| News Comment | Stuart Armstrong Weighing Up Options at 10:40:13
If he's really looking at Scotland or Italy then he wants away and this is the ideal time. Football careers are short so you can't blame him. Great player and will miss him but wish him well. COYR |
| News Comment | Saints May Have To Cash In On Star Defender at 10:37:01
Decent stopper. Would prefer to keep but if he won't sign a new deal, he'll probably have to go. Although, will anyone in PL be interested? I would imagine Championship clubs might be more keen but is that what he's after. I'm not aware he's expressed any desire to play back on the continent. I imagine he'll vanish right at the last minute if he goes go. |
| News Comment | Would Southampton Fans Welcome Back Adam Lallana To St Mary's at 13:53:36
I made a stupid comment about this the other day. Now it seems more likely, if he does join us, he won't play every week but having more experienced heads in the dressing room is what we all say we need. Yes in favour. There are a lot of good young players he can help bring along on the fringes of the senior side. |
| News Comment | Southampton V West Bromwich Albion The Play Off 2nd Leg Verdict at 15:13:54
Fantastic night, noisy throughout, loved the booing when they had the ball. One of their players got put right off when they came over for a corner. He didn't come back after that! Although the game was nil - nil at half time we had had the better first half, WBA happy just to sit back and defend deep. Second half took our chances. Great to see the much maligned partnership of Stephens and Manning combine to get the penalty! As you say I remember running on the pitch at the Dell at the end of a season. Although the 'handbags' in front of the WBA fans wasn't great and could easily have boiled over. Qué Sera Sera..... COYR |
| News Comment | Southampton At West Bromwich Albion The Play Off Verdict at 13:26:04
Thought McCarthy was excellent although very nerve wracking the few times we almost got caught playing it around at the back. Corberon is a details guy so he had studied and coached all the ways we were going to play out. Really need to give this some thought on Friday. Although Stephens did make a lot of passing errors, he put a shift in to correct them. Downes was excellent. Thought Mara also put him self about their defenders with a lot of effort but just can't seem to get a clear chance. Stewart looked good, just needs a chance. Both sides looked fairly toothless and the game was a cagey affair. A draw was a fair result. Hopefully a thriller on Friday. COYR |
| News Comment | Southampton V Stoke City The Verdict at 15:46:28
As I understand it, sides generally do better in the playoffs if their form is poor at the end of the regular season. Think RM and the squad are doubling down on this. COYR |
| News Comment | No Togetherness No Character No Fight at 11:04:39
So after a record unbeaten run and into the playoffs - sack the manager. Anyone got Claude Puel on speed dial? We are a hit and miss side. Look at the Leeds game earlier in the season. Win against the run of form. This group at least deserves their well earned shot at the playoffs. COYR |
| News Comment | Southampton At Leicester The Debacle at 01:20:21
Struggling to believe that last week I walked out of St Mary's having watched an excellent performance. With 3 well taken simple goals. Agree Smallbone was the only one who turned up. When he came on the passing suddenly tightened up. It seems that 'no Flynn, no win' COYR |
| News Comment | Alex McCarthy Or Joe Lumley That Is The Question For Russell Martin at 09:25:54
Think now he's had a few days to set the team up, I'm expecting Lumley. Much better with his feet which suits the chosen style of play. Take your point on people ignoring all the good work Bazunu does to focus on the negatives. If you watch him during games his footwork and positioning for cover is superb. However virtually every team is missing supposedly key players at this point in the season. |
| News Comment | Saints Announce New Season Ticket Details- Good For Some A Kick In The Teeth For Others at 09:17:49
TBF prices were going to go up anyway. Not sure the idea that because prices rise in some parts of the ground those fans are subsidising fans in others. Tickets have several prices based on where you sit and what age you are now. All in favour of as much safe standing as possible. These days I need something to lean on now and again! |
| News Comment | What Brought About Russell Martin U Turns Against Preston at 14:03:17
Personally I think Bazunu getting injured had a lot to do with it. Wanted an experienced keeper, so McCarthy over Lumley. Then a settled defence in front so the famous 5 get reassembled. The disadvantage of McCarthy is as we saw last night, he's not great with his feet. That means that there is going to be less playing around at the back. Shea Charles looked great last night. Just hope he gets to alternate with Flynn. McCarthy was a pretty good keeper for us, until his near post disasters crept in. Bazunu's inexperience seems to give up the odd goal through poor positioning, wrong choices etc So McCarthy doesn't have to be perfect to be a good enough replacement. |
| News Comment | Southampton V Preston North End The Preview at 12:40:10
In defence of Brooks, while he seemed to fade out of the game, he did get an assist against Watford. I thought Manning played well on Saturday. Agree that Bednarek should start. Stephens is an odd one, while he makes a lot of mistakes - own goal on Saturday really - he seems to be favoured by a lot of our managers so he must add something to the team that we just can't see from the stands. Dunno. Agree we almost certainly need to win all 6 games to be in with a shout of getting in the top 2. So tonight is a must win. COYR |
| News Comment | Southampton V Watford The Verdict at 13:44:41
Fair report. Agree that we still don't game manage and just keep doing the same things over and over. Must be possible to have a plan B. At worst the winner was karma for the Watford handball goal back in 2018. To give him his due, I thought Manning did well yesterday. Really don't see why Stephens stayed on or why he started if Bednarek was fit. Still a win is a win. If it gets other teams looking over their shoulder then fair enough. Really think we'll be in the playoffs tho. But that's out of our hands. Just hope we can do a deal for Downes. COYR |
| News Comment | Can Southampton Expect Any Help from Elsewhere This Weekend at 07:22:46
Everyone at the top is in indifferent form ATM. I agree with SaintMark, we are playoff bound, unless we win all 6. That's highly unlikely given our current form, but I just can't help myself thinking we still have a chance. Wish I could see sense! COYR |
| News Comment | Southampton At Blackburn Rovers The Verdict at 10:35:19
I like Jack Stephens but as you say he's a squad player these days. We gained lots of points when he wasn't part of the team due to injury and we have squandered lots of points since he has been back. He's not the sole reason for our woes, we also really need strikers to be more clinical. Russell clearly values Jack's 'leadership' on the pitch. However if you had been part of a winning team and suddenly someone who wasn't is in and shouting at everyone, wouldn't that demotivate/niggle you? Russell claims he is steadfast in his approach and won't change things and then often does. Just hope he can do the same as we near the knockout stages. Really should get back to the players that were successfully round pegs in round holes just 2 months ago. Do that and the weight will be lifted from some players shoulders. COYR |
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