| Forum Reply | Long ban for the Cornish Maldini looming at 17:49 16 Sep 2024
Oohh, looking forward to this, it mitigates my disappointment that one the games RM’s pin up was going to miss was the Everton Cup tie. If he’s up on one of the FA’s juicy ‘E’ charges (the ones with the heaviest sanctions are E1, E2, E3 ect…) this means a hefty fine (pointless given the money he earns a year) but the good bit is his ban could be extended by an additional one, two, three or four games on top of the three game ban for the red card. Good news for us though as RM’s hand will be forced for longer. He will be inconsolable, so much so I wouldn’t be surprised if his next press conference is conducted with the old Simon Bates ‘Our Tune’ theme music playing in the background. [Post edited 16 Sep 17:56]
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| Forum Reply | Dibling will be playing for big 6 club in 2/3 years at 15:24 15 Sep 2024
One quote Nick made when the over funded vultures were circling around Livremento was that the big 6 wouldn’t allow a player of Livremento’s quality to remain at Southampton - wouldn’t allow, I found that quite a chilling statement but very true. I think we will face the same problem with Dibling very soon. The catch 22 situation is that we desperately need his skills on the pitch to help us going forwards but the more we play him the more attention he will draw to himself from the usual suspects. SR need to address his contract situation as a matter of urgency as according to flashscore his current contract expires in June 2025 - he needs a new vastly improved long term contract with a huge buy out / release clause included and I mean eye wateringly huge. The only crumb of comfort I cling to is the fact Dibling tried the bright lights of Chelsea but soon wanted to come back home to the Saints so I am just hoping he will emulate MLT in another way and be happy to remain a Saint for a good while to come |
| Forum Reply | That penalty at 19:03 14 Sep 2024
OK fair enough, I have not seen any PM interviews. Probably explains why Archer looked like he’d just seen a ghost whilst he was waiting to take the penalty. |
| Forum Reply | Let Dibling start against United. at 18:52 11 Sep 2024
StAnt, you are probably right but I’m with Grumpy on this one, it should happen - I’d start Sam Amo Ameyaw as well. What’s the point of having their talents sat warming the bench? Best players in pre-season, better than two or three I could name that have done little to merit including in the stating XI but get picked anyway as they are RM’s favourites. This isn’t picking your best mates first for a game of footie in the park after school, it’s considerably more serious than that! [Post edited 11 Sep 18:54]
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| Forum Reply | He’s not finished, he’s only 28… at 14:21 11 Sep 2024
DD, that has unlocked a few distant memories. I too was there on the bench seats under the West Stand. Now you mention it, I too can remember a few people went as far as saying sign him up never mind wondering if he would still be able to do a job for us! From memory he scored a typic al Greavsie style goal and still looked sharp, albeit far from fully fit. Look at some of the names on the Whitecaps team - back in their prime there would have been a few on that team sheet that would have been welcome additions to the squad at The Dell. Of course, we did see Alan Ball in a Saints shirt. |
| Forum Reply | On This Day In 2001 at 13:59 11 Sep 2024
Yes, I drove down to the game with another London based ST holder. Think we were both a bit surprised the game went ahead and as a previous poster has said there was a quite subdued atmosphere. We were also in those seats in the small stand. A few days later I remember there was a huge backlash against the American comedienne Joan Rivers who’d said there were probably a few women out there that would have been relieved that their husbands had perished in the twin towers as they treated their wives like sh#t. Nearly cost her her career but for once she wasn’t making a controversial joke she was making a serious point. In the end the wife of a senior Cantor Fitzgerald executive who died in the towers came forward in support of Rivers saying she spot on and she was not the only one widowed who felt the same way. |
| Forum Reply | The Give Russell a chance thread at 19:37 5 Sep 2024
The grey shirts were the season before the 6-3 when we won 3-1 and were 3-0 up at half time. Monkou put us 1-0 up early on, Shipperly doubled our lead after about 20 mins then Le Tiss got the third just before HT. United changed from grey shirts to blue and white vertical stripes for the second half. That game was played in April 96 so near the end of the 95/96 season but then only 6 months later we played them again at home in Oct 96 and won 6-3. Berkovic opened the scoring even earlier than Monkou had the previous season and for the second season running we had put 3 past United by HT (3-1). They started the game in the same blue & white stripes they changed into the previous season so as the HT whistle blew it seemed like the whole ground were singing ‘Have you brought a change of kit?’ at Alex Ferguson as he trudged from the dugout on the halfway line back to the dressing room. To this day one of my favourite Dell memories, there was simply no answer to the chant. |
| Forum Reply | Martin fighting for his job… at 12:09 5 Sep 2024
Agreed ST - and it might not even be Z list goons, it would not surprise me if much of their content is A.I. generated which is entirely possible these days and would require minimal human input whilst taking garbage articles to a new level of bullsh#ttery. |
| Forum Reply | Edozie leaving at 15:07 4 Sep 2024
Agreed Nick, I’d also add that the City youngsters we have purchased to a large extent are far from failed players, if they were, they would have either been released by City and left to find themselves a non-league club or given a free transfer to somewhere like Rochdale, Stockport or Accrington. In a lot of instances the likes of Lavia, Edozie and Delap (who has just gone to Ipswich) just find their paths to 1st team football blocked due to the quality of the players ahead of them and at a Club like City that could be the go-to first reserve as well as the first choice player therefore moves away are the only way for those players to continue their development. It doesn’t make them failed players. I wish Sam Edozie all the best at his new club and hope he does well there. The better he plays the bigger the offer will be when it comes to making the transfer a permanent deal. |
