S-Clarke

Arsenal have won it, holy jesus

To be fair to Mayuka, it sounds like he was hung out to dry tonight. Left up top all on his own, fed long balls all night, and was offered no support by the horrific SDR and ineffective Lee.

The chairman will decide what is right for the football club Our relationship (NA and NC) has to be right and correct We need stability but cannot keep losing games like that We must address issues for the sake of Southampton Football Club and the supporters who have always been superb to me All I want is the best for Southampton Football Club Those are the key points for me from tonight. An amicable parting of ways isn't too far away IMO.

almost 6-5, brilliant.

what the f... Reading 5 - 5 Arsenal

35 points feels like a lifetime away.

Sounds like he's had it with a few players. I don't think it's too hard to say which players either.

Tonight is a fine example that it will not be easy to ''boing boing''.

I bloody well hope resting 11 is going to be worth it. I just want us to show some fight....which to our credit, we did in the 2nd half against Spurs - but it doesn't hide away from the abject 1st half.

Out of control, skidding all over the place...!

But blackpool got relegated that season. I don't want us to be relegated. And to be fair, they gave it a much better crack at the start than we have.

But that's ignoring the main issue here. Its' another game with a big fat red L against it. Another loss Another 3 goals. Another failure to win away from home. The league is important, but it's not like we now go back to a strong position in the league. All the problems we demonstrated tonight, are the problems we've demonstrated in the PL as well. I don't know what's gone wrong, but something has. It's not easy to ignore it anymore.

I think the bus got to the top of a big hill, and is currently sliding back down that hill at a pretty fast rate.

That's kind of like sticking your head in the sand and going ''LALALALLALALA'' though, isn't it? I love NA, I think he's been terrific for us and can't thank him enough for getting us back where we are. But I want to stay here. I want a club that's as competitive as it came be at this level, and if we need to change our manager to achieve it, then so be it. As it stands Nigel is showing that he's not quite at hte level tactically against PL managers, he's made a few clangers, and has tried to change things in the summer which didn't really need to be changed. I want him to go out whilst it's not such a bad situation, rather than seeing him go out being heckled by fans. Which is what will happen if we continue to lose.

If we're honest, it seems as if the longer he clings on, the worst the reaction to him is going to become.

True, I guess we've got another 6 months of it yet.

I was well adjusted to expect a fair few defeats this year compared to the last 3, but christ on a bike, not in this short time-scale.

Weirdo.

When he does go, when I believe is now the case rather than If, I hope he goes with a good send off from us. I think he deserves that. Just a shame it hasn't really worked out for whatever reason, but the teams are playing in a way that isn't showing their unanimous support for him.

Yeah, but we're as **** in the PL as well. So it doesn't really matter. This was kind of needed to boost morale of the fanbase as well as the players.

wtf @ reading? They've chucked in a 4-0 win..

Something has gone wrong in the close season, I don't know what, but I think it's becoming quite evident now that something is horribly wrong. We never look like we're going to win a game, we never look like we can keep a clean sheet. Players who were decent for us last year, look hopeless and out of their depth. We don't seem to be competitive no matter who we play. Villa aside, which I'm starting to think was a bit of a fluke result, this has been one of the worst starts to a season I can ever remember in my lifetime. I'm positive, generally, but things probably have to change soon. The club is on a downward spiral and it's running away with it's self very quickly, and as it stands I'm very nervous that we are going to do a Derby.

Losing games of football, being unable to ever come close to keeping a clean sheet.

I don't think he's got long. Something has gone horribly wrong somewhere along the lines.

They've taken us apart if we're honest. It's like Watford in the league cup back in 2005.