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Reply | Tonda says he's NOT worried about being sacked.
at 15:38 18 Jan 2026
YES.
To that extent it is not his fault - though I guess he could have said, I do not yet feel ready for the next level. I could understand them placing him as interim until they found someone experienced - they had sufficient time, but they were not even interested in finding someone else. Tonde getting some good results as interim manager made it easy for SR. But, given last season's nightmare and the tried, tested and failed method of employing someone with a lack of experience (e.g: Still) Tonde was not the right choice. But, everyone should be worried about being sacked. The trouble is, in football, sacking usually results in a payout and soon into another job. But this failure and that of Still is on SR as was some other appointments. |
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Thread | When does the bad feeling end?
at 12:14 18 Jan 2026
I used to occasionally write something on here after a game but I can't be bothered any more. I haven't seen the point of it for a long time. I am tired of coming on here and just writing something negative about the team, the club or whatever. But, I really cannot think of anything positive to say about my/our club. It just feels in total disarray in every respect - from the top to the bottom. You all must be tired of reading my negative posts as I am writing them. There were always a time when you had a blip or a bad performance but on the whole the good outweighed the bad. For the life of me I can't think of anything good about SFC at the moment and I haven't for a while - even when we got promoted, as great as that day was at Wembley, in your heart you knew we were not set up to stay up. Maybe something good is there and I am just not seeing it, but purely from a fan/supporter point of view I am not seeing it at all in any respect. Where is the joy of going to a game any more? I am a Saints fan, I have never expected us to win, but you always knew once that we would compete and give some teams a bl**dy nose. We would hold our own, we even made teams fear coming to our home ground.
On another thread there is something about where does the blame lay. From the top downwards. There is a lack of leadership all over the place, there is no sustainable strategy or vision, there is a lack of desire, a sense of doing it on the cheap and expecting miracles, appointing the wrong people time after time, players who just don't care because they know that those above them don't care enough, detachment from the club, the city, the sense that we are being run down slowly and painfully and fans that are split on whether to try and get behind the team or protest and in the end do neither effectively. What is SFC now, what does it mean to the owners, the people steering it? What does it mean to the players? Does it really matter to any of them? At what point do you decide as a fan there is no point?
SFC was more than about football. It was my city, it was my region where I grew up. It represented my town, my county. The players played as if it meant something to them. The club sometimes struggled to punch with the big guys but it gave it a bl**dy good go. We were a blueprint for other provincial clubs - now we are just a sore, a source of ridicule. The pride has gone and the passion has been drained out of us. It is not beyond saving by any means and with the right people in charge and the right appointments made at all levels it can be turned around but right now it is like turning a tanker on a sixpence. It feels like the impossible job. If we were a Liverpool or Newcastle etc it would be big news - no one outside Southampton cares. The trouble is, do those in Southampton care? |
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Reply | Give me an S
at 22:49 14 Jan 2026
I did try to start the Woolston Ferry on Saturday at Doncaster Nick. Say to say, those around me looked at me as if I should be carried away...... which to be fair I probably should. |
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Reply | No more Baz (for now)
at 11:23 14 Jan 2026
Even if the clause was removed would you still be confident that our razor sharp forwards would manage to score past him? - no matter who we play or who is in goal more often than not we hit everything except the back of the net. |
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Reply | Pompey Away Details
at 12:33 13 Jan 2026
I am glad I am not going. I don't understand why it is always such a big issue to play our local rivals. Arsenal/Spurs; Newcastle/Sunderland and many others do not go through this fiasco. I am not saying that they do not take extra measures but everything related to this game appears to be designed to dilute the whole experience, match etc to such a level it almost becomes meaningless say for the result and the bragging rights. I can't believe fans of either club are that enamoured with the way this game is treated. |
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Reply | Antoine Semenyo
at 23:04 9 Jan 2026
A good and valid point Southamptonfan. You may be right. Would it have been as positive had the transfer been refused or delayed? I just sense in this case, both sides - club and player have behaved in a mature and pragmatic way. |
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Thread | Antoine Semenyo
at 15:41 9 Jan 2026
I rarely say it and I think you rarely see it these days, but this footballer has conducted himself very professionally in gaining a move from Bournemouth to Man City. He has continued to play to his full potential right up to the final kick with Bournemouth this week, he has not given any negative statements about his current employers or anything and he has ended up moving with the blessing of his current club and fans. |
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Reply | Millwall Game Matchday Thread
at 17:14 1 Jan 2026
Oh for the life of me, what has become of the club and team that I used to love and admire and be proud of for so long because it had the nouse and passion and desire to mix with the best and give them a bl**dy nose and now for season after season we seem to have and buy players who appear to have so little nouse and desire or passion no matter what level they are playing at.
