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On loan Takoka scores a brace last night
at 15:31 16 Aug 2025

Our on loan forward Rento Takaoka scored a brace to help loan club Valenciennes secure their first win of the 2025/26 season. Takaoka scored twice in five minutes as Sport Republic's Valenciennes beat Le Puy 2-1 on Friday evening.

About time we got something of equal positivity back in our direction - such as the half decent player they had a Goztepe last season who was attracting interest from some half decent clubs in Europe.
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Reading fans sing Saints song at Fratton Park
at 19:55 13 Aug 2025

Hats off to the Reading fans for a rousing rendition of Oh When The Saints Go Marching In last night at krap nott arf as they cruised to victory in the League Cup. Reading’s second goal scored by Kelvin, the brother of our own Princewill. As an aside, they will meet in the M4 Derby when Swindon play Reading next month.

Scroll down the article for a short video - love it.

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/25386660.reading-mock-portsmouth-southampton-c
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Saints allegedly put Smallbone on sale for £8m
at 17:47 13 Aug 2025

According to this article (see link below) we are prepared to let WS go for £8m - good luck with getting that when he will be a freebie next summer. I’d say we’d do well getting £5/6m - probably end up a loan again as with Stoke last time but then nothing next summer… If Still is not interested in playing him then get him gone for £5m if needs be and add that as part of the payment for JR from Coventry if they play hardball over his fee.

Let’s just hope no Turkish Clubs take an interest 😀

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/southampton-8m-price-tag-will-still-outcast-wi
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Bazunu’s loan spell ended early
at 19:44 25 Apr 2025

Sports Witness are reporting today that Standard Liège have terminated Bazanu’s loan spell early and sent him back to Southampton. The official reason is that he has returned early for treatment on a new knee injury - however, Belgian media outlet Sudinfo reported that Bazunu played just eight games, keeping one clean sheet and conceding 15 goals. Sudinfo say he ‘hasn’t been reassuring at all’ since he arrived in Belgium, meaning the stopper wasn’t convincing say Sports Witness. God help us if SR think he’s the answer to replace Ramsdale, I would think given his proven stats we already know about we’d not have much chance of going back up with him in goal.
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O'Brien Whitmarsh & Ballard's midweek goals
at 23:12 12 Mar 2025

Joe O'Brien Whitmarsh and Dom Ballard scored for their respective loan clubs in midweek, O'Brien Whitmarsh getting the 1st and 4th goals for Accrington Stanley and Ballard getting an early strike in for Cambridge United against the club he was previously on loan at.
OK, I know it's only L2 but the O'Brien Whitmarsh goals were not bad at all especially his second one, but the Blackpool defending for Ballard's goal really belongs in a Carry On movie!

https://www.skysports.com/football/accrington-stanley-vs-newport-county-afc/5085

https://www.skysports.com/football/blackpool-vs-cambridge-united/509092

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SR are at it again
at 02:45 14 Jan 2025

SR - and specifically Ankersen given his close ties to Goztepe - are it again. Yet again, it looks like we stump up the cash for a player and others benefit. Absolute joke.

http://sportwitness.co.uk/club-in-talks-to-sign-southampton-defender-only-signed
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Golac on Solak & SR - Ivan tells it as it is!
at 01:32 31 Dec 2024

An interesting article on Ivan Golac’s opinion of SR’s running of our club. He’s not wrong…

http://sportwitness.co.uk/they-shouldve-sacked-him-sooner-southampton-old-boy-th

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SFC 5th worst ranked in the PL for paying players who don’t play!
at 21:28 20 Dec 2024

An interesting article - it will be equally interesting to see how much this changes under the new manager and how much deadwood we can shift in January (on loan, at least)…

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/insider/story/_/id/43062295/ranking-premier-leag
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Saints hierarchy split over RM’s future
at 22:09 2 Oct 2024

If it is to be believed, the article below has surfaced in the last few hours in the Express and the Mirror online editions. It appears Dragan Solak is ready to pull the trigger but the oaf Ankersen is still supporting RM. Sounds like Solak is almost as fed up with Ankersen as he is with Martin. I honestly don’t think it would be bad for SFC if Solak pulled the plug on Ankersen as I feel he has done far more harm than good to our Club since he walked through the door.

The article reads as follows:

Russell Martin's position as Southampton manager is increasingly under threat following the club's dismal start to the season. Despite leading the Saints to promotion via the Championship play-offs last season, the 38-year-old now finds his team languishing in the Premier League relegation zone, having failed to secure a win in their first six matches.

With just one point ahead of this weekend's clash with title contenders Arsenal, another poor result could push Martin closer to the exit during the upcoming international break. While Martin has some credit for last season's promotion, scrutiny is mounting.

Saints owner Dragan Solak is reportedly unimpressed with the results, putting Martin in a precarious situation. As reported by talkSPORT, there is division among the top brass at St Mary's over Martin.

While Solak is concerned about the results, sporting director Rasmus Ankerson, who brought Martin in as head coach last summer, still supports him. However, it's suggested that Ankerson himself is also under scrutiny from Solak, who took over the club in January 2022.

Southampton are currently the lowest-scoring team in the Premier League, having netted just three goals in six games. In contrast, Arsenal have scored 12 goals in the same number of matches and remain undefeated as they pursue their first title in over two decades.
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FIFA reject Sulemana transfer to Ajax
at 22:50 4 Sep 2024

Seems to be confirmed in this article that FIFA have rejected the transfer as Ajax were late submitting the final paperwork.

https://getfootballnewsbene.com/ajax-fail-to-sign-southamptons-kamaldeen-suleman
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