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Comment | Russell Martin Take A Bow
at 11:01:37
The manager deserves credit for tweaking his philosophy just a little bit following that horrible 4-game run. I was one hat had my doubts at the time. I wasn't sure that he would be flexible enough to see the problems he had (mainly pushing the fullback way to high too often and leaving the centre backs totally open to counters attacks), but the showed reassuringly that he is still learning.
It should be said though, that he has one of the strongest squads at Championship level this season, so it's a good opportunity for any manager to be successful. In some ways it should be more difficult to not be successful.
It looks promising for a return to the EPL next season (fingers crossed and touching wood), and then the real challenge will begin, because this current squad still has the weaknesses that it had when it was relegated. |
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Comment | Southampton Launch New Home Kit- But Is It Saints ?
at 00:30:21
'The 1987 kit was universally hated by Saints fans'!? Not by me, I loved it.
My favourite kit was, and will always be, the 1980-1984 Patrick kit. That WAS the Saints kit when I was at an age when I started supporting Saints and started going to the Dell. My heroes wore that kit. I didn't even know who Rank Xerox, Air Florida and Draper Tools were, they were part of the kit too to my 8 year old self (the sponsor, as I latterly understood them to be, was the only thing that changed about the kit for 4 years) and I owned all of them with great pride.
The first red & white striped shirt I saw us play in wasn't until 1989, so I have never had the attachment to the stripes that some fans seem to have.
Personally, I like that our club has had a diverse bunch of kits over the years. Some of the diversions from plain red and white stripes have been great. I'd say the Patrick and Sash kits worked really well (+ as I mentioned, I loved the Danish facsimile kit) and to be honest some of the red and white striped kits have been a bit, well, rubbish.
I think it might be a bit like identifying your favourite Bond, or Dr Who. It really depends on which of the kits is YOUR kit, the one that you identify as the kit that the team were wearing when you fell in love with the team, with the club.
In addition, I have some affection for the kits that the team did well in (the all-red kits of the Pochettino sides), or that a special player had his best spell in (the Pony kit that Le Tiss got so many special goals in, under Alan Ball as manager).
If the team does well this season, maybe there will be a bit more affection for the new kit?!
PS. Do Saints fans ever run out of things to moan about?? |
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