Saint NL

Not having a pop, I think it's probably the best line up we could field (Maybe THB for Stephens).

Smells like a "pull your finger out or you're fired" line up. One thing's for certain, it's not going to be 0-0.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintsFC/s/lx3aVrfZa4 Apparently the Feyenoord chief is questioning why we pulled out of the Bijlow deal. Seems like sour grapes from him, but I can imagine he's annoyed his "asset" is suddenly worth a lot less.

https://fixvx.com/JOYPAULIAN/status/1830783035555619314?t=IerTgVTfcJYS3O4EzylyuA&s=35 Let's hope Anthony Taylor is in charge when we play Man United.

The athletic did a write up about each teams transfer window. Here's a link with paywall bypass: https://web.archive.org/web/20240903060907/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5735669/2024/09/03/premier-league-clubs-transfer-window-ranking/ For anyone who doesn't want to read it all, here's our bit.... 10 – Southampton A Chelsea/Nottingham Forest-esque splurge of almost 20 new signings from last season’s Championship play-offs winners, reflecting the job at hand for manager Russell Martin — who will need plenty of time to pull it all together while maintaining a style of play that sees them keep the ball more than Barcelona in their tiki-taka heyday. Southampton old boys Ryan Fraser and Adam Lallana came back, Aaron Ramsdale was an excellent signing who could prove the difference in their anticipated relegation battle and someone had to sign Maxwel Cornet (so Southampton did). Meanwhile, Ben Brereton Diaz at just £6.5million could be the bargain of the summer. Overall, pretty decent. Describe it in one word: Feverish

I couldn't see what Charley did wrong there to get the card, but the original challenge was filthy 😂

The co-commentator on today's match feed was absolutely scathing of the system being played. If anyone on Sky repeated that stuff then a lot of people would take notice.

Imagine those two in a meeting, slapping each other on the back and sniffing each others farts

Still, our defending isn't quite as bad as Pompey's https://x.com/pompey_in/status/1829890611044081973?t=hrWZNuzsfH2eS5o_KjMqzA&s=19 😂😂😂

So far, Russell's PL win percentage is 0. Nathan Jones win percentage at Saints was 35.71% (according to wiki). So currently, Russ is equal with such managerial greats as Frank de Boer and Terry Connor. Only three games of course.

Somewhere, Sam Allardyce is pouring himself a nice pint of wine and licking his lips at the payday coming his way.

A fine goal, lovely ball by Dibling, nice flick by lalana and lovely finish. Doesnt disguise the fact that we've been awful again though

Turns out that having a good goalkeeper makes very little difference if you don't have a defence.

This season? No

Roll on next season when we're a big team in a shit league again.

The little fat lad getting turned inside out story was a beaut

Unlucky Dibling. He looks good

Can't or won't? I'm not sure he much else in his locker

Commentator really hates us, it's quite funny to hear

I was thinking that Russ would eventually get sacked in November. It's still August FFS

Lol, it's a rout

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. Commentator is absolutely right, ripping this suicidal football to pieces

Unbelievable, we are so stupid

Dibling doesn't look out of place in the PL. Fernandes also

Diblings coming on