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Comment | Southampton Agree Transfer Fee For Tall Paul Onuachu
at 17:05:44
Even when there's an international break Saints still manage to make a mess of footballing matters 😉.
Like others here it's a massive shame that he's leaving as he would have at least been a potential surprise for the opposition and we know that he is a goal scorer.
I'm sure RM is working miracles on the training field....
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Comment | Southampton At Cardiff The Carabao Cup Verdict
at 17:37:15
Last night's game reminded me of last season i.e. we've got a decent championship side that makes hard work of what should be routine victories.
A cup run would be great and the draw has been kind to us as Everton have only 1 focus this season and it won't be the milk cup
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Comment | Charlie Austin To Make Debut For AFC Totton On Saturday V Forest Green Rovers
at 11:53:43
It's certainly a worthwhile story to cover on an unofficial club website and plenty of saints fans will be interested in this very surprising transfer. I'd expect plenty of saints fans to go along because Austen is playing which means a nice pay day for the club.
I know he had mouthed the club but he scored some very important goals for us and his post match rant v Watford provided entertainment too.
Keep up the good work Nick |
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Comment | You Can't Buy A Ferrari With Fiat Money ! Saints Owner Tells Trabzonspor
at 16:59:50
Ingratiate Paul Onuachu into the squad rather than trying to sell at a price we're not going to get. We'll need as many options as possible in the premiership as Russ ball isn't going to work with the better defenders and forwards in the top flight. The big man will give us an option and make us less predictable. He didn't really get a chance and came into a club in crisis so clean slate time. |
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Comment | West Brom Striker On Southampton Radar
at 16:55:38
I think there is plenty of milage left in this fiat/Ferrari analogy. Although Fiat's make nice cars so maybe lada would be a more accurate comparison. |
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Comment | Southampton V West Bromwich Albion The Play Off 2nd Leg Verdict
at 10:52:07
A game of two halves. incredible opener by smallbone which opened up the game and forced WBA to change their game plan.
The second half was probably the best saints have played all season from the point of view if directness, purpose and end product. Hopefully RM bares this in mind v Leeds and trusts the players to deliver rather than talk them in inhibition going forward and suicide football at the back.
With focus on what the team can collectively achieve being brave and taking risks to score goals rather than over coaching cul-de-sac possession football we'd have had enough to have pushed Ipswich into third.
Please for the fans, the team and for RM but I'm not convinced by the board whilst there have interests in other football teams.
Leeds at Wembley is going to a nervy game and one we have the ability to win - but the players need to be encouraged to be brave going forward as that is the only way we will win.
This is my opinion based on my interpretation of the way we have played all season and where we finished in the table. Feel free to disagree.
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Comment | Southampton At West Bromwich Albion The Play Off Verdict
at 14:19:27
RMs plan worked well but a significant part of his plan is banking on the opposition being toothless upfront which WBA were. It's strange how RM is happy with the defence taking countless risks at the back but not taking any risks going forward.
WBA really did target their right wing but and but for a routine but crucial stop by McCartney we'd have been chasing the game which in the heat wouldn't have been ideal.
We certainly missed Adams up front as Mara doesn't have the same presence really hope he's fit on Friday as I can see him and Stewart making a decent partnership - even if it only lasts ls two games.
Friday should be a straight forward win if RM allows the players to be more adventurous and doesn't make odd selections both with the starting 11 and subs.
Final thought if RM goes to Brighton or whoever the WBA manager could be a decent replacement. Getting WBA in the play offs was a minor miracle based on yesterdays match in isolation.
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Comment | Southampton At Leeds United The Verdict
at 15:27:19
It took the 46th game of the season to get the tactics right and great to see the too often repeated stat of 2/3rds possession but still dropping points.
Not getting carried away as arguably having the 'best' squad is not reflected in the final table. Over to RM to prepare the team and make the correct tactical choices to suit the circumstances rather than trying to over think and trying to be 'clever'.
Well done to the fans who travelled up to Yorkshire in the early hours.
