BARCELONASAINT

Leo's story is fantastic and should not be overlooked by anyone. He hasn't had a pampered upbringing, he hasn't had the benefit of playing in some of the best academies, he hasn't had the benefit of living a top footballers lifestyle with the money that comes from it. Southampton really is his "Big Time" and he totally recognises that. We need to recognise the league levels this guy has been playing at up until signing from us....the jump up to the Championship is incredible and on the whole he has adjusted incredibly well. Tonda and whoever manages him need to play him to his strengths and his natural game if both the team and the player are going to benefit. The slow ponderous crab football stifles Leo's game. He needs to be played wide in a team that plays quick flowing one touch football that does not allow the opposition time to put 10 players behind the ball. We have all seen that when he has a one on one situation he can go outside or cut inside very effectively and is very capable of shooting. Tonda must stick to the way we played during his intial period in charge and the first half last night and Leo will flourish.

I think THB is awful, he clearly is NOT an intelligent footballer, you can see on the pitch how slow his decision making is. He is an absolute bang average Championship defender who makes Bednarek look like a brilliant defender and everyone wanted him gone!

I have a horrible feeling about tonights game. There are so many players that just look like they have no desire to be at Saints and are showing no will at putting in a half decent shift on the pitch. I will not be surprised to see an injury or two ahead of the Pompey game on Sunday and possibly the likes of THB or Flynn picking up a red card tonight so they don't have to play Sunday.

GOALKEEPER Gavin Bazunu explained his loan move to Stoke City was motivated by a desire for a “fresh start” away from Saints. Bazunu, 23, has joined the Potters on loan for the remainder of the season, in a deal that contains an option to buy, reportedly worth £8million. The Irish international kept a clean sheet on his debut against QPR, making two saves in a 0-0 draw against Stoke’s play-off hunting rivals. That point has left Stoke seventh in the Championship, two points adrift of the play-offs and eight clear of Saints. “A fresh start is what I was looking for, to be in a place where we are going to be fighting to get into the play-offs,” Bazunu explained in his first interview with Stoke. “I spoke to Darren [Behcet, Stoke keeper coach] and the manager, and all the conversations we had were very positive about helping me improve as a player. “All of those things are going to be put into place in training, and hopefully I can show them on match days. “The lads couldn’t have been any more welcoming. It’s exciting to come and play and be in a squad that is fighting for something big this season. “The Championship is a division all about momentum. When you win games, can you continue that form? The more games you win, the more you see yourself fly up the table.” Bazunu, whose deal expires next summer, has made 19 appearances this campaign, conceding 28 goals and keeping three clean sheets. He was offloaded by Saints soon after the arrival of Israeli international goalkeeper Daniel Peretz on loan from Bayern Munich. Former Man City academy graduate Bazunu has played 97 times for Saints since a £12m move in July 2022, with limited success in a Saints shirt.

I read that interview Baz gave and came to exactly the same conclusion.

So pleased i'm working a late shift tomorrow and won't be able to watch what will be another crap performance by players that have made it clear they want out of the club. Absolute miserable time to be a Saints fan.

This has been my biggest gripe with our recruitment for the last 3 seasons. You look right through our squad and look to see where the leaders are, the players that the younger ones will instantly look up to and listen to....there are none on the pitch, none at all. All we have are a bunch of molly coddled, spineless, pathetic wankers not fit to wear the red and white. To a man they are without doubt the most useless pathetic bunch i have ever seen wear the colours. Something is seriously wrong with our owners if they cannot see the bloody obvious staring them in the face. We are weak throughout and that includes the manager who just quotes bloody stats which mean bloody nothing if you keep losing games. Just fuck off Sports Republic you useless twats!

I will have some of whatever you are taking because based on the last 2 absolutely pathetic performances i cannot see past us being embarrassed at home again!

I wasn't looking forward to the game before yesterday and to be honest if it wasn't for the fact it was the last chance to see my eldest son before he returned to Venezuela tomorrow i would not have bought tickets for the game. By half time i just wanted to leave and would have done had it not been for my son. I'm just so angry by the complete lack of effort by the players, their spineless performances every week, not one of them a leader on the pitch, barely any of them willing to take their player on (Fellows and Leo aside). Tonda with his pathetic tactics, his clueless subs, wtf was he doing taking Fellows off yesterday. We are sleep walking towards relegation mark my words because we have absolutely no fight in us, we were a beaten side the moment the first goal went in. I have never seen a team react so negatively to conceding a goal, where were the leaders in the team geeing up players??? Only the new goalkeeper tried to rally the players, it was utterly pathetic.

I said to my son yesterday at half time that we were in a relegation battle. I can't remember the last time i just wanted to walk out of the ground at half time. There was nothing to be positive about. It was an utterly disgraceful performance by the most gutless bunch of Saints players i have ever had the misfortune to watch in over 50 years of watching Saints. I'm sorry i keep banging on about it but i keep saying "we have no leaders on the pitch, absolutely no one." When we conceded the first goal the entire team were heads down apart from the goalkeeper who came running out of his box trying to get the players to fight. WTF was that all about, our newest player the only one trying to raise the other players. We are absolutely gutless, no leaders on the pitch and devoid of any idea how to break teams down. The jeering from the stands every time they played this sideways, sideways backwards football was as bad as i've seen it. Anyone that doesn't think we are in a relegation fight is deluded!

That would discount all our defenders who can't get bloody 6 inches off the ground!

It is without doubt a huge gamble and smacks off they have accepted we are NOT getting to the playoffs let alone promoted. The new keeper may turn out to be a good upgrade but it is far too early to judge that.

Stunned that he's suddenly gone from our number 1 to potentially out the door to Stoke. Nothing this club does makes any sense anymore. Just why the fuck have we persisted with Baz so long and not used McCarthy if they believed the same as us and he was not very good. I don't believe it was putting him in the shop window because anyone with an eye would realise he has some major flaws to his game.

I'm really regretting wasting £70 on 2 tickets for Saturday. To think i could just stay at home and stick knitting needles in my eyes and it would be less painful and not as costly as watching Saints!

I wish Tonda for once would quit with this playing the party line and call a spade a spade. "We were decent in the first half and at half time were where we should be against a team struggling in Div 1." We were utter shit second half and the performance was unforgivable. We have a worrying lack of mental strength and lack any backbone and leadership and these are traits that have been with us for the last 2 seasons" Bloody say it as it is Tonda you spineless cretin!