Nordic Saint

I see there are still those one here trying to undermine our support for the players and especially the team captain. The Aussie cricketers said they always found it most effective to aim their sledging at the team captain. FFS, give it a rest, will you?

I don't kinow why they are so worried about AR-10 not posting today. The transfer window has closed. He'll be back when Les has any more information or messages he wants him to pass on, as will areasix on the UI.

They obviously didn't know much about football either. http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/707156/England-Slovakia-player-ratings-Wayne-Rooney-Adam-Lallana-Sam-Allardyce-World-Cup http://www.goal.com/en-gb/match/slovakia-vs-england/2116332/ratings

MOTM performance from Lallana for England today. As he matures, he is developing into the long-term replacement for Gerrard.

Give it a rest. When did he say the club had denied him a move??? Sounds like some of our fans have already made up their minds he is going to be their latest hate figure and are just making stuff up to try to discredit him. Next, it will be he didn't smile enough during a match, he's not trying because he's sulking etc etc. It's pathetic behaviour from so-called fans of a team in which he has been the most loyal player and captain.

Give it a rest. He hasn't said or done anything wrong. This is what he said. "I’m focused on Southampton. I’ve lots of targets: to play in the Champs League, to play in a World Cup, to win a trophy in England." Some of our fans are the ones jumping to the conclusion that it's impossible to win a trophy or play in the Champions League here, not Fonte. Is he now going to have our so-called fans on his back for the rest of the season, trying to hound him out of the club?

Totally agree with you. We seem to have some of the most disloyal fans in the country. They look for any opportunity to turn against our players. The poor bloke hasn't said anything but any excuse to turn against him will do.

Niall has just updated it: http://www.nufc.com/2016-17html/attendance-all-time.html

Why? What has he done? He's in Portugal and seems happy enough: José Fonte 4 hrs · Honra enorme!!!Obrigado Cidade do Porto Immensely honoured!!!Thank you city of Porto Thank you #portugal #ihaveadream Still going!!!CHAAAAMPS

The team we field against Arsenal, who we've only lost to once in our last 6 meetings, will reveal the current strength of our squad.

But, he doesn't play in the same role. Wanyama was the team's midfield 'enforcer' who would break up opposition attacking moves well before they reached our penalty area. You could rely on him to close down opposition attacks when we needed to hold on to a lead. Hojbjerg doesn't do that even though he is clearly a talented footballer. We now have a physically very small team which can easily be outmuscled and shoved aside and really need another Wanyama.

Being stronger in reality does.

By last year's standards. By this year's standards that's what it costs to buy an average Premier League player. 30m+ will buy you a good one.

So, 5th place at least if we make one more signing? I hope you are right.

Is that what's caused Pied's injury? We are rapidly building a fine reputation as a place where players with long-term knee injuries can convalesce. Soon, they'll all want to come here.

Yes, it seems the players have already concluded it's probably best just to take no notice of him: http://soccer-rumours.com/?story=35&buying=23&selling=3&player=1

The Watford and Sunderland games were similar in that the team looked shambolic and disorganised in the first half, then they sorted it out amongst themselves to a certain extent in the second half. They might actually play better if they were left to manage themselves.

The attacks on rival fans mostly take place off camera. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/violence-overshadows-football-in-turkey.aspx?PageID=238&NID=98282&NewsCatID=361

It's likely we'll get a team from Azerbaijan, Turkey or Israel. I hope we don't get Fenerbahçe. They are a very good team and they have one of the most violent crowds in football.

What does that make us? We lose to them..

He's a very good player and one of the fastest in our squad. But, he is tiny and oppostion managers have learned you can beat him by putting high crossfield balls over to his wing. He was also beaten by one in the Euros, which led to a goal. It's a concern that a few of the players we are being linked with now are also very small.

A small bet on him to be PFA Player of the Year might be in order.

Out of that lot, I hope we get Sébastien Haller.

He's also younger than Mo Farah, who's done a lot more miles. Nowadays, central defenders are at their best in their early 30s, which is why Real Madrid have Pepe at the heart of their defence. You could argue that strikers need pace even more. Ibrahimovich is 35 this year and that didn't stop Mourinho signing him. Fonte has at least 2 more good seasons left in him and I can understand why Mourinho would like him to fill the role at Man United that Terry had at Chelsea. We sell most of the players we buy after 2 seasons, so it's unlikely a younger player would here last any longer. I think Puel knows how important Fonte is for the team so he won't want him sold.

Rather than having every thread dragged down by ALWAYS_SFC, C.B. Fry and the Whelk trying to insuilt or make sarcastic comments about everyone who doesn't belong to their Stepford Wives group of tame posters, can we keep all of the comments about other posters to this one thread? Feel free to insult me here as much as you like, ALWAYS_SFC but if you're not going to express any opinions about Saints or football, there really is no need to waste time insulting those who do in every thread when you can do it all in just this one, OK?