SNSUN

"I can't believe they keep failing to sack me, I need that Compo dammit"

I can't believe I'm praying for a point against a poor Everton side but we need to stop the rot. Come on Saints, finish on a high at least...

This one is pretty safe for work. Not sexy though, unless you like that sort of thing.

Pray it works...

Wolves, Villa, Everton. 3 teams we should be getting points from if we want to stay in this league. Ralph has to go but even a new manager would have a job on his hands with this squad. 9 games (10 if you include Brentford potentially) until the transfer window but we could well be bottom 3 by then.

Utter respect for any Saints fans at the ground.

This season continues to worry me...

I know we chuck points away from winning positions but that's ridiculous.

Goal for Everton? My mobile updates are going all over the place

Well there's me dissing him and...

re: Stream, I don't know if it helps anyone else but it works for me, those of you with an iPad download Live Player - media streaming, then search for Southampton or whatever the home team is when we're playing away. It's very adverty and buffers a lot (for me but then my iPad is about 9 years old) but it worked sporadically in that first half and some games are better than others.

I was excited by the signing of Aribo but he's done very little since he joined. Really hope he comes good soon.

Well, Ralph's amazing half time team talk is still yet to come...

Afternoon all, what have I missed? Oh.

He's on the bench. ...in a park, in Manchester, feeding some birds the crusts of his ham sandwich (no mayo), looking lonely and sad.

Names from a hat? Anyway he'd be in my starting line up for Iran with Kane and Foden up front. Sterling does well in tournaments but whenever I watch him he's so frustrating I scream at the TV and it gets tiring. FWIW my Iran XI is: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Dier, Shaw, Rice, Bellingham, Mount, Saka, Kane, Foden. 4-3-3.

I know we have a lot of buy backs on our recently recruited players, but I'm assuming there isn't one with ABK? Does this mean we could see VVD-esque levels of transfer fees if he becomes good enough?

ABK!

Nick Poop with a clanger.

The turnaround wouldn't have happened with ABK in their defence. 😁

Southgate is a genius. Give him a new 10 year contract! 🙄

Exactly. "Nobody better to replace him" is such a weak excuse for not to get rid of him. This is one of the most talented bunch of England players in years and we look pathetic, defensive, lop-sided, have a lack of creative ideas and, importantly, we only made 2 subs all night despite the dross that was on show. I don't care who replaces Southgate, I'd even take a foreign manager again, but we're currently going into a World Cup in awful form with little idea and have been relegated from the Nations League, meaning our seeding will be affected and we'll play 'friendlies' against lesser nations. Granted I've never been sure about Southgate, and he has done well in tournaments for us which has surprised and delighted me (although some of that I think was due to the quality of player he has at his disposal), but he seems hell bent on trying to slot as many right backs into the team as possible, he plays Maguire who has barely had a kick for his club over Tomori etc and he plays defensively when our strength is clearly our attack. For form alone, I'd be looking to replace him. The question is, before or after the WC? Well it's too late now before the WC so let it slide for now and just hope for the best, but unless we hit another quarter-final or better, I think he's out early next year. Although knowing Southgate, we'll hit the WC and suddenly do really well and he sticks around for another couple of years.

No Trent No Party. 😁

Looks like it.

This has echoes of the season when Shaw made his debut. We were short of a decent left back going into the season and Fox couldn't cope with the Prem, suddenly Shaw comes in and looks brilliant. This season we need a goalscoring striker.... cue Ballard.... 😁