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eurosaint

eurosaint

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15 minutes ago, lumuah said:

Is there a reason why the kick off time is 12:31, and not 12:30?

 

Apparently it’s something to do with ‘resuscitation awareness’ ! It takes a minute to save a life !

Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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15 hours ago, Appy said:

Would be nice for Larin to follow in the footsteps of legends like Charlie Austin and Jordan Robertson by scoring on their debut. 

Colin Clarke. Hat-trick on his debut. Opening match of the 1986/7 season at the Dell. Smashed QPR 5-1, who had a very young David Seaman in goal. 

My first ever Saints game. I was hooked and thought it would be like that every week.

Spoiler: it isn't

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Verbal

Verbal

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8 hours ago, eurosaint said:

Apparently it’s something to do with ‘resuscitation awareness’ ! It takes a minute to save a life !

That's a very odd point to make though - if that's the one they're making. It's not uncommon for resuscitation efforts to go for up to 20 minutes, sometimes more. 

Chez

Chez

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6 hours ago, Midfield_General said:

Colin Clarke. Hat-trick on his debut. Opening match of the 1986/7 season at the Dell. Smashed QPR 5-1, who had a very young David Seaman in goal. 

My first ever Saints game. I was hooked and thought it would be like that every week.

Spoiler: it isn't

I went to that game, although it wasn't my first, so I knew we wouldn't win every week. However, if you only went to home games, as I did in 1986, it sure felt like it as we beat QPR, Liverpool, Newcastle and Spurs in the first couple of months. Obviously it didn't last.

Was Colin Clarke any good? I always felt that he needed about 6 or 7 chances to score. Luckily for him, we created a lot of chances and thus he got 20 goals. Would a better striker would have got 30+ or have I done him a disservice?

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Granite_City_Saint

Granite_City_Saint

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21 hours ago, Appy said:

Would be nice for Larin to follow in the footsteps of legends like Charlie Austin and Jordan Robertson by scoring on their debut. 

Even better if he follows in the footsteps of Alan Shearer and Colin Clarke on their home debuts.

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Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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1 hour ago, Chez said:

Was Colin Clarke any good? I always felt that he needed about 6 or 7 chances to score. Luckily for him, we created a lot of chances and thus he got 20 goals. Would a better striker would have got 30+ or have I done him a disservice?

I was 10 so I probably wasn’t analysing it very deeply but I loved him. Retrospectively I think he was probably quite an old fashioned, proper 80s centre forward. A bit uncultured by today’s standards but put himself about, gave central defenders problems and could score with his head or his feet. And I think you’re right that he probably missed a few, but in the top division he scored 20 in his first season with us and 16 in his second, which is pretty damn good by anyone’s standards. Clarke, Rideout, Shearer, Ostenstadt, Davies, Beatts, Pahars, Lambert, Pelle, Ings… we really have had some quality no 9s over the time I’ve been a fan. 

Maybe Larin will bang in a brace on Saturday and go on to join the list 

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lumuah

lumuah

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1 hour ago, Granite_City_Saint said:

Even better if he follows in the footsteps of Alan Shearer and Colin Clarke on their home debuts.

According to a co-pilot search (so probably wrong), the last Saints player to score a hattrick was Rickie Lambert in 2012.

We are definitely overdue one.....

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WALK DMC

WALK DMC

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Interesting stat ?  

We've kept more clean sheets (3) in the handful of games that we've played 4 at the back than the 2 (Swansea/Millwall) clean sheets achieved with 5 at the back over nearly 25 games. The clean sheets with 4 at the back are the the two recent games v Stoke & Sheff U and the home game in September against Pompey. 

It does make you wonder why both Will & Tonda were so stubborn in giving it an extended go. 

Of course, it may be absolutely nothing to do with formation, just the fact that Mssrs Manning, Bazunu and Wood have been removed from the team ............ 

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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21 minutes ago, lumuah said:

According to a co-pilot search (so probably wrong), the last Saints player to score a hattrick was Rickie Lambert in 2012.

We are definitely overdue one.....

Someone must have gone one at Newport when we rattled in 8 there?

Wasn’t v Sunderland because I was there for that one.

Harry_SFC

Harry_SFC

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43 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Someone must have gone one at Newport when we rattled in 8 there?

Wasn’t v Sunderland because I was there for that one.

Just off the top of my head. Mane Vs Villa in 2016 

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VectisSaint

VectisSaint

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2 hours ago, lumuah said:

According to a co-pilot search (so probably wrong), the last Saints player to score a hattrick was Rickie Lambert in 2012.

We are definitely overdue one.....

Sadio Mane in May 2015, fastest hattrick on record against Villa (6-1). I'd ignore co-pilot if I were you.

