Crab Lungs

Fingers crossed we have!

I do agree. When people bang on about spending untold millions, it really irks me sometimes. Our fundamental problem - and it has been for a long time - has been actually identifying the likes of Johansson, Azaz, Rudoni etc when they’re sub-5m, not now when it’s bloody obvious. That said, Johansson was bloody obvious from the start. Oh no, not our recruitment team though. They know better. 😬 Thats on them - and has been for years, probably post-Koeman.

Kicked the ball whilst diving towards Lewis Baker for 0-1. Better keepers do better than that. I wonder how many points Johansson is worth to Stoke over a season…

Yeah, that’s all very well and sure, if a couple of close ones went in the dynamics of the game shift. The game for me just felt completely on their terms.

Stoke were the first proper test. We failed it. They literally bossed us, embarrassingly. I always felt the game was on their terms, pretty much. I see the issues are at many levels. Still no clear pattern of play; maybe that’s a good thing, but a lot of these players have had the autonomy coached out of them by Martin. We had opportunities, but no clinical edge - we’ve got a load of scuffers who get into the good positions. Fernandes and Charles dawdling on the ball and getting caught annoyed me. Also, too many misplaced passes. From everyone. Stoke are well organised and are not dour in any way… but honestly, the time wasting and gamesmanship was awful. Other thoughts: Bazunu is NOT good enough. We do not go up with him in goal. Stewart, Downs - I actually can’t see a point in them either. Armstrong is ok but NOT through the middle. Honorable mentions to Fraser, Robinson and Wood who really did try.

Rudoni and Spertysan.

I’d love him to stay but I can’t help but think if we had an option of keeping him or adding those two, overall, we’d be a lot stronger. Hello, Gio!!! ❤️👋🏼

Spertysan and Rudoni or Dibling? I know what I’d choose, if it were a choice.

Errrrrr… calm down. I’ve literally never had a pop of Sugawara on here before today. I actually like Sugawara and Welington. I actually think Sugawara has a lot to offer and in easier home games we’ll see alot more from both. The substitutions were the correct ones given the players he could have alternatively pulled off. I do agree Wrexham weren’t offering a lot but it was refreshing to say us sub our less impactful players for a change and go for it.

Not long watched it back. Whilst still no discernible patterns of play, one thing I do like about Still is he threw the kitchen sink at it. No trying to be clever, let’s just bombard the box and go on the law of averages - love it. Also - and I do understand the game dynamics and that we were chasing the game but he clearly recognised the starting fullbacks were not up to it defensively and hooked them. I think we’ll see a lot more of Bree and Manning at away games. Oh… and Sugawara’s defending for the Windass shot on the bar. Minging.

The two most minging things on that pitch was the ref and Edwards.

Can I just say. Moments…This is well deserved, despite being turgid all game. Wrexham offered nothing. If Bazunu didn’t make that save, done. Manning free kick gave us momentum… but to win it in dramatic style, it completely sets the tone now. It wipes away alot of the bad energy. our season could have gone either way on that Bazunu save and Manning goal.

The fact is he in tune with what Southampton fans enjoyed watching previously is huge for me.

This shit shouldn’t even come up. There will likely never be a level playing field where you can splice men and women into the same physical sport. Well, not unless the fellas up their soy intakes considerably. Let them have their success in their own category - and well done to them.

That was it. it was the term ‘chinaman’ - which I and I think many others were a bit surprised to discover was allegedly a slur back then. I said, iirc, that it was typical of Saints to find the only skint chinaman in China or something to that effect.