Please all those who keep saying we have a quality team, top saying it because what exactly are they quality at because I haven't seen it consistently enough for ages now. |
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Reply | Can We Get Nack To Winning Ways Against Millwall
at 12:08 31 Dec 2025
Unless my recollection is incorrect, I don't think when we have played a team in the top 6 at the time of playing them we have not managed to beat any of them. If we want to pick up some points tomorrow and the weekend we are going to have to break that dreadful record.
For a team of our supposed quality (that everyone goes on about) and depth we are woefully under performing. |
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Reply | Is arrogance our problem?
at 12:26 27 Dec 2025
Nothing, absolutely nothing StAnt and that is my somewhat poorly made point. We have nothing to be arrogant about. But, I wonder whether some of the players (not all) and the club do...............even Eckert himself......"I took our best players off because there are bigger games coming up" (or words to that effect).......but you weren't even beating the team you were playing.......stop making assumptions or thinking teams are there for the taking. Win the game and beat the opposition you are playing before thinking about the next game/opposition. The manager, the coaches, the players, everyone........need to go into every game as if it is as important as the last or the next........arrogance breeds contempt and complacency but it also motivates the opposition. |
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Thread | Is arrogance our problem?
at 22:24 26 Dec 2025
Our attitude to playing Oxford Utd stank today. Yes, we had plenty of possession and arguably a few chances to win it (though we did not create as many chances as we should have by a long way) and the Ref made some poor decisions (arguably for both sides). But you could sense it in the body language, the way the players did not seem to have no sense of urgency or strong will to fight for a win. It was as if, we just expected to just turn up and win. Even when the minutes were ticking down there was no sense of urgency. Some strange decisions by Eckert as well - why would you take off Scienza and Fellows (unless they are carrying an injury or on a yellow) when we are not winning? Our midfield was so ineffective today - almost non-existent as any sense of force. |
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Reply | Oxford Sack Coach
at 11:44 23 Dec 2025
Though I have no facts but I always feel we don't do well against clubs that have just dispensed with their manager/coach or against clubs that claim to have an injury crisis.
I hope we go there with the right attitude and approach - for 90 plus minutes not just 45 minutes. |
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Reply | Being a Saints supporter
at 14:10 12 Dec 2025
I was loosely a Saints fan whilst at school but never went to a match and my parents (including my Father) had no interest in football or sport. I did recall watching the FA cup final at my grandparents house where it felt like half of Hampshire were present. I would say Saints took over my life from 1978/79 season when I started going with some friends and then never stopped going - home and away, until family commitments, work etc took me away from the area in 2002. I still roughly attend 15 games a year (c6 at home the rest away). |
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Reply | Donny Rovers away
at 11:10 9 Dec 2025
I can see no reason at all for not going for a win in this game and taking it seriously. |
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Reply | I feel we have our Saints
at 23:00 7 Dec 2025
Totally agree grumpy. I have not enjoyed watching Saints this much for a long time (I was spoiled by the Lawrie McMenemy days). I went to Millwall last week and we lost and Millwall were the better team overall but we still played and never gave up. I don't think we are good enough for promotion automatically but I am not bothered really. It is just refreshing to enjoy the football again. |
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Thread | Yesterday's game
at 12:16 30 Nov 2025
If there is anything I have learn't personally from yesterday and that is SFC should pay me to stay away from matches. I have missed the last 4 games (except for what I have seen on TV) and we have won. I go yesterday and what I saw was a defeat of course but also some of the things I thought we had got out of our system.
