John B

Yes I agree other clubs like Brentford Sunderland Stoke and Exeter probably still have them it is alway nice to see fans from those clubs wearing them

Player of the match James Ward-Prowse with an average of 7.80 and an assist as West Ham United beat Olympiakos 1 0 in Europa League

I think we are probably more in contention than we were previously We might not be promoted but it is a possibility so lets just hope for the best

We are doing better than we were doing earlier in the season could be something to do with he team becoming familiar with each other and the tactics

You maybe right but 24 points from 14 games shows we are in contention and may splash the cash in January

I would have thought most people would think we were contenders 21 points and not playing consistently well says so

Why do ypu post nonsense when our League position indicates clearly we are contenders for pomotion

We had better players under Koeman and better players are what we need now. In the 1980s we had some top players and did pretty well but since being in the PL we have generally struggled to attract top players so results have been poor and no doubt this will conntinue We do have KWP but I expect him to leave soon

1963 was probably one of the best years I can remember being a Saints Supporter but it was bloody cold in January and February

I hope tonights game will be as good as this one where ten man Saints lost 5 4 and we win this time I think Cliff Huxford was the replacement goal keeper Southampton v Preston North End, 07 September 1963 - 11v11 match report

I think you a bit unrealistic to think this bunch of players would be in an automatic prpmotion position at the end of October Get real it is gpoing to take time to become a realistic pomtion bound team Not sure any of the squad would have got into Adkins squad regularly apart from KWP

Does it matter I would like to be promoted with a squad who are likely to perform well in the PL not sure the current one has sufficient numbers to succeed there

Very true but it does take time for teams to evolve

I would not go as far as to say that but playing in a succesful team with a decent players does help a great deal

As a first reaction I think people like to think badly of players these days not sure it was so prevelant years ago. I cannot remember being critical of players when I was watching players regularly years ago but KWP is the only current player I feel players well regularly as I expect all the others will back balls ups during the game

Thats footbasll sometimes you win sometimes you lose. If you cannot accept that and expect perfect results most weeks I think you should think of doing something other than following the Saints Currently they are a work in progress as a team and have collected enough po[nts to be still in the prpmotion race after 20% of the season which is reasonable with the squad we have at the moment and with proper investment at the end of the year could be in the PL next season

There was one great positive we fucking won

The reason we are shit is because our recruitment is appalling even in the championship this season we have not recruited anybody who is standout at the moment Contrast it with Hampshire who do really well this season with players brought in from other counties like Fuller Barker Brown and Gubbins doing well They also get rid of young players who unlikely to make the grade to Div 2 teams but most home produced players do perform well for some of the season helping to win games

Agree with you Saw this on the Internet which I fully agree with too Southampton had the worst window of all the relegated sides as their talent pool was raided. Romeo Lavia, Tino Livramento, James Ward-Prowse, Nathan Tella, Mohammed Salisu, Moussa Djenepo, Mislav Orsic, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Duje Caleta-Car and Paul Onuachu all left the club, with the first five being for huge fees. In response to this exodus and transfer kitty boost, only Shea Charles and Ross Stewart were signed for fees, with Ryan Manning and Joe Lumley joining for free. The rest were loans for youngsters but the point is, this isn’t good enough, Leicester lost most of their stars but rebuilt completely and now look set to get promoted.

You must be joking as I said earlier Adams Armstrong and Edosie are not just not good enough to be involved in a PL promotion campaign

SR are a fucking joke if they think this squad is capable of promotion back to the PL

I cannot really see t I find it hard to believe that any manager with a front three of A Armstrong Adams and Ediose would be able to get a team promoted to the Premier League especially with the goal keeper defence and midfield that we have at the moment. We need better players surely like we had in our last promotion before we chuck out the manager

We have had four managers in the last year or so it seems completely unrealistic for any manager can get this group of players to be a team ready for the PL in nine months time, It will take time for the team to evolve to to challenge for promotion It took four years to return in 1974 and even longer when Adkins took us back up the last time, And those squads had far better players than we have today

Fuller for Crane and we would have probably won I feel sorry for Crane who was over hyped and has achieved little I remember Alan Terry Castell who began as a leg-break and googly bowler but later switched to medium-pace was going to be the next best thing 60 years ago. for his 9th wicket stand of 230 with Danny Livingstone against Surrey in 1962

Adkins had a decent squad who did well in Leauge 1 and evolved into a proper team Russell does not Today we have kids at CB a mediocre LB and no Rickie Lambert to score goals We also had Lallana Guly Cork Hammond and Schederlien Cannot see many of today's team improving Adkins team