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Reply | Home to Leicester
at 17:22 13 Jan 2026
We've had 6 different FA Cup winners in the last 6 years, including Leicester and Palace, and, after the holders were knocked out by a non-league team, it looks like this year will see even greater surprises. The 3rd round saw some of the most exciting games in any competition this season. I just wish Saints were a bit stronger because a Championship team could well reach the final this year.
Recent League Cup finals have seen more of a monopoly by the big clubs, and this could be the 3rd year in 4 with Newcastle in the final. But Arsenal haven't won the League Cup since 1993. It's been 9 years since Saints were last in the final.
Football is never as predictable as people think. If it were, the bookies would go out of business. [Post edited 13 Jan 18:03]
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Reply | "Wherefore Art You Romeu"
at 12:43 13 Jan 2026
Maybe Sport Republic are hoping to appease the fans with some silverware. We could soon be able to field a team of veteran players capable of winning the Hampshire walking football league. |
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Reply | Venezuela
at 10:08 13 Jan 2026
He'll threaten to bomb Sweden next if they don't give him the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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Reply | Bednarek
at 09:46 13 Jan 2026
Exactly. I'm not saying he looked good here last season; I'm saying he's good now for one of the top clubs in Europe. [Post edited 13 Jan 9:47]
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Reply | Bednarek
at 22:58 12 Jan 2026
You're right, grumpy: he's doing incredibly well.
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sp
You can never truly judge players when they play in a poor team like ours. When they play in a better team with better coaches, they play much better. With better players around him, Harwood-Bellis would also excel. [Post edited 12 Jan 23:03]
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Reply | Venezuela
at 10:59 12 Jan 2026
I clicked on your profile because I hadn't seen you post on here before, and found that you have hundreds of fansnetwork posts. Have you moved here because you've been banned from the Swansea messageboard?
Anyway, what is the Swansea view of Saints? [Post edited 12 Jan 11:01]
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Reply | Ballard banging in the goals for Leyton Orient
at 10:07 12 Jan 2026
He scored again, against Cardiff, at the weekend. I can see him at least making it to Championship level. That Cardiff team will be little changed next season when they are in the Championship.
I'm not saying he will be the next Harry Kane, because he obviously won't be, but, to put things in perspective, Kane didn't exactly set the world on fire when he was sent out on loan by Spurs, scoring 5 goals in 18 League One appearances for Leyton Orient.
It's not hard to envisage Ballard being a more prolific scorer than Archer at Championship level.
Orient fans already think that he is destined for a bigger club:
Jan 10, 2026 at 5:20pm buffalobill said:
Ballard is potentially the most valuable player we have on our books.
Only a matter of time until the vultures start circling
https://lofcforum.boards.net/t [Post edited 12 Jan 10:30]
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Reply | Derby v Leeds
at 20:15 11 Jan 2026
Yes, you're right: not all. Ward-Prowse hasn't even scored from a free-kick for West Ham. |
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Reply | Bazunu off this window?
at 19:23 11 Jan 2026
Johansson is out for the rest of the season so Bazunu will be their 1st choice goalkeeper. It could have been worse for Stoke: they could have taken one of our other goalkeepers.
But, unfortunately, nobody will take McCarthy, not even a non-league team. [Post edited 11 Jan 21:36]
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Reply | Why would you dress as a clown
at 16:24 11 Jan 2026
To be fair, he is the main reason Pompey fans always get talked about by TV commentators. They focussed the TV cameras more on him today than they did the Pompey manager. Before he turned up in the late 70s, after his family had moved down to Petersfield from London, nobody ever talked about Pompey fans or Fratton Park's 'special' atmosphere, which wasn't very good. He goes spare at the fans around him if they stop singing. He's like a sergeant major with them. [Post edited 11 Jan 16:25]
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Reply | Derby v Leeds
at 13:11 11 Jan 2026
Yes, you're probably right. Brereton Diaz looked slow, overweight and unfit when he was here; he looks much sharper now.
Also, even though Charlton lost to Chelsea, the TV commentator praised Bree's work rate, saying in the 90th minute, "He's a real machine. He's been up and down that wing all game." [Post edited 11 Jan 13:36]
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Thread | Derby v Leeds
at 12:59 11 Jan 2026
Brereton Diaz seems to have rediscovered his scoring form again. That's 2 goals in 2 games, after a long drought. His goal against Wrexham was a very good one but his goal against Leeds was a real poacher's goal: with him quicker to react than the Leeds players. He's looking fitter and sharper than he did here so the loan is doing him good.
Why do our players usually look better when they play for other clubs or their national teams? I guess they have better players around them and superior training. [Post edited 11 Jan 13:01]
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Reply | Bazunu off this window?
at 12:55 11 Jan 2026
It could be good news, but you just know what's going to happen next season: McCarthy's going to creep back in goal again. |
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Reply | Wrexham v Forest
at 09:34 10 Jan 2026
What a good manager Southampton Academy product, Phil Parkinson is. He was the FA Cup Manager of the Year in 2015 and could be again this year, as well as possibly achieving yet another promotion: he's won 4 already and also got Bradford all the way to the League Cup Final, beating Arsenal and Aston Villa along the way.
It's surprising he's gone under the radar of Premier League teams. One of Forest's players cost more than his entire Wrexham team. Very modest post-match interview from him too. He really didn't want to take any praise for himself at all. [Post edited 10 Jan 9:57]
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Thread | Wrexham v Forest
at 22:20 9 Jan 2026
The magic of the FA Cup was definitely on show tonight. What a brilliant game that was. Good to see Jay Rodriguez score the winning penalty and what a great goalkeeper Okonkwo is. |
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