0-1 after 2 mins

Benteke again, he's having a bit of a purple patch this season, that's 8 so far I think.

Benteke again he's suddenly discovered his scoring boots, not really sure what result is best for us here, I guess anything apart from a Saints victory will suit us just fine, therefore that start will be perfectly acceptable to me.

Draw or Palace win. Keep Saints below us.

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 8:21 pm

Benteke again, he's having a bit of a purple patch this season, that's 8 so far I think.

He's enjoying a decent campaign by his recent standards, however it's worth noting he cost more than double what Chris Wood did, and I know which of them I'd rather have in our squad. Hint it ain't Benteke.

Can’t make my mind up on this one. I’d like to finish above them both, we need the £2m, but if CP win that could be difficult.

Ings scores

1-1 Ings

You do wonder where the Saints would be without Ings.

Apparently that's his 100th senior goal, and he'd have had many more if he hadn't been blighted by all those injuries.

tiger76 wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 8:41 pm

You do wonder where the Saints would be without Ings.

Apparently that's his 100th senior goal, and he'd have had many more if he hadn't been blighted by all those injuries.

I think we’ve seen the answer to that this season with their results without Ings

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 8:47 pm

I think we’ve seen the answer to that this season with their results without Ings

Yep it's definitely a worry for them given his injury history, a breakdown of those 100 goals courtesy of the BBC.

Danny Ings' goal was his 100th in his professional club career. 45 of these have been for Southampton - the others came for Burnley (43) Bournemouth (8) Liverpool (4).

So he's now scored more for Southampton than he did for us, I wasn't aware of this fact.

Saints' big centre half looks like Lurch!

tiger76 wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 8:59 pm

So he's now scored more for Southampton than he did for us, I wasn't aware of this fact.

I didn’t know that but not surprised. He was with us for four years but only scored around four in the first two seasons.

2-1 Saints

basil6345789 wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 9:22 pm

Saints' big centre half looks like Lurch!

Is that Westergaard? I'd have to agree.

Not bothered who wins this now, I’d just like a good, solid end to the season for our lads.

Zom Zom wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 9:28 pm

Not bothered who wins this now, I’d just like a good, solid end to the season for our lads.

I definitely want Palace to win.
Southampton to stay below us.


Oops!

3-1 deadly Danny at it again

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 9:47 pm

3-1 deadly Danny at it again

Terrific player. I'd love it if he made the England squad.

tiger76 wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 8:22 pm

Benteke again he's suddenly discovered his scoring boots, not really sure what result is best for us here, I guess anything apart from a Saints victory will suit us just fine, therefore that start will be perfectly acceptable to me.

Soton to win then we've a chance to catch both of them.

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 9:49 pm

Terrific player. I'd love it if he made the England squad.

I'll be surprised if he's still at Saints next season, you would think teams like Everton, Villa and possibly Spurs would be interested in him

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 9:55 pm

I'll be surprised if he's still at Saints next season, you would think teams like Everton, Villa and possibly Spurs would be interested in him

Man City were linked a few weeks ago.

Tall Paul wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 9:58 pm

Man City were linked a few weeks ago.

really ? wow

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 10:03 pm

really ? wow

I'd take him ahead of G. Jesus, and he'd thrive on all those precision through balls.

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 9:55 pm

I'll be surprised if he's still at Saints next season, you would think teams like Everton, Villa and possibly Spurs would be interested in him

Spurs will certainly be in the market for a striker or two this summer assuming of course that Harry Kane does leave for the Etihad as is heavily rumoured.

Penalty miss and then Che Adams goal early in the 2nd half were the game changing incidents.

Saints jump 3 places with that win that just illustrates how tight it is between those 5 teams, win a match and you rapidly ascend the table, lose a match and you can quickly find yourselves back in 17th again.

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 9:55 pm

I'll be surprised if he's still at Saints next season, you would think teams like Everton, Villa and possibly Spurs would be interested in him

He's holding off on signing a new contract at Saints until this summer.
He'd be happy staying, BUT he also still harbouring ambitions of playing and staying fit, for a top team.
I think Saints wanted a largish buyout clause.

If no one comes for him, I expect he will sign a new deal at Saints.

Armstrong was very good tonight on the quiet, he’s a tidy player capable of playing multiple positions. Great find for them

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 10:03 pm

really ? wow

Really

Hedontplayforyou wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 10:14 pm

Armstrong was very good tonight on the quiet, he’s a tidy player capable of playing multiple positions. Great find for them

Obviously likes to stretch himself!

