Ted Bates Statue

Hmm, my guess is Kevin Philips to re-sign

https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/135231-new-sponsor-bcgame/page/11/#comments Some of their fans think it's their own version of our LD Sports (except of course, their owners will actually make sure the club gets the cash - unlike us having to scramble for a "legit" sponsor in Sportbetio) A points deduction may be coming their way but they only need to finish with a cushion above us + 2 other teams, so it's all fine.

Chill out Paul, hope you can do your talking on the pitch where you belong

I let this slide earlier, but I see you've fallen back into your old ways of treating pedantry as some kind of competition to drown out the actual discussion. Fucking hell, give it a break!

Wasn't sure if the vid was genuine at first, but it tallies with the 7-minute 3-part compilation I found on youtube. Nice to see a highlights video with genuine commentary for once. If he can't find the net, I can only assume his xG is sky high and his movement is magnificent to justify our interest in him. Top comment is from Sunday: "lol you have to update the video, today against Fortaleza there was another incident like that."

Great opportunity for Clinton Morrison to replace Jenas for both gigs.

I've always liked Jeff Stelling. I never pay much attention to who we're rumoured to be interested in, but I watched this video of Mandas and if these are his career highlights, for 17m? No thanks. https://x.com/SaintsSocialite/status/1822550843524001938

Most years they don't dare to win their first round match. One notable exception was in 2019 and they learned the hard way not to make that mistake again.

Very good of you to put yourself forward 😉 Either way, I'm going to keep an eye on the 12-13 season results as my comparison season for a newly promoted Saints side, but seeing as I remember our start quite well (LLLL) I'm not sure there's much to learn from the first few rounds. At least back then, we knew from the first match against Man City that we were decent up front. Who knows if Armstrong can build on his confidence and we can provide the service to him and Brereton, but I don't have much hope of getting points until the summer has long ended. Happy to chip in with the occasional post, but if it looks like we're going to sink like last time with mid-20 points or fewer, I'll probably give it a miss this season. I think it's rather telling that there are no posts in this thread from our last season in the PL. I know at the time I was comparing ourselves with the 2004-05 relegation side and we didn't even get close to their 32 points, which was my previous benchmark for a pretty dismal season. Come to think of it, that might be a better option than 2012-13.

Is that Onuachu...!?

Wednesday have put out a hissy fit press release, pleading with supporters to not buy fake kit from DHGate etc. https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2024/august/09/swfc-brand-protection-/ "Anyone found to be wearing a fake shirt inside Hillsborough could be asked to leave, with information passed on to the relevant parties" The phrase "Don't threaten me with a good time" springs to mind, although if they can hold onto Danny Rohl they could be a decent bet for the playoffs. Also reminds me of someone I went to school with, who in similar fashion to the Panini Cheapskates website, chose to amateurishly decorate a plain t-shirt in the colours of their favourite team, rather than buy the real thing. I always assumed clubs were happy to look the other way regarding kit piracy, partially due to the manufacturers going to the trouble of including shirt sponsors. Imagine if you could get a knock-off home shirt without any sponsorship - that would put the corporates on the warpath.

I don't understand what the problem was with having the ability to choose between PDF tickets or physical tickets. All this faffing about and I expect there is still a supplementary admin fee whenever ticket purchases are made.

Third call for feedback

I'm of the opinion it will end up being a massive success at massive expense. If Qatar and Russia got away with sportwashing I'm sure SA will give it a bloody good go.

Oh wow consider myself enlightened, but seriously that changes nothing and I still stand by my original comment.

We don't have a great record with South American players. Hopefully Brereton-Diaz will settle in quickly, and get over the language barrier.

Make of that what you will. Also see Hypo's post below.

This sort of post just doesn't feel complete without a gormless confused emoji from the master debater, so I felt compelled to apply one myself. Still think he's best value on Twitter, engaging enraging random fans of other teams at will.

As a tribute to the original statue, I like to think I would have done a much better job in a fraction of the posts. I don't think it's him, but that stuff over there is more MLG's realm. I can barely remember my login for this site, let alone that of a club that most of us don't give a shit about except when we're about to sign one of their players.

I see where you're coming from but our group stage performances were pretty poor back then. In 2002 we faced Brazil too early because we played for a draw against Nigeria and let Sweden win the group. 2004, we came second to France in the group as we fell to pieces in our match against them. Under Sven we only won the group stage in 2006 but in the knock-outs we fluffed it on the penalties again. When you see it was players like Gerrard and Lampard who missed their efforts it's not a stretch to suggest that we didn't prepare as thoroughly as Southgate has in more recent times.

You could have easily written this 10 or 15 years ago. Really disappointing that despite all the advancements, we are still clinging to these outdated notions of prioritising physicality and 'winning' over skill and development.

Go back another half century and pink was seen as a male colour... fashion eh! A lot of our away shirt designs have left me cold but if we do something special when wearing them, suddenly they become iconic. Case in point - Anfield 2017, Simms passing to Long in that weird Under Armour black kit. Good times!

Many people say that we're by far the greatest team the world has ever seen, so I reckon he has definitely heard of us, unless he's an idiot.

Tickets for Millwall on general sale now. I have good memories of Pelle scoring his first goal for us there in an August League Cup match. That must have been about 10 years ago, bloody hell.