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The second was a combo of mistakes, starting with Manning needlessly giving away possession. Then a clusterfuck of ‘defending’… (actually that last part is true of the first too).

No, I saw that and am sure it contributed to him being so poor. Should have been taken off at h/t.

Scienza was godawful I thought. He wasn’t alone though in failing to beat the first man time and time again. What a buzzkill to start the season…

Not at all. There’s a difference in taking kids already affiliated to a club vs sourcing talent in a specific geographic area who are not already signed to a club.

Where did Alejandro Rodriguez go? I’d forgotten about him.

Depressing…and he’ll never get a look in at City.

We’re gonna smash it… feel it in my bones.

It does.

What have you got against industrial estates? They enable small businesses to thrive, with relatively cheap overheads, and provide employment. You CAN regenerate an area and have new developments sitting alongside light industry, they are not mutually exclusive. As I understand it the industrial zone adjacent to the ground (where the fire was), the cements works - with riverside access - and the gasworks area are all part of the plan. Building around St. Mary’s is nowhere near as complex - or remotely as expensive - as the Kings Cross project. That’s a bit of a daft comparison.

The former gasworks is part of the redevelopment.

That’s literally what regeneration projects are about…

Any truth in the Vipotnik rumours do we think? Not seen anything from a journo yet, just fan speculation (so I suspect the answer is no!).

Think the same. Can’t go on any longer.

Yes. £20m.

Assume today is the day we’ll hear Tonda’s fate?

He’s just talking about stripes on the back. It’s nothing to do with Stoke or Sunderland, more about looking like our striped shirts of the past.

After the home leg of the league cup first leg tie v Watford – the one when Nick Holmes scored from the half-way line – and in which Kevin Keegan went off injured in the second half, I waited in The Dell car park after the match for autographs and was the first one to get to KK’s car. Being first there I got the chance to ask him a question and asked “Do you think you’ll be fit for the second leg Kev?”. Having won 4-0 he responded “I don’t think they’ll need me son, do you?”. As Saints fans of a certain age will know we certainly did need him - we lost the second leg 5-1 in normal time and 7-1 after extra time! As had been documented elsewhere, Kevin hung around to sign 60 or so autographs that night (him using my green Pentel pen for every autograph was a great source of pride in my teenage brain!). What a legend Kevin was. An incredible player that I feel honoured to have seen play in those two years with us – perhaps the greatest two years as the Saints fan for me, watching that star-studded team – and seemingly an outstanding human being. RIP King Kev😇

Running concurrently on Foxes Talk…

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Keeping two of those 4 would be a major coup.

Very sorry to hear that. RIP.

Why do people still people still feel the need to put the boot into Bazunu? Get over it, he’s unlikely to ever play for us again.

With respect, you’re missing the point - they were asked to do something that they felt uncomfortable with because it felt wrong (and was wrong, per EFL rules). That is entirely different from being pressured to deliver a legitimate piece of work by your boss. There was documented evidence of WhatsApp messages exerting pressure to do this, despite their reticence, which is why the judge described it as ‘deplorable’.

Agree, he’s a decent lad and I like his enthusiasm. Works really hard at his content, and you can’t fault his commitment. Love hearing from his Dad, always talks so much sense.

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