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Reply | Danny Ings
at 10:48 30 May 2024
I played with him at my course just before he left us. Frankly his golf mirrored a Che Adams one-on-one.... |
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Reply | Am I odd?????
at 08:47 30 May 2024
Agree with most of the above. Spoke to Leeds fans coming out of Wembley and they said the same. They weren't too heartbroken about being in the Championship again and said they couldn't compete if they go up anyway.
Part of me dreads the games against the "big" clubs where we are just Super Sunday cannon fodder. We can never compete with them these days due to the obscene amount of money they have.
but the top clubs have all been snapped up now. Any new oil barons are goig to have to start looking further down the table if they want in, so maybe being in the PL means we could possible be an option for some country or multi billionaire, who knows.
But I also look at the table and think that there are other clubs that we can and should compete with. Palace, Bournemouth, Brentford, Leicester, Ipswich, Forest etc etc. I get they are established but the PL is harsh and any of those could dip dramatically. That is our league table next year, finishing above that lot.
I'm interested to see how Martin gets on. I'm not a fan of our style. I loved winning games but I don't enjoy the possession style of football. I find it immensely frustrating at times. We won't have the ball so much next season so will he change?
I also think that with less of the ball we will need clinical finishers to capitalise on any chances we get and frankly, I don't think we have any.
Ross Stewart? Who knows, barely seen the bloke.
Armstrong? Had a fantastic season but has struggled badly in the PL before and he finds it tough against the top defenders.
Adams? Well he's off but he is not a finisher anyway.
For me you have chance in the PL if you can score goals. That will also take pressure off the defence, but right now, I can't see where the goals will come from.
I see Brentford being in the same situation if they lose Toney. A goal scorer can cover a lot of deficiencies.
I know strikers are the most expensive players and I'm sure we're looking but without a goal threat we'll be under the cosh every week. |
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Reply | Saints Can Now Start Planning Their Transfer Strategy For The Premier League
at 08:48 29 May 2024
Definitely agree we should take all the gossip with a large pinch of salt.
However we do need to see a better strategy than last time. SR right got credit for overseeing our promotion but they also were largely to blame for our relegation through their frankly catastrophic decision making last season.
We all know how hard it's going to be and I think we are realistic enough these days that we don't expect to finish top 6 or sign players for 100 million.
But we would like to see that the club have learned their lessons. To be honest most fans could have told them that signing all those youngsters and players without any premier league experience was a recipe for disaster and we don't have the black box or any technology!
I completely agree that we need a mix of experience, youth and a core of players in their prime. Lallana is an odd one. He is 36 and a bit part player from Brighton. If he was 32 I'd be more enthusiastic but it feels more like a PR exercise that they think will please the fans. Similar to Walcott. He did ok at times but cost an awful lot of money and was supposed to be a role model and help the youngsters, and we still got relegated.
As you say though, it's going to be silly season for the next few months and there is no point us all getting bent out of shape every time we see a fresh rumour as most of them are nonsense. Let's see what happens. |
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Thread | Leicester
at 13:03 28 May 2024
Looks like they are going to lose their manager. Thats gotta hurt having just won the championship.
Mind you Martin is second favourite for the Brighton job apparently but I can't see that happening. |
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Reply | Jack Stephens
at 13:00 28 May 2024
He's a perfect Saints player in every way and everything we'd want from a captain.
Other than he's not really quite good enough... |
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Reply | Time to change Transfer Strategy
at 12:37 28 May 2024
The big two for me were Onuachu and Sulemana. Both the thick end of 20 million each and neither has contributed.
Always disappointing when there's players we've paid record fees for and then neither are in the team for the biggest game of the season. |
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Reply | So How Was Everyone's Day On Sunday
at 12:31 28 May 2024
All the Leeds fans I met before and after were absolutely fine. Wished us luck and even said they'd smash Pompey for us.
I got there early, left London late. Somewhere in the middle there was the game. And at some point I got home.
so all in all it was excellent! |
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Reply | Could Adam Lallana Make A Surprise Return To Southampton
at 15:25 27 May 2024
He never managed 90 minutes for us when he was in his early 20's. He wasn't a regular starter at Liverpool, and he didn't get much game time at Brighton.
