Southampton Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2020/2021

zztop

Tired performance.Need to be getting 3 points in these games.

martyeds

Goal keeping error didn't help either.

zztop

A huge 6 pointer vs Reading.Is it going to be a score draw???

mike65

About 4-4!

zztop

Worrying to see Ramirez gone back to Uraguay just when
the team seems settled.Guly is no replacement.

Rascasse

zztop wrote: »

Worrying to see Ramirez gone back to Uraguay just when
the team seems settled.Guly is no replacement.

It better be an actual 'family situation' and not doing a Delgado or Tevez. Not impressed if he misses the next few games.

Edit: Panic over.

zztop

Now gaston....a goal or two & 3 points very badly needed.

Rascasse

Really dominated that so would have liked to seen another goal or two, but I'm not going to complain with 3 points and a clean sheet.

Ref had a shocker though. Barely got anything right for either side.

zztop

great 3 points...hope lallaana is ok

zztop

Huge game this weekend vs Sunderland.Have to win these
home games.Lalana out maybe for 3 months or more & talk
of Puncheon going.

Rascasse

zztop wrote: »

Lalana out maybe for 3 months or more

3 months!?! Where did that come from? I thought they were saying 2 or 3 weeks. Nightmare if true.

zztop wrote: »

& talk of Puncheon going.

Its funny, you spend around 2 years wishing he'd sod off and now I'm hoping he gets a new contract. Hopefully this is just his agent stirring to get a deal.

martyeds

Interesting results over Christmas period. Would have taken a point from both the Stoke and Arsenal games before kick off. 3-1 up against Stoke yet only get a draw from it. Didnt see Arsenal game but yet from what i heard we could have taken all 3.

zztop

Disaster against Sunderland but 3 draws after show
great improvement in team.6 pointers away to Villa
& Wigan coming up.

zztop

Fonte out for 6 weeks is a disaster.Need to attack Villa tomorrow
and get a BIG result.

zztop

Great win vs Villa
Super draw vs Chelsea
Mad loss of Nigel Adkins

Francie Barrett

Great first half from the Saints. If they react this way to a new manager, then they should sack him every week!

sReq | uTeK

should be 4 up

zztop

Could have been 3-3.Boruc looks safe in goal.
Very important point even after the dominance
in the first half.Forren for Jos!

SteelyDanJalapeno

Puncheon, "He shiits when he wants!"

mike65

Soton playing silly buggers with media again

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/jan/25/press-freedom-southampton

Duzzie

mike65 wrote: »

Soton playing silly buggers with media again

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/jan/25/press-freedom-southampton

The poor press. My heart bleeds for them. St Mary's is private property and the owners can set whatever restrictions they wants. Nothing to stop them interviewing fans outside the stadium. The press are only interested now we are premier league and gave us very little coverage when we were down in League 1.
Sure it's not like the press ever harass anyone. No sympathy here.

Rascasse

Duzzie wrote: »

The poor press. My heart bleeds for them. St Mary's is private property and the owners can set whatever restrictions they wants. Nothing to stop them interviewing fans outside the stadium. The press are only interested now we are premier league and gave us very little coverage when we were down in League 1.
Sure it's not like the press ever harass anyone. No sympathy here.

I agree. There is very little space around the stadium that Saints own and its very busy on match days (as you can imagine). Nothing stopping the reporters asking the fans 100 ft away on one of the access roads. Actually reading the article it says that they were just barred from doing it in the car park and by the players entrance. The club says they are welcome to do it in front of the stadium (Belvidere/Britannia Rd junction).

Big Saints news today is whether Coutinho will sign. He wants Liverpool but they aren't offering enough.

mike65

Not sure how pushed Liverpool are about Coutinho to be honest. Its not a critical area for upgrade right now.

Duzzie

Rascasse wrote: »

Big Saints news today is whether Coutinho will sign. He wants Liverpool but they aren't offering enough.

