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ooh I have some insider knowledge here 😁 When they originally submitted the applications for this (they were put on hold when they got relegated then they resubmitted them on going back up), the Planning Officer dealing with the application had to go to Staplewood to take a look around as their layout and facilities were basically a carbon copy of ours.

The iroiny of him sulking about not going to Ipswich is that last season he had a moan cos they boo'ed him......yet lo and behold now its the answer to his prayers !

Whilst I agree can I point out that Juric does put Smallbone on at the most ridiculous times, he's not much cop when we are chasing a game and he's equally inept on the rare occasions we are trying to hold onto a game. I'm sure next year, like a lot of them, he will look 10 times better than he does now but I wouldn't be devastated if he did leave.

Sorry? This season has been utter shit, very few players have done anything useful all bloody season let alone anything of note so now some of you want to turn on an 18 year old kid who has actually had some very decent moments and games. All lads his age have good games then bad games ffs. To take a pop at him whilst others like Aribo the darling of the Northam with that infernal Spandau Ballet song get away with having as much mobility as a cargo ship stuck in mud is pathetic.

Bugger, I meant to have a couple of quid on him to score today and forgot about it !!

Armstrong is one of the prime examples in highlighting the gulf between Premier League and Championship. In the Championship you would want him in the team all day long.....in the Prem, nowhere near the starting eleven.

Maybe the silence from both Saints and WBA tells us that it didnt actually happen?

What goal scoring forward is coming to a team nailed on for relegation mid season?

Yeah agreed, I was thinking more of when this miserable, sorry season has limped to an end

Bednarek, as someone has already said has along with Captain Jack been the two longest serving mainstays in this totally inept defensive structure we have had for the last 6 or 7 years at least. The mentality when we let a goal in, the lack of common sense defending and the inability to even apply damage limitation stands out a mile. I wouldnt be gutted to see Janny B go in all honesty, I think defence needs a complete overhaul, not just patching up

Hasn't been anywhere near that uncooked chicken again has he ? 😁

Yes, he's not shit, he's a second striker who's strengths are holding the ball up and creating space or chances for the primary striker. Unfortunately once Ings left he was always played as either a lone striker or the main one, both of which he.....well tbh he was shit at those roles !

You’ve got the keeper wrong, there’s no way Bazunu will not be no. 1 choice.

He didn’t care enough to apologise for getting sent off for pulling someone’s hair though did he? As club captain that should have been a given.

Just gets better and better doesn’t it? 🤦‍♂️

Thats a given. "Come here with me Jack, I'll make you captain, we can enjoy many more beautiful moments together, you are an exceptional human being" blah blah fkin blah!!

He was the name that sprung to my mind along with that other class CB of note Steven Caulker !!

When fit Capt Jack is gonna continue being shoehorned in even without his mate Martin in charge isnt he ? 💩

You cant have been watching Southampton for that many years if you honestly think that. There have been far worse than him.

Given it’s against Eddie Howe I would have gone with Fraser instead of Armstrong. They are equally bad admitted but RF would have that little bit of bite about him to put one over that smug grinning bastard

Tbf given the weather forecast they can easily travel down later today or, God forbid, the morning of the match !! Its not that long a flight and the gales/rain is only going to affect them if they go via Glasgow or the Isle of Man !! Obviously getting their excuses in early for when they fall to our silky yet gritty style of football courtesy of Armstrong, Aribo and Smallbone !

It was going alright until Trump & Musk took over the world yesterday 🫢

Good lord, the mists of time have worked their magic on you havent they ? He was a decent full back in the Championship, he was far from being great ! Anyone who is barely in the same postcode as the winger he's supposed to be marking is not great at defending.

Well look at the personnel and who are the same “defenders”? KWP, I really like him but defending he’s not the best, Stephens, ok he’s injured at the moment and Janny B! Theyve been here throughout this period of being unable to defend !

Again, fitness issues due to RM’s “have another day off” regime