As a neutral this was a good advert for football in general. It was competitive, it was entertaining in both joy and frustration in equal measure, it had moments of debate with good decisions and questionable ones. A good honest game of football supported by good away support and atmosphere.
Millwall had a good game plan. They were structured, organised, well drilled, good team ethics and a desire to win the game. Whatever homework they did, it largely worked. Let's not take it away, by and large on the balance of play and chances they deserved to win as annoying as it was that they won in the nature that they did with less than a minute to go.
From the off Millwall were at us and we struggled to stay in the game. Arguably Millwall should and could have been 2-0 up at half time and the disallowed goal was questionable. But, we survived the first half, with a mixture of luck, a couple of good saves and some frantic and erratic defending. We must be better in the 2nd half surely????
We were better in the 2nd half and started off on the front foot with a penalty awarded (though it was not until later I saw the reason why). But, we were never in control and Millwall did not panic or fluster and equalised and soon took the lead with a stunning second goal (though as stunning as it was - why did our players stand off?). But, we clawed back and equalised but could we hold on? 7 minutes added time - it looked like we were there until with less than a minute to go Millwall grabbed the winner and the points.
The positive from Saints is that, we were not having a good day but we did not give up and with some better choices and decisions we could have come away with at least a point.
But, so many of the past issues came back with a vengeance yesterday:-
- why did we spend so much time playing around with the ball in our own box and area with Millwall players bearing down upon us?
- why did we revert to so much sideways and back passing? was it because we had no Scienza?
- we had no real outlet to support the front;
- we gave away the ball cheaply and we were all too easily brushed off the ball when we did have it;
- we surrendered the midfield too easily.
Fellows did not have a good game (though he was not alone by any means) and this was too difficult a game for a young Bragg who will do well but this game was too soon for him. Our defence was erratic and took silly and unnecessary risks.
Aribo - sorry to say this but he was awful when he came on. If he was seeking a chance to prove himself then he failed miserably. He just looked like he could not be ar*ed.
I suppose the biggest worry about yesterday was not so much the defeat but the fact that we reverted back to so many of our old ways that have not served us well. The test for our interim manager is whether he has the ability to make yesterday a blip and we bounce back quickly or whether it becomes another run of poor results. Time will tell. |
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Reply | MIllwall Have Injury & Suspension Problems
at 21:30 23 Nov 2025
With due respect Nick how many times have we been here? Opposition supposedly has team injuries and suspensions, shut up shop and then beat us. |
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Reply | Why we played so much better yeserday…
at 09:31 23 Nov 2025
I think he has adopted the blitzkrieg approach. Hit early, hit quickly and create some blue sky between you and the opposition. To some extent Koeman adopted the same approach. Under Koeman we generally scored our goals in the first half but tended to have quieter second halves when the game was effectively won. |
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Reply | Solskjaer
at 09:22 17 Nov 2025
It would actually be nice to hear something from the Southampton board itself as it has been a deafening silence since they sacked Still. As a fan/supporter (and I know that is all I am) I have no idea what SR plans are for the future. I would have thought by now there would be some form of communication/update. Are they actively looking? Is anyone in scope? Are they waiting to see what transpires under our interim manager?
I am not stupid enough not to know that if they are in negotiation etc with someone they cannot say anything - I get that, but I have so little faith in SR. I get the impression that they are happy to just drift along, save a few quid and hope for the best until the end of the season. |
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