalling but our fans absolutely don't help matters. I've said it before - My local team flits between League One and League Two and have been through times tougher than ours in the last 15 years or so and I'm always bowled over by how outstanding the fans are when I go and how much they get behind the time. There's no moans and groans at a misplaced pass, they do their best to lift the team, as do the away fans. A bit like our fans used to do down there. The Premier League turns fanbases into spoilt brats and the more I think about The Championship, the more I look forward to being in it (not actively wanting it but silver linings). Just look at how West Ham fans have now turned on Moyes despite him working miracles up to now. I wonder how long it'll be before Newcastle and Brentford fans turn on their managers despite doing unbelievable respective jobs because they're both probably only about 3 bad results away from being hounded out. Fvck the Premier League.

I see the 'best fans in the world' streamed out of their sh1thole in their hundreds before full time last night and proceeded to boo the team off the pitch at full time.

I fail to see why anyone thinks he'd be better than our current strikers. He's hardly set the world alight at Burnley and Adams/Armstrong both have better Championship records than Tella and neither of them can score regularly in this league.

Sorry I've only just seen this!! I'm in Ivybridge, just outside Plymouth. There's currently 4 of us in the village that go to one of the local pubs here and watch Saints. You're always welcome!

Did he score against us last season in the cup?

In theory yes but without her witness statement or evidence it'll be pretty hard to get a guilty verdict since a jury would surely have to disregard her previous evidence? (That's a question btw, I'm honestly not sure how it works)

Thing is, we already have legs, athleticism and all that crap. We need someone who's an absolute wanker on the field and will take no shit from anyone.

I may get shot down for this but.....Jonjo Shelvey? Still only 30, massive experience, always gives his all, knows where the goal is and I can't imagine him costing silly money either. If nothing else, he'd be an incredible asset in The Championship but also I think his grit could be invaluable to staying up.