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Swing Russ, Swing Russ Martin...

That's fucking Sue Perb.

Agreed.

There is indeed. Shall we revel in all of it here, on this Southampton FC dedicated forum? What shall we talk about first? Child poverty? The migrant crises across Europe? Israeli aggression in the Middle East?

Great. I think relegation is very likely, considering our squad, but I won't fucking enjoy it or find it interesting in the process. Much like I didn't enjoy losing to Millwall or Cardiff last season. It hurts.

There's a difference, in that you seem to be finding it comedic and intriguing. I'm finding it fucking infuriating and downright depressing.

He just needs to tell the players to get onto the front foot and fucking get it in to the mixer, right?

Hope the PL enjoy having non entity clubs like Brentford and Bournemouth for eternity, then. Their fans are fucking dire.

That is fucking morbid. Bet you were glued to the screen when Leicester and United dicked us 9-0. You fucking masochist, you.

Fuck you pal.

Oh fucking dear. Oh dear. A pretty abysmal performance... toothless and embarrassingly weak. They're slicing through us like a knife through hot butter. we look like a poorly organised Championship outfit.

Come on lads! Fingers crossed for all three points 🤞

Be intrigued to see if he could get a tune out of this squad in this league. It's a fucking tough job.

Agreed.

About to finish 2-0 Saints.

I wish we were Ipswich.

It's baffling how many people can't see this. The quality of our squad is relegation-from-PL level. That is par.

We absolutely aren't allowed nice things. We're little old Southampton. As a former CEO said, we're lucky to be in the PL at all, being a club of our size. We should be grateful that we have a chance to play on this stage!

Finished 3-0 pal.

I doubt they were remarkable achievements if you were to look at their squad/first team in comparison to the rest of the lower half of the PL they joined at the time. Compare our attack to that of Bournemouth, Forest, Wolves, Brentford, Leicester. We are handicapped as a result.

It's all relative, pal. Our squad is shite, particularly up top. Have a look, don't reckon you'll find much worse in the PL currently. That's what makes it different to our previous times in the league. When we last were promoted to this league, we had a brilliant, talismanic striker. This time round we have Cameron Archer. Tries hard, but is it the same as having a Rickie-esque legend? Nah.

I think most people realise we're likely to be relegated. Let's be realistic. We were relegated as a fucking god-awful team with a whole host of limited players. We finished 4th last year and were beaten by teams like Stoke, Bristol City, Millwall, to name but a few. We conceded a ridiculous amount of goals. We were never going to excel this season. It'll be really grim this season.

Agreed. We had too much to do over the summer to our first team (and squad) to stock it full of players of enough quality to stay up.

Unlucky there. Reminded me of the late David Norris Portsmouth equaliser in the 2-2. Gutting.

I mean, Archer's chance is as close as you can get to on target!