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Probably an element of going through the motions as a team as well. We've nothing but pride to play for and Essex still have a slim chance at the championship. Fully expect us to lose this one

If he couldn't recharge over the summer break I don't see how the WC break would have helped him? It was the right decision to get rid of Ralph as he was completely out of ideas and spark, and ideally we should have parted in the summer. The error was his replacements

Maybe they did something radical like aim a ball at his head?

Are we?? I was under the impression we were averaging two points a game and finally actually scoring goals! And achieving this whilst the squad has had its biggest overhaul since we were in L1

Lost 1-0.... I'm not loving Sunderland this season

Were Essex docked for that shocker they prepared last year to suit Harmer? That was a hammer blow to our championship hopes losing that game

Bloody hope not! As much as I love Vince, the players that got us there should play, unless there's an injury

It's clearly not one or the other. Part of a keepers job is to help keep his defence organised. The whole defensive unit needs to improve, keeper and all

It's 5 games, from which we have got 10 points. We continue that run over the season and that would have been enough for promotion last season. We are also in much better position than Burnley were this time last season and they ran away with the title. Saturday was definitely concerning, as are the number of goals conceded, but we are so early on and have made a lot of new signings . It maybe things don't improve and the doom merchants are correct, but it's far too early to say and anyone claiming otherwise is an idiot.

Schmeichel apparently has developed a terrible attitude, so he wouldn't be the answer. Think we're stuck with Baz until January at least. In fairness, he's had one bad game this season so far, a couple of ok ones, and one good one (QPR). So definite signs of improvement - whether it's enough is another matter

Interestingly article from the Echo showing every player we were linked with over the summer and what happened to them. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/23744134.every-player-linked-southampton-actual-transfer/ *Patiently awaits a smart arse to point out a player they've missed*

His corners for us were continually ineffective. I don't think that can really be disputed. How much of that was due to him and how much due to our crap set-up can be debated. Given who West Ham have in their team it's not really surprising he's having better fortunes there (albeit 3 games is a bit early to making any conclusios). Personally I'm pleased it's going so well for him so far. We rarely played to his strengths, which given our lack to quality is nuts

You need the list of transfers op! Here they are from Sky Sports Southampton In Shea Charles - Manchester City, £15m Josh McNamara - Manchester City, undisclosed Derrick Abu - Chelsea, free Ryan Manning - Swansea, free Zach Awe - Arsenal, free Joe Lumley - Middlesbrough, free Ryan Fraser - Newcastle, loan Mason Holgate - Everton, loan Flynn Downes - West Ham, loan Taylor Harwood-Bellis - Manchester City, loan Ross Stewart - Sunderland, £10m, rising to £12m Out James Ward-Prowse - West Ham, £30m Armel Bella-Kotchap - PSV, loan Kegs Chauke - Burton, undisclosed Ibrahima Diallo - Al-Duhail, undisclosed Dan Nlundulu - Bolton, undisclosed Mislav Orsic - Trabzonspor, undisclosed Mohamed Elyounoussi - Copenhagen, free Theo Walcott - Released Caleb Watts - Released Nico Lawrence - Colchester, loan Mateusz Lis - Goztepe, loan Willy Caballero - Retired Duje Caleta-Car - Lyon, loan Mohammed Salisu - Monaco, £17.2m Tino Livramento - Newcastle, £32m Romeo Lavia - Chelsea, £58m Sam Bellis - Barrow, free Ryan Finnigan - Shrewsbury, loan Dom Ballard - Reading, loan Armel Bella-Kotchap - PSV, loan I've gone for an 8. Ins are brilliant on paper, but we still have a bloated squad, and could have done with shipping another 3 or 4 out. Still with this squad we are more than strong enough for promotion, so we better achieve it!

Personally if we think we can get Mara engaged I'd rather we keep him than get a replacement. He clearly has talent but big question marks over his commitment

I wonder if Genk will still use proceeds from selling Pantsil to buy Tall Paul? Seems unlikely but might actually be the best outcome for us if Pantsil doesn't want to join

I think we're all a bit burnt by VVD downing tools and sulking all those years ago. In reality most players don't act like that if they are refused a move and instead knuckle down and do their best. I hope we hold firm on Sulemana. Tell him to show his worth on the pitch and we'll review in January

All out for 93, with Dawson taking 7 wickets for 15! Not sure he should be playing myself, but certainly beneficial he is

https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/topic/58927-southampton-fc-women/page/22/

Has this one been posted? I will be p*ssed I'd he goes on loan only. Better to keep him in that case

Nice patronising response.... Pray tell how losing Adams now will help us if the replacement you reference is not yet ready to replace him. Surely in that case you should be advocating keeping him until Ballard is ready, not beforehand?

I think there was a point earlier in the window when money was an worry for the club, hence why we all of a sudden accepted much lower offers for JWP & Tino than we originally demanded. I'd be amazed if it's still an issue now, but we can only speculate so it could be true

Saints 1st game is currently live on the FA Player for anyone interested. Just taken a 2-1 lead away at Lewes, after going behind originally

I watched the game with QPR commentary on and their commentator thought the ref was absolutely biased towards Saints. It was actually quite funny how apolectic he got at times. Having said that, when Fraser had his one on one well saved by the keeper, the ref blew the whistle to bring play all the way back to the half way line for a Saints free kick. We'd clearly had the advantage he originally gave us so he shouldn't have done that

Calling Ballard an upgrade is ridiculous. He's barely played for the first team. We all hope he will be a great player but he isn't ready to be our main striker yet, hence why players like Mara are being put onto the pitch over him.

It's surprising that a German team is prepared to pay so much for a player who hasn't performed in the PL. Assuming it's nudging £20m it'll be Leverkusen's third biggest transfer (figures on the below link are EUR) https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/bayer-04-leverkusen/transferrekorde/verein/15 Personnally think we should have kept him, but can't begrudge him the move. Hope it goes well for him