S-Clarke

Not606? Yeah, he knows his stuff.

Thank **** his 3 posts are done.

Only if you have a rubbish scouting system and knee-jerking coaches, which we don't.

Why was it a gamble? We clearly knew what we'd get from him and knew we could develop him. I wish people would stop playing the ''We got lucky'' card, because we didn't. We got there because of solid planning, good scouting and excellent coaching. There's nothing lucky about it.

Don't get that at all.

It just feels and looks completely soulless. It's like they're playing an away game in a neutral venue.

Has the stadium been finished? I thought they were going to move the seats closer to the pitch, unless they already have been moved as close as they can be. It looks a bit naff.

You're talking as if they can actually defend, which they can't.

The majority do not share your fears or views, as you are a completely overemotional wet fanny. Sort yourself out, you're a mess.

He didn't say that though did he? He hasn't heard himself. For what it's worth, I believe their source has left for pastures new and both Kbilly and Guan don't receive the same level of info anymore (Fran Alonso).

Didn't realise Fran Alonso had left and followed Koeman, I may be wrong but I think he was one of the sources the ITK's used.

The saying ''Be careful what you wish for'' springs to mind.

http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/southampton-boss-puel-calls-directly-everton-target-rachid-ghezzal-4143006

Do people never learn? You cannot snapshot results like this. We didn't beat Villa at home last year, so does that mean we should have finished bottom half? We lost away to Norwich, we drew away at Newcastle. So, by that reckoning we should have been at best 16th.

I did in his head though. In his mind he was there last night, but we all know he wasn't.

Nothing to do with the truth, just incredibly annoying seeing an obvious WUM/Troll spouting **** and stopping any serious discussions taking place.

When are the mods going to do something about this total moron?

Hang on a sec, a lot of the argument last year was having Pelle and Long in the same team and how it didn't work. So, now it did?

What on holy **** has Sky Sports done with this friday night stuff.

Almost time for your medication.

Davis was awful today, but harsh on Long. Not sure he's quite come to terms with the setup yet and he's a bit rusty, but he's been a good player for us and will continue to be a great outlet for us in terms of pace.

People compare results like this every year, it means nothing.

It wasn't really bad to be honest, although Zlatan and Pogba were head and shoulders above anyone, but that was to be expected - those two will change Man Utd. We played ok though, we were always in the game but we struggled to really force a way through in the final third. We have the players to score goals though and that will happen, there's a lot to take out of that performance but there will be the very small miniority of 0.1% of the fanbase who use this as the stick they've wanted to beat the club with for 2 seasons. The one thing I will say about this formation is that it relies so heavily on the quality of the full backs (or wing backs in effect) but it didn't happen today, I thought both were poor and Davis was equally as poor in the middle. Redmond looked to make things happen, Tadic tired...but when he's given time on the ball he can be a magician in the number 10 role. Pierre is incredibly good and he should be a shining example to all the morons who say we don't replace with quality. There are a lot of teams in a worse state than us, we're alright and let's just wait till the end of the window as we could do with a little more x factor in the final third.

Can see why we signed Pied, and Bertrand will be massive for us and will thrive in this setup.

The fact SaintRobbie and Alpine share the same views fills me with a very odd sense of optimism for the season ahead. Lots of utter trash posted on this thread. Very even game, neither side really taking it to each other. We've looked threatening though, got into some dangerous positions - that role for Tadic suits him down to the ground in my opinion, and as expected, Pierre has been amazingly good. What happens to Cedric when he plays a PL game though? His ball retention is non-existent. We need a hell of a lot more from our full backs though.