Katalinic

Yoshida is nowhere near good enough for this league, never has been never will be, a walking liability.

Does he regret saying we had the best midfield in the league..when actually it is now apparent that we a collection of midfielders who all offer nothing different from each other, are largely mediocre and offer no goal threat at all.

What happened to fabled "Southampton Way"...it seems to have forgotten by the PR machine. I truly hope our academy teams are not being forced to play this boring brand of football too.

Home win banker.

I wish I had waited to vote. The football being served up is just bloody boring and has been all season - you would have to be blind not to see that the players aren't enjoying it either. Reed's ego won't allow Puel to be dismissed now but no doubt we will spend nowhere near enough in January and limp on in mediocrity until the summer, when VVD will leave, and who can blame him.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/12/23/southampton-move-ward-offvirgil-van-dijk-suitors-placing-60m/

Probably best we are out - would have felt very awkward getting to the final.

Ha ha, he is conspicuous by his absence today.

Pleased for JayRod , what a strike. Davis changed the game. Very good win away at a tough ground. Living near Bournemouth it is great to shut the locals up for a bit, now looking forward to replying to those texts I got at 1-0.

Shortest team selection ever...defending set pieces might be a worry.

The new Southampton Way is impotent football

In November Reed said: "If they go after 80 days, fingers need to be pointed at the people who recruit. "When managers are appointed usually they want lots of changes. They want to bring their own staff, they want money to spend. If you go down that route you are putting everything you have built at risk. "Our manager is a coach. The process is, 'are we the right fit for you, are you the right fit for us?' That is why it goes through several stages." I'm not sure you have got this one right Les. The football is boring, incohesive and the previously much vaunted Southampton Way appears to have disappeared from the club PR. Puel however is not helped by a questionable recruitment policy this summer which has resulted in a squad that lacks quality and pace but includes a midfield who don't look like they have ten goals in them collectively, let alone each. A missed opportunity and fans are rightly asking questions.

This

Please stop quoting the ****

Don't players get a % of the fee? So if Saints agree to sell VVD it is actually in his interests for us to get a higher fee.

Please stop quoting all of the annoying ****s - thanks.

That had **** all to do with the defeat today. All our own doing.

Great thread

The first goal was calamitous but the defence have been missing for the other two.

Awful awful performance at both ends of the pitch.

Exactly.

You forgot Dalek and Saint Robbie. Would be nice to rotate them to another forum.

Indeed.

He will go back and edit that one I expect.

I'm expecting Saint Robbie to appear any second.