Saints talk with matchday teeth.
Total Saints Podcast is a Southampton FC forum in audio form, built around recent results, team selection, and the next fixture. The panel moves quickly from scoreline to shape, weather, substitutions, player form, and whatever odd detail stuck in the stands.
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Total Saints Podcast is a dedicated Southampton FC panel show with the habits of a proper supporter conversation. The scoreline comes first. Then the panel starts pulling at everything underneath it: the shape of the midfield, the right-wing choice, the number nine debate, and the wider meaning for the table. Recent episodes move through a strong run that includes Blackburn, Wrexham, Arsenal, Leicester, Derby, Swansea, and FA Cup pressure. The tone is upbeat when Saints are winning, but it is not soft. A comfortable victory still gets tested for warning signs. A dramatic comeback still gets framed by the moments that nearly made it collapse. That is where the show earns its place. It treats small football details as worth arguing about. Wind at St Mary's, a Ryan Manning corner, advertising boards near the pitch, goal-net construction, long-throw worries, tired legs, and whether Azaz gets enough credit without the ball can all become proper talking points. The panel also has a useful sense of league context. Southampton's promotion push, playoff places, automatic hopes, and fixture congestion are never far from the conversation. Player assessment is specific rather than ornamental. Karl Lahren, Ross Stewart, Shea Charles, Caspian, Matzki, Tom Fellows, Sienza, Peretz, Mendoza, Azaz, Ryan Manning, and Taylor Harwood-Bellis come up through form, role, selection pressure, or match incidents. The rhythm is loose enough for jokes and side stories, including a jester's hat appearing on a live stream. It still comes back to football quickly. The result is fan media with useful judgment: warm, slightly exasperated, detail-heavy, and rooted in the week-to-week business of following Saints.
Made for: For Southampton FC supporters who want detailed reaction, selection debate, and fixture previews from people following every twist. It is especially suited to fans who enjoy panel disagreement and league-table context.
What sets it apart: The show turns ordinary match details into meaningful Southampton arguments, from wind and hoardings to striker roles and promotion pressure. It keeps the fan energy without flattening everything into hype.
Total Saints Podcast is 100% dedicated to Southampton Football Club - the greatest team in the world. By far (Editors note: in our completely bias opinion anyway!) Martin Starke is joined by regular panellists Steve Grant (SaintsWeb), Glen de la Cour (League 1 Minus 10) and Alfie House (Daily Echo) diving into the heart of all things Saints FC with a good mix of opinion, entertainment and humour. "Keep Marching In!" This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Total Saints Podcast. The views in this Podcast are not necessarily the views of talkSPORT. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed Southampton analysis connects match-day evidence, tactical choices and squad decisions without losing the humour of committed football conversation.
Total Saints Podcast turns Southampton results into a detailed conversation about why they happened. Martin Starke leads a panel featuring Steve Grant, Glen de la Cour and Alfie House, moving from match analysis into selection calls, player form and the tactical choices behind a…
Even the wind's role in a Ryan Manning corner gets debated; you'll know if this is your crowd.
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A windy Saints discussion that balances match mechanics, crossing gripes, and squad mood.
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A lively Wrexham debrief with sharp match analysis, playoff context and an excellent aside about goal nets.
Southampton's 5-1 win at Wrexham gives this review its lift, though the sharper material lies in how the performance came together. Martin Stark and the panel pick apart a well-timed through-ball, Ross Stewart's straightforward headed finish, and the work done both with and…
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Episode 368 finds Southampton in a useful but slightly delicate selection moment. Sienza's absence has opened space for others to show they can contribute, and the timing before the international break makes the decision not to risk him sound measured rather than worrying.
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Archer's finish against elite opposition anchors a measured discussion of confidence, service and a winless side's mistakes.
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A lively Wembley debrief with a sharp tactical account of Southampton's promotion-winning goal.
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