That would be nice, Lambert up front with Ramirez, Lallana and Coutinho feeding him, very tasty.

martyeds

Haven't been on here in a bit but boy have we been in the news. We went from the team everyone wanted to stay up to the team everyone wants to end in the Blue Square. I'm still angry about the way Adkins was treated but we still have to back the Saints no matter what. In October if someone told me that we would be sitting in 15th 4 points above drop zone I would have jumped at it.
Whether if we agree with the sacking or not we have to give the current regime our full backing. Its a major risk and the timing is mind blowing but lets hope it pays off.
Nice easy trip to Old Trafford up next.

zztop

Lallana back & new CB is good news.
Will Adkins be given the Villa job.Sad.
Away to Wigan is another huge game.

MD1990

played very well tonight
can see Southampton staying up
Pochettino is a very good appointment imo

Duzzie

MD1990 wrote: »

played very well tonight
can see Southampton staying up
Pochettino is a very good appointment imo

Didn't see the first half but watched the second. Saints played very well and pushed ManUre back for the bulk of the half. Gave them very little time to settle on the ball and kept them under pressure in their own half for long periods. Boruc also made 2 excellent saves from RVP and Rooney. If we play like that for the rest of the season we will stay up (IF). Massive must win game coming up against Wigan.
COYR

zztop

Last minute goal grrrrrrrrrr

Duzzie

What a result, one we've been threatening for a while now. I was disappointed with dropping 2 points at Wigan but this more than makes up for it. Keep on playing like that and we should be well clear of the relegation zone at the end of the season, but i have been following Southampton for long enough to know better than think such thoughts. OWTSGMI

zztop

And a reported club record for a midfielder turned down in January.

Saints way too good to go down but injuries etc could be a problem.:cool:

zztop

Reading game on TV..hope its not Monday
I hate Mondays...unless the relegation is over at that stage.:p

zztop

QPR & bagpuss awful result
Have to win home games vs WBA,W Ham & Stoke:eek:

Duzzie

Massive result today, 3 unexpected points. If i'd been offered a draw for this game, I would have taken it as Liverpool have one on the best current forms. Opens a nice gap to the relegation zone of 7 points and a much better goal difference. It's not just that we won, rather that we won well against a good side. I wonder if Courtinho is regretting his decision, probably not but who knows.

zztop

Wigan keeping it wide open.Their game in hand
at home to chelski.
Gave the pool a right hammering:P

zztop

Great signing...Rickie signs till 2016.:D

zztop

followed by a super goal & 3 points.

martyeds

3 points would be massive today v Reading but I would settle for a draw.

ThunbergsAreGo

very impressed today

EdenHazard

Well after all the consternation about Adkins sacking, looks like Southampton board were completely right to upgrade. Harsh but that is life.

mike65

Hard to know to be honest, if you look at Soton pre and post the sacking its not that much different.

http://int.soccerway.com/teams/england/southampton-fc/670/matches/

zztop

39 points and still 4 games to go.Happy with that pre season.

zztop

uh oh

Green Giant

One more win would surely do it (Sunderland away and Stoke at home to finish). Defeat for Wigan tonight would help in a big way. They can have the cup final on Saturday all they want instead!

zztop

Well..onwards & upwards.Need a striker for next season.
Whats the story with Cortese? Is he leaving or bluffing.

zztop

Shin shin.
Everything tidied up & onwards to next season.2400 players linked
& Shaw ,Clyne Morgan etc to leave.:p

zztop

Away win and a record signing.Osvaldo for 15m...
Emmett Malone reckons Saints will finish 19th in
Irish Times.:D

zztop

What a poor game.The Hammers are awful but couldnt beat them.:mad:

mike65

Soton looking good

2-0 agin Swansea

Green Giant

This time last season Saints had conceded something like 20 goals in the league. Now they've conceded two.

Bearing that they have the same defence again this year except Dejan Lovren, has he perhaps been the signing of the summer? Or has there been a mass collective improvement in that department?

In Pochettino I Trust