Convict Colony

@stevegrant doing his journalism thing Southampton Barring a vaguely competent few weeks at the end of August and beginning of September, it’s been an unmitigated disaster so far. We were excellent in victory over Chelsea and Leicester during that little run, but other than that it has been thin gruel indeed. Roméo Lavia has been excellent when he’s been able to get on the pitch, but the fact we’re so heavily reliant on an 18-year-old to look like a functioning team is pretty damning. The points total and league position tells its own story, as does the utterly baffling appointment of Nathan Jones. We will finish: Bottom. It’s not a completely lost cause yet, but the signs aren’t good. What we need in the window: A scorer – we’ve needed one since we let Villa hand over the thick end of £30m for Danny Ings nearly two years ago. With a fee and terms agreed with Cody Gakpo back in the summer before PSV pulled the plug, there’s clearly money for the right player. We also appear to be looking for another centre-back, which seems to miss the point that our defensive problems start with the lack of protection afforded to the porous back line by the midfield in front of it. Our best-ever signing was: The £1m paid to Bristol Rovers for Rickie Lambert in 2009 – better than a goal every other game in 235 appearances to bring us back from the League One doldrums to the Premier League and on the verge of European football. And the worst … Plenty of candidates, but it must be Guido Carrillo, a desperate January signing by Mauricio Pellegrino (who was sacked a few weeks later). He came for £19m, didn’t score, and after two years and two loan spells away we cut our losses. Steve Grant SaintsWeb.co.uk; @SteveGrant1983

Ok no messing i expect our best players today - think he will go with 4-3-3, no need for 5 v fulham looking at their set up. I pray we have Lavia and Bella back. Edozie starts again and whoever is the other numpty choosen for the right doesnt revert to type. CM could be anyone but would probably go for AMN and JWP.

Ok so I read that as Villa want him to cancel his loan and fuck off, not us recalling him. We are just stuck with him, let him play some B team football.

Interesting alert Terrem Moffi has the same agent as Joe Aribo and Romeo Lavia.

Yeah am taking this one as us just tracking the player, we need some nearly finished articles in Jan.

Yeah they listed him as a forward but I just compared him to Moi, Moussa and Armstrong and he loses every comparison - check it out on here He beat walcott tho hahaha https://one-versus-one.com/en/compare-players/Stuart-Armstrong-vs-nicolas-jackson

Just for completeness this is Moffi v Che

this comparison v Che doesnt bode well Hopefully its a rumour to get some action elsewhere.

Yeah read that and thought is this a new trendy term for long ball teams ?

Not as keen as their fans are.

Just read Moffi was the other option aside from Malan to replace Haaland at dortmund. Decent scouting report https://www.scouttuncalp.com/en/2022/11/27/terem-moffi-scouting-analysis/

I'd say DCC as a Croat he will have lifelong hatred of Serbs.

I would love to watch him go mental as players can't control balls, do comedy errors for goals and pass to opposition.

There is a lot of assumptions there disguised as facts.

Unfortunately our specialist midfielders are as effective as a chocolate fireguard as defensive midfielders and jones first priority is to make us harder to score against. I say in lieu of wherefore art thou Romeo being available put the big man in there, he's good with the ball and can actually pass forward and is a wind up merchant and actually enjoys defending. Play 4 at the back with him occasionally dropping back and make it a 5 when fulham attack and if its not working at HT then we have 5 subs to use. I'd try and out muscle them in midfield to control the ball/defend better and let Armstrong and Edozie go on their running spree's trying to feed che and if they lose it we have a good chance to defend it. Baz KWP. ABK. Salisu. Perraud Lyanco JWP. AMN S.Armstrong Edozie Adams

Ok I've guaranteed us a win now and Adams to score a hatrick as I've replaced him with in Mitrovic in my fantasy team.

Yeah my luton mate gives me goal updates every game hahaha

Well he's scored 2 so far so he'd be out of place here

Given the feedback about his father in law when jones signed his hero arc is confirmed

I dont know he has done quite a few sexy turns this season, i'd give him a go ahead of the rest, we have 5 subs so can always replace.

Jesus Jones hasnt even seen them play what have they done to show that we should recall them other than being old. We have DCC who is experienced, Salisu has marked Messi out of a game and ABK has just come back from the world cup with the germans. I had some hope with Jones but...

DCC v Mitrovic - Croat v Serb will be tasty

Which senior players think they have enough credit in the bank to push back on a formation change. We have been shit for 3/4yrs - something needs to change - players and system.

Or the majority of footballers are thick.

Finally some honesty from a player.