What’s your unpopular opinion on Saints?

[Willo of Whiteley]

Whether it be club or player focused, what is an opinion that you have that sparks a reaction from others. 

Not for wind up purposes, but give a legitimate reason behind your thinking.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Eg. Mine is:

Tom Fellows is an extremely overrated player.

I couldn’t care less about the fact he’s played at RWB, he’s been high enough up the pitch for most of the season to create chances and quite simply he doesn’t.

He is excellent at doing a few stopovers and dragging it to the the byline, only for it to either be cleared, blocked or headed away.

No goals, poor composure and very few assists from a player who we paid that amount for.
Let’s not beat around the bush, that is so poor.

Also a player I don’t think would be able to step up to the Premier League.

Edited 8 hours ago by Willo of Whiteley

[Saintinnot]

Mine is that Jack Stephens is my favourite Saints player - think he is a great leader and possibly our best  defender 

[trousers]

My unpopular observation is that opinions are ultimately futile....

[kwsaint]

Mine is that the stadium doesn’t need expanding…

[ally_uk]

Cameron Archer isn't up to this level. 

[trousers]

Just now, ally_uk said:

Cameron Archer isn't up to this level. 

I think you might need to read the question more carefully....  

Edited 8 hours ago by trousers

[Colinjb]

Ricardo Fuller deserved better from us during his time here, his form saved us from a relegation fight in 05/06 but due to his past association he was never accepted and we ended up losing a gem of a player.

[John B]

3 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

Cameron Archer isn't up to this level. 

So what a lot of players  over the years have  been in the same situation that is Football

[coalman]

Tonda has underperformed with the players at his disposal.

[tdmickey3]

12 minutes ago, coalman said:

Tonda has underperformed with the players at his disposal.

This

[Colinjb]

13 minutes ago, coalman said:

Tonda has underperformed with the players at his disposal.

Over Christmas and New year, cannot dissagree, but still, had the league started when he took over we would be top of the league. His first job, he is doing everything we could have expected from him.

https://onefootball.com/de/news/the-amazing-championship-table-since-southampton-appointed-tonda-eckert-42464180

Edited 7 hours ago by Colinjb

[Ekelund24]

If Rory Delap wasn’t injured we would’ve won the FA Cup in 2003. Also, that Fabrice Fernandes was a lot better player than most people give him credit for. 
 

 

[EssEffCee]

The slow version of OWTS is shite and should be limited to 2/3 outings per game.

[Nordic Saint]

Our squad really isn't as strong as the results under Eckert have made it look. We still haven't solved the goalkeeper or centre forward problems. We only won 4 of the 50 games before he took over.

[Sheaf Saint]

Gonna get pelters for this, but...

I don't hate Pompey.

[trousers]

"Playing 4 at the back instead of 3 / 5 won't make any difference..."

[whelk]

7 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Gonna get pelters for this, but...

I don't hate Pompey.

Don’t know where to start 

[coalman]

4 minutes ago, whelk said:

Don’t know where to start 

To be fair he didn't express what feelings he has towards Pompey. There are plenty of valid options which aren't "hate". Such as "pity".

[Kenilworthy1959]

1 hour ago, Colinjb said:

Ricardo Fuller deserved better from us during his time here, his form saved us from a relegation fight in 05/06 but due to his past association he was never accepted and we ended up losing a gem of a player.

Totally agree. But he wasn't that good before he was loaned to Ipswich. He came back a transformed virtually goal a game player. Aside from his association there was a prejudice that at £90,000 he just wasn't expensive enough.

[EssEffCee]

15 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Gonna get pelters for this, but...

I don't hate Pompey.

[trousers]

"It doesn't matter who the manager is, no one is going to get a tune out of these mediocre players"

 

[trousers]

"The stats that consistently put Bazunu at the bottom of the goalkeeper rankings are meaningless"

[coalman]

5 minutes ago, trousers said:

"The stats that consistently put Bazunu at the bottom of the goalkeeper rankings are meaningless"

At a certain point this is just trolling.

[whelk]

Gaston Ramirez will come good

[LaptopSaint]

We should’ve built a team around Soufiane Boufal 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Mayuka wasn't given enough game time. Could have been world class, given the chance.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

And Djneppo was well and truly shit.

[coalman]

Gabbiadini was offside.....

 

 

 

 

said no one ever

[Turkish]

28 minutes ago, trousers said:

"The stats that consistently put Bazunu at the bottom of the goalkeeper rankings are meaningless"

 

30 minutes ago, trousers said:

"It doesn't matter who the manager is, no one is going to get a tune out of these mediocre players"

 

 

48 minutes ago, trousers said:

"Playing 4 at the back instead of 3 / 5 won't make any difference..."

😂😂😂😂

so much material 

[Mixedkebab]

That our support has way too high a percentage of boring drips who don’t make any noise in the stands, too passive. Yesterday great evidence of that.

 

[ant]

The Championship isn't fun. It's scary.

And getting out of it is worth the risk of another season like the last one.

[Dr Who?]

I am not a great fan of OWTS song! 

[benjii]

Peter Shilton would struggle to get a game in League Two.

[LeBizzier69]

2 hours ago, kwsaint said:

Mine is that the stadium doesn’t need expanding…

Mine is that the away fans shouldn’t have been moved. Might not be unpopular though…?

[Farmer Saint]

The fans are shit...

[saintant]

I think our badge is one of the worst in professional football and should be scrapped for something less like an amateurish childish design that is long overdue an update with none of its features retained..

[Pamplemousse]

The Championship is shit and I'd rather we were a stable Premier League team again, even if we don't win as many games.

[OttawaSaint]

That Ali Dia wasn't our "worst ever player". 

The circumstances surrounding his arrival are a bit embarrassing for Souness etc. but he didn't cost anything, he nearly scored and we acted and got him out of there quickly.

We've had far worse players that cost millions and did even less than he did in his short appearance.

[Willo of Whiteley]

13 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

The fans are shit...

There’s a lot of fuck wits in the Northam

[EssEffCee]

The allez allez song is worse than the baby shark one for Angus Gunn.

[die Mannyschaft]

3 hours ago, kwsaint said:

Mine is that the stadium doesn’t need expanding…

I would knock it down and rebuild the stadium at stoneham Lane where the original plans were. Do a larger version of the Dell. Stadium bowl designs should be banned under some obscure EU ruling. 

[AlexLaw76]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

"Playing 4 at the back instead of 3 / 5 won't make any difference..."

Wise words

[AlexLaw76]

Matsuki is pretty average (at best)

[EssEffCee]

37 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

I would knock it down and rebuild the stadium at stoneham Lane where the original plans were. Do a larger version of the Dell. Stadium bowl designs should be banned under some obscure EU ruling. 

Stoneham would be a terrible location for a ground. The only good thing about St Mary's is the location.

[Oldandtired]

There is no point of even thinking about the Premier League under this ownership.

[Pamplemousse]

If we had stuck with Ivan Juric for this season, we'd be runaway leaders.

[AlexLaw76]

we should have bought Kieffer Moore for this season

[Midfield_General]

Eric Black was alright

[trousers]

13 minutes ago, Oldandtired said:

There is no point of even thinking about the Premier League under this ownership.

I think you're looking for the "popular facts" thread rather than "unpopular opinions"...?