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If it means that portsmouth are in debt to Saints I am in two minds. On the one hand, hilarious! On the other hand... they won't pay it back. 😑

He's a solid keeper who has done alright for us. Sometimes poor, sometimes superb. Ralph is determined to play with a high line and we don't have the team for it, which has left him horribly exposed. Against Tottenham he was left to 2 world class wolves in Son and Kane. Stephens could be shot for 3 or 4 of those goals, but even then its Ralph's style of play (and refusal to change tactics) that cost us in all seriousness If you want to lay the blame anywhere, start and stop with Reed and Co, utterly crippled the club .

I mean, tbf I think we've all been told it's Robert Kraft...

I have to agree with you. Lord forbid we have a player come out as gay (tom Davies maybe?)... Some of our fans can't even tolerate someone that doesn't play for us dressing up for New York fashion week.

He is always shit after a break. Him and Bednarek have been utter dog shit in the first 2 games. Needlessly giving the ball away, positionally utter garbage, and no fucking marking to speak off. 4 straight defeats coming up.

Only a few more of Les' legacy to shift. We are so lucky to have got Ralph - without him we'd have been relegated and face an almost certain financial implosion - dragged down through the leagues by the weight of a bloated and average squad on wages far above our stature. That future would have been far bleaker than what followed the last relegation imo. Thankfully we seem to have escaped it, touch wood.

His ambition is to grow a global network of clubs with Southampton as its hub. He's talking about getting major clubs in Brazil, as well as top division teams in Europe's main leagues. There is great potential there for saints. But it could also be too good to be true. Certainly though, it is something to be excited about. Don't forget, sources inside the club have been making happy houses for a while whilst this has been going on. Including Ralph and Semmens.

Not going to lie, feeling a slight tinge of regret that we aren't being linked with some decent craft beers.

A hell of a lot better recently! Good job Stevo!

Struggling to find one of your posts where you aren't derogatory towards other posters or their views. Did we hire a new mod during the site's down time?

In all seriousness, the not606 one is a decent stand in as well. I think people have to just be patient with Steve re this forum. Its not run as a business ultimately.

I may have made a discovery. If I clear cookies and sign out, I am able to browse the site and all threads with absolutely zero issues. The pages load instantly. Might be mere coincidence, good luck testing it

IMO, we only really need a CM player at this point. We've got 4 strikers, 4 attacking mids for the two positions, 2 players each for the full back spots, 3 solid CBs (maybe need 1 more there), but only 3 CM for the two spots - and these are our most worked players and most likely to pick up suspensions.

Hopefully this is not the end of Saintsweb, but is there a solid interim option for an alternative site? Been using this place for years, but struggling to get on at all now and really missing the Saints gossip and ITK snippets 😪.

It is a shame, sounds like they want to freshen up. i suspect we'll see a more diverse cast take the reigns with regards to both gender and ethnicity. I doubt him recently speaking his mind has helped his cause, but then i might be doing Sky a disservice with that statement.

The last few days i'd have had a better chance of seeing Saints score a goal at home under Puel's final games, than connect to the site. Thankfully on this morning! So whatever you did, it worked! good job 👍

New sponsorship deal with Dell it is then 🙃 (Not ITK or anything)

Dan Sheldon's second piece of work for the Athletic covering saints leaves much to be desired. "the festive period should be a run of games where Southampton feel as though they can go on a run, especially as they are only playing two of the premier leagues top 6 sides. December starts at Brighton, and is followed by matches against Sheffield United, arsenal (FYI Dan - they aren't a top 6 side), Fulham, and west ham." Poor writing, factually incorrect, and I wouldn't confidently predict a run of wins from games that have man City and arsenal in the middle of them. If he had taken 20min to proof this it would have been worth it. Anka will continue to be missed it seems. Bit of a change up for Dan, hopefully he gets himself going in no time!

Its fine this morning. Woop woop. I'd sadly fear for the longevity of the forum if we end up in the new season with people unable to access it though. 🤥

Not bad fixtures, nice run in, and a decent start with Tottenham and Palace imo.

Anka has been the best journalist covering saints in years. Dan was working for the echo which people routinely bemoaned on here... Nothing against Dan and hope he can step up with greater resources at his disposal...but this all feels very mane / redmond like.

Silver linings 🤣

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8631227/15m-China-shirt-crisis-hits-Southampton-main-sponsor-LD-Sports-set-pull-plug-deal.html I can't say i'm surprised by this. What a car crash of a sponsor from start to finish! Does this mean we can get shirts without a sponsor on for the coming season? Or, failing that, we can get a different sponsor on the shirt in time? Assume this is political as well given its impacting several clubs. On that note, it is an interesting one to be honest, the Chinese are withholding the TV money funds and calling the league's bluff on future payments. That in itself has quite significant impacts due to the funding blackhole. But also relegating it to a sub prime tv channel may damage long term interest? I wonder what the long term financial impacts are for saints as well re ownership. Yes the owner doesn't invest in us anyway (so no loss there) but what if the Chinese government actually instruct owners to start actively damaging managed clubs? Is there a risk there?

https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2020-08-12/mohammed-salisu-southampton-football-club-transfer-reaction One of the most genuine interview pieces i've seen a new signing do at Saints. Looking forward to seeing him in the shirt! Welcome Salisu! Chant wise, could we borrow the old Wanyama Celtic chant? "Mohammed Sal - is - uuu" Mohammed Salisu Sali suuuu Sali suuu OHHH OHH!"