Saint Albert

Lovren’s in tears...

Karius will have a hard time showing his face in Liverpool after that...

That was hilarious!!

Pleat just gave a shout out to Southampton on my feed.

Damn that was a good goal by Bale!

That was some seriously excellent goalkeeping.

Good news. I hope for a bit of stability in the manager department for a few years.

Well, this is at least related to Mark Hughes... https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/1000004175470776320 I believe that Joe Prince-Wright is a Saints supporter.

Thanks for the info. Paul Clement at Swansea springs to mind re your last point. Your message is not calamitous enough to fit the present tone of this thread.

I stumbled on this, based on a Times report, which might be the source. https://readsouthampton.com/2018/05/24/saints-will-miss-out-on-additional-funds-if-liverpool-win-champions-league/

If you believe the stories in the press, we have ten million reasons to support Liverpool in the final.

This makes more sense to me than having a red third shirt. I don’t hate the red on red. I’d rather we went with the traditional red and white stripes though.

Gabbiadini speaking on Italian radio... “SOCCER, SOUTHAMPTON; GABBIADINI: I WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW HERE "I'm still young and I want to grow in this dimension, I feel comfortable in the Premier". Manolo Gabbiadini can still be seen with Southampton jersey. The former Napoli striker, guest of "Pezzi da 90" on the Umbrian broadcaster Radio Onda Libera, was the author of the goal-salvation in the clash against Swansea. "I have done my job and my duty, we will play in Premier again next year, and this is what we need to do." For over a year and a half in England, Gabbiadini is happy with the choice made: "I like the passion that you see in the stands with the correct behavior and the constant incitement towards your team. I miss good food and the Italian climate , but I'm there to play and I feel good ". The Saints striker is now hoping to return to wearing the blue shirt after the disappointment of the play-off world: "to finish with that match against Sweden was really bad, I am aware that the national team must pass for the club where I play and I have to do well to regain it, it's my goal Mancini ct? I do not know him personally and it's clear that his curriculum is clear.It's an excellent 'purchase' for our national team. It's clear that the field always counts and the results ". http://sport.repubblica.it/news/sport/calcio-southampton-gabbiadini-voglio-continuare-crescere-qui/4740276?refresh_cens

It was implied in your post. Plus it would be remiss not to mention that there are only 19 PL teams right now. The 20th will be decided at the conclusion of this weekend’s Championship playoff final.

That wasn’t my point.

Leicester bought the RB Ricardo Pereira.

The Telegraph claims that Man City are in talks with Leicester about Mahrez. “intermediary fees” thought to be a stumbling block... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/05/21/manchester-city-fresh-talks-leicester-signing-riyad-mahrez/

He also publicly criticized his teammates for their lack of quality, which, while accurate, probably should have been left unsaid... http://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2018/04/01/5ac0ab15268e3e4a448b4656.html

Interesting read thanks.

There have been a few missteps over the last few seasons and quite a few raging cock ups. I’ll list the raging cock ups as... - Replacing Koeman with Puel. I’ll be fascinated to see how Pellegrini gets on at W.Ham assuming they get him because I was hoping Les would go for him after Koeman went to the dugout pioneers; - Failing to replace Fonte after he left during the January transfer window, a balls-up of such significant degree that the club had to dabble in the free-agent market; - Replacing Puel with the out-of-his depth, deer-in-the-headlights, morale-killing, tactically inept Mauricio Pellegrino. Puel had many faults including an overly conservative style of play, and he may have lost the changing room but Pellegrino was far, far worse; - Not firing Pellegrino at any point before the January transfer window when it was obvious he was failing and the team were in huge trouble; - Failing to recognize and act on the crisis that the team were in, including not bringing adequate reinforcements in the January transfer window window, which when combined with keeping Pellegrino resulted in a near run in with relegation. It remains to be seen if Carrillo will work out after getting a full pre-season under his belt and settling in more, but right now it looks like the club overpaid massively for another non goal-scoring striker, mainly because of his links to an obviously inadequate, lame-duck, failing manager. His acquisition was certainly of no help in the context of this season’s relegation struggle; - I also find the stories of Reed falling out with various individuals at he club to be a bit of a worry. I suppose we can’t tell for sure if they’re true. I also don’t particularly respect the way he’s hidden from the media, instead of facing the music. These are just the major errors that I can think of. The team’s efforts in the transfer market have been patchy over the past few years, as well. The club should take a close look at Les Reed and his role during the club’s two years of decline. We almost got relegated. It would be crazy not to examine the reasons for this, which include Les Reed.

Liverpool FC: proudly taking a principled stand against an unscrupulous German club for tapping up one of their players... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/05/19/liverpool-cancel-borussia-monchengladbach-friendly-rhian-brewster/

Agent’s fees are complicating Jonny Evans’ move to Leicester... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5746333/Jonny-Evans-agent-wants-4million-seals-3million-Leicester-West-Brom-defender.html

I always assumed that Ross Wilson was being groomed to be Les Reed’s successor.

Yanny

From today’s Telegraph piece by Wilson... “The future of executive director Les Reed is also likely to depend on talks with the Gao family about his ongoing control over the football operation. So far, the Gaos have had complete faith in the existing executive team to drive the club’s direction and transfer strategy.”