CB Fry

It's about time someone had the balls to say this.

For a club in a situation like Saints, or any team in the bottom half then that's an excellent CV. As will be proven because if he wants one he's likely to get a job at a top flight club before the season is out. I don't think we'll approach him and personally I don't want him but if we did hire him, I'd be confident in at least staying up. I would suggest anyone you suggest (that's a realistic prospect for us) will not have a CV as good as Big old Sam. Suggest away.

Just done part one. Quality. High hopes for the Clive Woodward Redknapp stuff, will listen tomorrow.

Thanks for the tip, looks good. Just to help others it's actually called Undr The Cosh (no e in under) - there is another football podcast called "Under the Cosh" which I found on Pocketcasts and confused the hell out of me. I take it people on here subscribe to Quickly Kevin - new series just started and it remains absolutely superb.

What land has he bought around St Mary's and what plans has he put down? And which land could he not just have bought from Southampton City Council/the land owners in isolation, without buying a football club he has little interest in?

Mirror, Express and Star all part of the same stable now and sharing copy/stories left right and centre. Doesn't make that story any less true (or not true) of course.

Huddersfield win probably the best result, they are going down anyway. Fulham loss and they will have had a dreadful return to the division, we need them to stay down there.

Er, no. Not if they win ten-nil.

Jesus wept.

Prutton = Hojberg. Highly rated young midfielder shows flashes of being okay but generally a nothing player. Plenty of parallels - both times a bloated squad of interchangeable utter dross.

And Burnley.

Team shows intent. Young kid on bench who could become an instant hero. All for it. Happy with that. Still, 3-0 defeat.

Has anyone ever suggested that footballers don't get impacted by traumatic events, deaths of loved ones, colleagues, mentors? Kaspar Schmeichel came across as a level-headed, balanced footballer before the Leicester owner died, and nothing has changed in that regard. Is someone going to do a Leicester-based "puts it all into perspective, don't it" routine in every single thread now?

Ings is only on loan for expediency on deadline day after weeks/months of negotiations/wrangling with Liverpool. We're locked in to signing him for twenty odd million quid. So that's two twenty million pound strikers in two consecutive windows. I wouldn't listen to Le Tissier's financial analysis, it's not his strong suit.

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Quite. Apart from their famous season they tend to finish mid table on mid-forty points. No reason they can't continue to do that.

What about Lemina? He was definitely leaving to go to a top six club in the summer wasn't he?

7th then 6th then 8th isn't decline. It's some of our best ever seasons. This site had nothing whatsoever to do with his departure, if you think it did then you are a bit simple.

Jesus wept. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/usain-bolt-andy-keogh-first-touch-trampoline-central-coast-mariners-a-league-a8602931.html

Sorry to hear that. Meanwhile try and get your head around the sad fact that those involved in the crash are dead, there will be no match on Tuesday and the only person theorising and discussing whether it should be played is you. Just you.

Quite. It's like complementing a team on a positive defensive performance against us: not difficult.

When the news came through at 9pm last night - a helicopter crashed and exploded into flames minutes later - it was very obvious then that everyone was dead. A insignificant output of that was that Tuesday's match would be called off. Very, very obvious. No debate, no discussion. But this morning here you are spaffing on about what-if "everyone" involved is actually "absolutely fine" after all. It's like you are mentally ill or something. Stop typing and yes, this thread probably does need closing.

What we don't know is anyone else involved - anyone not in the helicopter but caught up in the explosion. Rather odd people clinging on to an idea that everyone is fine because an official statement hasn't come out.

Take a day off.

Developing situation in Leicester that I guess could mean no game on Tuesday. Looks pretty bad.