LuckyNumber7

Thing is it could only go one of two ways this summer. Either we held onto all our top players, or they all left. As soon as the first goes it creates a domino effect and the rest were always going to follow. Lovren is all but gone and I would be amazed if we kept Morgan. I don't like it any more than you, but I accept football has a food chain and once the top clubs come knocking on the door we had no realistic chance of keeping our best players. Sadly that's how football works and I think some are being very naive in thinking otherwise. I'll reserve judgement on the board until September 1st when we see exactly how we have replaced the outgoing players.

Of course I realise not all are slagging him off just for leaving, but some are (Jackanory for example). And yes imo Lovren's comments are worse, the worst thing Adam said was some guff about dreaming of playing for Liverpool, I don't recall him slagging the club off in public whilst still an SFC employee.

Ridiculous over reaction from some. If you can't understand that he moved to better his career whilst at his peak then there's no hope for some. I'm sure 99% of us would do the same. Sure he said one or two things that were ill-advised upon leaving, but do people truly believe he meant them? I take most things said by footballers with a pinch of salt and to me they were just cheap sound bites aimed at his new fanbase. I'd far rather remember him for the many good things he did for us and the loyalty he showed in the lower leagues. Save your bile for Lovren, whose comments are far more deserving of it imo.

Absolutely this.

The players are leaving because they want to play Champions League football and be challenging for titles, something they cannot realistically achieve at Saints. Yes it's sad and it hurts, but unfortunately that's how things work in football. The board are doing their best in very difficult circumstances and while I'm hugely disappointed myself, I at least have confidence in them and Koeman to get good fees and reinvest in the team as best as possible. At least wait and see who we bring in.

Lambert coming to the end of his career. Ings is 21 and was the Championship Player of the Year last season, a bit better than 'okay'. For £8M he would be a sound investment imo.

Has been over hyped imo. A decent, tidy player but certainly doesn't look like a star in the making...yet. However, he's still only 19, with plenty of time on his side to develop and I would love to be proved wrong. Hopefully Koeman can take his game to the next level.

I don't believe in god and hate the royal family, I wouldn't sing it either. As said it's not even an English song ffs. Not singing that terrible dirge is in no way representative of a lack of passion or desire to win. Needs changing.

I'm in Miami and was at the game, although it's just a friendly I thought England were very poor. Adam was ok first half but faded a bit second. No one really played well but Welbeck and Johnson were particularly poor. As for the delay, although frustrating there was some pretty close lightning overhead at times so understandable. Nice to meet several other Saints fans here too!

What a bellend.

These Hummel kits are absolutely hideous.

Very nice kit, shame it's fake.

So many high points it's impossible to choose, but the one that sticks most in the mind is the late comeback at Brighton, that's when I knew we were going up. Low point was Adkins' sacking, obviously everything has worked out well since but I really fell out of love with Saints and football in general for a while after that. Closely followed by the 2-2 against P*mpey which was a real kick in the gonads. On the whole though it's been an incredible 5 years, and we need to realise how lucky we actually are and enjoy it while it lasts. Hopefully we can push on again over the summer, rather than see everything dismantled which would be a real shame.

Love our badge, it's completely unique and it's components represent the city and surrounding area. It's a little bit quirky and different, but I think that suits the club well! Keep it please.

I understand that, it's the fact people are still going on about it weeks later that I find a bit sad, especially after a win.

I cannot believe some are still banging on about this game. How about giving credit to Sunderland, who despite making a lot more changes than us actually played pretty well and fully deserved to win. The arrogance of some thinking we should have walked our way to Wembley is cringeworthy. We lost a 5th round cup game, it happens, move on!

Yes but would have been opened if demand was there. Point is a lot of fans don't seem to care much about the cups either.

Personally not too bothered we lost, but all these people slagging off the club for 'disrespecting' the cups make me laugh. If everyone cares so much about the cups, where were they for the Burnley and Yeovil games where the ground was half empty?

I have no problem with that lineup. It's a squad game and the league will rightly always be the priority.

We will finish 9th at the very worst. Next week is irrelevant, we have had an excellent season for our second year back, I'm more interested in seeing what happens in the summer and whether we show intent to push on again next season.

Am I the only one who would be happy with this? I thought it was cool how we had our own brand, and they can't be any worse than the Adidas kits. Most important though, I really hope we get our stripes back.

He had a slightly below par game today, that's all, everyone has them. Considering he's just 18, it's scary how good he could be.

The League Cup has become a pointless joke of a competition as nearly every team just play their reserves in it now, and the FA Cup is rapidly heading the same way. I find it very hard to get excited by these games, and tbh couldn't give a toss that we went out last night. Even in the very unlikely event that we did win it, it would feel hollow. I am pleased that we go into a far more important game on Saturday with a mostly fresh squad, who haven't just played a game 300 miles up the country just two and a half days before. All I care about is finishing as high up the league as we possibly can. Sorry if that upsets anyone, but it's how I feel, and clearly the club agree. As a side note, huge respect to those fans who travelled up last night, but I'm sure they knew what kind of team we would be fielding.

Don't agree with your views on Southampton, but you are spot on with this. Miami is a fantastic place. 90% of the parts of London I've been to have been disgusting, can't stand the place.

If I ever had the chance to live in America and claim US citizenship I would do it, regardless if it meant giving up my British passport. While there are many worse places to live in the world, there is so much I hate about this country.