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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2 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I still count Pelle against Sunderland. It's absolute horse poo that one of them is given as a Bridcutt o.g. it was obviously going in without his involvement.

We were in Itchen Block 10 parallel to the goal and can’t agree with you there, it only crossed the line with Bridcutt’s fumble. 

eurosaint

eurosaint

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5 hours ago, Verbal said:

That's a very odd point to make though - if that's the one they're making. It's not uncommon for resuscitation efforts to go for up to 20 minutes, sometimes more. 

Not saying that I agree with it, I just Googled and that’s what it said !

Seemed strange to me as well 🤨

pingpong

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2 hours ago, VectisSaint said:

Sadio Mane in May 2015, fastest hattrick on record against Villa (6-1). I'd ignore co-pilot if I were you.

Seemed ok for me:

 

The last Southampton player to score a competitive hat-trick for the club was Sadio Mané. 

He achieved this feat on 1 May 2016 during a 4-2 victory against Manchester City in the Premier League at St Mary's Stadium. This was his second treble for the club, following his record-breaking hat-trick against Aston Villa in 2015, which remains the fastest in Premier League history at 2 minutes and 56 seconds.

While other players have come close since then:

Adam Armstrong scored two goals in a 2-0 victory against Crystal Palace in December 2025 and was denied a hat-trick by a late save.

Che Adams scored a hat-trick for the Scotland national team in June 2025 but never managed one for Southampton, having reached a brace on seven different occasions.

Dom Ballard scored a hat-trick for the Southampton Under-21s in May 2025 during a Premier League 2 play-off quarter-final against Fulham. 

Mané's 2016 performance against City stands as the most recent treble for the first team. 

suewhistle

suewhistle

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7 hours ago, Verbal said:

That's a very odd point to make though - if that's the one they're making. It's not uncommon for resuscitation efforts to go for up to 20 minutes, sometimes more. 

Possibly that you best start the process within one minute?

skintsaint

skintsaint

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1 hour ago, pingpong said:

Seemed ok for me:

 

The last Southampton player to score a competitive hat-trick for the club was Sadio Mané. 

He achieved this feat on 1 May 2016 during a 4-2 victory against Manchester City in the Premier League at St Mary's Stadium. This was his second treble for the club, following his record-breaking hat-trick against Aston Villa in 2015, which remains the fastest in Premier League history at 2 minutes and 56 seconds.

While other players have come close since then:

Adam Armstrong scored two goals in a 2-0 victory against Crystal Palace in December 2025 and was denied a hat-trick by a late save.

Che Adams scored a hat-trick for the Scotland national team in June 2025 but never managed one for Southampton, having reached a brace on seven different occasions.

Dom Ballard scored a hat-trick for the Southampton Under-21s in May 2025 during a Premier League 2 play-off quarter-final against Fulham. 

Mané's 2016 performance against City stands as the most recent treble for the first team. 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12390379/newport-0-8-southampton-mohamed-elyounoussi-scores-hat-trick-in-saints-romp

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Willo of Whiteley

Willo of Whiteley

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14 hours ago, WALK DMC said:

Interesting stat ?  

We've kept more clean sheets (3) in the handful of games that we've played 4 at the back than the 2 (Swansea/Millwall) clean sheets achieved with 5 at the back over nearly 25 games. The clean sheets with 4 at the back are the the two recent games v Stoke & Sheff U and the home game in September against Pompey. 

It does make you wonder why both Will & Tonda were so stubborn in giving it an extended go. 

Of course, it may be absolutely nothing to do with formation, just the fact that Mssrs Manning, Bazunu and Wood have been removed from the team ............ 

Need to send this data to Rasmus, clearly it’s been missed by the SR boffins 😂

lumuah

lumuah

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15 hours ago, pingpong said:

The last Southampton player to score a competitive hat-trick for the club was Sadio Mané. 

He achieved this feat on 1 May 2016

So nearly a mere decade since we've seen a league hattrick by one of our players......

ecuk268

ecuk268

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21 hours ago, lumuah said:

According to a co-pilot search (so probably wrong), the last Saints player to score a hattrick was Rickie Lambert in 2012.

We are definitely overdue one.....

Didn't Mane score the fastest hat-trick against Villa?

Appy

Appy

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19 hours ago, pingpong said:

Seemed ok for me:

 

The last Southampton player to score a competitive hat-trick for the club was Sadio Mané. 

He achieved this feat on 1 May 2016 during a 4-2 victory against Manchester City in the Premier League at St Mary's Stadium. This was his second treble for the club, following his record-breaking hat-trick against Aston Villa in 2015, which remains the fastest in Premier League history at 2 minutes and 56 seconds.

