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Another player we need to be keeping hold of... Charly. This match has highlighted how important our jewels are to us and how poor our squad options are. Lavia aside I really hope we can do our best to keep the rest of our jewels, though I wouldn't begrudge JWP a Premier League move. But Tella, Charly, KWP, possibly ABK and maybe Sulemana... we need to try and keep those players if we can. We definitely need to focus on getting rid of the chaff. Question is... to who?

Hopefully this will show that we need reinforcements in certain positions. Namely CB, CM and striker. And keeper. And if we sell more of them then probably AM/Winger. And probably another RB. So yeah, LB looking good though.

Good grief

Piroe double for Swans. Make it happen Saints.

Let's not yell that too loudly before the window closes eh? 😝

Duplicate... stupid countryside.

How long since McCarthy made a save? 😏

Well, we've let them get their consolation early, bring on the next 5 for Saints.

Game over. Martin out 🤪

Merse watching our game. Looking forward to him trying to say Amo-Ameyaw

Sky sports news usually show the goals as they go in so I hope there are, I'm watching it!

Yep I wouldn't read too much into it IMO. Yes there's every possibility we could still lose JWP, Lavia, KWP, Sulemana, ABK, Tella, Adams and Perraud but I can't see all 8 players getting sold and anyway I don't think we'd care much about cup tying them for other teams. It's just we've put out a squad team that obvious Martin thinks will do the job against a (probably) weakened Gillingham.

Good luck Tino. Newcastle are taking a punt on his fitness but it's probably a punt worth taking for the money... and they have a lot of it. For me we now must try to keep KWP. Bree and Aarons would be decent right backs but not of the same quality as KWP and Tino IMO. But the fact that we've been linked to Aarons probably means they're expecting KWP to go.

Definitely hard to work that line up out! Moussa as a CM? Meghoma AND Perraud? Either way should be enough but it shows we need more CMs and another CB.

I get that we’re asking a hefty amount for Lavia (I believe he’ll be 6th or 7th most expensive teenager ever) but Liverpool bartering over a mere few million quid is crazy when you think they’ll have an absolutely quality CM on their hands for years to come. I still get the feeling these clubs are just trying to get a few quid off because we were relegated but it’s nice to set a precedent that shows we won’t be forced into a sale. I know we can’t bring players in until we start selling but we already have good players. For me I think Lavia will get done sooner rather than later, and him, Salisu etc’s sales should help us be stronger in holding on to the likes of Tella, KWP etc as long as they remain happy to be here (we’ll see!).

Happy Chappy.

Im happy for any of our players to go as long as we get the money we want. Although I do hope we keep as many jewels as we can, I'm not holding my breath until September.

10.30pm, September 1st. West Ham - Well played Southampton. We reluctantly bid the £40 million you want for Mr Ward-Prowse. Saints - Yyyyyy.....nah. No time to replace him now. Thanks for your interest.

In the post game interview with Tella and Che, Tella said that when he scored he was trying to find Aribo to celebrate with but couldn't find him so he celebrated with Russell Martin instead. He found him after i think when he celebrated with the bench. Players seem to like Martin though which is a positive.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cl4mrvyrek7o Lots of reports he’s out for ages, can’t see one that says he’s ok?

Amad Diallo is going to miss a lot of the first half of the season with a knee injury. I forgot about the Diangana link. I do think if we keep Tella he needs a new contract, I’m sure I read he’s one of our lowest earners.

I'd rather Alfredo Morales on a free

Having a look through Transfermrkt, not a lot but in some line ups when he's been partnered with Glik he has - I guess Glik is even more right footed than Jan! However for Saints I genuinely can't remember a time when he's played LCB. I did see his debut against Fulham at Craven Cottage though in the FA Cup when he played right back though!

So passing the ball incessantly (with 94% accuracy) and denying them hardly any chance to score bar from set pieces is a bad thing? If we have the ball, they don't. City have made a mastery out of doing it. We've put up with a season (if not more) of god awful football - and last night was nowhere near the finished product. I'm sad for any Saints fan who isn't feeling some sort of joy this morning at that performance. The attacking side will get better in due course but the fact of the matter is that was 5 weeks of learning a new style from scratch, we were dominant and we won.