Hey vizeh, as a saints fan this is a really difficult time for everyone who supports the club. I've seen the signs of a difficult period coming from the last couple of years and it is genuinely tragic to watch my club, who were in Europe only 6 years ago, sink to it's lowest in over a decade. A lack of action from the board in the last few years and a serious complacency when it came to managerial choice has sunk my club and I'm very worried about what the future holds for the saints. Fingers crossed we can follow in Burnley's footsteps and tear up the champ next year. Thanks for covering this as it's really insightful and entertaining even for a saints fan like me, keep up the amazing work man

Still remember the 2014/15 Saints squad under Ronald Koeman.. that devastating attack consisting of Pelle', Mane, Long and Tadic.. a very balanced midfield with players Schniederlin, Wanyama... and a steady defence with Fonte', Clyne, Bertrand.. tearing apart teams with rapid counter attacking football.. they used to be so good in the transfer market as well.. Those glory days to now, when they are an absolute train wreck.. it has gone so wrong for them..

I'm a Saints fan, and I'm genuinely sad to see what has happened to our club over the past 3-4 years. It's been a tale of mismanagement, poor decisions, and lack of willpower that has led us down the road to where we are today. But we've done it before, and we'll do it again. We'll be back soon enough, so Come on you Saints!

We could've really built something good with the players we've brought in this season but the poor decisions this club has made have really harmed us

It just shows how good of a job Hasenhüttl did with that squad.

As a Saints fan who travels Home and Away, i’m actually quite excited for the championship. Even if we finish mid table, I’m going to see my teams win more games, i’ll celebrate more goals, and simply have better weekends. Will also get to visit some new grounds and cities that I haven’t been to before. Tired of going to the same old places in the Premier League.

Hi Vizeh. I used to watch your content occassionally when you used to do more of the FIFA videos. But since shifting to these mini documentary style videos, i am absolutely hooked on. You are improving in each video. Keep it coming and all the best 🙌 Love from India ❤

It's a shame that Southampton have struggled with the sustainability and being dependent on few players to keep them afloat this year. I never would have expected them to go down this season.

I'm a Southampton fan and I have to say you did this very well, no complaints at all. Really been enjoying the videos lately, keep up the good work 💪

I started watching football regularly around 2013, to me Southampton are supposed to be a relatively high achieving club. Big clubs used to snap up Saints players for fairly high prices, they were a tough team to beat, they attracted good managers and even made it into Europa League. The prem without them is gonna be weird for me.

Thanks for this video, I’m a Saints fan and yeah multiple years of bottom half inconsistency will lead to relegation. As for the Bednarek situation, yes he should have never said that but he actually is one of the only few players at the club that actually care atm. It’s a shame that his and his teammates’ ability are letting him down

It'll be fun to rebuild them into an absolute unit in FM24 though

Southampton doesn't have a Premier league squad for 2-3 seasons already except JWP , Walker-Peters. It was quite an achievement for Ralph Hasenhüttl to keep this team up without Danny Ings last season already . It was really stupid to sack him this year .

Thanks so much for making this video Liam. I'm a saints fan and it's been a really difficult time watching us. Your knowledge about the club is very impressive and this was an excellent coverage. I think we have a Premier League squad that plays as a League 2 team.

30% of their players probably join a mid-table PL teams next season

Southampton in the past were what Brighton are now. Southampton's relegation this season should serve as a warning to Brighton fans about what could happen to them in the future.

Really nice content bro fr. I watch your videos a lot lately while going to bed and falling asleep

Bro i dont care unless everton get relegated,then we start partying

As a Rangers fan I feel so sorry for Joe Aribo. When we sold him to Southampton we thought he was progress to big things in the prem. sadly I now have to eat my words 😢

Great work, Love from South Africa ✊🏾

I think appointing Nathan Jones was the beginning of the end for Southampton. He did beat Man City in the Carabao Cup tho 😂

I’m a Southampton fan, for us since the gao era we’ve been going down hill, he wasn’t able to invest for 4 years so we were stuck to selling to buy and then what topped it off was selling experience and replacing them with young exciting talents. We have a great squad on paper and for the future but the lack of experience shows especially under pressure.

