BARCELONASAINT

I am for the first time starting to believe there is no place at Saints for GR. He is without gifted, but for the manager not to include him in a home match squad when the manager has said there is nothing wrong with him suggests something very wrong! I am not a GR basher, quite the opposite i believe he is extremely talented but for reasons i can not quite figure he just does not seem to fit the English premier league.....I still hope he comes good but i can see him gone come January and replaced with more quality and someone hopefully better suited to the more physical nature of English football

how Waggamamma is ahead of Jack Cork i'll never know

missed the very beginning and have no idea what story thats obviously in the press they kept asking him about.....anyone know what its all about?

excellent from Rickie so far, lets be greedy and have more in the second half please

anyone have any idea how many of WH's first team have been called up for international duties?? As i see it our lads will be back for maybe 2/3 days training at best....not the best preperation after a 2 week break from the league. My worry is WH will have had most of their squad training for 2 weeks and our Int players come back knackered.

beggars belief, its obviously a dig at Sunderland but they cant even get a picture of the manager correct.......if it is a dig at us them it is even more laughable...either way this journalist needs hanging!

Ali Dia, never got the game time to prove his worth!.....you have to love him for making complete idiots out of those responsible for his signing

Mark Dennis, i can feel the pain now that he inflicted on many that thought it was a good idea to try and run past him!

really dont understand why we have taken off one of our best players

that was an awful half to watch, i dont why we have gone with this line up, our midfield can not hold onto the ball

would you loan one of your players to one of your biggest rivals??? If Moses goes to Liverpool surely it will be a transfer not a loan?

I don't often agree with Glasgow but on this i do. Have a bit of respect for the opposition, this is chance for them to forget about the league and dump a Premiership side out of the cup, they will be up for this and if we approach the game anywhere near like most on here then we will be coming home with our tails between our legs!!

bloody fantastic for Rickie and yes he has every chance of playing again

I said when he first arrived at Saints he could speak English perfectly well and i said he choose to use an interpretur because he does not want the british press taking anything he says out of context....but no one choose to listen and just slagged him off!

all this anger by some of you....you are automatically making assumptions that the club wanted rid......none of you know this like none of you had a clue apart from Monk what was going on with Osvaldo.....and look how stupid you all looked when he signed. Why wait for the facts to come out???....just go ahead and blame someone because you need your scapegoats!

That was excellent to see, thxs for putting the video up

If its true we tried to sign him only a month ago i would be very surprised if we did not go back for him now. The OP's post suggests we must have agreed terms with the player if we appealed regarding his work permit. I don't think anyone would disagree that the defence is STILL an area that needs addressing!

No one has a problem with banter....this forum has decended into the nasty bullyboy playground of a minority that ambush every thread and consistently spout the same stuff on every thread and take it off topic....their ego's are such that they cannot bear not being the centre of attention. This used to be a great place to come and chat about about Saints related stuff but now its just boring as hell having to read the same drivel from the same people on every thread. No matter what our club does these people will never be happy....they are the sort of people that will always find fault!

I wish some of you guys would get of your backsides and put your loud mouths where they belong and apply for jobs at pro football clubs as you obviously know so much more and are much better than the people running our club. Ever since NC came to the club we have had year on year improvement and success.....i can only assume all clubs have the same sort of idiot fans we appear to have here. Some of you need to get out and away from the keyboard...you are becoming obsessive!

we have a very decent team now that i believe will keep us up and a mid table finish is what is likely. I still think we are 2/3 very good signings away from possible European qualification.....unless we win a cup! I don't think the Don is being naive and trying to get players on the cheap at all.....its a tough market out there, they have identified targets and none are cheap and now they competing not only against major clubs for these targets but agents that are thinking about their pay day too!

Having watched all our pre-season games i have been impressed with our build up to the new season. We looked very good yesterday and i was surprisingly impressed by the second half team. Yes Guly's penalty was awful but forget that and he had a very decent half. Like many others my one main concern is that we are lacking in the striking department. We are still far to dependant on RL to score our goals and although i really hope i'm wrong i don't think he will be as effective this season. I don't know who we really have been chasing as a striker and i can't believe we have not been trying to strengthen in this department but one thing is for sure we badly need another very good alternative to RL. I have very little criticism of NC but i am slightly worried that we might be throwing all our eggs into one basket and attempting to sign a Brazillian who on the face of it does not appear to be overly keen to come here.....i sincerely hope we are targetting other strikers and it is just the "Southampton way" that means we really have no idea whats going on!

I don't know why people get worked up about the goalkeepers. Poch made it quite clear he was rotating the goalkeepers during pre-season. Boruc is clearly no.1 and will no doubt start next weekend and then on the first day of the season

I can confirm SD left Southampton airport on a oneway ticket to Amsterdam this morning......bye

The fact they have included him in their squad for the states does not bode well for our chances of getting him

more **** poor defending!