John B

I agree I thought the team was OK but without a top class striker we are going to struggle The Man U goal was excellently taken by Fernandes what a difference he would make to our team

At the moment I think we have every chance of being relegated unless we get in another 2 or 3 high class players

Yes but in those days we had a top manager and were a top 10 PL side and pushing for Europe or may even have been in Europe which we are no longer doing. We are a team full of kids and more likely to be relegated than get into Europe

I think his point is that he doubts that Ramos will come to SFC as we are not a top team and any CF coming here is not likely to score many goals. If he was to stay at Benfica and score goals top PL would be after him in the near future which is a position I could agree with. He just seems to be more experienced than players we have signed in recent years who want to play in the PLto gain experience and move on

The bowling was not much better on Sunday but was helped by the Essex early order trying to score quickly and getting themselves out Apart from Organ there was no one who bowled tightly in the last 20 overs Having the Championship openers coming in at 7 and 8 proved to be a good tactic as both Holland and Organ batted really well All the other batters apart from Middleton performed well enough although some of their dismals were driven by mild panic and I was pleased that Donald contributed a decent innings before embarking on a very rash run. But I really enjoyed the game in the sun over 500 runs almost 100 overs and the result in the balance until the 95 th over was well worth the £11 my brother paid for my ticket

A Hampshire treble then shame there is no europpean qualification as we could do well against teams from other european countries

Do you never learn another win though I was expecting the worse when we were 6 down What is the format of this cup after the group stage

Well it was worth trying at Spurs where we were unlikely to get any points but not yesterday at home although he may not have been happy with Dossa at LB in 4

But who plays at Lb if Perraud is not fit

I dont dispute what you are saying But I still feel it is the quality of the squad which needs addressing as this current squad is poor It is ridiculous to expect to survive in the PL without two decent strikers The full back situation seems bizzare with Djneppo playing in a back 5 because both Tino and Perraud are injured especially at home

Thats plain ridiculous how does somebody know that

As a matter of interest in what era did Saints win often away from home Over the years I have watched the Saints away from home especially in London Area without seeing many particularly good performances whilst in the top division Lost 7 1 to Watford in 1980 Home results however were much better I feel at the Dell in particular

I think the only place the club is a shambles is in your head Unless you work at SFC you have little idea what is happening with regard to transfers and planning for the future You might find it strange but I usually think that people employed in an organization are doing the best to meet the goals of it apart of course for Boris and the Tory Government SFC has limited financial muscle but still manages a few cup runs and has been in the PL for a longtime which makes me think it is not a shambles Because it does not have money for high wages it is pretty difficult for SFC to attract the better players and has to sell players

Do you really think that many of the new players would have got into Koeman's Saints team They are young and inexperienced and make mistakes We have no stand out strikers and limited creative players WE have two full backs who are not match fit Only KWP JWP Romeu would get into other PL teams plus S Armstrong who appears to have fitness issues

Coady is Everton's fourth signing of the summer following the arrivals of centre-back James Tarkowski and forward Dwight McNeil from Burnley and defender Ruben Vinagre from Wolves. I would be pleased if some of them were they were at Southampton

I think you have comprehensively shown that we have mostly a squad devoid of talent if you think Adams is one of our top players. PS I do not disagree in any way what you are saying but FFS Adams is not consistently good

Nothing has changed because we have not really improved the squad we have got a few young players in but nobody outstanding. Spurs finished 4th in the PL last season and have spent loads of money on improving the squad. WE have not done that so consequently our performances have not improved

Why? This is the worst squad of players we have ever had in the PL

Rather like you perhaps

I have been watching Saints for nearly 60 years and can ensure you that he is not a decent striker he is adequate one like Norman Dean or Frank Saul or Bobby Stokes I have been very lucky to see decent strikers like Ron Davies George O'Brien Martin Chivers Peter Osgood Micky Channon Steve Moran MLT Alan Shearer Frank Worthington Charlie George Colin Clarke Peter Crouch Henri Camara Ted McDougal Phil Boyer James Beattie Kevin Keegan Rod Wallace and a few others in Saints colours

Apart from Ings when did we last get in a decent striker when we were were in the PL We have needed a decent striker for ages

Joe Kirkup came from Chelsea as part of the Deal with David Webb John Mortimore assistant manager I think also came from Chelsea Cliff Huxford who played in two promotion winning teams in the 1950s and 1960s came from Chelsea too

Good performance shows that the players are all decent players lets hope they show that they are decent players in the PL where a great many are more than decent

So what players has Ralph currently ruined not JWP KWP Romeu S Armstrong Tino Salisu surely

Yes I agree but doubt either want to come here