[Football] Southampton relegated to the Championship

[Sussexscots]

Hoping next Sunday's game isn't like going to a wake to find the guest of honour is the life and soul of the party!

 

[Swimboy64]

Personally I’m not looking forward to playing them in a few weeks there a funny old mob and have very capable players don’t want them nausing it all up for us
I won’t be doing any piss taking just yet not until we bag the 3 points

 

[Guinness Boy]

Personally I’m not looking forward to playing them in a few weeks there a funny old mob and have very capable players don’t want them nausing it all up for us
I won’t be doing any piss taking just yet not until we bag the 3 points

You talking about Southampton?

Their squad is terrible. JWP aside they’re only capable at being shit,

 

[Motogull]

Personally I’m not looking forward to playing them in a few weeks there a funny old mob and have very capable players don’t want them nausing it all up for us
I won’t be doing any piss taking just yet not until we bag the 3 points

Next Sunday fella,

 

[Swimboy64]

You talking about Southampton?

Their squad is terrible. JWP aside they’re only capable at being shit,

I hope you’re right
But that is exactly my point, arse….bite etc

 

[Solid at the back]

Disappointed they dropped today. Usually a team relegated before

Personally I’m not looking forward to playing them in a few weeks there a funny old mob and have very capable players don’t want them nausing it all up for us
I won’t be doing any piss taking just yet not until we bag the 3 points

Agree with this.

See it in every league, every season. Once relegation is confirmed and they have nothing to play for and the pressure is off, teams in this position quite regularly go on decent runs.

 

[pure_white]

Rather have a southern team in PL. Anyway I cant decide if relegation is better today than when we beat them? Sometimes teams relax and play better when the pressure is off. On balance though probably better they arrive at the Amex already doomed.

 

[GT49er]

One gone; it isn't us. That'll do for me!

 

[Mr Putdown]

I’m going to miss one of the few grounds left in the epl where you could enjoy having a couple of excellent beers in a cracking pub within easy walking distance of the ground and leave your car in their car park.

for that I’m a bit sad, but other than that, they deserved to go down for being utterly crap.

 

[fruitnveg]

One less team singing that dirge, "When the ****s go marching in," can only be a good thing.

 

[OzMike]

Odds on to beat us, as they are in the bottom 3.

 

[perth seagull]

Just watching the scenes on Sky, got me thinking, have we ever gone down in this fashion, almost without a whimper?

Football League Championship, 2005-06. We finished in last place and lost our final three games, including getting thumped 1-5 at home by Stoke City on the last day of the season.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Are you sure? That can’t be right can it? When we were 10 points clear of them we had to ‘keep up’ with them!

Such a shame if true

 

[Lenny Rider]

Football League Championship, 2005-06. We finished in last place and lost our final three games, including getting thumped 1-5 at home by Stoke City on the last day of the season.

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In Mark McGhee’s defence, we had the lowest budget in the League by a country mile, (pre Tony, Dick was doing all he could but there was basically no money) he had effectively told the board this was probably the most likely outcome at both preseason and January, but unlike Peter Taylor he didn’t walk when he had the chance.

It wasn’t a whimper, I remember some real rolling up of the sleeves shifts, we just weren’t good enough.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

See it in every league, every season. Once relegation is confirmed and they have nothing to play for and the pressure is off, teams in this position quite regularly go on decent runs.

Really? Isn’t this a bit of a myth?

 

[Insel affe]

Hoping next Sunday's game isn't like going to a wake to find the guest of honour is the life and soul of the party!

You just fecking know it’s going to happen….

 

[Official Old Man]

As many have mentioned, Southampton aren't really on my radar. Not one of the first away fixtures I'd look up either. Just another team.

 

[SweatyMexican]

When was the last time they were in a lower division than us? Must’ve been decades ago?

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

When was the last time they were in a lower division than us? Must’ve been decades ago?

And now their "south coast derby" will be with Plymouth. Excellent.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

You’re equating something an Albion supporter did 40 years, to a club in 2023 with followers who live to hate.

https://theathletic.com/1892616/2020/06/27/burnley-man-city-banner-racism-dyche/

That is a little over the top. I just read the beginning of the story (as I don’t have a subscription) but it is about 2003, a time when Brighton fans were involved in disorder at Southend . Best steer clear of generalizations. We had a great chat with Burnley fans at one of the local pubs last time we went. It’s a decent away day in a beautiful area of the country.