Micky

We ain't scoring tonight. Lots of possession again without working their keeper at all.

Should be four...

Yep. Teams know we invest so much into the first half that invariably we will fade in the second.

Should be three, we're gone

Should be two, we are all over the place again

And got away with it, should have been booked for simulation. Game restarted with a free kick to them.

Get your rise tints off guys, both decisions were correct. You'd be pissed off if they went against us.

Not getting this...

Lots of possession, no real threat though, put lots of energy into the first half hour with no reward.

You're not wrong there...!

Yes we would, I'm better in goal than both Fraser and Macca.

Given the state of our lot right now I'd probably take a 0 - 2 loss if you offered it to me. They have much more quality than us and I fear yet another humiliating home bumming. Somebody wake me up when this nightmare is over.

Unfortunately I think that is simply a case of weak willed players. Today we only needed one goal to get something out of it, as we did at Newcastle, but we just never looked like doing it. If you want to see what should happen when a team gets embarrassed in the first half, watch the Arsenal Leeds game tonight. 4 nil down just after half time, they kept playing and had a right good go, lost 4 - 2, but they never stopped trying. They'll give us a hell of a thrashing in a couple of weeks if we don't find some bollocks from somewhere. We can point at VAR all we like, but it's up to us to create more clear cut chances, put them away, and take VAR out of the equation. No moral fibre and sleepwalking to the Championship.

No bollocks.

Exactly my point, those are the only kind of records that we will ever break or be associated with. I really wouldn't put it past us to go down this season.

Take a chill pill mate. We are Southampton FC, we have won nothing for years, we win the occasional battle against a big club, but ultimately the fan experience is going to be negative unfortunately. I fully expect us to be relegated this season, we can do it, believe me. Anything else is a bonus. Hold tight.

Why would you bother whipping a ball into the oppositions box when you can play it back to the half way line and retain possession ffs.

I reckon 36 - 38, will do it this season which we should limp to, but given our early season promise, the implosion that we have managed to achieve since then, is spectacular to say the least.

Team bus speeding home from Newcastle.

Is there a '9 Man Newcastle Thrash Saints' headline yet...?

I've got to try to take the positives out of that, 3 - 1 down all half time, all I wanted was not to lose more goals. We did it, and we scored as well...! We are woeful. We probably need another 8 points for safety, anybody who thinks we are not rapidly joining the bottom half fight needs to think again. There was never, ever any elephant in the room, never. I wouldn't worry too much about losing Ings at the end of the season, JWP will be gone as well. 9 men, 9, and we blew it. 9 is becoming a number synonymous with the total capitulation that is Southampton FC. Bloody embarrassing.

We could play till Xmas and not score.

You'll be royally disappointed then. I see nothing more than another drubbing. We are shot.

We are shambolic. I don't care if we lose the game, the number one priority now is not to concede any more. How many teams go to St James Park and concede 3 in the first half, not fucking many. Time to park the bus, we are obviously only going to get royally embarrassed if we dont change, so park the bus and get back to the training ground. Time for Ralph to show that he can react to the circumstances, and time for the players to show some bollocks when the going gets tough.

The BBC and Adam Blackmore would appear to disagree. Southampton request Mike Dean and Lee Mason do not officiate games - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55922560