John Boy Saint

Is it me or are these bloody refs getting younger like coppers??!!!!

You mean League 1 minus 10 - Without doubt THE ultimate Saints match report, tells pretty much as it is through Red & White tinted spectacles. Language can be a bit tootie fruity, but no more than what you are likely to hear attending a match in person. Here is a classic from a few seasons back (when things were pretty good) if you haven't read them before: http://leagueoneminus10.blogspot.com/search/label/newcastle?updated-max=2014-09-16T00:22:00%2B01:00&max-results=20&start=6&by-date=false

Probably thought “I have had 3 weeks off, I managed to get into the team last season, managed to get into the Polish squad and score in the World Cup - there are a few too many options for my position in the Saints team - might be an idea to get back into pre season and try to secure a more regular berth”.

Certainly was, looked like zero defence management.........bloody great big hole where Maya normally would be repelling boarders.

As mentioned already it's only pre season and experimentation, if we are getting our knickers in a twist just imagine the dark mood on Merseyside where Liverpool failed to score with a healthy team and likewise Everton could only score one, both drawing against League 2 Bury (who were already relegated before Christmas last season) using that has a barometer Huddersfield must be rubbing their hands together As they smashed the shakers 4-0.

So he will be back in Ligue 1 again!! ............I’ll get my coat

I must be getting old or stupid or probably both!! WHO???!!! Hang on let me get the Panini Album out (speaking of which anyone want to do some major swapping?) to see who these fellows are??!! I know TV money has turned the world upside down and inside out, but how the Dickens can you spend that kind of money with a ground smaller than the Dell that doesn’t sell out, and from the outside the global footprint of a flea! A cynic would think that if they can do that without question, having binned off a trainer for financial reasons, persons inside the walls of SMS are skimming off a wedge out of the club. Unless they are just doing a p*mpey: but are much more polite.

See the “Macaronis” (thanks Das Boot for that handle) in the Fiat factory are threatening to to go on strike, because the Angnelli family who own Juve and Fiat Group have piddled £100m away on him, and they have been working under austere conditions in the car factory.

Must have spent too much time in Lovrens company!! As mentioned before, 5 years ago Fonte was about to become a bench warmer under Pochettino, But Yoshida picked up an injury in the Confederations Cup, Jose saw the writing on the wall and upped his game and kept Yoshida out. Most players when asked who was the physically fittest player in the club prior to the Euros every single one said Fonte, and for his age his conditioning was exceptional. But taking sentiment out of it, it was like the Euros were his pinnacle, probably due to the greedy contract negotiations, he was making howlers that were worse (as other have already said) than minor ones Yoshida was getting absolutely slaughtered for, any sane fan could see the flame was dimming..............and when he got to WHU many on here were mocking what he was doing with us and getting slack for. He served us very well, but modern day football has no time for sentiment: unless you are 5-0 up with 5 minutes to play.

Better make sure he doesn’t end up standing next to Ronaldo on the same beach!!!.........blimey Bob Geldof would be getting the band back to together one more time, and booking Wembley for a fund raiser!!

I would hope after being neglected for most of last season, Hughes wants him and has put a Spark back into him. if he went it would be no surprise, as he has been shabbily handled over the last season(s), he commmented that the goals dried up under Puel because “the manager changed how we played”. MoPe at the helm was Puel MKII

This Tenacious, seemingly good engine to get up and back, knows where the goal is.

If he can bang them in like Austin has last 2 seasons with their injury records they could time share one striking position

The mighty Shakers will be itching even more to knock the wind out of their sails mid week, having shut out a strong Liverpool yesterday.

Only caught my eye because my cousins are ardent Bury fans, but is seems a very healthy Liverpool were held in their pre season Friendly to a nil nil draw with a pretty healthy team, including a few old friends. https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/307190-match-report-bury-liverpool-pre-season-friendly

Some fans indeed.........Knew I shouldn’t have posted after that rather large post dinner Brandy.............was rather nice mind: even if make my fingers spout the kind cobblers that tumbles our of my gob after indulging in such an accelerant.

If Gabbiadini is feeling reinvigorated under Hughes, after being allowed to fester and rot under MoPe, then that will be like having a new striker especially as he has the ability to convert something out of nothing (that second goal in the EFL final still has me -Smalling and De Gea too - thinking how the chuff did he do that?). Add into the mix Gallagher, who despite the personal circumstances that were sitting heavily on his shoulders, Pochettino (who is no mug) was prepared and felt was ready to thrust him into the team, if Redmond is deployed in the middle to greater effect, then maybe the need to splash stupid cash on another relatively un known Carlos Kickaball isn’t the top priority. No doubt someone will respond with “ah but Gallagher isn’t premier league” neither is anyone with an exotic name we might buy from a team outside the UK, the Lad has played the last 2 seasons with basket case clubs and basket case managers and done ok. No point spending money when someone just as capable is more than likely sitting right under our noses given the right opportunity........... blooming defenders and a “part timer” scored more goals than anyone else for us last season.

If that’s the case may as well pack up our tent and bugger off back to League 1!

Maybe at the end of the day, given the dogs abuse he was handing out to Diouf and anyone else within his vicinity during our game at SMS towards the end of last season, Sparky had no intention of linking up with him again, as he was more trouble than he was worth.

What a pile of steaming horse doings............... they had no bloody problem with him helping to get us there, yet they drag along a right footed players to play on the left who always has to check his run to play a ball in with his right, and a bloke who had played bugger all footie for the bulk of the season and had the facial expression of being knackered after only playing 20 minutes of extra time. You did bloody well getting us to the semi final, but when you start peddling cobblers please make a bit more of an effort!

Sprinkle in a bit of supporting Saints for years also helps too

Think despite all the snappy play Belgium were so desperate to score they lost any finesse that their individuals were capable of De Brunye looked at times like he just done the broom race with his shooting and passing towards the end.

Exactly Poured petrol on the bridge and tossed a lit zippo lighter towards it when the the Southampton door failed to hit his @R$ę on the way out, if he ain’t cutting the Mustard on Merseyside why on earth would we want a 30 year old injury prone cast off polluting the squad. We ain’t playing at the Dell any more, with our hands financially tied behind our backs hoovering up the likes of crocks like Barry Vennison and Kerry Dixon.

Dave Watson allegedly said he would stay at Saints as long as Fraser stayed with us when there were rumours about the inventors of the dug outs were sniffing aground him. With Sparky in the big chair, you would imagine that Eddie is going to be watching and knowledgeable about what’s going on between the sticks

Well I am a man and obviously I can’t,neither could applemakeyoulookatitautocorrect and I bet a man thunked that one up :p.......