Soton fans I know are pretty gloomy about their prospects, saying they'll only see them win in some drug fuelled alternative universe.
Good performance at the weekend, still concerned about the defence, need a LB but all the new players looked promising to me. Dare I say it it appears as though Orta has earnt his crust so far this summer!
Off topic, Doc en reference to barca registering players. La liga have not accepted that they are solvent yet, so will have to sell off more assets Spanish liga kicks off this weekend!
It’d be funny if it wasn’t in danger of costing us a fortune. Full raphinha money should have been in our bank before signing anything
Not sure we'll get humped but a defeat is the most likely outcome. That's just how it's going to be this season so please please please can everyone just take it with good grace and not go into full meltdown just because the expected happened. Saints 5/4 Leeds 11/5 Draw 12/5
they lost deservedly to spurs but it wasn’t the complete drubbing it was reported as. They usually pass it about pretty well and there’s no easy games in the Prem. I’d be happy with a point
Fkg angry this morning as the BBC are scrapping the football results being broadcast on 5 Live. What use is the BBC who want to save a few quid but pay big ears way over a million a year
I predicted throughout last season we’d easily stay up and how accurate was I. We had at least five minutes to spare so same prediction for the current season
Some of you may remember the academy problems we had under Bates, where the kack of investment and charging parents for coaching completely broke our academy model. Our head of academy left to set up Man City’s academy and our head of schools and boys clubs also left for Man City so all the kids he spotted in Leeds area were given to Man City. well we still have plenty of synergy with Man City academy as some of you may have seen the Man City top kids scout left Man City a couple of weeks ago and went to Southampton as Academy and scouting director. Thats why Saints have signed some City kids. Back in May our youth development role was advertised because our guy left the club and this week took over at Man City replacing the guy who went to saints. The number 2 at Man City so upset about not getting the top job left City and is now at Leeds, but at least it shows our commitment to our youth and academy policy
Only Roy Keane's mate that I can think of but that was ages ago. Good pundit though with such an engaging personality