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  1. Not to dampen the mood for everyone but I thought that you all would want to know. Minsk passed away on the 8th. I'm sure that he watched the game from where ever he is right now. Hope we do well this season. - Minsk's daughter
  2. Cheers fella. No spreadsheet. I go at it blind, cross referencing with official website and/or soccerbase. Do the math from previous gameweek.
  3. Terminal disease mate. Feels like reaching endgame. No more power. Apologies to all I upset on here. Saints fan forever. x
  4. Hi guys. Can somebody please take over this thread. Won't be able to do it any more. Enjoy the rest on the season and all seasons to come. It's been fun. All the best Minsk. SOYS
  5. Looking at how he has behaved since joining us and all that has been written (about him being shy, taking time to settle in new environments, being level headed, etc) I'm not going to worry myself about him having his head turned just yet. Even if we were to do so (which we won't this month for sure) I also don't think there is any chance we would sell for anything south of £50m. White cost Arsenal that and, imo, Salisu is better. 55-60m for me. On a side note, couldn't understand why some posters were wetting their knickers over KWP demanding a move away last week. Hopefully his post match comments on Saturday have put that rumour to bed.
  6. Still more than 2 weeks until our next league match. Thought I would update this now and maybe 'bump' it after the cup match. Match Day 22 Match Day Comparison: Last season we lost this match day 3-2 away to Newcastle. Saturday's draw sees improvement in both points and GD. -4 points; 0 GD Head-to-Head Comparison: Last season we lost this fixture 1-0. The 1-1 draw means gains in points and GD here too. +12 points; +12 GD Next up on Match Day 23 is an away trip to the North London Yobbos (Wednesday 9th Feb; 7.45; BT Sports). Last season we lost 2-1 away to Spurs. We also lost match day 23 by the same score, at home to Wolves. Spurs are having a strange season, but are still sat up in 7th. Conte has got them better organised and Kane has remembered how to score again. That said, in all honesty, I really wish we were playing them this week and not in 2 weeks time. No doubt by then Son will be back and they would have signed a player or 2. Not going to call it just yet but, right now, see no reason why we couldn't get something from this one. Just best not to go in with expectation I suppose. COYS
  7. Match Day 21 Match Day Comparison: This round last season saw a defeat in Manchester to a score that won't be mentioned. On the bright side, Saturday's loss to Wolves gives us a positive swing in GD. No change in points. -5 points; -1 GD Head-to-Head Comparison: Given we drew 1-1 at theirs last season, Saturday's 3-1 defeat to Wolves sees us lose points and GD here. +11 points; +11 GD Next up, for Saturday evening's Match Day 22, is a visit by Pep and his Champions. Last season we lost 3-2 away to Newcastle on match day 22; whilst City went away from St Mary's with the spoils having narrowly beaten us 1-0. City have won their last 12 league matches on the bounce. The last time they failed to win in the PL was on October 30th which was, bizarrely, a home loss to Palace. Surely that must come to an end somewhen, right? The optimist in me wants to believe that will be tomorrow; the realist tells me to stop dreaming. Dream on Minsk; Dream on!! Come on Saints, at least give us a draw to savour. COYS
  8. Good post. Fully agree with everything above.
  9. And yet if you had your way he wouldn't even be on the pitch! According to you Diallo is a much better player and we play much better as a team when JWP isn't in it, or something like that...... 🙄 (all demised after Prowsey missed his first game for 2 seasons). 🤣
  10. Same old anti-Ralph agenda. In what ways was Bednarek better pre-Ralph? Complete garbage.
  11. That's up to the scouting network. I have no idea. Had never heard of Salisu before he joined (for example). Also, what would one consider an upgrade? Someone more agile? More dominant in the air? Greater positional awareness? Of course, all 3 would be fantastic but even an upgrade in 1 of those (providing other elements were equivalent) would still make the player an upgrade. No? No one is saying that it would be easy to upgrade him. Unrealistic? Not really. Unlikely? Sure. Personally, I don't think we should sell Bednarek right now. He is an experienced international and an average PL CB. Plenty worse than him about. A fair few better, especially at clubs higher up. There are some CBs better at some things but lacking in others compared to him. No matter how good they are though, all CBs get punished for making mistakes. And they all make them. Do I want better than him as a starting CB here? Yes. I also realise that we are an average (currently) midtable team, so about his level. But we could upgrade, even for whatever fee we might get if we did sell.
  12. Do you think a player's transfer fee is based purely on their current ability? Or would you agree that other factors come into play such as: need/desire of selling club for player to leave; length of contract at selling club; age; potential/experience; nationality - to name but a few.
  13. Thanks. Thanks. No worries Ottawa. Sometimes I need a kick up the arse. 🤣
  14. Match Day 20 Match Day Comparison: Last season we lost match day 20 by a goal to nil at home to Villa. Tuesday night's 4-1 win reduces the deficit of points and GD. -5 points; -8 GD Head-to-Head Comparison: For this comparison I am using Sheffield Utd results from last season, who we beat 3-0 at St Mary's. The 4-1 win over Brentford means no change to either points or GD. +12 points; +13 GD Next up on Saturday is an away trip to Wolves. Last season we drew 1-1 there. Match day 21 however was THAT match up at Old Trafford. Don't think I need to mention the score........ Wolves are having a good season to be fair. Certainly doing better than I thought they would before it started. They are also the only team (so far) to have beaten us at St Mary's this season - and that defeat still hurts. We were certainly the better team on the day. Just the one defensive howler, and a good finish from Jiminez. I think Saturday's match will be a close affair. It could go either way. Would certainly be happy with the same 1-1 this time round, while obviously hoping for an away win! COYS Now, where is that nurse? And where is my cuppa??
  15. 👋 Sorry haven't updated yet. Still in hospital. Was trying to put off until I got home. Was told today, now tomorrow, but might be Saturday..... Just hope I get out. Nurse is meant come check my stats and bring me a cuppa soon, so might give it a go before sleeping. Bear with me.
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