West Ham 2-3 Saints - Match Thread

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, Pamplemousse said:

Plenty of headlosses inside the ground as well. Very very funny, added to the whole spectacle. 

Some of them were.comedy gold, I was in upper tier for the first time there, view wasn't too bad, one Hammer in blue jumper, beard, flat cap totally lost it towards the end . 

 

Surprised how many West Ham had left by the 85th minute, always felt like they had a chance to get back into it and they very nearly did, we somehow went from 92nd min controlling at 3-1 to last ditch saves in 95th min to hold on. 

 

All in all top day out despite the train problems and heavy rain , onwards and upwards , think Dobbin deserves a run of games 

[jrobsbigshorts]

Where did Wellington play when he came on for Matsuki?

[Give it to Ron]

4 minutes ago, jrobsbigshorts said:

Where did Wellington play when he came on for Matsuki?

In front or covering Manning on left side to try and stop Bowen although needed a great save from Peretz at end from his cross to forwards header

Edited 2 hours ago by Give it to Ron

[PerthshireSaint]

9 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

I think with Leo we have to accept that, as with with any player, we can only ever choose two out of three:

• He’s that good
• He consistently plays at his best
• He’s willing to play for Southampton in the Championship 

Leo is 1 and 3. I’d rather have him that not because on the days when it goes right for him he wins us games and no defence in this division can cope with him.

MLT was like that as well. A luxury player I think they used to call it 

[PerthshireSaint]

JWP is looking an absolute bargain 

[suewhistle]

On 24/10/2026 at 09:12, suewhistle said:

Not sure what I feel about today, though the ideal scenario would be a late winning free kick by JWP. I didn't think those things happened to Saints, but then Le Tissier popped up with that fantasy script in the last game at The Dell, so there's always a little hope.

I sort of predicted the right score! OK, maybe not, but at least I didn't join in with the 3-0 defeat depressives. 🙂

[Turkish]

12 minutes ago, PerthshireSaint said:

JWP is looking an absolute bargain 

The fact that we’ve signed Peretz, JWP, Larin and Schlotterbeck for less than we paid for Baz makes the obsession with signing YHGTIers for the first few years SR were here look even more ridiculous 

Edited 1 hour ago by Turkish

[sfc4prem]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

The fact that we’ve signed Peretz, JWP, Larin and Schlotterbeck for less than we paid for Baz makes the obsession with signing YHGTIers for the first few years SR we’re here look even more ridiculous 

Yeah, but Lankshear.

[UpweySaint]

21 minutes ago, Turkish said:

The fact that we’ve signed Peretz, JWP, Larin and Schlotterbeck for less than we paid for Baz makes the obsession with signing YHGTIers for the first few years SR were here look even more ridiculous 

It was not a wholly bad idea but poorly executed. We did our best work developing young talent when they came into a settled side with experience and quality. SR clearly overdid it. Either way we’ve got incredible value in the summer window, Dobbin’s price currently the only outlier but performances like yesterday do help underline that there is a lot of talent there.

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, UpweySaint said:

It was not a wholly bad idea but poorly executed. We did our best work developing young talent when they came into a settled side with experience and quality. SR clearly overdid it. Either way we’ve got incredible value in the summer window, Dobbin’s price currently the only outlier but performances like yesterday do help underline that there is a lot of talent there.

It’s not an idea you can’t have a team full of 18 year olds with no experience thrown them into the premier league and expect them to thrive, it’s ridiculous to even suggest it. Like you say you can bring a few into the squad and blend them in but not rely on them to be key players. You might get a one off like Livermento who already had a man’s physique but the rest looked exactly what they were, boys playing men’s football. 

[Dman]

43 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Yeah, but Lankshear.

To be fair, had we signed Lankshear as well, we’d be all but celebrating promotion right now. 

[pingpong]

19 minutes ago, Turkish said:

It’s not an idea you can’t have a team full of 18 year olds with no experience thrown them into the premier league and expect them to thrive, it’s ridiculous to even suggest it. Like you say you can bring a few into the squad and blend them in but not rely on them to be key players. You might get a one off like Livermento who already had a man’s physique but the rest looked exactly what they were, boys playing men’s football. 

You can't win anything with kids.

[gio1saints]

14 hours ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

Nice interview with Prowsey and Tonda. 

 

The JWP part of the clip is yet another compelling example of why JWP will be a future Club Manager.
He very rarely misspeaks, listens intelligently to questions, has good control of his facial/body language on camera, has a impish SOH, unusually for a footballer is articulate (and coherent), is photogenically camera friendly and has just enough credibility in the game for most pros to listen to what he has to say.
If he ever beats Beckhams record he will automatically be a bona fide legend if not that already due to that issue which sone still hold against him but pragmatists do not- especially after performances like he is now delivering every week for us.
Hopefully he will manage one day at Saints and hopefully that’s in the EPL. Would not be surprised if his first chance at nanagement were lower league and down the road either - 🐟but I’d hope not! 
Oh, in case anybody wondering “what about Adam Lallana “ -he is also a predestined Club Manager, IMO, and way ahead of JWP on the fast track to management scheme - obviously. Both will be good I reckon but my gut says James is gonna be better. 

[Mr X]

My god Tonda broke character and actually laughed! 😂 😜 

[Patrick Bateman]

5 minutes ago, Mr X said:

My god Tonda broke character and actually laughed! 😂 😜 

I noticed that, made me smile - actually nice to see the more human side occasionally that the players see - they obviously love working for with him. Feels like a very close knit group, it has that Adkins vibe to it for me. 

[saintant]

12 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

There's some absolutely beautiful videos on YouTube of angry cockneys going nuts and saying we were shit. Suffah cockneys!

Must be tough to admit you couldn't even beat a shit side at home but there they are admitting to it 🙂

[LaptopSaint]

1 hour ago, sfc4prem said:

Yeah, but Lankshear.

It was interesting to see Spors quoted in the Echo saying they bought Dobbin because they thought  he was the best U23 player in the championship last year. 
 

He was really good yesterday and will score a fair few this season. Great ability to turn defenders and create space.
 

But best in the league - did they not notice Lankshear at Oxford last year? We spied on them FFS so someone must have checked the iPhone footage! 

[hypochondriac]

8 minutes ago, saintant said:

Must be tough to admit you couldn't even beat a shit side at home but there they are admitting to it 🙂

Their argument seems to be 'southampton are shit so we are even worse.'