As a saints fan, this is a wider issue than just the mistakes of 2022/23. It’s the boards fault and the multiple chairman that took over that are to blame. We never replaced players like Lambert, Lallana, Rodriguez, VVD, Fonte (the list is endless). We lost that skill of scouting talent of not just youth but of motivators too! All our problems and consequences have spring from this! The only player who should be praised is JWP but he’ll go now in the cheap to a mediocre club like Villa or West Ham. It’s shocking and devastating to see a club that I fell in love with football with go down. I can’t see us coming back up without a new board and new players. Selles shouldn’t have got the job and we should have gone in for Sean Dyche ages ago. I don’t have much hope for Saints and to be honest this could be the end of a club that use to be a money-ball club before it was cool to be one like Brighton and Brentford are today. It’s a shame, a shambles and a club that has no sense of management. Chopping and changing managers and owners haven’t helped and no financial backing from owners like Gao Jisheng especially killed this club’s PL status yet at the same time the PL status was the reason why Gao Jisheng bought us in the first place. Never backing managers with funding- making transfers that suited Ralph when we had Jones in (which was the ultimate decision that got us relegated). Never replacing key players and always thinking of profits never helped me not evolving our youth development at the club didn’t help either and most of all- not having any leaders or motivators towards a vision didn’t help. It’s not a good day for football or Southampton. It’s depressing to see what once was the template to how a club should be run now be the template of how a club shouldn’t be run. I thought in 10 years time from 2012 we would be champions of the Europa league- not relegators to the championship. It’s a really sad day on the south coast but the stormy seas and choppy waters have been coming for years - yet we did nothing and sank deep towards the seabed

You didnt mention a case of Mislav Oršić there. I mean he is the guy that knocked out Tottenham in 19/20 season I think and he isn't even on a bench. It is so sad to look at him being stopped in this club. He is the guy that scored against Chelsea in CL, he is the guy that scored a world-class goal against Morocco for a bronze medal and their coaches are sleeping on him. Such a shame.

Keep up the good content Vizeh. I much prefer this new style and you deserve much more recognition

I love this vid. As a Sfc fan it’s so hard to support with all of the trouble in the club. Hopefully next season we can rebuild and come back stronger. Must of been similar as a Burnley fan but they are probably going to be going a lot bigger with Kompany. Love the content keep it up.

I’m a saints fan, it’s very sad the situation we are in. However, I’m glad you were able to speak and spread awareness about the club. I always enjoy video essays like this and I appreciate the fact you did one on south hampton.

I wish their fanbase all the best (especially with a uncertain future ahead of them)❤

as a pompey fan, i almost feel bad for saints but of course it is what it is, we'll see you there in a few seasons

The key to a bounce back is replicate the past winners formula. (1) New manager. Get a new manager, new ideas, new image new philosophy. (2) Retain. Try to retain as much if your best players. (3) Signings. Sign abroad as its unlikely any current players of quality playing in england will move to a club coming down a league. (4) Build a structure in Pre-season. It is important to get a side to become cohesive to a tactic and refresh them after a season of losing

Hi Vizeh, love the videos. As a saints fan it makes me really sad as to the state of my club. I am polish, born in Southampton and a lot of my family migrated here so this city means a lot to me and this club too. The team has absolutely 0 passion and nobody can be bothered. The only player that I see at least trying is Carlos Alcarz. Me and my mates talk all the time now that we hope our team gets relegated as this could mean a wake up call for the club and the board. We are probebly the worst team in any top flight league in Europe. The only time this club does something is against the so called top 6 where we somehow get results. If we played against every team like we do against the top 6 we maybe would be pushing for Europa or Conference league. I hope that we get relegated at this point because then the board would wake up and actually start doing something. We have amazing young players and one of the best academies in the league. Anyways love the great work recently so keep it up, all the best