While other players have come close since then:

Adam Armstrong scored two goals in a 2-0 victory against Crystal Palace in December 2025 and was denied a hat-trick by a late save.

Che Adams scored a hat-trick for the Scotland national team in June 2025 but never managed one for Southampton, having reached a brace on seven different occasions.

Dom Ballard scored a hat-trick for the Southampton Under-21s in May 2025 during a Premier League 2 play-off quarter-final against Fulham. 

Mané's 2016 performance against City stands as the most recent treble for the first team. 

Well this never happened 

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East Kent Saint

East Kent Saint

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1 hour ago, Football Special said:

Has anyone asked AI to predict the Saints v Watford game this weekend?

A I predicting a 10-0 home win for Watford ,  all points scored in the forth quarter .  😄

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Saint86

Saint86

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On 04/02/2026 at 17:02, WALK DMC said:

Interesting stat ?  

We've kept more clean sheets (3) in the handful of games that we've played 4 at the back than the 2 (Swansea/Millwall) clean sheets achieved with 5 at the back over nearly 25 games. The clean sheets with 4 at the back are the the two recent games v Stoke & Sheff U and the home game in September against Pompey. 

It does make you wonder why both Will & Tonda were so stubborn in giving it an extended go. 

Of course, it may be absolutely nothing to do with formation, just the fact that Mssrs Manning, Bazunu and Wood have been removed from the team ............ 

5-2-2-1 (etc) is a dreadful formation. 4-2-3-1 allows us to play further up the pitch and carry more threat to the opposition, as a result we aren't pushed as deep and the opposition gets less chances and less dangerous ones at that. We also have one of the best squads in the league and should be worrying the opposition, not the other way around.

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Dman

Dman

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31 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

What's this about? Are we supposed to have beef with Watford?

 

 

25 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Admin going a bit OTT for this one.

Ticket sales are down and they think some noddy social media posts will encourage people to go. The reality is, they need to sort their shit out in the board room to get the fans back on board. 

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suewhistle

suewhistle

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To be honest I think a win with a number of goals including a debut one from Larin would help the crowds. Last time I did the sums the cost of my season ticket per points and goals seen was horrific.. I also can't remember when I was really relaxed about a lead and not worried about a defensive collapse.

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steve green

steve green

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1 hour ago, suewhistle said:

To be honest I think a win with a number of goals including a debut one from Larin would help the crowds. Last time I did the sums the cost of my season ticket per points and goals seen was horrific.. I also can't remember when I was really relaxed about a lead and not worried about a defensive collapse.

18th October 2014 mate.

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Football Special

Football Special

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2 hours ago, Dman said:

 

Ticket sales are down and they think some noddy social media posts will encourage people to go. The reality is, they need to sort their shit out in the board room to get the fans back on board. 

Yeah still more than 3000 home end tickets unsold , fans giving up on this season? 

Sir Ralph

Sir Ralph

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Need to win tomrorow. The outside chance of the playoffs will improve if we put together a run of wins from the winnable games coming up. this is about mindset.

Wade Garrett

Wade Garrett

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Fucked off that it’s a 12:30 kick-off.  Might have to miss going.

Just keep the same side that started v Stoke.  Larin should be ok for 25 minutes when Ross gets rested.  Be interested to see what he’s actually like.

Stripey McStripe Shirt

Stripey McStripe Shirt

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10 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

Fucked off that it’s a 12:30 kick-off.  Might have to miss going.

Just keep the same side that started v Stoke.  Larin should be ok for 25 minutes when Ross gets rested.  Be interested to see what he’s actually like.

It's not a 12:30 kick-off.

It's 12:31.

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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On 04/02/2026 at 06:44, eurosaint said:

Apparently it’s something to do with ‘resuscitation awareness’ ! It takes a minute to save a life !

I think the awareness campaign is called "every minute counts" or something like that. 

Wade Garrett

Wade Garrett

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1 hour ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

It's not a 12:30 kick-off.

It's 12:31.

That’s fucking brilliant news.  I can definitely make it now.

Cheers Stripey.

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franniesTache

franniesTache

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4 hours ago, Dman said:

 

Ticket sales are down and they think some noddy social media posts will encourage people to go. The reality is, they need to sort their shit out in the board room to get the fans back on board. 

Gordon Simpson left the club recently who used to do all the social stuff and marketing/comms, he was a saints fan from southampton who actually got the city and what the club means to us, it would appear whoever they've replaced him with has the knowledge of hamster who's been drinking bleach

Dman

Dman

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27 minutes ago, franniesTache said:

Gordon Simpson left the club recently who used to do all the social stuff and marketing/comms, he was a saints fan from southampton who actually got the city and what the club means to us, it would appear whoever they've replaced him with has the knowledge of hamster who's been drinking bleach

Probably an agency. 

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