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Reply | So what do we think about Peretz?
at 13:03 1 Feb 2026
Yes, I did think at the time, our other goalkeepers wouldn't have made that save from
배준호 (I used to live in Korea, and their alphabet is surprisingly easy to learn. I don't get many opportunites to use it nowadays :)) [Post edited 1 Feb 13:09]
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Reply | Saints greatest players - according to GiveMeSport
at 12:17 1 Feb 2026
Puel made some big mistakes. Substituting Gabbiadini at Wembley, when he was having the game of his life, cost us our 2nd major trophy. Who knows what might have happened if Fonte had been in our Europe League team? We'd at least have got past the group stage. He captained Lille through to the knock out stages of both the Champions League and Europa League.
At least he got his glory at the San Siro in the end. He captained his Lille team to a 3-0 victory over AC Milan there. Ironically, Milan's No. 9 was Ibrahimović. [Post edited 1 Feb 12:49]
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Reply | So what do we think about Peretz?
at 12:00 1 Feb 2026
I agree. I was sceptical because of his lack of experience and initially he was quite erratic, but he looks like a natural goalkeeper and an improvement on both Bazunu and McCarthy. Many have likened him to Boruc. I'm glad we got him. [Post edited 1 Feb 12:01]
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Reply | Saints greatest players - according to GiveMeSport
at 11:18 1 Feb 2026
In terms of what he achieved as a team leader with Saints, Lille, Braga and Portugal, José Fonte is one of the greatest. He organised a defence, read a game, and guided young players better than any captain we've ever had. I wonder how many more goals we'd have conceded and whether we'd have done anywhere near as well in the league without all those interceptions he made? Puel leaving him out of the Europa League games certainly cost us.
2 promotions and 4 consecutive top 8 finishes with Saints, Ligue 1 title with Lille, League Cup with Braga, 50 caps, European Championship and Nations League winner with Portugal; he's a great example to all the youngsters he plays with and he's still the captain of a Portuguese Primeira Liga club now at the age of 42. 746 first team appearances, 30 in the Champions League & Europa League, 288 for Saints, and still going strong.
We've not had many players who've won a European Championship as a Saints player nor a captain who's led us for so many years as a top 8 team. [Post edited 1 Feb 13:30]
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Thread | The best ever start by any Saints manager?
at 14:26 31 Jan 2026
9 wins and 4 draws in his first 18 games.
I've checked the records. It's only the best start of the 14 managers over the last 16 years, since Adkins made an even better start in 2010. [Post edited 31 Jan 18:52]
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Reply | Brereton Diaz scores again for Derby.
at 21:01 30 Jan 2026
Another assist too.
"Striker Ben Brereton Diaz says he has rediscovered his joy for football during his loan spell at Derby County."
He never looked happy here and towards the end, you could see he just wanted to get away.
He looks like a different player at Derby, fitter, more motivated and, of course making and scoring more goals. He's only 26, reaching the peak of his career. We should get a good transfer fee for him, which is the main priority of the club, after all.
You sense the same will happen with Harwood-Bellis when he manages to escape to another club. He's going to enjoy his football more and get back into the England team. [Post edited 30 Jan 21:06]
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Reply | New striker incoming???
at 13:15 30 Jan 2026
A lot of these loan deals are done by people who've got to know each other through years of networking or by people who played or worked together in the past. We don't have the contacts with Leeds or other top clubs that would take us to the top of the queue for their loanees.
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Reply | New striker incoming???
at 22:50 29 Jan 2026
It sounds like both Middlesbrough and Wrexham are willing to pay £8 mill for Armstrong. With time running out, one of them may go as high as £10 mill.
I don't suppose we could get Dael Fry in part exchange? [Post edited 29 Jan 22:53]
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Reply | Incomings
at 12:52 28 Jan 2026
If Carlos Kaiser had ever wanted to come to England, we'd have been the club to sign him: a highly lucrative career as a professional 'footballer', spanning more than a decade, without ever playing a game.
Then there's the case of George Long. Has anyone ever seen him? OK, he's not being paid anywhere near as much as Aribo and McCarthy - not many footballers are - but, he's earning more than most people do in their lives. [Post edited 28 Jan 13:00]
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Reply | Incomings
at 12:40 28 Jan 2026
For many on here, surely this is living the dream, as they said last season all they wanted was to watch Championship football and never get promoted to the Premier League again. Sport Republic have obviously taken note.
To be honest, whatever happens, people will moan. Some of the angriest and most bitter posts on here came when we won a few games. [Post edited 28 Jan 12:41]
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Reply | Southampton At Bristol Rovers 1978
at 11:50 28 Jan 2026
I guess we'd find out if we ever read his autobiography or if Nick asked him. Ironically he played in a Stoke team alongside Adrian Heath.
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Reply | Southampton At Bristol Rovers 1978
at 11:39 28 Jan 2026
As a Scouser, Paul Randall will probably remember his last minute equaliser v Liverpool and his goal at Old Trafford in the 1980-81 season more. Scoring 2 goals against another Second Division team wouldn't have been such a big deal for him. He was scoring goals for fun every week in the late 70s.
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Reply | Southampton At Bristol Rovers 1978
at 11:08 28 Jan 2026
A bunch of kids from our end - the oldest was about 15 - ran on the pitch and got chased off it. It was embarrassing.
Southampton at Nottingham Forest the year before was much better.
We always had a massive away following at FA Cup games in those days. [Post edited 28 Jan 11:10]
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Reply | Tyler Dibling
at 22:07 26 Jan 2026
Far too soon to pass judgement. He's 19. A few sub appearances are what you'd expect in the Premier League, at his age. Who knows what he'll be worth in the future? [Post edited 26 Jan 22:10]
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