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Great news for Maya, delighted for him. Very professional, competent and a great squad player.

Sorry but he hasn't just changed mane's game in under 3 weeks, taking him from utterly useless (according to the football experts on here), to someone we can't afford to lose for a month... thats down to the player adapting (helped by the coaches ofc) but it isn't him developing any new skills. Wanyama has just improved fullstop, when he first came he couldn't pass meters accurately. Likewise I think forster has benifited from full time exposure to the england goalkeeping coach and a better level of football. Koeman keeps them calm, gives the the belief and knowledge they can succeed and uses very sound tactics... He is a great manager in this regard, but I don't think he has made any significant developments in player skill yet relative to any other manager; only in mentality (prime example being Morgan) and tactical knowledge are there real signs of his input for me. The rest will come with time and a long tenure - something he historically does not do its worth remembering. Enjoy it all while it lasts, and remember the lows to stay grounded. Champions league would be amazing and a miracle - remember that if we don't make it!

"Forster, Pelle, Tadic, Mane are all not up to standard" - right lol... Great result, and excellent way to start the new year! Great job saints... We need to sing Toby!! Absolute snip at £8m when only 23.

mane is **** didn't you realise, shows you what retards we have on this forum rofl

Good win and a snap shot of the future. Happy saints fan

One of the worst refereeing performances we've had at SMS for many a long year. Struglling to think of a worse one tbh and hope we lodge a complaint of some kind. Happy with the team. We're clearly disjointed with the new formation but still offer a threat. Really like long for just his work rate if nothing else. Always a nuisance behind and pressing or winning headers (great jumper is long)... Also lol at american commentary, "with the bear hug from behind and heinrich maneuver" to describe players jostling from a corner Also warde prowse impressing me since he's been back. Really starting to see his potential now. before this i was always scratching my head with him.

Incredible.... "do not share stream" - thank you for ignoring this advice rofl

Ronald Koeman has made just 38 of the 48 substitutions available to him in the Premier League this season; no club has used as few.

Looks like I'll be keeping Lukaku as captain in fantasy football... He let me down this weekend. Sod's law if I change him he'll score another hatrick against us!!! The sacrafices I make in the name of saints!

What a save vs Sheffield!

Can't find a single good steam for this, and I've tried around 8!!!! Any help? One that doesn't jerk around would be nice

Sounds like he has been stitched up royally there, steve clarke's been sniffing around and accepted that job knowing full well Adkins would get the boot. Very familiar to his sacking with MoPo and the way cortese approached it. He's a good man and deserves better. Hope he can get himself a proper job as a result of all this. Also hope that Steve Clarke gets relegated.

Rowe (Please!), Sims and Jake Sinclair are the most obvious. Would love to see Rowe given a crack, especially considering the poor form of Mane, Long and Tadic in relation to actually producing goals in the last 4 games! Not knocking the ability of any of those players mind. Purely think that given their form, we should let the nippers have a go at Sheffield.

Xavi has said he's been the best goal keeper he's played against on several occasions... that is good enough for me. He also said that scholes was the most talented england midfielder since Le Tissier.... Why do people dislike Xavi?

I wouldn't mind seeing clyne take a few pen's, "dig that one out sunshine" springs to mind. But yeah, JWP is the boy. I hope his doubters have gone away, our set peice delivery from free kicks and corners is utterly shocking without the lad. When playing Pelle up front, that makes him a must starter. Hopefully we can go back to him, tadic/long and davis starting in midfield again soon. Like at the start. Jayrod to return in the new year at some point. Its not all bad news you know guys, we are 5th and pushing top 4 you realise! Europa league and LC final to come!

I also think that statement relates more the morgan than it does jayrod... No one is buying Jayrod until he proves he can still run on a football pitch...

I remember similar words in the summer sadly... Said in much the same way by Les Read. I hope the board won't start undermining Koeman like they did themselves.

