doddisalegend

I can't comment on man u because I didn't see that game but both home games we have been the better team. In both home games we've been poor first half and much better second half. The last 20=25 minutes of todays game (after Tadic went off) we played some really nice football (quick passing, 1-2s direct running into the box) if we can play like that for 70 minutes a game instead of 20 minutes we will be fine and shows what we can do in the diamond formation when the players get it right. People banging on about how poor we look have short memories IMO we played just as badly, if not worse, and blew hot and cold just as much in games under Koeman for large parts of last season People only seem to remember that last 6 or so games of last season. After Tadic went off and Redmond went in to the middle he looked far more dangerous taking players on and running at pace before that he was wasted with his back to goal trying to win headers against big CBs. To be honest it feels like the players are still trying to adjust from Koeman's long punting to Pele and lumping crosses in to the box which they need to cut out if the new system is going to work. Targett was the biggest weak link today sadly. You really want to like lads from the academy but Targett and JWP just don't cut it unfortunately. he was done so many times it wasn't funny Steven Davis was awful first half but brilliant second half and a big pay raise seems to have made Fonte a worse player.. As an aside according to stats I've seen we have 58 attempts on goal in three matches and scored two. It's the same old story of the last few seasons create lots score **** all the last time we had a really prolific striker was Lambert in the championship. Personally I think there are reasons to be optimistic if we can start playing like the second half of today's and the Watford game for whole games rather than just the at the end of games and some one can find some form in front of goal. If the first half of those two games becomes the regular norm we are in deep ****....

It can't have been much of a chant cause I'm in the itchen north and never heard it so probably less a chant and more 5 ****ed guys thinking they were funny.

Well he scored one for spurs....

He is going to need to be, with Liverpool's defence, if they want to achieve anything. Slightly odd Liverpool haven't done more about their defence considering how flaky it was last season instead Klopp seems more interested in having a ton of AMs.

Someone posted that he is as good as Mane but much better technically...which seems to be setting the guy up for a fall if I'm honest. I know it's human nature but I think fans are a bit obsessed about comparing new signings to players that have left rather than just giving the new player a bit of time to show what he can (or cannot) do.

office affair went to a travel lodge just off the M25....

this guy? ready made for Liverpool in a seasons time judging by his admirer in the crowd.

and yet every summer is a meltdown....

I'm struggling to keep up with Wham seems like they have enough players for two 25 man squads. Seem to be linked to any player with a pulse.

Just about anything to do with the Manchester clubs is wearing thin at the moment. Pep blah blah, Pogba blah blah, Jose blah blah, Zlatan blah blah and Hart blah blah.....almost like football barely exsists outside Manchester.

These days I think all clubs sound out a players agent before bidding. I doubt we would have bid if we hadn't been given encouragement by the players representatives that he would be happy to play for saints.

Amazing how many players injury themselves in training.

Signed a new contract according to this upping his pay to 70 grand a week... http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/transfers/fonte-agrees-new-saints-contract/ar-BBw3V86

It's like a bloody episode of strictly come dancing on here....

now Koeman has moved on I expect us to ease back on the crosses into the box and look to play more through balls.

Jesus you just bigged up Boufal. That's a seriously big rep you are giving him to live up to.....I give it two games before we get a " Bouffant isn't even league one standard" thread on here...

TBF the club have actually stuck to the word about players not leaving (they did it with Morgan and J-rod 2 summers ago and Victor and Mane last summer). It's when the club say "we do not wish to sell this player" that you need to worry.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3757052/Manchester-United-stars-told-Bastian-Schweinsteiger-stop-watching-wife-Ana-Ivanovic-play-tennis-work-fitness-cast-out.html?ITO=1490 yes sounds like he has just right attitude to be a saints player...

Bloody hell when we sell him to Liverpool in two years time he'll be worth about £80 million

I assume he is the Victor replacement people are crying out for.... according to an article I just read online he picked up 2 reds and 11 yellows last season. not bad for a winger

Adam Lallana FC isn't it?

Lol behave about as far from the sort of player the club would sign as you could get.

Its even worse when its radio commentary. What I need is a good factual description of the action. What I get is random tweets being read out or Adam Blackmore talking about something completely unrelated to the match. At least on telly I can see with my own eyes the action on the radio commentary needs to be spot on.

apparently me ran of with I....

Ryan Mason from spurs... http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/southampton-taking-interest-in-mason/ar-BBvZhHq