[Football] Are Southampton the worst Premier League team you've ever seen?

Kinky Gerbil said:

Leicester getting rid of their own Hughton in Cooper, will be the reason they go down.

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JBizzle said:

I get the sentiment, but that only really works if Hughton had managed Palace and hadn't got us promoted. Cooper had no goodwill from the start and was a bad appointment. The board should have known that, which is part of their problem in the ever-increasing gap between them and the fans. Would he have kept them up? Possibly. Will Ruud take them down? Definitely.

Back on Southampton being the worst team, I do think it's a tough call between Juric's Southampton and RvN's Leicester:

Southampton:
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Leicester:
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That's a whole lotta losses, whichever way you cut it

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Kinky Gerbil said:

Fair points, but he was the best person to give them a chance of staying up from available options, get to the summer and then part ways.

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Not Andy Naylor said:

RvN was a brainless appointment. The only team he'd beaten at Manchester United was Leicester, so in effect they were making a judgement based on their own uselessness. That gives the players little chance to improve, although they do have some promising performers.

Southampton, on the other hand, have a pathetic selection of players. Apart from Ramsdale, none would get near any team outside the bottom three, and they pretty well threw in the towel against us. Admittedly, they were sent out in a formation that allowed us to pour through the centre at will, but I think we won every battle without breaking sweat. What must Adam Lallana be thinking now?

I'm not sure how they've accumulated as many points as they have, and they only need two more to draw level with Derby's record as the worst of all time. I presume they'll fluke them somewhere though.

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amexer said:

I thought Leicester looked just as poor when we drew 2-2

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ozzygull said:

I also hate, "is this a library" when the home team are losing or playing rubbish, as if it would not be the same at any ground. It's should only be sung when the home team is playing well or their team is winning and still no noise from the home fans, then there is justification. So I didn't join in with that or the "seen the Albion" one. I really enjoyed "when the saints go marching down" though

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

Are you suggesting that football chanting should be predicated by logic and reason?
As opposed to childishness, and an imperative to mock, bully and take the piss?

It's an interesting idea.
I'll have a think about it.....

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Light_Bulb said:

Which makes you realise what a good job Hughton did keeping us up...

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