As a Saints fan I agree with most of what you've said. Frankly SR haven't had a clue in how to keep Saints in the Premier and that's not surprising as they considering they're an investment company that takes 'risks' and 'bets' - the writing was on the wall. The signs have been there for a long time. Gradually Saints have been losing key players: to Liverpool, Tottenham and Man Utd. A team really can't recover from that long term unless an incredible concerted effort is made - and that wasn't done - SR came in at the time when a steady ship was needed. Owners and managers should have tried to rebuild the team which was losing key players that glued the team together even players such as Ings, Romeu and Forster. A sound goalkeeper, a proper left and right back, an experienced centre half, two capable centre midfielders and wingers and at least one goal scorer. A sensible approach to running a football club, a new manager, a new team - a rebuild from top to bottom is what we actually need. That'll be some turn around in one season! As a side note, actually Bednarek has been one of our best and most committed players since he's returned despite all the nonsense before.

As a South African the problem with Southampton is defence and a coach they have good players it just there is no coach who has brought out philosophy style of play but I see them scoring goals at the same time letting many in

it’s sad as a saints fan to see this happening to our club. But it’s been coming for years. Hopefully we can do something similar to burnley and turn the club around in the right way. Got this video absolutely spot on mate

I am a saints fan right and I think there are many things that have gone wrong from the investment from mr gao, to not teplacing ings 2 summers in a row the 2 9-0 defeats. It’s a tough time rn. But I think your right we are in a good place to come straight back up.

Regardless Southampton been such a weird team this season. Imagine telling saints fans at the start of the season that they'd beat Man City in the elf cup, get points v Arsenal in both games, win home and away v Chelsea, get point at old Trafford and against spurs all to be 20th.

city fan here, southampton have been one of my favourite clubs in the prem for a while now, I do hope they go back up next season, which I reckon is pretty realistic if they can keep some of their young players, seeing as they have a lot of talent

Hi Vizeh, been supporting this club for 10+ years and ever since we hired Hassenhuttl, there has been evidence of this “losing culture” you spoke about. His first couple years were consistent and that as you’d expect of us but when we started achieving freak things like being top of the league, it gave us a fire within us that we could beat anyone. And I still think, we can. However with this fire becomes complacency, under Hassenhuttl, we see that we get the results against the top 6 more often than not, so we put our foot off the gas and treat the opposition below us with more respect. Our problem this season is the after-effects of this weird psychological phenomena that we play overly well against the big 6, and don’t perform well against well… anybody else. This psychological disease we’ve got was made worse under Nathan jones and really was the final nail in the coffin. But due to this weird culture we have at southampton, going down is best for us at this moment in time.

Well hope there can be a video of Pompey in league 1 for another season that would be nice

Not just 10 years in the PL, previous to that short stint in the Champ and L1, they had 27 years consecutively in the top flight.

What's the reason for the flashing dots on for example at 1:00? They are really annoying for the eye. I couldn't watch the video much longer though it seemed interesting. :( The problem is only with the still pictures it seems.

I'm always gonna love this club coys we'll go up next szn hopefully mara gonna ball the championship

I just watched your video on the Terriers and thought, "I wonder if he's done a video on Southampton?". My hometown team, the cause of so much joy and so so much pain over the last few years. Now I've found it, I'm not so sure I'm ready to relive those last miserable days in the EPL 😅

They created a load of very good players a few years back, recruited well, had good managers and rode it'll the way to the Premier League. Success story.

As a Saints fan it's so sad seeing our club being run into the ground like this. Poor recruitment has let our club down, something we were known for being good at. I hope that we will be able to do what Villa did by going down and coming back stronger. Huge lack of experience in this team and it has shown this season. We've had so many great memories in the Premier League and i hope we can recreate those in the future.

