goodymatt

Nominated for manager of the month: https://x.com/southamptonfc/status/1722494728221208632?s=46&t=7raSKCMt6LV8RJ1C2d39WQ

I had concerns before the Leeds and Hull games that we might slip up, same feeling for WBA… hopefully with the same outcome!

We are as close to Watford in 16th as we are Ipswich in 2nd at the moment. We need Ipswich to lose games, they have the least defeats in the division. Couple of draws won’t kill their momentum just yet. Next month they play Leeds (23/12) and Leicester (26/12) back to back, that’s the time we can catch up some ground. I thought autos were out of reach not long ago but if we win at the weekend we are in decent shape to chase.

Tired defending I guess, agree you’d expect to see the lowest of blocks in the 93rd minute. We can’t rely on scoring so late every game, surely that isn’t sustainable. It’s a nice habit at the moment though!

https://x.com/toby28831000/status/1720869243988664649?s=46&t=7raSKCMt6LV8RJ1C2d39WQ Just found this video from behind the goal when we scored, absolute limbs! “F****** come on” 😂

Not a good tackler either. What is he good at?

Ref giving any tackle we make as a foul, meanwhile they can wrestle KWP down and it’s play on.

I think Downes was a better signing than Winks. Question is whether we can get promoted to stand a chance of keeping him. Winks is in the better team at the moment but he’s not the better player. Interestingly transfermrkt have the 3 most valuable players in the division as KDH, THB and KWP. We really should be much closer to the automatics with our squad.

Sounds like we are targeting WBA next weekend for Ross, depending on how training goes over the next week. Let’s hope he has no reaction after today.

https://x.com/southamptonfc/status/1719329545394819308?s=46&t=7raSKCMt6LV8RJ1C2d39WQ

Just seen Stephens back in light training and videos of him kicking the ball. We’ve not even seen anything like this with Ross yet. Is that a sign that he’s not actually close to being available?

https://x.com/southamptonfc/status/1719341955375579238?s=46&t=7raSKCMt6LV8RJ1C2d39WQ Looks like Stephens is now back in light training. Welcome back Captain 🫡 Might be hard for him to get back in at the moment but it’s positive competition for places and hopefully keeps Holgate out the side. Video link of Jack doing light training: https://x.com/southamptonfc/status/1719329545394819308?s=46&t=7raSKCMt6LV8RJ1C2d39WQ

We have a corner, ohhh Gavin Bazunu ringing round the ground. Love it.

Should have had a free kick on KWP but poor mistake from the restart. Why is it never straight forward?!

That was a pen to Brum, got away with one

2-0 Charly!

We concede so many crossing opportunities into our box through corners and fouls.

Offside but not VAR, lovely.

THB! What a start.

Red socks look a bit Pompey too 🤢

Didn’t see Che Adams in the latest gallery, so not expecting him to be fit. Having just listened to the press conference part 2, I’m not sure why nobody asked about his fitness. He’s not been in good form since the window shut but usually scores against previous employers/boyhood club. Win today and that point against Preston looks much better. 2-1 Saints is my prediction.

Didn’t hear him mentioned in part one of the hull press conference this morning, is he even close to fitness yet?

So much pressure on this guy to get fit, stay fit and deliver. His record last season pre injury was fantastic but it is a small sample size and a bad injury to come back from. Che staying seemed to give us enough but he’s just run out of his August Space Jam again.

One of the worst performances they have ever seen?! We’ve lost 9-0 twice in recent times. Other than not being clinical, we gave a dominant performance. I’m assuming they didn’t watch the Gillingham, Sunderland, Leicester, Ipswich or Boro games this season? You don’t have to look back far to find a worse performance! We only created more expected goals in 2 fixtures this season so far - Norwich and Plymouth. We can agree that we are underperforming against expectation. We should be challenging for top 2 with our squad and resources. The run of 4 defeats was shocking. Today’s performance was good enough but the result was not.

Just watched Flynn Downes post match interview on the OS. I have to agree with him that booing after such a dominant performance was weird from our fans. Good to hear he’s feeling fitter and putting the weight back on. He has been notably much better in the last couple of games. i never boo Saints, but can understand why fans might want to voice their frustration when we lost 5-0 at Sunderland for example. Booing today has no justification. How can we expect players to want to make their loans permanent here if this is how we treat them?