John B

I think most football fans think Marcus Rashford played really well last night along with Stones Bellingham and Foden Certainly the three blokes doing my roof did

Why is it ridiculous for people in Canada Mexico and the USA to watch World Cup matches ?

Does that mean that we have a massive gap in quality [n our Goalkeeper who played 44 games for Pompey last season

David Burnside's goal in the FA Cup QF Replay was something special too bring the score to 3 3 after being 3 0 down with fifteen minutes to go. Terry Paine's goal at Leyton Orient in 1966 was special too giving us promotion to Div 1 Times we different then for 30 years or so we only had three managers and some truly excellent players

Bobby Stokes 1 May 1976 Wembley Stadium The atmosphere was elecric after he scored

Rickie Lambert was the best signing the club made in the last sixty years as he helped us get from League 1 to Premier League and helped us win a Cup at Wembley I know Keegan and that generation were great signings too but Rickie and Terry Paine before did so much in getting us to the top League

If we still had Danny Ings Ralph may well have been still here but Danny no doubt wanted to be else where We were at our best I thought when Ings was playing well

We have been a poor side in the PL for sometime since last March I think we have won 4 games out of 25 or so Not sure how this is going to change without a few new PL standard players

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I feel that the mess that the club now finds itself is because the strategy of buying young players so they will thrive in the PL is far from sound and the post elsewhere regarding Small returning from Port Vale exemplifies this Also our Academy is currently unable to produce PL players. The situation feels similar to 2004 when we were on the way to relegation. In recent years the standard of other teams in the PL has increased significantly for instance Brighton and Crystal Palace overall seem to have better players and better results So without significant investment we in good quality players we are going to stuggle and eventually get relegated I am not sure SR are good owners for us as their priority does not seem to be Southampton and all the PR/Bullshit about the advantages of being in a group of other clubs has not materialise d To continue to prosper in the PL we need an owner like Markus Liebbier his death was so sad on so many levels

I agree with what you are saying but surely it is down to the quality of attacking players we recruit If we had Mitrovic from Fulham Toney from Brentford or Saha from Palace we would be in a far better position do you not think We once had Tadic Pelle Lallana and Mane and we did well but since then only Ings has done well Redmond Adams Lemina S Armsrong Djeneppo have had a few high spots but do not play well consistently

I think they are contriving to get us relegated not intentionally I agree but through their transfer policy I just cannot see us getting enough points with our current attack and cannot see three teams which are worse than us

As we are very likely to be relegated he may like Nigel Adkins get us promoted from the Championship I was sceptical of Adkins when he was appointed as I was happy with Pardew who had assembled a decent squad. I was also sceptical about Poch but thought Adkins should be replaced when we were in the PL However if we had won a couple of more games and Ralph had resigned to go to another club and we had a decent striker I would have thought employing Jones would be madness

I would take Klopp over Jones but like Dyche I doubt he would come here I usually accept what the club do as they know more about what is going on but like most I do not think this appointment is going to save us from relegation As I have said elsewhere it makes some sense if the club has accepted relegation and wants Jones to bring us up instead of getting in a PL manager and sacking him in May Going into the Championship may not be a bad if we can keep the young players and see them develop along with some of our own youngsters I did enjoy being in the League 1 and the Championship a few years ago a winning trip to Wembley lots of other wins cheaper tickets and less crowds

I first went to a Saints game in 1962 but followed them before that and seen top class layers from Paine and Sydenham through to Lallana and VVD But this squad today has no quality players who perform consistently well and have to Wow factor Apart from KWP we have not bought a really consistent top class player for years and we are have a poor squad like we had when we got relegated with Redknapp although that squad did have a few better players than we have today

Getting in Nathan to try to get us up after relegation next season seems a possible scenario Not very impressed with SR at the moment what is happening to their other clubs

It is not depressing really just reality get a grip we have very few top class players so who ever is the manager we are going to struggle that is life expecting consistently good results is insanity

It is not shit it is reality in the last 20 season which we have been in the PL we have have lost season 16 19 16 17 16 16 11 14 12 15 18 15 12 17 14 18 19 18 17 18 games in some cases with better players So it would be pretty remarkable with a young experienced squad that we would not expect to lose at least 15 games No doubt that is what the club expects and if we had scored another couple of goals from a limited attack we would be where we expected to be

The problem is that we are one of the weaker teams in the PL along with Bournemouth and Nottm Forest that is why we are near the bottom of the league we need better players

It is the same with Thames Valley buses a general lack of drivers likely caused by Brexit the gift that never gives

Why do you think the CEO and Manager are not up to the task have you spent time talking to them and discussing there ideas regarding the club. I heard an interview with Dion Dublin who had spent a day with Ralph and was impressed with him in fact he was asked if SFC were to get a new manager who should he be and he said Ralph Hassenhutl

I agree with your sentiments but is not really about Semmens or Ralph really It is down to SR who have an outlook similar to Liz Truss's economics which does not work in the real world of the PL No other club is remotely trying it as theire is little evidence that all good young Academy players will develop into top class PL players some will but most will not and the plan in my opinion is a reckless gamble We obviously need a striker who can score a dozen PL goals a a season but who would want to come here when we are likely to be in the relegation zone when the window starts in January Relegation may not be a bad idea as we are likely to come back quite quickly as there is such a gulf between the PL and the Championship Re

oh and shedloads of cash to spend…is the most important but it needs to be used on high quality players Neither of which we have

It seems Palace are performing well and we are missing four of our top players ABK KWP Tino and Lavio and our attack is crap so unsurprising we are losing We have no proper RB replacement so lets hope our hopeless attack can score a fluke goal I feel sorry for Ralph having to manage this shower of limited skill and creativity in the PL

They were great fifty years ago big John was my favorite but other teams especially Leeds had plenty of brawlers too I was recently watching a programme abou Jack Charlton blatantly kicking the shit out of Ossie by the touchline. Who could ever forget our own George Kirby causing mayhem fouling all and sundry I remember once George caused three Swansea players to be on the floor at the same time with our trainer having to help one of them Those days are over and some referees will no doubt behave quite differently to how our CBs played on Sunday