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I'm one very happy happy Saints fan this morning. Don't mind admitting i was despondent at half time, i thought we were lacking any cutting edge first half. I thought Jrod just didnt look right and i said to my son watch Tadic miss this pen.....why oh why he is allowed to take them is beyond me. Second half we came out all guns blazing, much quicker tempo, more direct and VVD led the team fantastically. I have always admired JWP and last night i felt vindicated in my defence of this player, he was outstanding. Again Yoshi has done everything asked of him and played a blinder. I have my suspicions about Fonte not yet starting a Europa game and i think January might be interesting. Hats off to Puel, the guy has done very little wrong since coming here and has given the whole squad belief in themselves. What a morning to wake up and be a Saints fan!! Its a

I must admit my gut re-action to the possibility we are being sold to the Chinese was one of concern.ML and then KL with the fantastic team she has around her have transformed our club into a well oiled club that is the envy of many in football.There is no doubt we are a very attractive proposition for a potential buyer.I have trusted ML and then KL in doing what was best for SFC and they have never let us down, despite the minority on here that feel the opposite.....All good things must one day come to an end and i'm sure everyone of us knew that one day KL would call time on her journey with us......if that time is now, all I can say is a massive thank you to KL and her family for not only saving our club but transforming it into the highly respected football club it is today.I fully trust that she would do her utmost to make sure that any prospective buyer of the club have the clubs best intentions at heart.

There is no way on gods green earth that my missus would get out tonight and away from the match.....I almost had a heart attack last night when she asked if i would pick our daughter up from Brownies 15 mins before the Barca kick off.....just made it back in time!

Puel seems to have this squad rotation malarky well worked out. Really pleased with the performance and the point.....it says alot i'm slightly disappointed not to get all 3 points because we were definately the better side.

Football has been rotten to the core for decades now and we all know that. Southampton have in THE PAST been no different to any other club in that respect and there have been quite a few ex Saints players that still live locally that have talked about being summoned to the managers office handed an envelope full of cash and told "you've been sold"....the envelope their little sweetner for saying nothing and accepting the move.However I fully believed that since Markus bought the club we had totally moved away from those shady dealings and SFC was seen to be a very "clean" club.Everyone at SFC will be dismayed by these revelations and I expect swift action from the club.

That was an awful game to watch.....but i will take the positives from a very long trip in a hostile stadium. We have kept another clean sheet and never really looked in trouble and fingers crossed no one has picked up an injury.

Morning HBS and welcome on this exciting day for both our teams. I for one totally agree with you and just wish some idiots on here would leave the politics where it belongs.....this is a football forum for us to discuss our passion.Please don't think the minority of idiots posting their propaganda crap on here represent the majority of Saints fans, because they certainly do not!Looking forward to this evenings game. Your team got a brilliant win against the Italians and I am expecting a tough game for us. Lets hope for a great game where football is the winner.Have a great day.

Totally this.....but it will not stop the regular idiots on this forum still *****ing like hell

the only criticism anyone can have about that performance is the finnishing.....apart from that it was a very convincing 1-0 win with some wonderful slick football in the second half. Full credit to Puel for the timing of the second half subs.

Todays game will be very different from Thursdays Europa training session!....There is no way Swansea will be that poor and we will need to keep improving (I honestly think we have been getting better and better) if we are going to get a win. I think there will be changes again to the side but i'm hoping Puel saw that Cuco is a great crosser of a ball and starts him ahead of Cedric who is out of form at the moment. For me Austin has to start, he has shown if you get the deliveries into the box he will always be a real threat. For me Long has to start ahead of Redmond, Long is the perfect foil for Austin.My one dilemma funny enough is the CB pairing....I really think Fonte is out of form and the Euro's have effected him badly.....Yoshi is a far better defender than people give him credit for...if only he could cut out the one a game bad back pass!....Fonte has been making mistakes but just does not get scrutinised as much! For me this has a tight game written all over it with one goal either way deciding it. Would like to be proven wrong and we win comfortably.

for what its worth these are my thought on Austin's performance last night. He is paid to score goals and he got two and so almost had a hat trick. Austin is a poacher, I don't think he works well if he is told to chase the opposition defence all over the place (that is LONG's strength)Austin got service last night, some great crosses into the box and he was there or thereabouts.He was blowing out of his arse by halftime.If we choose to play Austin then Claude needs to play to his strengths.....personally I believe Austin is a natural goal scorer and we should be adapting our game to suit him...or whats the point of having him.Considering Jrod had only been on the pitch a few minutes he took his goal extremely confidently and it will do his confidence the world of good.

you really are a stupid f**k, **** off and support another club you tiresome idiot!

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