| Forum Reply | No points deduction for Leicester at 21:20 3 Sep 2024
Football disciplinary and appeals boards absolutely love / hate previously set precedents. This is now most definitely a new precedent now well and truly set - it could actually be good news for us if we happen to fall foul of the same set of rules at some stage as we have had a couple of spectacular spending sprees by our standards as well as one redemptive window when we were relegated. But with the other loans that have needed to be at least serviced I do still worry about season 22/23 being within the three year period for PSR. |
| Forum Reply | Sulemana Tipped For Loan Move To The Netherlands at 20:03 3 Sep 2024
There is a possibility that we might be stuck with Sulemana until January according to a couple of media sources who are reporting that Ajax might not have got the paperwork fully submitted in time. Why Clubs leave things so so late is beyond me - the excuse given in this instance by Ajax was they would only take Sulemana on loan if Bergwijn completed his move to the Saudi Pro League which did eventually go through but maybe not in time for the KS paperwork to be submitted. See story on this link: https://www.southamptonfc.news/transfers/kamaldeen-sulemana-transfer-twist-emerg |
| Forum Reply | A turning point perhaps? at 19:42 3 Sep 2024
And not only £400k a week but tax free if he stays for two years minimum apparently. Gets a bit complicated if it’s not all it’s cracked up to be and he wants to come back to the PL early and play proper football again but if he can hack the lifestyle changes and the Mickey Mouse football then it is certainly big bucks to be earned for a bit of a sacrifice for a relatively short period of time. |
| Forum Reply | Joel Matip at 14:48 3 Sep 2024
Can you imagine training if we’d kept Alcatraz and signed Balotelli?!? 😮 Perisic and Martial could be good as would Matip if recovered properly from the injury and was fully fit. Wages would be the stumbling block though… |
| Forum Reply | Sugawara's left peg. at 14:35 3 Sep 2024
Sounds like a good name for a fanzine from the 90’s 😄 |
| Forum Reply | Southampton At Brentford The Damning Verdict at 16:50 2 Sep 2024
1885 SFC, I have just been reading an article where RM explains (post Brentford defeat) why Tyler Dibling isn’t in the starting XI and you are quite right when you say RM is giving the players that got us promoted preferential treatment but quite a way into the article (as it is primarily about Dibling) there is just a small chink of light at the end of the long dark tunnel that we seem to be in that indicates that possibly, just maybe, RM has seen the light - although in the final sentence he gives himself a bit of a get out clause as it will be his opinion as to who ‘is in the best place’ but I am going to stay positive and keep my fingers crossed that he has now realised that he needs to forget about last season and start playing his best XI 🙂 The article says: Martin went on to explain that the players who got Southampton promoted have deserved their chance but admitted he can’t afford to be sentimental, adding: “I hope people understand that the guys in the team have been amazing for us. So there’s a level of credit that they’ve built up. “But now, after three defeats, it doesn’t really mean much, unfortunately, in football it moves on quickly and now it’s about the best guys on the pitch that are in the best place. Link to article below: https://www.southamptonfc.news/news/russell-martin-explains-why-incredible-south |
| Forum Reply | Ramsdale … DEAL DONE at 16:31 30 Aug 2024
He will have needed to be registered by 12 noon today to be eligible to play tomorrow, so that means all the relevant documentation submitted in full to the PL by noon. As this was announced as a done deal quite early it is a possibility the paperwork will have been scanned and emailed to the PL before the deadline. |
| Forum Reply | The draw was fixed - Totally corrupt. at 00:28 29 Aug 2024
It’s total bulldroppings, the excuses they are making for doing this make no sense. FIFA ,then UEFA, then the FA set their International / National schedules way on excess of 12 months in advance. For example, UEFA will already have the date of the 2026 CL final scheduled and diarised, in fact, just looked it up, it is on 30th May 2026 in the Puskas Arena in Budapest. All the previous rounds / dates are similarly diarised that far in advance so the cartel are fully aware of their European commitments / dates for this season and next season as well assuming they qualify. The real reason is the Football League are petrified that the top six / eight clubs will withdraw from their competition so they are bending over backwards, and then some, to keep them sweet so they don’t follow through with the veiled threats to abandon the competition because if one goes the rest will follow. Closest to date is Liverpool after the Football League refused to budge on the date of a League Cup game when Liverpool were away at the World Club Championsip or playing in the Super Cup Final (can’t remember which) and they ended up playing Villa at Anfield with basically a third team. The veiled threat has been there ever since so the FL now let the cartel roll over and tickle their tummies. New draw rules started this season. VERY low profile launch to this, kept it as quiet as they could for as long as they could but now it is dawning on everyone everywhere. I can imagine similar conversations taking place on dozens and dozens of fan sites as everyone else has now realised they too have been shafted, royally. Bloody stinks. |
| Forum Reply | Dibling at 18:34 24 Aug 2024
Did more positive things in the last 10 minutes than the majority of the rest did in 90 minutes. A couple of the final passes didn’t quite make their intended destination but he didn’t give up. Will probably get a full game against Cardiff in midweek but then back on the bench no doubt for the next League game. |
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