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Reply | Saints Announce Signing Of New Striker
at 22:46 2 Feb 2026
I am Sports Republic biggest critics. But I also say what I see, good or bad. I don't think his stats are too bad at all. 30 goals in 87 caps for his country, he has played in world cups, he has played in top leagues, including for Feyenoord who play in the top league of the Netherlands. He is tall, strong, scores a lot of headers and will hold the ball up to release more space for Sciensa, Azaz and Fellows. He isn't a young, potential player, he has experience in mostly the top leagues of 6 different countries. We shall see. |
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Reply | Southampton Confirm Adam Armstrong Departure
at 22:38 2 Feb 2026
Arnstrong is a bit of a "near miss" for me. He was excellent in the promotion year, I always thought that he worked hard and ran about. Good in the championship, but was way out of his depth in the PL. Scores goals but missess so many chances too. He has been here over 4 years, two relegations, probably time for a change for him and us, perhaps January not being the ideal time though but we cash in now before he goes on a Free. That goal at Wembley will always live in the memory. [Post edited 2 Feb 23:09]
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Reply | New striker - Cyle Larin
at 23:31 1 Feb 2026
It's because we could show a little more ambition couldn't we and buy the Swansea striker, or buy the leading striker in league one. We are bringing in nearly 10 million for Armstrong, so reinvest it, rather than just bringing in a loan player from abroad that's a risk. And let's be honest, their history of bringing in strikers isn't good, so it's natural isn't it to think that the next striker signing will be wrong, just like the previous ones. If the club had a history of recruiting well people wouldn't be negative! Hopefully this signing is good and we make the playoffs. [Post edited 2 Feb 0:07]
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Reply | Adam Armstrong off to Wolves for £7 million then....
at 17:19 1 Feb 2026
I do find it interesting that we are selling our leading goal scorer in the middle of the season, when we want promotion, getting 10 million for him and only bringing in a loan player.
A case of reading between the lines?
Is Armstrong one of the trouble makers, along with Archer, Bazunu, Aribo all now out of the door? We played so well yesterday without Armstrong and Archer in the squad. That was interesting that the players didn't seem to care that he is going. In fact they seemed happy.
Do we need the money desperately?
The sudden appearance of Kat at Pompey? Is Solak getting in as much money before he leaves? The would make more sense only if we were also selling Harwood-Bellis wouldn't it?
Hmm, things going on behind the scenes??? [Post edited 1 Feb 17:21]
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Reply | New striker - Cyle Larin
at 16:19 1 Feb 2026
Oh dear. Doesn't sound very good does he? When I read he was 30, I almost jumped up with joy that he isn't a 19 year old.with potential. Then read he has one goal in 15 and misses sitters. Yep, sounds about right for Sports Republic 😂 |
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Reply | 4 at the back
at 22:53 31 Jan 2026
The excuses for not playing this way are that we didn't have a right back, so we had to play Fellows as right wing back, and we didn't have a tall striker, so had to play a different way. Now we have Bree, Wellington and Stewart, we can.play this formation. But that's the excuse.
We really should have just gone with this formation from the start, and played a centre back at right back and played Armstrong in front of Azaz, Fellows and Sciensa. The two defensive midfielders also works a treat, protecting the back four, allowing the attacking players to do their stuff without being exposed at the back. Flynn Downes was back to his best today as a defensive midfielder.
And thank f@ck we have stopped that stupid passing out from the 6 yard box, with all that boring sideways passing. [Post edited 31 Jan 23:07]
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Reply | Saints greatest players - according to GiveMeSport
at 21:39 31 Jan 2026
I would always put Le Tissier top of the list as he brought the most joy to the fans over the years than any of those other players. But I know this list just says "best players", regardless of who they played for.
Shearer was a great player, but most of his career wasn't at Saints!
The Wallace brothers arn't on the list. Wayne Bridge as well.
Did Benali come through the academy? He would be on my list but he wasn't a great player! My list would be biased with loyal players on etc. [Post edited 31 Jan 21:44]
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Reply | Stoke Game Match Day Thread
at 21:09 31 Jan 2026
Obviously wins make the world of difference. But Tonda has turned us around again, after a bad run of results, he has changed to a much better style of play and he has the team playing well at times, particularly today. He is inexperienced, but has a lot more about him than Will Still and some.of the performances are really good, even if inconsistent. But we shall see, if we finish the season strongly and impressively or not.
A long old drive, but well worth it I would imagine. Then Saints fans sounded good today [Post edited 31 Jan 21:11]
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Reply | Stoke Game Match Day Thread
at 15:33 31 Jan 2026
Not a clue, why he keeps taking Sciensa off. He never looks tired to me. Sciensa looked p!ssed off too when he was taken off. [Post edited 31 Jan 15:34]
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Reply | The Tactics Today
at 15:06 31 Jan 2026
And as a big surprise to our usually hopeless recruitment, I like the new goalkeeper. He made two fantastic stretching saves today, that Bazunu would have been nowhere near. |
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Reply | The Tactics Today
at 15:06 31 Jan 2026
And as a big surprise to our usually hopeless recruitment, I like the new goalkeeper. He made two fantastic stretching saves today, that Bazunu would have been nowhere near. [Post edited 31 Jan 15:07]
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Reply | The best ever start by any Saints manager
at 15:03 31 Jan 2026
Yeah exactly this. I really enjoyed today's performance, tactics and setup. No more stupid passing out from the six yard box. Tonda got it right today, we played very well today and we gave a good account of ourselves last week too in that dare not lose game. Credit where it's due. Let's hope we go on a great run now and power up the table to the play offs. A lot of work to do though, so we shall see. |
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at 14:51 31 Jan 2026
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Thread | The Tactics Today
at 14:48 31 Jan 2026
I loved that formation today. Two defensive midfielders, Jander and Downes protected the defence. Koeman used to play Shneiderlin and Wanyama as defensive midfielders and it worked a treat. With this, we also played Azaz, Fellows (not as a wing back today), Sciensa and the big striker up front all together. It was great, full of forward play and attacking threat with the defence protected by the defensive midfielders. A lot of work to.do though to make the play offs.
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Reply | Stoke Game Match Day Thread
at 14:30 31 Jan 2026
Yeah but lots of positives today. I like the goalkeeper- 2 great saves and a clean sheet. Stephens, Wellington, Azaz, Flynn Downes all played really well. |
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Reply | Stoke Game Match Day Thread
at 13:47 31 Jan 2026
What an excellent performance. We look like we mean business today don't we. Fresh, powerful, determined.
But that's what happenes when we play attacking players and stop the.playing out from.the back and just attack. [Post edited 31 Jan 13:48]
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Reply | Stoke Game Match Day Thread
at 12:44 31 Jan 2026
4 at the back. Azaz, Fellows, Sciensa, Stewart all in attacking positions is working. Far better than the 5 at the back. [Post edited 31 Jan 12:45]
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