You need to man up Graffito, didn'y you hear eelpie.... he's from London as well and he has no tolerance for anyone leaving before the final whistle.... He's a true and hard saints fan after all.... Anyone who leaves early should just not attend, lest they demoralise the players for the final 3 minutes

Good for you bud, I've heard London is a great place to live and very easy to get back to as well... I come from Bristol myself and I also stay to the end. In addition, and like most of the regular saints fans out there, I can also say I've been with the club since relegation from the prem (and long before), I've been through all the ****e and lucky enough to enjoy all the good as well such as the Norwich 2-2 penalties and Waigo's adopted child! Now... I don't leave early nor did I take offence on behalf of myself... what I don't like is people who have no consideration for their fellow saints fans and who then crawl out of the woodwork after a couple of unlucky defeats to attack our own fans, especially over something so trivial... What should politely be considered is that we have young families, elderly fans, or just your bog standard bloke in his 20-30's who rely on hourly buses or trains to get back home, or those that just have to rush off and can't afford to sit in the massive traffic to get back on the motorway... They make the effort to get into Southampton, (committing more time and money than most) but still just have to shoot off a few minutes early... it's there money and prerogative after all and is perfectly reasonable. You could for example consider the fans that arrive 5min after kick off, head down 5min early for half time, and get back to the stands after the second half kicks off for your ire? Where is your rage towards these people? Do they not also have a negative effect on the players who see them streaming for the exits after only 40min?!?!?! Simply put, it seems like we lose a few games and there are saints fans attacking other fans for any reason they see fit, rather than simply getting together behind the team and pushing them onwards. You may disagree, but if your want to come across as the guy that goes around criticising other fans for making an effort to attend a game then that's your choice... Maybe we should just ban them all from leaving before the final whistle, I'm sure the team would be equally cheered on by empty seats when they all stop attending... Or do you think we'd sell out every game and that there are legions of desperate saints fans waiting to take their places? Also, if the players are more worried about what a couple of hundred fans walking down the stairs in the 90th minute than pushing for an equaliser then there is something seriously wrong with their commitment and willingness to fight for the shirt. Fortunately this isn't the case. To each his own bud, but I'd tone down the anti other saints fan's rhetoric if it were me.

So, a saints fan who comes from some distance outside Southampton and has to run to either avoid serious traffic or catch a train is fickle? Where do you get off you pompous bell end! These guys are taking greater time, effort and cost to support the team whilst all you can do is sit on your backside and critisize them for it?!?! Get real mate, and go do one if your only contribution is to criticize other saints fans.

With all due respect to Burnley (who i like!), you can not honestly go to a relegation threatened club with the mindset of we'll do well to get a point unless you think we ourselves are at relegation scrap level?!?! It is not our players that are low on confidence but some of our fans. Too many have forgotten that we are 5th in the league, with some really exciting players. They are all to eager to come on here and slag off the players and tactics as if we should expect to have won at home to Man city, won and arsenal etc. These guys need to get real. Yes we would have all loved to pick up points from those games and are disappointed not to have, but the simple truth is that once again our heavy injury list has hit at the same time as us playing all the big teams. We're still very much in and about the top 6 so is it really that big a deal? Or did people think we were actually coming top 2 by the end of the season? Support the team, stop blasting all the players and for gods sake, we aren't bottom of the league, we can still expect to go to Burnley without having to snap there arm off for a point pre match... this isn't like playing chelsea away ffs. Man up!

On the plus side guys, we will absolutley go for them just due to Koeman. He will want to beat LVG more than anyone else in football I imagine. Add to that the fact that the pressure is off us due to all the injuries, and the fact that the team will have a point to prove after city and especially arsenal. I think we will batter united stats wise tbh; comfortable game with the score to flatter the mancs some degree... We need some positivity on here. 3-1

lol exactly, jackanory is talking out of his arse, I don't kow a united fan from manchester who is going to the game. In contrast I know 2 in london, 1 in bristol, 1 in glocustershire, and 1 in southampton.

Well, that puts pay to the theory about following your heart - Eastleigh got knocked out :/

Thats ******** and all though isn't it... we have the record turnover from tv monies that we haven't even touched, let alone the £30m profit from summer transfers.