The problem with Southampton is that they never replaced Danny Ings when they sold him

When we signed Jones we lost all chance of somehow managing to stay up. Along with a terrible January transfer window we’ve been destained to go down

3 teams have to go down every season, sometimes it's just a case of who is prepared to go down. To me Southampton are in a good position to come straight back up. Sometimes teams just run their cycle, unless your one of the top 6/7 clubs everyone is a poor season away from relegation

As a Luton supporter the best thing that happened to us this season was losing Nathan Jones, Rob Edwards can do everything he did tactically but so so much better. Even Bree leaving ended up being a positive with Drameh coming in to replace him!

2 of the Top 6 from the 15/16 season Could get relegated Wow

Cracking video Liam, hope we can bounce back just like burnley

Honestly when I think of Southampton I think of beautiful football and bringing up 1/2 top quality youth players a season, this has quickly changed over the past 2/3 seasons. Still fully expect them to bounce right back up like Burnley with the parachute payments.

Southampton still got some good young players like Edozie and Lavia which they got off us and if they can keep hold of JWP maybe a reset in the championship and a rebuild for a prem return could be a blessing for them as the last few years has been going downhill.

It’s tricky really they could easily keep sinking which is what most people thought of burnley but now they’re flying higher than anyone anticipated. It all comes down to what they do with the inevitables(losing key players, losing promising youngsters, revenue, and who will be the one to lead them back.) they have to find their formula for success im sure plenty of people are gonna be keeping an eye on what they do in the championship whether it’s a shit show or an absolute masterclass I can’t wait to see what’s next for them.

Also,could you make a robbie keane vs german 2002 wc,artwork he was at that game :)

My interpretation is that Hasenhüttl prolonged their stay tbh. When we went down (Stoke) they were on live support and he’s managed to keep them in the prem up until this season on minimal investment (compared to other pl clubs).

Nathan Jones will always be a Luton Town lad

I pray every day it gets better

As a Southampton fan got to say 3% chance of survival is generous

If they didn't sack Hasenhuttl he probably would have turned their form around enough to stay up. Theres some quality players in that team to work with still. The big miss though has been Livramento this season.

4:17 Nathan Jones looks like the Poundland version of Gary Vaynerchuk :P

Guys Newcastle fan here. Really routing for you. The two sides I don’t want relegated is Leicester for all they’ve done for the premier league winning it on a shoestring and Southampton home of the legend Matt LeTissier . Best of luck 🙌❤

As unfortunate as it it is relegation to these types of teams always happens eventually... Burnley last season come to mind. The likes of Stoke Swansea and Sunderland too... I have a feeling crystal Palace could be next

Ima nufc I was at the match yesterday And this is an honest opinion They have incredible players who can become very good I think they just need a better manager and coach behind the scenes Also I have a small question Is Alex Mcarthy or Bazunu ( I don’t watch Southampton play) but during warmups bazunu conceded bearly any compared to Alex who conceded a concering ammount I wanna know who the better one is

I'm a Saints fan, well researched vid that summarises our current situstion. However, I think we'll likely go down again next season unless we get a decent manager which Sports Republic have failed miserably with. Also St Marys is a big talking point, Sports Republic have neglected any investment in it this season, let away fans into the home end and moved loyal season ticket holders around. Our fans at home games are so pissed off both with fan experience and home performances

As a Saints fan I think we will do alright in championship as we won’t need to release to many players and I think we will be back to mid table security in the next 2-3 years as long as we get a good manager

Interesting about "throwing players under the bus" - Ten Hag kinda does this by honestly and bluntly pointing out individual mistakes and weaknesses but it seems like he is doing this from a good place and trying to build up his team and players while staying humble himself. I really don't expect Southampton to come back up next year because I expect they will overhaul the a lot of the team without Burnley style overhauling the philosophy too.

Ive always been focused on the title race for the past few years because im a city fan but now i look at the prem table within the same space of time its crazy to see there downfall in 2019/20 they were 11th now a few years later dead last

The Championship is going to be brutal next season.

Definitely going down this year but I think they'll bounce right back up.

