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Comment | Southampton Still In For Italian Midfielder
by LooseG1981 at 22:00:57
Seems odd considering Midfield is about the one area we don't need to strengthen, with Downs going out on loan, and Stewart more prone to injury than a crash dummy, I'd say it's up top we need to be looking, even if it just means recalling BBD.
At central defence I'd like to see Edwards given a proper go, how he's behind Quarshie is beyond me |
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Comment | RIP Martin Chivers A Southampton FC Legend
by bryanK at 20:08:04
Great player. Prior to signing Ron Davies he was instrumental in helping us gain promotion to the top flight. Lovely memories of the run in 12 games unbeaten including a really special night at Brisbane Road and a draw that effectively sealed promotion.
Beat Wolves 9-3 at the Dell which was unreal. Mind you we signed the Wolves goalkeeper Dave McClaren the following season typical Saints.
His time at Tottenham where he improved no end, he was extremely quick for such a big man although the makeshift in the deal coming to Saints Frank Saul left a lot to be desired. RIP Martin. As a footnote best wishes to Kevin Keegan in his fight against the big C. |
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Comment | RIP Martin Chivers A Southampton FC Legend
by Bowlercow at 19:48:14
Chivers was the first named player to be sold by Saints after I became a Saints fan
I can also remember him playing for England alongside Channon
Imagine a striker that gets 95 goals in 174 games His value today would be in the hundreds of millions
Thanks Martin. RIP |
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Comment | Supercomputer Predicts Southampton Going Up Portsmouth Going Down
by bryanK at 16:58:39
A pig just flew over my house. Saka & Rice have demanded a transfer to us as our owners are great.
I could go on. What a complete load of crap and sorry Nick but you should not be giving this any type of airspace.
Perhaps Eastleigh could make loan bids for Stephens and Manning in my ideal world so I see their work in progress |
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Comment | Southampton Still In For Italian Midfielder
by underweststand at 16:10:11
I'd sign anyone who was over 6'tall, so at 6'2" this guy qualifies, but with 100 apps in the Italian league he has managed just 4 goals. I do like a midfielder who can chip in with a few goals now and again, but looking at our current crop it's not very encouraging.
Flynn Downes has chalked up almost 250 career games and scored just 7 times.
Tom Fellows is new and still young, but in 140 games he's scored 8 times.
Finn Azaz has a better tally with 46 goals in 230 games ..and a few for Ireland.
Ironic to think that in his final season Prowsey was our TOP SCORER with 10 goals.
which leaves us with Adam Armstrong as our only "reliable" goal scorer...(sometimes).
all this talk about goalies, CB's and midfielders --Where's our new striker coming from?
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Comment | Southampton Still In For Italian Midfielder
by Colburn at 15:27:32
We need an out and out holding midfielder as neither Downes or Jander do this effectively, same with Charles who lacks the sharpness and aggression for this role, he looks like more of a box to box. We need a proper speedy tough tackler. Maybe Downes is off if we are bringing in another. Romeu is only fit for training and educating purposes, it’s daft to think he can handle the pace of English football when he was starting to struggle 3 or 4 years ago and Bragg is not ready yet for a large amount of game time. |
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Comment | Daily Echo Hint At Player Power Issues In Southampton Squad
by bryanK at 12:56:11
For us older fans the rumour during Ted Bates time was that Painey picked the team. That was OK if there was any truth in the rumour as during Terry Paine’s time we did OK and he was worshipped by the majority of us. McMenemy decided 2 strong people would not work and as manager he was brave enough to do the unthinkable and offload him. Which was not popular. Two years later we won the cup.
Cannot see anybody within Sports Republic or this inexperienced Manager being brave enough to deal with this alleged situation.
I’m sure a Neil Warnock would know ho to deal with the tippy tappy lazy players who in my view are going a long way to destroying my beloved club. |
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Comment | Daily Echo Hint At Player Power Issues In Southampton Squad
by underweststand at 10:54:28
Must admit that I am always doubtful about the effect that journalists can have on fans and even the manager's future and even his own choice of players. I think as a relative "new boy" in the media world, reporting on Saints, that Alfie comes over as a fairly good journo', and can write well, but (unlike other fans) his personal viewpoint seems to carry far more weight than the rest of us, simply because he has a wider readership. I don't regard him as the oracle in the football world (anymore than former players who get dragged on to the TV to give their "expert" opinion). Given that TE had such a great start suggests he knows enough to get victories, whilst working with the same squad that the unfortunate Will Still had when he started in the summer. Half a dozen poor performances is not necessarily grounds for automatically sacking the manager.
If blame is to be placed, it must surely go to those who go out to play every game and their attitude and that no team has the " Divine Right " to win every game. There are still a few very good teams out there and if we play badly, we (maybe) deserve to get punished.
My overall opinion is that some of the present players aren't good enough for this league - let alone the thought of us getting back upto the Prem. So whilst it's Tonda's job to find that winning formula again, there are a few (very well-paid) players who need to take a good look in the mirror before they run out onto the pitch every week.
Drastic criticism from the likes of Alfie (and a few others) does little to help calm the storm and get us return us to winning ways. |
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