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Comment | Southampton V Manchester United The Verdict
at 13:57:56
Don’t worry about down arrows wibbersda, I’ve got five already and it’s only lunch time !
Sometimes you need broad shoulders to post an alternative view and in the main responses are good natured which is to the credit of those who make Nick’s site so interesting.
Having said that Colburn appears to be getting excited about Nick’s views of Stephens. If I’ve read it correctly he appears to have called him stupid. A bit strong, but then again watching Saints play always has tested one’s patience. |
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Comment | Southampton V Manchester United The Verdict
at 10:24:49
Oddly enough given that I don’t like his style of tippy tappy football I have considerable sympathy for Russell Martin.
Put simply, he’s currently taking stick for the ongoing failures of our Owners and Player Recruitment Team.
After spending a net £70 million since the close season what have they given him to work with in The Premiership ?
Two quality players In Ramsdale and K W P together with a hotch potch of young inexperienced players and interchangeable older experienced underachievers.
Frankly, even the fella that manages Man City wouldn’t be able to get a Premiership tune out of our current squad so I can see little point in sacking Russell Martin.
We may as well stick with him and use this season to prepare the squad for next season in The Championship, minus Ramsdale and K W P of course.
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Comment | Southampton Record Bid For Striker Turned Down But Was It Another Tall Paul
at 10:51:18
Yes redwight, he’s currently living in a safe house in Sunderland passing his time counting the signing on fee and salary paid to him by our club.
The owners and management of our club however remain ensconced in their parallel universe comfortingly each other that it was the best decision they ever made when he was purchased. |
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Comment | Southampton Linked With Euro 2024 Free Transfer
at 16:20:54
codge, the older ones amongst us remember green shield stamps, S F C’s new version is midfield players.
If you collected enough stamps you could get a set of glasses, now it’s collect midfielders and be relegated. |
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Comment | The Solution Is Clear For Russell Martin If He Is To Stay In His Job
at 14:47:13
Bowlercow, remember him ?
Of course I do, he was the physical 6 feet 2 inch centre forward who before exposure to The Premiership had scored a hat full of goals for us with both feet and his head. In addition he could hold a ball up and put other players in. A proper footballer’s footballer who also took a mean penalty.
To summarise , everything that our current crop of forwards unfortunately aren’t. |
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Comment | The Solution Is Clear For Russell Martin If He Is To Stay In His Job
at 13:47:12
You can’t play tippy tappy and expect to win football matches unless pressure is taken off defenders by the forwards scoring goals.
Currently our forwards are simply not good enough to play tippy tappy. Armstrong, Diaz and Archer have only scored 14 Premiership goals between them during their entire careers.
If we keep the same forwards and don’t change our style of play we will be relegated, probably by Christmas at the latest.
My opinion is that if Martin wishes to keep his job he will indeed adopt a more flexible approach.
What I’m not to sure of is does he actually wish to keep his current job ? |
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Comment | Southampton At Brentford The Damning Verdict
at 13:27:30
Firstly Nick, thanks for a good balanced report.
To your great credit, you have in the past remained positive even when others ( myself included ) commented negatively. This time however I sense that even your patience is running out.
For what it’s worth, in my view our problem this season is split between the method of play and our lack of a proven Premiership goal scorer. Diaz, Archer and Armstrong have previously scored only 14 top flight goals between them and they are not exactly starting out on their careers are they ?
Man City could play tippy football with our forwards and they would be mid table at the very best.
Successful possession based football requires goal scoring chances to be taken.On Saturday both Aribo and Armstrong missed good chances that would have altered the course of the game.
I can’t help but think that the money we have spent in the last window would have been better used in improving the forward line rather than buying endless numbers of midfield players and a goalkeeper.
Conclusion ? We haven’t got good enough forwards to play tippy tappy thus our method of play must change and change quickly.
Will change happen ? Not according to our esteem leader, leaving all of us in for some very miserable times to come at St Mary’s and around the country this season I suspect..
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Comment | Southampton At Brentford The Preview
at 15:11:03
Amazing Nick, you are never backwards at coming forward in condemnation when others have a go at individual Saints players but with Stephens it’s no holds barred for you.
It’s an almost pathological dislike much akin to when you were saying the same about Yoshida. |
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Comment | James Ward Prowse Appears To Have Snubbed A Return ToSouthampton
at 15:00:30
Silly Boy. Chasing money doesn’t always give you what you want.
If he had stayed with us in The Championship as captain for just the one season, he would be playing in The Premiership and on his way to being a Club Legend.
Instead he will probably finish his career at Forest, win nothing and just be a foot note in the history of S F C. |
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Comment | Justin Bijlow Fails Southampton Medical
at 17:40:30
Well done Sports Republic’s so called management team. Another master class in how not to negotiate the transfer market.
On the same day as Bournemouth are in the process of securing a loan deal for a 29 year old Chelsea keeper who was with Real Madrid last season.
Genuine question. Is there anybody at St Mary’s who has the slightest clue as to how to run and manage a successful Premiership Football Club ? Because at the present every indication appears to be to the contrary.
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Comment | Southampton V Nottingham Forest The Verdict.
at 09:42:59
“ It must have been disheartening for the players on the pitch to see the fans leaving in droves, just when they needed them”.
Perhaps they would have remained if they had a centre forward to watch ? |
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Comment | Southampton Sign Portuguese Midfielder
at 09:48:29
Morning ItchenNorth.
Let’s all hope that you are correct and both these “ centre forwards” come good.
If my research is correct Diaz and Archer have scored 10 Premiership goals between them. Diaz at age 25 and Archer at 22. Hardly pulling up trees I think you will agree but it is what it is I suppose.
Reference a keeper, once again I hope you are correct. We will know in ten days time but the omens at present are hardly auspicious and the clock ticks relentlessly. |
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Comment | Southampton Sign Portuguese Midfielder
at 21:49:24
Every man and his dog can see we need a keeper and a centre forward but no, we spend £15 million pounds ( money we are constantly told the club doesn’t have ) on a twenty year old midfielder with no English league experience whatsoever.
Exactly what planet are our owners, the board and management team on at the moment? |
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Comment | Southampton At Newcastle United The Verdict
at 09:43:05
Don’t worry everyone, this week we will sort out our Premiership goal keeping and goal scoring problems by purchasing yet another midfielder to play in Turkey.
Makes sense to the owners and management and that’s all that matters. |
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Comment | Southampton At Newcastle United The Preview
at 12:30:38
Good summary Nick.
Surely today’s result can’t be worse than when under Ralph we managed to lose 2-1 with Newcastle reduced to nine men at the final whistle ?
Even to this day I can’t comprehend why we allowed Ralph to continue for so long. Home and Away 9-0 defeats, a cup semi final where we didn’t manage one attempt on goal and the longest run of consecutive defeats in the Club’s whole history. Yet we gave him another season which ended in relegation. Total ineptitude by those in charge at board level in my opinion. |
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