Saint86

If you haven't noticed yet, Hughes plays safe until midway through the second half, then goes for the win if its there.

This game reminds me of when Hull came to St Mary's under Silva. We were everton in that case, had nothing to play for and offered nothing. The win was there for Silva and Hull but they took the draw. They went down. I hope we go for the win!!

Wow, you really can't read sarcasm very well can you Best watch my back in the real world... "A pretty d1ck move" - and you think i'm being serious. Good lord its snowflake central these days.

To be fair, and whilst not phrased in the best manner, he's probably annoyed at a thread title that says a key opposition player is banned.... but isn't. A pretty **** move from the OP.

Cloud cuckoo land.... He did nothing but ride a momentum curve to make some money and hamstring the club's potential when it was at its peak. He has taken us from a champions league contender to relegation fodder in less than 2 seasons. And you are on here trying to defend him.

We'd have got smashed. As any sensible fan who watches the team knows. As was said by a few of us, that could be a very good point come the end of the season. It may not. But either way, Hughes knew we could not win that game so he took the point and hoped its enough in the long run. Anyone who thinks we could have attacked that Leicester line (at that point in time) and won the game is a complete dreamer tbh. I still think it would be hard for us to go there and better a point now, and I don't think I'd risk it as survival is in our own hands now. Beat Swansea and we really should stay up. Beat Swansea and draw with Everton/City and we will... all thanks to that Leicester point. Fail to stay up and its not even remotely Hughes' fault.

If we beat Swansea we really should stay up.

So I updated my original tracker to reflect results and kept the predictions for the remaining games - it results in 33 points and almost certain relegation. Originally had us on 36points as a squeaky bum time survival shot. A total that I can see us reaching now with a win over swansea and a draw against Everton. Who knows!

Rumoured to be in for Celta's Sisto, would be a decent buy for us if its true. Pacy and powerful winger.

There is actually a chance that Everton could send Moyes down

I cashed out my relegation bet after the Cherries win. Had a strong feeling we'd win and almost did it before. The bet returned £84, and the peak cash out was £57. Settled for £40 in the end, plus put a bet on us to beat Bournemouth... not a horrendous weekend all in all The question is. Do I bet on Liverpool to win the Champions League... Another insurance bet that will cheer me up if they manage it

Well... it is discriminatory towards foreigners, and in a rather biased fashion. Its also a stupid comment since some of the key players behind that win were not English. Unless Lemina and Tadic are English surnames?!??! And against this, some of the players people have been moaning about for most on this are Forster, Bertrand and JWP... And unless I am very much mistake they all speak English as their first (and probably only) language. In fact, someone come and get me when the fans come up with a regular chant for our English players.

A great result on the weekend. I must admit I went to Bristol Rovers vs Gillingham which had the nice bonus of stopping me having to sit through 90min of nail biting!! Was delighted to see the result at full time and was tense enough reading Sky Sports commentary as Macca kept pulling out the saves! One win now and we're in with a very good chance, and we've certainly put the pressure on those above us. If ourselves, Huddersfield and Stoke weren't all so complete ****, West Ham may have ended up going down!!

Well £56.99 to be exact. Not that that's going to make you stop calling other posters a liar in off hand remarks.

Don't really get your outrage with this tbh. Far bigger problems than attacking one of our longest serving and loyal players.

I put £12 on us to go down when Palace took the lead against us. I would never normally bet against Saints, but when that goal went in i was both certain we were fecked, and furious at the club. Ultimately its a silver lining if we go down, and that looks very likely. I can cash it in for £57 now. Tempted to stick it all on Liverpool to win the CL. Again, a silver lining insurance bet.

No. Our leadership is pathetic and delusional. They'll probably have their own rewards for most transfer profit. Or maybe for whose son has the most Saints talent contracted to him.

Could be worse mate, we could have been finishing below Pompey next season and be the bottom ranked club on the south coast.... Let that sink in.

Get a grip of yourself mate, jeez Louise! I purely commented on the rumoured tour and reasons. What is with our melt fans turning on other Saints fans? Fecking embarrassing for those involved.

No.

Les Reed. Until he goes

Talent with what looks to be a very selfish mentality and no team ethic. Top 6 / top 8 squads can afford this. With our defence we simply cannot afford such a lazy player.

The confidence is shot and the defence has been weakened to long past breaking point.

I don't know if this has already been reported on here (if so I've missed it amongst the wrist slitting and fan angst), but Gao wants us to tour China in the pre-season. This is with a backdrop to raising the club's profile in the east, and also to work with Lander sports development to open 10 coaching academies - queue a Chinese prodigy (or not) in the saints team in circa 10years. A large part of me feels this is the very last thing we need to be distracted by this summer. Miles from Europe and the UK right when we need to be restructuring the staff and the players... and with all the hastle entailed in communicating over that distance. On top of that, its going to come after what has been a long hard season for the players that stay, and potentially a world cup (assuming we keep any of those players). On the flip side, it does show some interesting intent from the owner, and an interest in the club and its stature/progression.

This thread is shocking. Get a look at yourselves ffs. We are all saints fans, and wherever you fall on that spectrum I'm sure there are other fans that annoy you... But we are all Saints fans! Its a shared journey of suffering, occasional highs, and regular disappointment!! You want to hate someone, look to Liverpool, West Ham, Pompey etc. Not ourselves.