BARCELONASAINT

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!

unfortunately i was thinking the same!

we have found our level

His position is nailed on!

I do find the situation really weird

Its sad that i dont give a shit about todays game. Watched the Wrexham game last night full of passion and flair, it had a bit of everything and just reminded me how we have now been passed by a Welsh side that play with so much pride.

I know it really is bizzare, they may as well have come out and said we have 3 really shit keepers but we are going to play the one we reckon is the worst so you all can see for yourselves and then we are going to replace him with a loan keeper and tell him ala West Ham and JWP that it's best you move on now Baz. This club....just when i thought there wasn't anything else they could surprise me with!

If we are now looking to sell him then the decision to play him in virtually every game this season is just absolutely bizarre, what does it say about McCarthy?

In principle i don't disagree with you. However what i would be very interested in knowing "is this the same for other Championship clubs this week"? If the answer is yes and they are all having a few days off then although it still grates it's at least in line with everyone else......however if we are the only ones or one of a minority of clubs then thats where i would have issue considering how shit their performances have been!

fully expect him to be in line to step straight in otherwise whats the point, he didn't want to warm a bench!

It feels to me that this club is finished in regards to being a serious potential Premier League side within the next 2 seasons with Sports Republic as owners. They have had a long enough run at trying to be decent owners but they make the same mistakes over and over and over again. They learn absolutely nothing. Really poor manager selections Really poor people in positions where player recruitment is Far too many shit signings and the renewing of player contracts where the players concerned should have been shown the door Signing players for this multi club thing that has no benefit to Saints Insisting the club plays one brand off football (it has to be a club directive, far too many recent managers have all played the same) For me the future looks bleak.

I felt really sorry for leo who came over to the fans at the end of the game and all he got was one guy absolutely hurling abuse at him. I get emotions were high, fans had travelled bloody miles in the freezing cold to see such a shower of shit BUT to give the one player who has shown any spark all season so much abuse is just wrong. Leo didn't have a great game and one could argue he left the player that scored their first all alone but that does not warrant the abuse hurled at Leo. The video clip is on Twitter

I honestly don't think anyone is seriously surprised by the thumping yesterday, it has been a long time coming and someone was eventually going to take their chances against us. I said at halftime yesterday we were so open and so it continued in the second half. It is easy to pick on one player and lay all the blame at his feet but this just is not correct. The issues start in midfield, we give the ball away far too much, Flynn Downs is so guilty of this. Our defence is absolutely all over the place, how the fuck does Ryan Manning get a game? Our CB's are weak, THB, Statue JS just spend games bitching, Wood after last seasons exploits has been so disappointing, Fellows is not a wing back, just wtf is going on with playing players out of position? In possession we give the ball away to easily and in defence we absolutely fail to do the basics. I personally think TE is in danger of destroying SCienza's confidence with his bizzare subs and asking him to play inside so much. Anyone with any sense knows this season is gone and if we are not careful we will be looking anxiously over our shoulders!

Totally agree about Quarshie and have been saying for a while he is the ONE defender i do rate in this Saints team.

The positive i will take from that first half performance was at least it more entertaining than the last few games. Negatives, we are very open and making a very injury hit opposition look pretty good. Scienza has obviously been asked to tuck in more but that takes away his attacking creativity, he has to be wide and free to receive the ball where he can run at players. Is Tonda fucking around with tactics and trying to make players something they are not!!

I'm sure as youngsters many of us had it drilled into us by managers we played for at kids, youth and senior level that the best form of defence is to attack and that is certainly how i grew up playing the game. I just don't understand this horrible crab like football that barely gets beyond the halfway line because we are so slow to release the ball to our wingers and attacking minded players. If this is what the modern game has become then you can bloody well keep it Saints but you are going to lose many fans if you persist in playing this shit. I now find myself changing channels to watch the darts or something else that is just more entertaining!

I started watching the game with the Millwall commentary team because i hate having to listen to Jo Tessem who i sometimes think must be a secret skate because he rarely has anything good or positive to say about the team or players (the last few weeks he has a point). However the second half i changed channel to watch the Southampton stream with Tessem commentating. Like most on here he is pretty scathing of Baz every week despite Adam Blackmore trying to stand up for Baz. Anyway regarding Baz save yesterday, once Tessem had seen multiple replays of the save he could not stop gushing over what a brilliant save it was. Fair play to him because i fully expected a similar remark to many on here that refuse to give Baz any credit. The lad has many flaws to his game and as a former keeper myself i scrutinise everything he does but yesterday he won us the point.

i'm assuming you are talking about our absent defenders?

I'm sorry but the guy is so completely out of his depth it's embarrassing. Shame on you Sports Republic for yet another masterclass in fuck ups!!

fucking hell, Leo off????