John B

With a new goalkeeper reportedly on the list of transfer targets for Southampton, the Saints are said to be monitoring Lazio and Albania goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha, 26, as a potential signing. (La Repubblica, via Sport Witness) I do think this is a priority along with a LB Of course if Ings leaves he would need replacing

Without knowing what is in his Job Description I doubt we can decide whether he is performing well especially if the players are not of high consistent quality.

Call me old fashioned but why do we pay £15m for Che Adams if he does not know how to finish I watched Saints in the 1960s when we had less coaches but got similar results

Ten attempts in the opening half an hour. Only one on target. It's been entertaining so far but Saints have not been able to make their chances count story of our season

Me too used to work in Brentford for thirty years lived not far away so like friends and wife's family who support them I hope they get promoted

I dont know whether you are right but someone has to be the worst player like someone has to be the best one

and earning £50k per week

I do not dispute he scores some good goals and I quite like how he plays but he does seem to miss quite a number too. The PL is so competitive and wins are based on fine small margins a couple of extra goals would have made so much difference to our season For instance if we had beaten Wolves at home when we were well on top we would I think be 12th - do not know if Che was playing in that game but an extra goal in the first half may have led to another three points

According to my info he has played 64 games and scored 12 Goals in the PL which is what I was talking about Che Adams Statistics | Premier League

Yes I agree but I would have hoped he got at least 10 in the PL thats all

In 200 games since 2011 in the PL he has scored 40 goals according to Wiki Whilst Adams has scored 11 in 61 games Neither that very good do you not agree Beattie Scored 68 goals in 204 games for us Pelle 23 in 68

And a few months ago we were top. Quite a fall I would have thought and a serious warning for next season

If we have a fully functioning striker we usually do well Lambert was probably the last decent one we had and Beattie before him Pelle was OK so is Ings but he is an injury waiting to happen Mane was excellent but not an out and out striker As we have little cash I doubt we will get in a really decent one this summer especially as most clubs will be looking for strikers

With the Saints having such a bad time I was taking comfort in Hampshire having a good season I don't know why as we were pretty average in 2020. At least I probably feel a great deal better than Pompey supporting Hampshire fans who must be gutted after yesterdays results

Realistically we just cannot compete with the large city clubs which have large budgets but we have been in the PL for 22 seasons which is more than other clubs of a similar size which is quite an achievement being 11th Southampton 22 Manchester 24 West Ham United 25 Aston Villa 26 Newcastle United 26 Arsenal 29 Chelsea 29 Everton 29 Liverpool 29 Manchester United 29 Tottenham Hotspur 29 We also were in the First Division for twenty years or so

Unsurprising really as the standard of players has been the same since VVd left Without outstanding players we will continue to struggle like we did when last got relegated The Academy is not producing many PL players so we have to virtually buy a team

Allardyce's proud record of never being relegated now requires his side to win all four of their remaining games, beginning with a trip to Arsenal on Sunday, and hope the five teams outside the drop zone that they can still catch fail to win another match.

They probably are thick as mince and do not understand the laws. Referees and umpires sometimes get things wrong but should be respected otherwise there would be no sport.

This thread reminds me that had a hell of a hangover 45 years ago today Stupidly I tried to get into Channon's testimonial after watching Hampshire lost to Derbyshire in the B and H Cup on the Monday Despite losing we qualified for the knock out stage where Mike Procter then wrecked Hampshire's hopes as he took 4 wickets in 5 balls, including a hat-trick. First he bowled Greenidge and then trapped Richards (though the latter always claimed he got an inside edge) and Jesty lbw, and comprehensively bowled John Rice. Great Memories

If we do not lose against Fulham we stay up so lets hope we get a point when we play them

If we do lose to Crystal Palace and Fulham we deserve to go down

I doubt many of the Saints players would get into the Spurs teams Saints have hardly ever beaten Spurs in the League so I find it unsurprising that we lost especially as we are currently playing poorly

I think ten clubs have better squads than us and four have worse So I would expect us to finish 11 to 16th but as we recently lost to both Villa and Wolves recently 13th to 16th is not an unreasonable place to be at the moment

365 for 5 just before lunch pretty turgid progress although Daws did hit a 6 and a 4 in one over Alsopp out for 149 I think

A bit disappointing but both Leicester and Spurs have better players than us and both challenging for CL places so unsurprising