A long standing issue with them is the lack of regeneration. The buy low sell high thing worked with Mane, Van Djik, Lovren & others but they were never really replaced whereas a club like Brighton would have found a replacement. There’s been a struggle to integrate young players as well for a club that prides themself on their academy. I remember players like Reed, Hesketh, McQueen & Sims kicking on the sideline for ages and seemed to be highly rated but were stuck at the club into their 20s and never got a true look in before being released. JWP is obvious exception but if/when he leaves I expect there to be a big hole that won’t be filled.

Vixeh lad I ordered a mezella from Ireland on Friday how long do you reckon it’ll take to arrive

although it does suck going down I am sure it wont be as long as last time, I give it 4 seasons max but I think we will be back in at least a couple of seasons lets see what happens, since 1977 we have only been out of the top league for 7 seasons so I don't think it will be a long, at least in championship we will get a trophy for promotion lol but hope we can get the main one instead of runners up trophies again lol

Must win the last 3 games and hope the other results go there way they have veteran caballero who is there

Lmao at James Ward Prowse man People legit thought this guy should play for a top team because he takes great free kicks

They have some talented players, they just need to go down for a season, get some confidence with a few wins, then they could do a Burnley next season 🤞, but they never should have sacked Ralf Hassenhuttel

The 14/15 and 15/16 seasons were regarded as the best one for Southampton. They are supposed to be a real underdog in Premier League, having some world-class players like Sadio Mane, Graziano Pelle, Virgil Van Dijk, Shane Long, Dusan Tadic, and even had Ronald Koeman as an elite manager. They finished in Europa League spot, but when they made through the group stage in 16/17, the club lost Mane to Liverpool, among others. As such, they were unable to stop the likes of Sparta Prague and Hapoel Be'er Sheva and only had a monumental win over Inter Milan at home. However, reaching the EFL Cup Final on 16/17 was such a fantastic. They managed to beat Arsenal and Liverpool at that time before losing to Jose Mourinho's Manchester United.

Rest in peace

they've overperformed against teams they would never beat (scoring early against newcastle today and the 3-3 game against arsenal) but have forgotten how to play against teams on their level

Honestly i know little about Southampton but with their current manager ruben saiz, i would be looking forward to bieng with him. Ever since city won against them in the efl cup, ive noticed that as a 20th place side, Southampton have really pushed but it may be me.

The downfall started years ago. Gao was one of the worst owners the club could have: there was next to no investment into the club and all the new players were bought with money we got from player sales. Sports Republic came in and they brought the money, but it was too little too late and how it was used didn't work either. Our strategy to buy young talents backfired really badly. How many players brought in during summer and January windows have been hits? Yeah, that's right, Romeo Lavia is the only one. Bella-Kotchap is talented, but he's sadly injury prone and makes too many mistakes. Bazunu clearly wasn't ready for Premier League. Sulemana has pace but he's got no end product. A Premier League club needs experienced players. Our experienced players just aren't that good. Prowsey does what he can do, KWP is great, too, but what else have we got? Both Armstrong boys are underwhelming, Elyounoussi not good enough, Walcott four years past his prime, Salisu struggling, Diallo not Prem standard, Adams can't score, Bednarek catastrophic, Perraud can't defend all that well and so on. We also let our most important player go before the season started. Oriol Romeu, the man who kept Saints together, is missed badly. One of the worst decisions of recent memory. Saints' defending has been abysmal for years and letting Romeu go felt like a nail in the coffin. Lavia has been good, really good, but it's too much to ask one 18yo kid to protect the shaky backline. We should have brought in an experienced GK, too. The jump from League One to Prem was too much for Bazunu, he simply lets in too many weak goals and doesn't own his own box yet. A year in the Championship would have been great for his development. The biggest problem Saints have is goal scoring, though. Adams' hold up play is great, but god damn that man can't score goals! Like at all. We had two windows to bring in a new #9 or two, but in the end we got Paul Onuachu on the last day of January. Shocking. Then there is the manager situation. We should have let Ralph go much earlier. His record was incredibly bad after we went top of the table and he seemed like he was exhausted and stressed and needed a break. I don't even want to talk about Nathan Jones. That appointment went so wrong that everything else feels like a success. Selles can't save this ship from sinking. It's over. All in all, it's been incredibly tough year or two. We need a complete reset. Next summer we hopefully get rid of the deadwood and invest well. New manager, whoever it is, has to be a miracle man if we want to come back up. I just hope we actually start winning games again. We need some good vibes, man.

