Whitey Grandad

A good player with the right tactics and motivation. I'll leave the decision to the new manager.

Bertrand spent a lot of time chatting with some of his friends down by the hoardings. They were wearing some sorts of cardboard masks.

It was very noticeable. No team spirit there today.

Guaranteed entertainment? I want some entertainment. I want to see effort. I want to see positivity. I want to see movement off the ball. I end up watching clouds and seagulls because they're much more interesting. Yes you're right, I am spending my money on the wrong thing, and thousands of others apparently feel the same.

All very well reasoned and I agree with all of it.

I agree with this. Imagine what is was like without those away games.

Why would he want more strikers if he's only going to play one at a time?

JWP's reaction when he saw his number up said it all for me. His head went back in a 'oh no, not me' manner. This man has no idea how to motivate and inspire.

It was a strange affair. Some players dribbled out and then the odd one or two. Puel and Black walked round on their own in the middle of it all. He received some polite applause but there were some boos. I don't think anybody was shouting 'Puel'.

Total b***ocks. You buy a ticket to be entertained. There are plenty of charities that need supporting that could do with the money instead.

The atmosphere was good at the start of the season and there were very few clowns around. A season of watching turdball does that to you.

Why couldn't we have had two?

He's been dealt a good hand. He just hasn't got the best out of what he was holding.

We threw the FA Cup. Why is it Ok to be pleased about getting to one final but not about giving up without a fight in the other?

Yup. Got it in one. We lost the cup final FFS

And Derby.

As an aside, I have just seen Perry Groves on Celebrity Eggheads apologising to Southampton fans for being a "waste of money".

I have two seats but for both the Man U and Arsenal games my grandson couldnt go, my daughter couldn't get a baby sitter and I couldn't find anybody who wanted to go. Neither game was a sell-out so I couldn't sell them back to the club.

I think it's a question of mental preparation rather than a fitness issue.

Did he really say 'games'?

Isn't Long injured?

Poor season ticket renewals?

Also in The Times this morning (paywall) Southampton players pushing for Puel exit Southampton look increasingly likely to part company with Claude Puel after complaints by the players about their manager. Chief among the issues is a concern over the way the team is being set up under the Frenchman. Some also believe Puel has favourites in the squad, regardless of form, while others have been unhappy with the decision to start Nathan Redmond in only three of the past six games. There is dissatisfaction, too, about Puel’s decision to name his starting side at the eleventh hour, leaving players less time to prepare. Ralph Krueger, the Southampton chairman, said that a review of the season will take place next week, but some fans have already turned against Puel, who succeeded Ronald Koeman last summer. Puel led the club to the EFL Cup final, in which they lost to Manchester United, and eighth place in the Premier League — two places below where they finished last season — with one game to go.

Have we ever had 4 players in the opposition box this season?

This is the crux of the matter. You have literally been watching a different team, both in personnel and style.