Tommy Mulgrew

Brave post; I’m inclined to agree with your assessment of Azaz. He seems too slow in mind and body for a top Championship team. (He’d be blown away in the EPL.) Compound that with an almost complete lack of physicality and he becomes a most frustrating player. Despite his good eye for a through ball, I’d limit his minutes for the rest of the season: 60 or so minutes per game, not 90. Not sure that Charles is right as his replacement but It’s worth a try. We don’t really have another natural 10, imo. Perhaps Leo could move to a central role if Edozie continues to do well out wide. But any change to our present set-up is a huge risk while we continue to string along a play-off chasing run.

Well, I’ll be blowed. (Oooh, er missus notwithstanding)

Perhaps that’s what Lucy likes.

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Fosseway reckons the cup defeat was not as bad a loss (I reckon it was just as bad and dispiriting, to be honest) as the league game but recognises that the failure to beat a team that did not really want to win was embarrassing to say the least: Southampton, on the other hand, made 10 changes to the side that won in midweek, and only a couple of them even made the bench. It felt at times like they weren’t exactly over-exerting themselves to win, as Tonda Eckert threw on an increasing number of children for their first team debut in the second half. Samuel Edozie, their best player while he was on, was hooked after an hour. Leicester at this stage were piling on Harry Winks and Ricardo Pereira and Patson Daka and Luke Thomas. https://thefosseway.net/2026/02/15/southampton-2-leicester-city-1-no-one-beats-leicester-city-three-times-in-a-week/#:~:text=Southampton%2C on the,and Luke Thomas. pertinent remarks about Archer, Ayew, Okoli and Skipp, too; a bit of a laugh for us but not for them. LOLcester are in serious trouble and an injury to Lascelles will compound the misery. We should support Blackburn as well as Saints until the relegation places are confirmed. Up the Rovers! 😇

Not sure about that. I think we’d need an upgrade in every position except GK (assuming Ramsdale stays) and, for that, I’d like to see Perez have some more games so that we can see how good he is. At present, he is imo not even as good as McCarthy at commanding his goal area and dealing with crosses that aren’t right on the goal line. It would certainly be good, though, to have two “characters” as the main keepers.

Wrong, I’m afraid. As I have already posted on the Larin thread, Tommy Mulgrew (not me, I hasten to add,) scored after 15 seconds on his debut, against Brentford, in the first game of the 1954/55 season at the Dell, the fastest-ever goal there. [Schlong’s at St Mary’s against Watford was quicker but not scored in his debut game.]

I suppose another way of putting it is: VAFC est un club de foot en skai. Fred might agree but I am not so sure you will, Christophe. 😄 Let’s hope it is not true. Onwards and upwards, Christophe, eh? Allez VA!

Tall Paul continues to find the back of the net in Turkey; he scored twice at the weekend. Yan Valery leaves the Owls on loan to Young Boys. He left us what seems a long time ago yet is still only 26. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c8d5p3gev00o

Goalkeeper alert: someone should tell our new Israeli recruit to beware of Begovic. 🙂

Too late for January, but we seem to have got a 17 year-old Malian defensive midfielder lined up for the summer, Issa Tounkara: https://sportwitness.co.uk/southampton-make-formal-offer-saints-want-to-finalise-signing-for-summer/

Ahem 1954, first game of the season, at home v Brentford, “my” debut: a goal after 15 seconds; the fastest ever goal at the Dell. And the best hair by far! 👏👏👏 I thank you. Glad to be of service. 😇

✔️ Millwall then Citeh then Saints.

Christophe: a play on words in English - on the road to ruin; (it does not seem to work in French). But then, out of the blue, a victory to (perhaps) disprove it. “Ruine” instead of “Rouen): Sur la voie de la ruine Sur le chemin de ruine Aller à vau-l'eau Sur la pente glissante

Pssst, Christophe, “Rouen” = “ruin”. 👍😂