IT’S OVAHHHHH!

I feel for James Ward-Prowse. Wonder if he will stay or not

As a saints fan ever since we lost the owners we had during the potch era we’ve been destined to go down. We fucked ourselves. Everything is wrong. We lost our way and it’s been shit few years. Remember it wasn’t that long ago Since we were top in November.

Love the type of content you’re putting out bro, it’s always a must watch for football fans

being a birmingham fan it’s never nice seeing a club be mismanaged this hard

Good video but Bednarek, despite his comments, has come back and actually been one of our best players in the 2nd half of the season.

People don't deep it much. Im 18 years old. Started watching Southampton games in 2010 in league 1. We went to the championship then straight to the prem. I've only ever seen my club be promoted but never relegated. This is my first ever relegation. Coyr 🔴

They have a young side to bounce back up instantly

I think its perhaps a small blip along the way, Southampton have a very young but definitely talented squad who will thrive in the Championship, they'll be stronger and more experienced and they could come back to the Prem even stronger and they have a very talented bunch of players that are just starting to come through their Academy Rasmus has to get the mangerial appointment right if they go for a new manager. Will Still would be my first choice, wants to manage in England has some excellent tactics, works with a young squad and is new to the managerial scene, new enough that he'd be open to trying to get Southampton promoted again and get into managing a prem team through that route.

Not a Saints fan myself but it’s sad to see the decline I remember when they consistently got European football. Beating Inter Milan in the Group Stage. They sold their best players and bought better players.

Thanks for this video, we’ll be back 🔴⚪️

I’m quite happy to see Southampton where they are. Thought Nathan Jones was doing a fantastic job (Pompey fan)

I think that ralf got put in a horrible position where it was obvious that the new owners wanted a specific style and would rather have a "stylish" new manager and take a roll of the dice rather than have a proven manager. Which is what Burnley did but they did it in the championship which is the correct place to take a risk. But not in the the prem. Not in a place where you are on the verge of relegation and appoint someone who has never managed in the prem and never taken accountability and put it against his own players

from being in Europe, cup finals, beating teams from the big six constantly never ever should of hired jones it was nice premier league be back soon

The best thing for this team this season is to go down IMO (I know maybe a bit controversial). But hey look they have a lot of great young players that can develop with game time, it will be hurtful to see players like maybe JWP to leave, but before this season the Saints had an ageing team, It has been revamped and there is no way players like Bazunu, Mara, Livramento, Lavia will leave in my eyes. Championship Football will make these players stronger and help them develop as necessary with a lot of football and will help them play without pressure along with hopefully more youth and academy players to allow play without too much pressure. It is hard to say what will happen many will leave and it will likely be painful to see many players leave but with a good manager who can help players develop such as maybe a Carrick or Gerrard someone to inspire them or someone who will play exiting football such as a Mike Beale character (obviously I don't expect him to leave Rangers but someone similar). Anyhow this season I don't think players can really be blamed as much as the management and managers such as Nathan Jones but they have been below par. Anyhow good luck as I have always enjoyed having the Saints in the Prem

im a pompey fan but live in southampton . i actually feel bad for what southampton have gone through this season

I have a feeling that Nathan Jones plays to many games like yugioh or some rpgs, since he seems to have a huge stat boost when he manages Luton, and whenever he leaves Luton his stats drop.

I dunno, I'd hope they could bounce back but its hard to say with the amount of established premier league clubs that never made it back up, some even falling further. As a scouser though my mind is on Everton and honestly, I just don't know if they're staying up or not and it'll be awkward for them if they drop down before their new stadium is even complete.

They should of stuck with hassnhutl, he was a proven manager. Even though he was on a bad run the english press and fans are far too quick to call for the managers head these days plus the board not spending wisely.