Sheaf Saint

And that was a lovely through-ball from JWP to Gabbi. We're not looking too bad on the attack - just a shame our comedy defending has gifted them a goal advantage already.

That's unlucky. Brilliant effort from PEH. deserved better but looks like Lloris got the faintest of touches to it.

On the bench

All these years later, it still never ceases to make me chuckle

So we still have Hughes to thank then?

I think that was more to do with people wanting the manager situation sorted quickly so we could get on with preparing for the new season, and not wasting the entire summer dithering over it like they did in 2017.

https://twitter.com/gavmacn/status/1069683198379089920

Anybody got any idea when they will announce the date/time for this one? Derby isn't far for me and I'd like to go if I can.

erm.......

I think I can see how this plays out... SFC: "We've sacked Mark Hughes" SSN: "Hello, is that David Moyes? We've just found out that Hughes has been sacked at Saints. Would you be interested in taking the job?" DM: "Well it's the first I've heard of it but yeah, I would be interested in talking to them if they approach me" SSN headline - "David Moyes interested in SFC managerial vacancy" Sky bet: "Oh look, loads of idiots have just placed bets on David Moyes to be the next Saints manager. Kerchinnnnggg!"

https://southamptonfc.com/news/2018-12-03/team-news-tottenham-hotspur-southampton-premier-league-1819

Do you mean David Blunkett?

https://sportbild.bild.de/fussball/premier-league/premierleague/ex-leipzig-coach-hasenhuettl-trainer-southampton-58794494.sport.html Maybe it loses something in translation, but it seems to suggest it's done. Any German speakers on here able to give a more nuanced translation?

Hughes becomes the first manager ever to be sacked by two PL clubs in the same calendar year.

Whatever mitigation you apply to his record, the lowest win rate of any Saints manager with at least as many games as him speaks for itself.

Dementia kicking in? A weeny bit distracted by his impending indictment by Mueller? Or does he just hate having to go abroad where he can't stuff venues full of his lobotomised supporters to stroke his fragile ego?

Meh. Would have taken a point beforehand, but it's still yet more points dropped from a winning position. I though Obafemi did pretty well, and it's a real shame he's gonna be sidelined for a bit now. Another good finish from Armstrong. It's only taken us 4 years (since we sold Lallana) but at last we seem to have a goal-scoring midfielder. Overall we played pretty well, but yet again we manage to give away goals through very poor, some would say non-existent, marking. Is it really too much to ask that - just for once - this bunch of players can hold onto a lead?

Well, you say that... You could genuinely apply his concerns about Rasiak and John to our current inept strike force, while McGoldrick is currently in pretty decent form in a team challenging for the Championship title. So he wasn't really too far off.

Well you clearly don't like any of the posters on this forum, so I think you have answered your own question.

I dunno. Lost of people have been complaining that the current bunch of players are unlikable, so I think it's got merit really. Personally, my least favourite of the current bunch is probably Redmond. He has a massively over-inflated sense of his own ability, and the way he whinges and moans at his team-mates when he cocks up is abhorrent.

Stay classy eh?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-46370665 What an inspirational man he was. Lived through the great depression and served in the RAF during WWII, and spent his later years (right up until his death, aged 95) tirelessly campaigning for human rights and social justice. A very sad loss to all of humanity. Rest in peace Harry.

I can only assume he has had some kind of injury recently that the club has not publicised. Why else would such a senior player not even make the bench for a few games and then end up playing for the U23s?