It's amazing what a bit of confidence can do for a player (or two). A month ago, neither Azaz or Armstrong would've even thought about trying those shots. #SaintsFC

I can't believe Trump didn't take the chance to big up his football draw heritage. This isn't his first rodeo, you know. youtu.be/UzO8SKEC-no?...

I'm loving Brass Eye's take on what a World Cup draw could look like if the whole planet had lost its collective minds.

If you've got nine million quid to give to a political party - any political party - it goes without saying that you've got too much fucking money.

I just got asked for ID in Waitrose. I'll be 47 next month. I guess that moisturising cream does work after all.

In Tonda Eckert's four games, Saints have scored as many goals and earned as many points as we did in the 13 league matches under Will Still. Even ignoring the fact that the team suddenly looks full of ideas, confidence and ability, it's not a bad job interview, is it?

My taxes bring all the boys to the yard. And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".

Why not offer to do another lecture describing Joe Biden as the same, for balance? Problem solved.

Ben fucking Stokes. That is all.

Decades from now, they're going to study this series of South Park.

That goal was so shambolic I can't quite believe we didn't concede it. #SaintsFC

What's the most Southampton outcome from this afternoon? Beat the team that's bottom of the league in a way that convinces the board to give the under-qualified caretaker the full-time manager's job? Or lose to the team that's bottom of the league, with one win all season? #SaintsFC

The greatest moment in broadcast television history.

For those wondering if his talking about World Cup tickets was a recency thing with Mamdani, a very long time ago, Real Oviedo was a football club in trouble. It launched a public shares effort. I bought some, lots of people did. The new Mayor of New York is a proper damn football nerd.

I'd almost forgotten what winning feels like - it's a lot more exhausting than I remember. #saintsfc

So the guy who was clearly our best player at the start of the season probably should've been playing a bit more? Well I never. #saintsfc

What can you give your mate who’s desperately upset on missing out on the Nobel Peace Prize? FIFA announce new peace prize to be handed out in * can I shock you * Washington 🙀

The full transcript of Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech is very much worth reading in full. Even if you don't agree with your politics, it's very beautifully put together. archive.is/8VqQJ [this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]

There's a glorious irony that I clicked on the club's notification about Will Still and the app gave me this. You can't argue with it, I guess. I'm not sure if I trust that they'll fix the app or the team first though. #saintsfc

They're calling him the most French man in history

If we don't all collectively refer to him as 'The Andrew formerly known as Prince' from now on, then we deserve nothing but misery.

Y’day I posted about Sir Oswald Mosley’s pro-Nazi British Union of Fascists in the 1930s. Some comments on Facebook expressed support for Mosley and his ideology. I know you can’t really reason with people who will publicly support fascism but this is what Mosley’s ideology did to Southampton: 1/4

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

Just a decade ago, even Nick Griffin wouldn't have dared actually say this sort of shit out loud.

This kid is all of us. #SaintsFC

I'm not saying things are desperate, but we've brought on a lad who doesn't even have a number on his shirt. #saintsfc

Did it ring out, though? There's definitely a growing number of fans who want Still gone, but I didn't hear this on TV and I'm yet to hear or see anyone who was at the game say they sang this or heard others sing it. Still, it's nice to see The Athletic acknowledging that #SaintsFC exist for once.

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

Mayk Britian Grate Agane.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Is there anyone in the world with a more instantly dislikeable face than Alejandro Garnacho?

Shambolic defending, but Armstrong's great when he doesn't have time to think about things. It's weird to see us playing well in a first half. #SaintsFC

In memoriam...

Tell me again that football is for the fans.

Yes, we won a game, but the real story of the night is that Mislav Orsic scored a goal in the actual Champions League against actual Bayern Munich. Yes, that Mislav Orsic. You'd forgotten he existed, hadn't you? #SaintsFC

Having missed the whole of the first half, I'm assuming that was a fully deserved win with no reasons for concern or annoyance whatsoever. #SaintsFC

The Rapture can't come soon enough.

I'm starting to think Ruben Selles might not be all that shit hot at football management, you know.

Two days on and I've still not seen a single second of England playing with their food against Andorra. It's a very liberating feeling.

I've never been more proud to be English.

The best thing about that Archer goal (aside from the confidence boost it'll give him and the fact we've scored the opener in a league game for the first time this season), is that VAR would've absolutely found a way to rule it out if we were still in the Premier League. #SaintsFC

Is there some new rule this season that Chelsea aren't allowed to concede a goal at Stamford Bridge?

Shame on Sky News for this dangerous bullshit, pandering to Reform's deliberate misinformation. We are not the US, we don't have politically appointed judges.

Yep. Fucking hilarious.

The only disappointing thing about watching Grimsby hilariously tear Man United apart is that it means I can't also watch And Rangers being super brave in the Champions League.

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

Newcastle haven’t kept their heads,’ says Chris Sutton. Unfortunate choice of words.

Surely VAR should've ruled out that Liverpool winner because it was a clear and obvious mistake to let anyone wearing number 73 onto a football pitch?

*Ghislaine Maxwell SAYS SHE never saw Trump in 'any inappropriate setting', transcript THAT SAW HER REWARDED WITH A MOVE TO A SOFT-TOUCH PRISON shows Fixed it for you.

you rarely encounter a perfect intro..........but when you do