John B

We had a much better team sixty years ago and less whinging fans all set for Division 1 no VAR no PL really good times Since the PL we have been dreadful apart from a few seasons

How many points do you think we need

It could also be something to do with having better full backs with the return of Bree and the return of Welington from injury

What was Adkins record when we had Lambert and in my opinion a better team

Very true but managers of stature do not seem to want to come here As a matter of interest do you know any suitable managers who have not been employed

Perhaps other strikers were not interested in coming to Southampton Apart from an injured Ings we have not signed a decent striker when we have been in the PL for over twenty years except when Koemann was the manager We are unlikely to recriut a manager of his standing in the foreseeable future and as a club which is on the downit is not a place where top class players want to play except for youngsters who are not certain to develop into PL players The club have been in a decline since Puel was sacked not helped by the lack of investment by our Chinese owner.who could not release any money

I am slightly more positive we just need to get in better players who can regularly score goals which does not seem to be as easy as some on here think

What would you think he should do if they offered a significant increase in his wages

Thanks Donald

I think Trump must have hacked him and posted his usual rubbish

The club is in the position it is because it has players like Armstrong and Bazunu who are not PL standard and a large proportion of the the fanbase are demanding for the Club to be in the PL It is not going to happen for sometime we are just an average Championship club as our League position shows with no outstanding players I have seen over the years promotions where the teams had international players like Paine Chivers Melia Forsyth Ball Williams Boyer MacDougal Lambert Fonte Llanana plus very good other players I just cannot see how we are going to get to the PL and stay there with what we have now

One swallow does not make a summer and I remember vividly you making comment during the era you mention that we should enjoy the success as it would not last I have been following the Saints from around 1960 with the first thirty being great with decent managers and some great players but since the Premier League results have been poor and the standard of players generally worse than before the Premier League We can only be a decent club if we have wealthy owners who employ independent experienced football people to run the club

hopefully we will finish well and give it a go next season

Reed had a couple of good seasons but it was obvious that selling our best players was not going to lead to success Semmens did a good job but we were in terminal decline which has led to where we are now with a serious of poor managers no top class players from the Academy and average quality signings

Under Bates Mcmenemy and Nichol I had faith in the manager, style of play, most of the players and the board. Except for a few seasons I have had little faith with people like Lowe Reed Gao and SR running the club since the early 1990s The players since 1990 apart from a handful have been dire and the good ones in general wanted to leave as soon as they could