Tommy Mulgrew

I prefer my Dawns to have real double Ds. 😜

Kayi Sanda: If KS is anywhere near as good as Morgan Schneiderlin, who played for France for every age group between u16 and u21 inclusive as well as the full national team, I shall be well pleased with this new signing. Morgan came from Strasbourg, a step up from VAFC, for about £1million IIRC so I suppose £5m is OK, even if I suspect it might have been inflated for VAFC’s benefit (internal SR accounting and all that). As Chez says, we shall have to wait a couple of years to see some benefit from our outlay.

Or defensive midfielder, or attacking midfielder, or striker, or wingback, or goalkeeper, or subs. Or board of directors. Or all of the above. (And some of our fans, too.) But never in a million years any saintsweb members. 😇

Not once, not twice, not thrice but four fucking times. And SR are still here to potentially do it again in the summer. ”It’s hope that kills you” but I’m dead already.

If Juric has us as really average for the rest of the season, and if it is Premier League average, everyone on here will whoop with joy; (well everyone except maybe three or four). 😍 Dream on.

Do you mean us this time next year?

IMO Mateta was not careless or reckless and did not use excessive force but he did impede Ramsdale with contact; and Ramsdsle was not careless or reckless and neither used excessive force nor impeded Mateta with contact.

What a sad and sorry state the beautiful game has become. That and our recent and present plight is why football rarely gives me real pleasure any more. I have almost, but not quite, given up hope that Juric can rescue some hope and pride from this clusterfuck of a season. If only we could have appointed him instead of Jones after Ralph was sacked we might have been spared the nightmare of the last two years. I’d gladly have given up the joy of the playoffs for that.

Interesting thoughts on how Ivan might improve us defensively - see first link. https://totalfootballanalysis.com/team-analysis/ivan-juric-southampton-202425-tactical-analysis-tactics I think I have already put the second one on here somewhere; whatever, here it is again. https://totalfootballanalysis.com/article/head-coach-analysis-ivan-juric-201920-tactical-analysis-tactics Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all.

A mixture of blind arrogance and fatal defeatism - a bit like on here. I especially liked the post that said Ings would score all goals in a 3:1 win. They have no more idea than we have. Let’s hope the spirit of Atlanta inspires us to running the irons ragged. 2:1 to Saints!!!! 😇😇⚽️⚽️ : ⚒️⚽️ Saints 📈 : West Ham 📉

WestHamzone incensed by Carragher’s prediction of a draw: https://www.westhamzone.com/comment/jamie-carragher-has-lost-his-mind-with-southampton-v-west-ham-prediction/ And some on here think we are an entitled lot! An extra reason for a win on Thursday, convincingly or otherwise. The rest of the season starts here. COYS

If this report is true, we seem to be intent on getting as many players vying for each CB position as we have for LB. Abdul Mumin plays for a team that languishes at the bottom of La Liga; hence I, for one, believe we are scouting him seriously. 😉 https://sportwitness.co.uk/southampton-include-clubs-defensive-pillar-in-their-priority-list-saints-must-offer-e6m-in-january/

😆 x 3 (Fabrice)

I’m not so sure: you said “anus”, not “buttocks”. A not-so-subtle difference.

The Croatian Klopp, I like him already; by the end of the season we shall be the new Wimbledon-Leeds-Alehouse Brawlers all rolled into one: Ivan: ‘I’m going to be good this time and just listen to the music… but after half an hour I was in the mosh pit’. 👊 ☠️ 👍

under-21s assistant Matthew Etherington will focusing on preparation for their cup match the next day. I did not realise that we had another cup match on Thursday. 🤔

That’s why I included the word “most”.

I can understand why some fans would think that watching their side dominate possession against plenty of inferior teams and scoring lots of goals, many in extra time or late in the game, was fun. I have nothing against Martin and I am not in denial. I thought most of our games last season were slow, boring and tedious, even when we won. To me it was the polar opposite of fun. And watching us conceding so many unnecessary goals against so many opposing teams was not fun either. We disagree, I’m afraid, FSJ.

Someone always asks, so I’ll get this in early: http://www.fawanews.com/ Always reliable and non-buffering. Sometimes you get a foreign-language commentary (perhaps not a bad thing!) but if you try enough times you get an English one. No pop-ups or porn links.

Brett’s now 48. Possible, I suppose.

Danny Ormerod plays for Fylde; he is Brett’s son. 😇

Kevin Phillips 2: Kelvin Davis 2. Ormerod scores in extra time to deny Eastleigh a win at Fylde. Oh, what happy memories those names conjured up.

That’s going well, isn’t it?

Another independent verdict on our wonderful play this season: https://www.football365.com/news/southampton-deluded-arrogance-relegation-opinion

£21m. Surely not enough? https://www.geordiebootboys.com/transfers/newcastle-united-learn-how-much-theyll-have-to-pay-for-tyler-dibling-as-southampton-set-asking-price/