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Comment | No Togetherness No Character No Fight
at 17:28:50
Sports Republic hold entire responsibility for their transfer policy ahead of our last season in the premiership by buying/loaning in a load of youngsters rather than buying fewer but more focused personnel where they were genuinely required (GK, CB x 1 at least a a half decent striker). They stuck with poor Ralph into the new season and then rushed into appointing the Welsh loony. They then panic bought a world class midfielder and massive striker neither of who was given a chance. We were relegated as bottom club in a weak premiership. Then they haggle over £1m compensation for a average manager (based on his stats at his two previous clubs). Rather they again failed to strengthen in the vital areas again, got rid of our better players, including a proven championship striker, and bought an injured striker for 10m, who has played 10 mins of football all season. Sports Republic are a bunch of hedge fund managers making low stake investment in the hope of getting a higher return. A successful football club cannot be run on that basis. While they are the owners we'll keep getting spreadsheet managers but rarely will they be given funds to buy quality players to fulfil the style of football RM plays. RM will always be a championship manager because of his stubbornness. Decent managers will do whatever ever they need to win matches - even if that means dropping a so called philosophy and winning ugly.
I wonder where we'd be if alongside the man city loannee we bought in a seasoned CB and kept Tella this team would have done under RMs style of play? |
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Comment | Southampton At Leicester The Debacle
at 08:25:15
I meant is something wrong with the way they operate.
Markus reinstalled pride in our club - this rabble have hollowed it out and made us an embarrassment |
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Comment | Southampton At Leicester The Debacle
at 08:21:46
This result is a culmination in the lack of investment where it has been required for the last 3 + years. Lack of decent keeper, CBS and an out and out number 9/goal scorer.
Sports direct have got ever big calls wrong since they took over from not investing sensibly in the premiership to selling off the majority of talent last summer - including a proven goal scorer who's now got a German league winners medal.
While sports direct are in charge we'll remain, like their other clubs, playing lower league football for some time. They're more like hedge fund managers than football club owners. There isn't something odd about their business practices. |
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Comment | Southampton Need 8 Points To Secure A Play Off Place
at 18:53:50
Are sports republic actually interested in promotion ? They are a very curious organisation with interests in lower league European clubs where financial security probably isn't as high profile as it may be in top flight divisions. Maybe that's suits their business play book. |
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Comment | Southampton V Middlesbrough The Verdict
at 10:39:32
RM is a limited manager but the big issue at the club is sports republic. They've made several odd decisions in the short period they have been around and seem to hedge bets when buying and letting players go. It also seems like their director of football also wants a day in how the team plays which is not healthy for the club - the manager should be left to make on pitch decisions.
Sports Republic also prefer buying potential potential youngsters and the aforementioned hedge bets (Ross Stuart) which for a club like us partially makes sense, but we've not had a solid reliable old hard at the back for several seasons or a reliable striker which sent us down.
Letting the Tella leave last season reaked of profiteering after over spending on several flops the season before and the cash from ward prowse would surely have covered a large percentage of the losses from the previous season.
If RM was given a decent CB and a proven championship striker (Tella) RMs style of play may have paid dividends.
The reasons why Sports Republic operate as they do isn't something we'll ever know but they make seemingly odd decisions for a team supposedly chasing promotion |
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Comment | Russell Martin Must Stop Shoehorning Jack Stephens Into The Saints Side
at 08:47:01
Massive fan of JS and he's a ball player but he's not a CB. A sweeper would suit him more but can't imagine little pep would consider that role. As others have said the absence of Downes has been the main issue over the past month and of course Pep-Martins risky dogmatic playing style.
Playing Bednarek and JS together doubles the chances of mistakes being made in an unforgiving position on the pitch. Plus breaking up a settled CB partnership is simply foolish with a dose of arrogance thrown in.
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Comment | Southampton At Birmingham City The Verdict
at 22:10:32
Making hard work of it again. As much as I do not like RMs methods, and particularly messing around with the two CBS a win is a win and the team are playing for each other.
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Comment | RIP Chris Nicholl A True Southampton Legend
at 22:04:57
Brilliant article Nick, spot on. Saw him as player in his later but great years and appreciated his thankless task managing the club on a very limited budget. Sad news Indeed. |
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