The Kraken

They owe us one.

Holgate should never have played. Hopelessly rusty and no idea what he’s doing.

I’d take Peter Schmeichel right now tbf.

T’was only a gag 😆

Fuck off with that half Saints. Just make 5 subs and be done with it. McCarthy for Bazunu. THB for Holgate. Charles for Smallbone. Adams for Mara. Fraser for Edozie.

Shocking defending, crisp packet wrists goalkeeping yet again. Pathetic pathetic pathetic.

Usually to be found legging it back towards our own goal after the ball has yet again gone past them.

We simply have no defensive midfield, Sunderland just went straight through the middle of us after our high press resulting I. Another shot on goal. Can’t have this little shape about us, Charles is surely a long term fit in there at least for away games where we at least need a semblance of shape. God awful start to a game this.

Edozie is no fart and no shit today

Utter shambles of an opening this.

This is a pathetic start, Sunderland look like they’ll fashion a chance every time they drive forward, cutting straight through us every time.

Fuck off with this. 2/10 window…..

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Was thinking the same myself. Definitely Mara I reckon, KWP never got reported but could’ve happened easily I suppose. Think Smallbone got offers from Stoke?

Rob Earnshaw is pundit on the Sunderland game today and just described it as “Southampton’s best transfer window ever”. Not sure I’d go that far but it’s been a very solid window.

Apart from the fact that Everton leaked that they’d made a £12m bid for him and a SFC confirmed they’d rejected it.

Don’t think there much else choice unless Che went in there, and I thought before the game that the bench would be the best he’d get. Adarma can’t really play up top on his own in this system so it’s about the best realistic option we had. If it’s not going great then at least Che is there from the bench.

Interesting line up, that bench is ridiculous. Feel like we need to get this game out of the way with a positive result then Rusty gets to spend two weeks with his finalised squad and no outside distractions.

Far too many of those from the “happy to be proved wrong” brigade who collectively soiled their pants at various stages. Some of the doom laden predictions were as funny then as they look now.

Ok, I take it back, he is a crank

Yep, was just thinking this myself, the dynamic isn’t great with him there plus THB will surely benefit from playing alongside a slightly older head. I like the 4 of THB, Janny B, Stephens and Holgate.

He hasn’t got many followers but I looked back through his timeline and there’s a few saints snippets in there that were true. Not sure when he made them compared to when the news came out, mind. But he’s not a total crank.

Yep, very surprised we’ve managed to get him. Would’ve thought any loan would be to a PL side, but I thought a few PL sides would come in for him on a perm.

Bench at best I reckon. The manager said he’s been pulled from pillar to post so I imagine his head is all over the place. Plus he won’t have done final prep training today with the team.

Very much so. Keeping Che and signing Stewart is a great result for this season. I get the feeling Che will likely be pissed off though so he might not sign the new deal offered, which is far from ideal for next season’s funds.