Joe Aribo joins on loan - Official

[Scotch]

13 minutes ago, tickler28 said:

Does anyone know if Aribo is eligible to play against Southampton....rules aren't the same as the Prem so unless it was specifically put in the terms of the loan agreement he is free to play and also isn't cup tied for the weekends match either

They probably INSISTED that he play. 

[ClaphamFox]

13 minutes ago, tickler28 said:

Does anyone know if Aribo is eligible to play against Southampton....rules aren't the same as the Prem so unless it was specifically put in the terms of the loan agreement he is free to play and also isn't cup tied for the weekends match either

He can’t play against them.

[murphy]

On 04/02/2026 at 05:58, SafewayFox said:

I can’t say that I agree with this.

 

He was bombed out of their squad in pre-season. 
 

Southampton fans are genuinely pissing themselves at someone taking him off their hands.

Not just 'someone', but their fairy godmother, Leicester City.  The club that takes all of their rubbish off their hands. 

 

Clapped out Southampton dossers end up at Leicester City in the same way that old tories end up in Reform. 

Edited 8 February by murphy

[Hamilton Fox]

4 minutes ago, murphy said:

Not just 'someone', but their fairy godmother, Leicester City.  The club that takes all of their rubbish off their hands. 

 

Clapped out Southampton dossers end up at Leicester City in the same way that old tories end up in Reform. 

You think someone at the club after all of these years of buying and hiring crap from Southampton would realise they were crap and now we are crap.

 

Yet we keep doing this crap😡

[J.Lisemore]

35 minutes ago, Hamilton Fox said:

You think someone at the club after all of these years of buying and hiring crap from Southampton would realise they were crap and now we are crap.

 

Yet we keep doing this crap😡

All part of the Jon Rudkin sabotage. 

[OntarioFox]

Thought he did okay? 

Was playing on egg shells for most of the game because of a card-happy ref - never a yellow. Despite that thought I saw more forward vision from him in 60 minutes than I've seen from Soumare in four years.

Early days yet, but I have a feeling he's going to prove to be a useful acquisition given the appalling standards we have now set for ourselves. Like I say, I actually saw him pass the ball forwards at least twice. That instantly makes him a better player than half our squad.

[Jon the Hat]

1 hour ago, OntarioFox said:

Thought he did okay? 

Was playing on egg shells for most of the game because of a card-happy ref - never a yellow. Despite that thought I saw more forward vision from him in 60 minutes than I've seen from Soumare in four years.

Early days yet, but I have a feeling he's going to prove to be a useful acquisition given the appalling standards we have now set for ourselves. Like I say, I actually saw him pass the ball forwards at least twice. That instantly makes him a better player than half our squad.

Too many ready to write him off before he gets a chance imo.  Not fitting in at Soton does not necessarily make you a bad player.  

[willie-bell-in-rothley]

6 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

Too many ready to write him off before he gets a chance imo.  Not fitting in at Soton does not necessarily make you a bad player.  

We could have Haaland playing for us and people would moan that he's to tall

[DJ Barry Hammond]

9 hours ago, Hamilton Fox said:

You think someone at the club after all of these years of buying and hiring crap from Southampton would realise they were crap and now we are crap.

 

Yet we keep doing this crap😡

Could have been an Andy King recommendation - given he played with him at Rangers.

 

Anyway - we needed to add a midfielder to the squad to see us through. It’s a short term deal that suits all parties - let’s see if works out before passing judgement, no? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[suffolk fox]

9 hours ago, OntarioFox said:

Thought he did okay? 

Was playing on egg shells for most of the game because of a card-happy ref - never a yellow. Despite that thought I saw more forward vision from him in 60 minutes than I've seen from Soumare in four years.

Early days yet, but I have a feeling he's going to prove to be a useful acquisition given the appalling standards we have now set for ourselves. Like I say, I actually saw him pass the ball forwards at least twice. That instantly makes him a better player than half our squad.

Passing the ball forwards what?  How dare he.  We will soon knock that out of him, disgraceful.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 hour ago, willie-bell-in-rothley said:

We could have Haaland playing for us and people would moan that he's to tall

Equally we could play a quadriplegic in centre midfield and some would exclaim "give him a chance before writing him off!"

[Foxin_Mad]

All you can say for him is he has something to prove, so that might be a good thing if hes got the steel to actually prove people wrong. Sadly none of our other players do. 

[old koppite]

10 hours ago, OntarioFox said:

Thought he did okay? 

Was playing on egg shells for most of the game because of a card-happy ref - never a yellow. Despite that thought I saw more forward vision from him in 60 minutes than I've seen from Soumare in four years.

Early days yet, but I have a feeling he's going to prove to be a useful acquisition given the appalling standards we have now set for ourselves. Like I say, I actually saw him pass the ball forwards at least twice. That instantly makes him a better player than half our squad.

I agree. I thought with his stature he looks imposing, and did a couple of nifty quick turns to move us forwards. 

[teblin]

I didn't see the game, lot read on here that he was poor, but have since spoken to a couple of people who thought he did ok for his 1st game and will be useful between now and the end of the season.

[squidsworth]

On 08/02/2026 at 23:27, Hamilton Fox said:

You think someone at the club after all of these years of buying and hiring crap from Southampton would realise they were crap and now we are crap.

 

Yet we keep doing this crap😡

To say it's crap is an understatement, it can't be emphasised enough. :-)

Edited 9 February by squidsworth

[HP1]

He's got away without a mention, but he was lazy and didnt do enough to stop the cross for their 2nd goal. Just let Sorba Thomas have a free cross in to the box. That attitude needs eradicating if we are to pick up wins.

[Gazza3]

Don't forget he missed an easy chance to win it

[UniFox21]

9 minutes ago, Gazza3 said:

Don't forget he missed an easy chance to win it

Then didn't follow in the loose ball

[Pliskin]

He’s rubbish, thought he was completely invisible when he came on. On his heels for his chance, had he been alive he would have scored. 
 

Southampton fans were laughing when we signed him. 

[SafewayFox]

A very small improvement on Soumare.

 

Yet, still can’t see enough endearing qualities about him.

 

Him not following up his shot yesterday, really wound me up.

[Clever Fox]

He looked unfit yesterday prpbably because he's played very little football all season.   

 

We need to give him a chance to step up. At least he was in the Box for the chnce. 

[teblin]

He held the ball up well in tight situations. Should’ve scored.

[The_77]

[Ian Nacho]

Don't really see the point in him to be honest. 

[jayfox26]

Pointless signing and yet more money wasted in wages. Knowing our amazing DOF we probably have an obligation to buy for £20m.