BARCELONASAINT

It's an interesting post started by a poster I generally despise because of his constant negativity about everything to do with the club. Am I losing interest in the club?...NO, I have supported them since the beginning of the 70's and am lucky to be among those that have seen us win the F.A. Cup.I will always support the club...no matter what...Saints are MY team and the red and white runs through my veins.I will always be eternally grateful for what Markus did for our club and what his family after his death have continued to do....despite Katherine having no real interest in football. I'm grateful we have a board that know how to run the club and not make the mistakes of say Leeds, Portsmouth etc.I look forward to every Saints game in the hope we will win against the top sides, which we have done brilliantly against in the last few seasons....and so so close again on Saturday had it not been for awful piece of reffing.The only thing that puts me off football is the very small percentage of fans on this forum that never have a good word to say about Saints and love it when we lose but are rarely seen when we are doing well. These fans are the only thing that occasionally makes me feel like losing interest because I believe they do not deserve a club like ours and just wish they would f**k off and support someone else.....if you can call it support!!!

I'm starting to wish the bloody football season had never started.....we really do have a handful (and thankfully it is only a handful) of complete and utter W**kers on this forum. Complain,complain,complain,*****,*****,*****.....if all you can do is moan and ***** about everything the club does then do us all a favour and f*ck off and support Pompey.

I really don't give a sh*t if it is from the club.....it's bloody right. This forum is becoming like an asylum overtaken by lunatics with no perspective!

there really are some bloody drama queens on here.......either that or a bunch of kids that want to see how many people they can wind up with their ridiculous "doom mongering" comments!!!

Now maybe i'm being a bit naive here....or not.....i'm only going by what i have experienced at all the teams i have played for over the years. Whenever there has been something the players didn't like about something a manager tried implementing then the senior players would discuss the teams concerns with the manager. Sometimes the managers took the concerns on board and changed thing...sometimes not....my point being would this not apply to all teams, even Saints??? Surely if the players are really against the diamond formation and don't feel it best suits what we have then the Fonte as Captain and the more senior players would sound Puel out about it??? I've heard alot mentioned about poor body language and players looking ****ed off....personally cant say i've seen that or i'm not making huge assumptions. What do people think?

I have to say it hugely frustrates me how our fans jump on the back of players and the manager after just 3 games. I also question how many of the posters on here that are being so negative actually have watched our games??? Austin was not crap by any means yesterday. He was physical in the box and ran the line really well with a couple of really good instant snapshots. His problem was his team mates final ball to him.....if they had looked up and seen Charlies run he would never have been off side the times he was.....we were slow in releasing the ball to him.....hopefully that will come. Why oh why are people lauding Jay Rod as the next messaih just because he scored a goal that went straight through the keeper??......Long had an excellent shot tipped round the post, Austin had a couple of very good efforts the keeper saved......had the keeper f*cked up with any of those efforts would you all be now saying Austin has to now be the the one having a run of games or Long??? I watched all the pre-season games, the under 23 game and the the 3 prem games played so far......Jay Rod is lacking badly in confidence and sharpness, I saw nothing in any of those games that made me think he was ready to lead the line. He needs a good run and for that reason i honestly believe a loan would be a good thing for the player.

Did you watch the game??? Off bloody course we deserved the equaliser.....Sunderland were no better than us and to be honest they were worse.....how many saves did Forster have to actually make? We had 64% possession and 16 shots to their 5! I agree that the players seem to be finding the formation not to their liking but they are trying. I'm as upset by another 2 dropped points at home to a crap side as you....but dont say we didnt at least deserve a point!

I thought it was worth a go;) I really don't know who to believe anymore

Sorry to be a pain but....can is ask any of the ITK's....are we definately 100% due to sign 1/2 new plays immently??

delighted with the Tadic news, we desperately needed to keep hold of him. Slightly more concerned that Fonte is POSSIBLY having his head turned.....and slightly concerned that Matt Le Tiss spent the day with the team yesterday and is reporting that he does not expect any more incomings???....also no out goings??

well if we are in for anyone at the moment i must say the club are absolute masters of keeping it quiet......there is not so much of a sniff to anyone realistically being linked to us.

