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* Peretz goes straight into the team against Doncaster * * Has a shocker as hasn't played in 3 years * * Club issues a formal apology for ever doubting Bazunu and restores him to the first team vs. Middlesbrough where he stays until he retires in 2037 *

Called it - out by £500k, close enough Now for the hunky target man

Literally no-one is doing that

I'd argue that, as captain for most of that time, it was very much his responsibility to stop that from happening, which he utterly failed to do. He was meant to be a leader but has shown no proper leadership at all. He's a perfect symbol of the massive decline in standards in all areas of the club under SR, a massive part of the problem, and needs to go along with Manning, Downes, THB and all the other arrogant, entitled, failures who have been stinking the place out for way too long. Sick of the lot of them.

No no no, he cried in front of the cameras two years ago, that's what really matters and shows just how much the club means to him, and we should all just lay off him because he's such a super dooper guy who bleeds red and white you know, he's feeling it just as much as we do and is just so determined to put it right like he would if he was in a trench in WW1 which is exactly the same as getting paid £40k a week to kick a football around

Daniel Peretz: Weaknesses Aerial Defence His biggest vulnerability is in aerial situations; he does not challenge often for aerial balls and appears to lack comfort in this area. 👍 👍 👍

Put Baz up top. When he's gone up for corners he has genuinely offered more threat than Downs ever did. Scored in a friendly I think, and hit the bar in a cup game or something like that? Stuart Pearce used to chuck David James on as CF off the bench for the last 10 minutes when he managed Man City. Problem solved

Plus the open goal he somehow managed to miss in pre-season Some of the reasoning around those really were SaintsWeb at it's finest On a par with some of the mental gymnastics that still goes on to try and refuse to acknowledge that Baz is fucking rubbish as well Glorious stuff

And an exciting 21-year-old prospect as well, exactly what we need to steady the ship

Motor insurance firms all across Southampton breathe a sigh of relief

Oliver Bierhoff at the back, lining up the Aftershocks

He'll be 'replaced' by Stewart, who is nearly fully recovered and will be considered ready to play three games a week again starting in in two weeks time

Yep, he’s shit and has been deservedly punted after 4 months, which shows we can be fairly ruthless. Makes you wonder why Bazunu has been given 4 years and counting though, when he’s basically Downs in keeper form. Those nudes he’s got of Rasmus must be quite something.

He missed a training session but their coach came out and said that it was because a flight that he was meant to be on was cancelled outside of his control and he couldn't get back in time, he hadn't refused to train. Whether that's true or not is another thing, but that's what the Hamburg coach said.

Yeah someone needs to explain to Nick what the word 'cryptic' means. Alfie has gone onto a public platform and literally said 'I think the culture is rotten, too many people have been here for too long', then listed a specific group of players by name and said 'I'd replace everyone else. Complete culture reset' and 'happy to keep [Armstrong] as long as ALL the other lot in that clique go'. Gosh, how cryptic, whatever can he possibly mean with his mysterious, enigmatic words?

If it was 'Nam, he'd wait until his back was turned, whisper to Manning to pass him a grenade, and then frag him

Or the Saints job

West Brom, who are two points below us, sack Mason: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/06/west-brom-sack-ryan-mason-as-head-coach I wonder if Russ might fancy that one now? They spoke to him before he went to Rangers I think, and he might be a little less picky now, although apparently their supporters already hate him because of something to do with when we beat them in the play-off semi. Hasenhuttl and Still also both being talked up as possibilities. A lot of their fans sound like they'd be fairly happy with Still. Rusty, not so much. Randomly taken but fairly representative quote: 'If it's that floppy-haired fuck it's time to pack it in and take up fishing.'

Alternatively, to run with WW1 analogy, Stephens is the sort of bloke who wouldn’t pay attention properly when the platoon were being instructed on the dangers of no man’s land, and would then step on a land mine and blow up half his own men by accident. He might not have meant to do it, but it was still entirely avoidable, completely his fault and the disastrous result is the same.

Where have you seen/ heard that?

It’s a shame we need competent defenders who understand the concept of marking rather than someone who can handle a machine gun then really isn’t it. Footballers crying as well - good lord. Give me strength. Absolute performative bullshit. You can show how much it means to you by tracking every run, making every tackle, working relentlessly in training at the elements of your game that need improvement, never accepting mediocrity from yourself or those around you, never getting yourself pointlessly sent off when you’re meant to be the captain. Funny how you never saw players crying before 1990 isn’t it, before images of Gazza made a huge media splash which I’m sure is a complete coincidence.

Spotted at Ocean Village moving his furniture back in earlier this evening 👍

Also who could forget the unironic lap of honour they did last year when they finally scraped onto 12 points. Doing a lap of the pitch, laughing, celebrating and giving it the fist pumps like they'd won the Cup, because they'd managed to become only the second worst Premier League side of all time. Reinforced by a gloating official tweet from the club, directed at Derby. Fucking embarrassing, but a perfect illustration of the mindset that now permeates the club from top to bottom. It's a club stocked to the brim with losers.

Having met Bazunu he's as meek as a church mouse so I very much doubt he's got that level of spirit in him. He probably also can't believe anyone is still picking him so I don't think he'd be looking to rock the boat. My money is one the ones who have been around since the Martin days, have the most obvious arrogance about them, give up the quickest when the going gets tough, are the most contemptuous towards the fans and/or give it the big one at the slightest opportunity despite having been desperately bang average themselves for longer than anyone can remember. Specifically: Stephens, Manning, Harwood-Bellis, Downes, Armstrong, Fraser, Aribo and McCarthy. Wood also gives me wanker vibes and appears to be so dumb I could see him just going along with the school bullies. I'd get rid of the lot of them at the drop of a hat if it was possible. Just sweep the entire rotten thing clean and start again with a new generation and new ownership who bring in a proper manager and coaching staff to lead them.

Watch SR sack Tonda and then go all out for Wilfried Nancy