I wish I could be arsed digging out the thread that was littered with posters saying that they wouldn’t want Ings back when we were tentatively linked with him when he moved to Southampton. We really do have some posters on here who know nothing about football

MRG wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 10:25 pm

I wish I could be arsed digging out the thread that was littered with posters saying that they wouldn’t want Ings back when we were tentatively linked with him when he moved to Southampton. We really do have some posters on here who know nothing about football

He'd spent a long time out injured, the risk was very very big for any club to sign him.

No one questioned his ability, it was always his fitness.
If we'd signed him and he then spent 2 years struggling with injuries, form and fitness would you be happy with that?

Same with Brady, we know he's got the ability, but he simply can't seem to rediscover his pre-injury form.

I’d have all our current 4 strikers before Ings no matter how good he is when he’s fit. Nothing to do with his injury record .
Sorry for that opinion when you know so much about football MRG

Elizabeth wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 10:48 pm

I’d have all our current 4 strikers before Ings no matter how good he is when he’s fit. Nothing to do with his injury record .
Sorry for that opinion when you know so much about football MRG

I have to ask - why would you take any of our strikers before Ings, never mind all of them. He is clearly better than all of them?

My reasons are sure to be wrong with you Captain

Tall Paul wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 10:20 pm

Really

he'd score loads at City !

Elizabeth wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 11:13 pm

My reasons are sure to be wrong with you Captain

I came into this late and maybe missed something. Are you saying our current strikers are better players than Danny Ings?

You asked me the question telling me he’s better than any striker we’ve got.
Now how much leg room have you given me when you are so convinced. It’s not like any reasons I give are going to make you change your mind is it?
What I will tell you is that the importance to a team does not always depend on how good a player is.
There are other more important aspects a manager has to consider , and certainly our manager has said this so many times . Some examples are , how would they fit in with the other players , can they be relied on to put the team before themselves and their agents.Our strikers give 100% to the cause and would kill for each other

CaptainKirk wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 11:07 pm

I have to ask - why would you take any of our strikers before Ings, never mind all of them. He is clearly better than all of them?

One reason might be that we like our strikers to play every game.

dsr wrote: ↑

Wed May 12, 2021 12:36 am

One reason might be that we like our strikers to play every game.

All 4 at once is some almighty stretch

Elizabeth wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 10:48 pm

I’d have all our current 4 strikers before Ings no matter how good he is when he’s fit. Nothing to do with his injury record .
Sorry for that opinion when you know so much about football MRG

Daftest and most obstinate post EVER!!!!!!!!

Not like you tried to find out how obstinate I can be Taffy. Thanks though, a lot of of thought went into your post

I wouldn't have ings back, nothing to do with his ability, more his attitude

Jakubclaret wrote: ↑

Wed May 12, 2021 1:33 am

All 4 at once is some almighty stretch

Now there's a question, have we ever had 4 strikers on the pitch at the same time?

I know we've had 3, but I can't ever recall 4.

Ings left under a cloud. He fell out with the manager and the community had got sick of his womanising ways.

Does anyone remember the Twitter spat, when a young lady had a go at Ings for his treatment of her? Then another 20 or so different young ladies all piled in on him.

He soon deleted his account.

Wealthy young footballer in "Bonking Anything That Moves" shock !

Ironic because he’d be brilliant with Wood up front.

Shock horror! Soton match thread turns into a thread about the moral character of Danny Ings...

evensteadiereddie wrote: ↑

Wed May 12, 2021 9:21 am

Wealthy young footballer in "Bonking Anything That Moves" shock !

Iam unaware of his off field activities, but would question the attitude of someone who 'bottles' a big penalty, has to be removed from a game because the manager thinks his head is not in the right place, because of transfer rumours and is showing a pattern of running contracts down for financial benefits, not a player I would welcome back

Culmclaret wrote: ↑

Wed May 12, 2021 9:39 am

Shock horror! Soton match thread turns into a thread about the moral character of Danny Ings...

You do know the match is over don't you?

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑

Wed May 12, 2021 8:47 am

Now there's a question, have we ever had 4 strikers on the pitch at the same time?

I know we've had 3, but I can't ever recall 4.

The point I was trying to make is it would be realistically improbable that we would feel the need to want to play all our strikers every game for the full 90 anyhow, maybe if we was chasing a game & adjusting tactics offensively then maybe but all 4 still wouldn’t play the full 90! The argument that we couldn’t afford to carry a injury prone striker like DI is nonsense really, I wouldn’t really describe the 4 we’ve currently got as injury free 100% of the time & strikers apart we’ve done a pretty good job of carrying RB & JBG for god knows how many years.