Hes 36.
Exactly what would we expect him to contribute next season?
As a coach perhaps, but I can't see any use as a player. His time has passed. |
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Reply | A day in my life to never forget.
at 13:39 27 May 2024
Loved it all. The semi and final were epic.
I think I might be dying today though.
Great to see pockets of saints fans all over London late last night still singing and celebrating. It feels like the support has been louder and more enthusiastic these last weeks. Let's hope its a new dawn and the support next season can keep it going and make it the norm. |
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Reply | That Great Friday Feeling, moving on to Sunday
at 11:14 24 May 2024
Leeds benefit from the same media love-in that Newcastle get. Apparently if you are from a big city but never win anything you somehow deserve to be in the premier league.
To a point I get it. However the PL is better for having teams of all sizes in my opinion. Bournemouth deserve to be there equally as much as Leeds if not more.
The fact these "big" clubs never win anything is more of a testament to how badly they are run so I'm not sure they "deserve" anything.
Plus Mills used to play for them so there s that.
Anyway who cares, the only thing that matters is who sticks the ball in the net on Sunday. |
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Reply | Sunday is NOT "a good day out"
at 08:56 23 May 2024
Well good point, we will lose players.
I'd personally rather go up btw.
But I suppose we would always be one of the bigger teams in the championship and I'd expect us still to be in the top 6 next year. |
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Reply | Push me- pull you
at 08:44 23 May 2024
I know what you mean but I think that applies to a one off game such as Sunday.
I'd rather have a good manager than a lucky one over a season. Lady Luck is a fickle mistress. |
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Reply | Sunday is NOT "a good day out"
at 08:36 23 May 2024
Thing is, if we go up, we would probably be one of the favourites to come straight back down. So there is a chance we will only get PL money for one year.
How does that stabilise the club. We were there for around ten years before that taking the money and we still went down.
I guess for the club, it is better to be in the PL. Our profile is higher, we can recruit better players and sell them on for more money etc etc.
However for a fan point of view many of us prefer being at the top end of the championship competing home and away, than fighting relegation and getting beat most weeks.
I suppose that if we are premier league then there is also a better chance of someone with really big money buying us. The top 7 or 8 are already owned by billionaires or country states so that might mean anyone else looking to own a PL club will start looking further down the league. Who knows?
I want to win any game particularly one of this significance, but there are plenty of fans who won't shed too many tears if we get another season in the championship |
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Reply | Extra PlayOff Tickets
at 21:18 22 May 2024
Only ticket I could get was club Wembley.
Is that going to be a comfy seat, great view and fun? Or boring, surrounded by prawn sandwich munchers and empty for 20 minutes after half time?
I'd rather be behind the goal to be honest, but I suppose better than nothing. |
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Reply | Consequences
at 09:45 19 May 2024
I guess for us old enough to remember the 80's it does seem a fuss about nothing.
Some west brom fan on twitter was complaining we 'goaded' them, dear god so what, that's what fans do.
I dont understand how the club did not take better steps to deal with it.
I for one knew people would be on the pitch and judging by the messages on the screens so did they. I would have thought they could have at least cordoned off the away corner.
But even then it was nothing, mostly high spirits whilst filming each other for Instagram. Are we at the stage where 'goading' is too far?
Luckily we have moved on from the 80's or that would have been really nasty.
But in reality, not much happened did it. Let's not sanitise the game completely. |
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Reply | 5 Things About West Brom
at 17:54 13 May 2024
Tbf the one gripe u can have with our fans is that we really do have one song really. Occasionally we get something else like the Rivkie Lambert song for example. But other than that it's just owts over and over.
I've no idea why, but some other clubs seem to have a dozen songs they go through but we never do. Dunno why?
We are as loud as anyone else on the day, just wish we had a few other decent songs. |
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Reply | Stoke Game Matchday Thread
at 17:15 27 Apr 2024
Even Jo tessem was saying we pass sideways and backwards too much. He also said some players make decent runs but we just don't show ambition to attack and make chances. What is the point of football if you dont try to attack??
That's pretty damning. |
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