Saint86

Its not that, our model has become very risk averse. We came up and immediately signed players so our squad was the best of the championship - Morgan, Clyne, Lallana, Lambert, Fonte etc etc. That is directly what all our success stemmed from. But we have thrown it out the window and gone already are the days where we used to have a core of talented, driven and energetic players used to english football. We aren't even linked with championship players, when the simple fact is we should be all over players like Ryan Sessegnon, Cariney, knockaert, brown etc. Its actually very poor from the club and we have completley lost our "way". Even Poch played gallagher, and will finish better than both Puel and Pellegrino... And whilst you need the addition of some foreign class (Wanyama, Mane, VVD etc.), the core should remain as a progressive and energetic squad, who are used to the tempo and aggression of english footy. Right now, saints have zero identity. And that is why we are struggling.

Davis is a great player for Saints and frankly anyone who singles him out for criticism over most of the squad knows jack schitt about football. He has been ever present since Adkins... That tells you all you need to know.

I have it as 25%, but there or there abouts.

As fans, we are being taken for a ride. Sadly the majority are a bit slow on the uptake and it takes us circa 3 years to get with the times.

Really?

The board and club have been taking the fans for a ride for quite a while now. Given this, is it surprising, especially when we have a team of mercenaries on the field, half of which don't bother to play?

Have to say. Its been another totally gash summer from the club.

Anyone else think we should just sell the ****? (C-word). But not to liverpool ofc.

Also agree, cheers Tom.

Not really. For a few years it was prodigious. But its in a lull at the moment. That is natural. Or do you see 10 Messi's at barca (one for each year of the last decade).

Given we just failed to beat a mid table championship side's second string; I think our fans should be a lot more humble about the proposition of Huddersfield. We'll do very well to get anything more than a draw here.

Huddersfield win for me.

Our attacking players just aren't good enough. And by this I mean the attacking mids / wingers. They can't finish, they aren't quick enough with their play, and they don't create enough decent chances for the striker. Selling Mane for £30m and not adequately replacing his attacking threat was probably the worst bit of business we've done since Bale and Fourpast.

What a load of rubbish this thread is. A guy fancies other guys.... let's start a 100+ post thread about it on a football forum. When you know your team's had a slow summer...

That is my take as well. And people are queuing up to thank her for it. Joke TBH.

And people were so quick to thank her...

The ****ing petty arguments on this site are embarrassing...

Nothing to do with a terrible injury. Always strange that people enjoy the misfortune of others.

Surprised he needed to come out tbh. Was pretty damn obvious to most? Anyway, who cares? People who make a big deal out of this are directly contributing to social stigmas.

Why is everyone crying about CB's and VVD.... We need more goals! It should be blindly obvious to everyone!

This will just make the whole market worse to be honest. Less time to make transfers, higher pressure. What they should have done was get rid of the transfer window full stop. Needless to say, people will just lap this up regardless.

Will be ironic if she's just sold us to the equivalent of Chanrai and we're all thanking her for it. But for what Marcus, Nicola and Katrina have done, we have certainly been very lucky to have them at the club.

+1 for the ignore list it is.

Theo Walcott anyone?

Will be blunt. I am not sure there is much between VVD's current ability, and where stephens will be at the end of the season. VVD is a fantastic footballer and a giant of a man who is superb physically but sometimes lacks intelligence. Stephens is a classy defender who is only getting better and better with each game I watch him. He's not VVD yet, but I can see him being very good.