I have no issue with Saints selling Mane. He didn't want to be here any longer and Saints got good money...i think!.......My issue is have we replaced the players that have left with the same quality.....Redmond is touted as Manes replacement......I like the lad and he is a Saints player so he gets my unquestioned support....but is a Mane?....NO HE IS NOT.....and i fear we have totally lost our cutting edge. However i except the transfer window is still open and i have faith that the board will not let us down and we see a minimum of two quality players come in before the window shuts.....IT's just a bitter pill to swallow watching Mane in a Liverpool shirt....I ducking hate those scousers!

bloody hate seeing Mne destroying Barca,.....i am praying our board have a couple of very good signings lined up

Anyone that thinks we wont miss Mane has seen in 15 mins against Barca what we will miss about him!

Not sure there is really anything new in this statement......I think most would expect Tadic to stay and sign an improved contract, especially now RK has gone! We all know we need probably a minimum of 3 signings.....even Puel has hinted at that! After a week in Holland i'm sure Puel now knows who is not up to it and will be loaned out....or possibly moved on. Fonte being sold???.....the only way i can see this happening is if we have had a silly bid and he really wants the move that will secure his and his families future.

I've avoided criticisisng the new look Saints so far....however i have now watched all 4 pre-season games and to be honest with only 2 more friendlies left i am now a bit worried. Yes we look tighter defensively....but we look incredibly impotent up front. There looks to be a real lack of quality connecting the midfield to the forward line. I'm really hoping the players are holding back something....because if they are not i will be very concerned. And lets face it....we have played some good awful opposition so far!!!

excellent, will be watching with interest

15 minutes gone and Victor and his new team mates 2-0 down to Juventus...Poch doesn't look happy....pmsl:lol:

Having a concern that we have lost our manager again and that we have lost some players is ok ....but it gets pathetic when fans start bleating and forecasting armegedon. How long has any manager in the Premiership stayed in his job at his current club?....take Wegner out of this equation.....managers move on all the time....can we at least give Puel a couple of months into the season before calling for his head. Mane whether we like it or not made it quite clear that he would move on. Liverpool ARE a bigger club than us,they may have finished below us for the first time ever but they still got to a major final, they can offer more money, Klopp is probably an incentive to move there and they SHOULD be back ammongst the top clubs again this season. So realistically we could not have kept Mane and we have got a decent fee for him. VW likewise has made it very clear he wanted off because he felt he could play for a top 4 side and has again gone to a Bigger club than us. Spurs will play Champions league next season. We cannot compete with that. Saints have got a reasonable fee. Pelle is a conundrum. On his day excellent and unplayable, on other he seems disinterested and moans like hell at everyone. Personally i like him and would want him to stay BUT if reports are true and he is off to China town then who can blame him for what he will earn there. Saints obviously believe he is either replaceable or they already have his replacement and are confident there are no fitness issues (at some point you have to trust the club no more about the players than we do) It is only the 10th July and the new manager has only been in place little over a week. Can we stop all the hysterical panicking until the transfer window has shut and we have signed no one, we have sold of all the crown jewels and we are sitting at the bottom of the league after 10 games having played a team full of U21 players.....Please show some common sense!

I really hope the writer of that complete piece of crap is not a SAints fan. I'm tempted to reply why this idiot is soooo wrong on every level but i'm getting very tired of the continual ******** being spouted by so many ill informed morons out there.

Unfortunately what we are seeing here with all the melts is just what we see in the world generally!......People love bad news, they flock towards it. Watch the news every night and the majority of it is bad news, read the papers and again the main headlines are always slanted towards bad news....its the general human condition. No one on this forum has the slightest idea what Puel wants or what the club might be doing BUT one piece of negative paper reporting and a large number of our forum turn into wrist slashers. It's sad that so many people are automatically conditioned to be pessemistic.

I have no idea what the last 2 posters were doing making such sensible contributions.......did you not know this is the suicide thread......we just need Alpine to join in to complete the madness!!!

well as it stands 2 Southampton players will be playing in the Final......Jose Fonte baby......what a ride this player has enjoyed with Saints. Would love him to bring a Winners medal back to St Marys.

Has it really taken a long time???......off course it hasn't. We are not mid season and therefore playing games with a caretaker in charge......the players are either on their holidays or in the Euro and then on holiday. Ideally we want a manager in place for when the first of the players return to pre-season training but i would rather we take our time and get this appointment spot on than rush things just to please a bunch of internet warriors with no patience at all......oh and not having a manager in place is obviously not stopping us sign players is it!

I think you will find we are STILL in Europe. We have voted to leave and that is yet to be ratified and can take up to two years before we are OUT of the EU. So don't expect any immediate changes.