| News Comment | Southampton Going Dutch For Japanese International Defender at 14:38:41
Without being too uncharitable, there is a big difference between being a top pro and a top player, Yoshida was certainly a top pro whilst at St Mary's but he was a good back up player as shown by the actual number of appearances he made, we have top pros such as Jack Stephens, we need top players |
| News Comment | It's Official Adam Lallana Returns To Southampton at 11:38:54
My memory of him isn't bitter, I was disappointed in him at the time, but as I say in the article time has been a great healer, I am in the camp that he could be a good asset this coming season |
| News Comment | Saints And Celtic Said To Have Lost Out On Number One Goalkeeping Target at 17:35:59
Basic contract law does not always apply to football and the laws differ depending on the situation, if a player is out of contract he can negotiate with other clubs in the last six months of his current deal, but only if they are from abroad. If it is with another club then he cannot start negotiating until he is within the final month of his contract, Ie after June 1st |
| News Comment | Stuart Armstrong Weighing Up Options at 11:49:02
Russell martin has said he wants him to stay, but that is different from an actual contract on the table, what he might want to be paid to stay, might not be what we might want to pay him at his age, A lot of mights in this post |
| News Comment | Wembley Tickets On General Sale From Monday Lunchtime at 12:09:59
I would ring them, if you have bought 3 tickets on your season ticket on Saturday for instance, then the system probably won't log you back in now or are you saying that you haven't bought any on your account yet |
| News Comment | Southampton Sell Out St Mary's For The West Brom 2nd Leg Play Off Semi Final at 07:34:48
Sorry but it is disgusting, it is profiteering, no one is expecting them to see the seats cheap, if it was the normal price charged it would be fair enough, supply and demand and all that, but when you up the price from £90 to £210 that is just wrong. I am not going to try and justify it |
| News Comment | Southampton V Stoke City The Verdict at 14:33:03
One thing that the last 4 games have shown is that whoever is in goal it doesn't matter Bazunu 41 games played 54 goals conceded = 1.32 per game McCarthy 4 games played and 8 goals conceded = 2 goals per game conceded If we want to be accurate Bazunu has been far better than McCarthy in this respect |
| News Comment | Brighton Alleged To Be Talking To Russell Martin To Replace Roberto De Zerbi at 09:27:35
When Brighton appointed Graham otter he had just taken Swansea to 10th in the Championship, Roberto De Zerbi had been a bit of journeyman manager. Brighton are a club who look beyond big names and look for the up and coming coaches. Here at Southampton we as a fan base seem to want big names rather than up and coming coaches |
| News Comment | Russell Martin Admits He Won't Change Tactics Or Drop Jack Stephens at 14:48:39
Up to Saturday we were still scoring goals, 2 at Ipswich yet we still lost, that has been the case even in the two games we have won, the opposition still got two, we are the 3rd highest scoring team in the League, we create enough chances, we just let too many in |
| News Comment | Southampton At Blackburn Rovers The Verdict at 13:53:49
David Argyll Yes I did spend a large part of the article mentioning Jack Stephens because like it or not he is at the centre of the issue, as I say it is not his fault, he is not a central midfielder, he is not a left back, he is being played out of position to give him a game, that is the managers fault. Kyle Walker Peters has been one of our most important players this season, yet he is dropped for the trip to Ipswich, on Saturday Jack was mostly employed as a central midfielder, yet we had two central midfielders on the bench. Adam Armstrong is our top scorer but if he was suddenly played at Centre Half and Taylor Harwood Bellis dropped I would be asking questions of the manager. At the end you say that I should consider the alternative view that perhaps they wanted to play a defensive game, yes I can see that, but given that the manager had been publicly saying that we had to win the last 8 games if we were to have any chance of promotion, then why didn't we go for it in this one, especially near the end. I might have mentioned Jack Stephens a lot but leaving him on and taking Rothwell off was negative when we needed a goal. It was our worse performance because we had no motivation, we had no leadership and we played with fear, we were happy with a point as you seemed to imply |
| News Comment | Southampton At Blackburn Rovers The Verdict at 10:30:39
David Argyll I made it quite clear that it wasn't Stephens performance that was the issue"Captain Jack was far from being the only culprit, but this was a team playing with fear, the fear of making a mistake and getting caught out." In this and other articles, I do not say Stephens has had a bad game, only that he is being played in the wrong position and ahead of others who deserve more, against Boro we dropped Bednarek to the bench, against Ipswich we dropped Kyle Walker Peters and against Blackburn we had experienced central midfielders on the bench and in the case of Rothwell on the pitch and taken off who find themselves dropped and Jack being employed in their position. It is not about individual players it is about the tactics |
| News Comment | Russell Martin Must Stop Shoehorning Jack Stephens Into The Saints Side at 13:46:25
With regard to whether THB had played right back before, he seems to have done so 5 times before this season September 2020 for Man City against Burnley in the League cup 24 mins as sub April 2021 for Man City against Cheltenham in FA Cup 68 mins starting line up February 2021 Blackburn V QPR Championship 28 mins as sub February 2021 Blackburn V Barnsley Championship 90 mins starting line up March 2022 Stoke V Millwall Championship 90 mins starting line up So not a great deal of experience in this position, seems to be as a fill in when needed |
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