John Boy Saint

Bloody applemakeyoulookatit autocorrect- I changed it 4 times - phone rang and I just pressed “post

I'm hoping that the Chelsea game performance up against the Wolves game performance might be the shaft of light we are hoping for. Versus Chelsea we kept at it second half when we knew the storm would be coming - the first half v Wolves we looked to be on much more than the season thus far, then second half with assistance of NJ's pack shuffle we downed tools. City in the cup we looked the part, and made them look ordinary. Just gives you belief that with the right direction, there is a team in there capable of getting us out of the mire we are in. This game is perfect to show the slither of hope isn't misguided.

He certainly seems to have gotten an about turn out of few doubters - good for him. As an aside - this brought a smile from the last post when I looked just now "If Tyrese is actually suffering from concussion from Tuesday night, he might not know who he is anyway. So as one Manager once famously said of a stricken player, "tell him he's Pele and put him back on! "

Blimey - He was indeed the voice of my football for years. His inability to fully hide his love of Spurs on the mic was a tad annoying though 🙂 RIP Sir

The Belgian goal was a cracker rifled beyond the reach of Earps - Dhont had a swing and got a 1 in 100 connection.

Sorry it’s the Mail - wife buys it on Saturday for the TV and the puzzles https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11764775/Yes-Minister-flagged-beleaguered-counter-terror-Prevent-scheme.html Worlds going to shit

Most likely because the "Brains" trust had blown so much sunshine up their own backsides for "the greater good" of SR - that promoting the managers number 2 would come across as being cheap and tin pot - so having convinced themselves with BS that Jones the nugget was for real and not fools gold, pushed him so far that he accepted, he was nowhere as big a risk for their egos, as stepping up the more suitable candidate from within. If you dig out the Reuben Selles thread from the Autumn, aside from the clowns with no vision or SR brains, the majority of us were accepting of giving him a spin - I have a work colleague who on first impressions you would think she was scatty, put her in her daily selling domain and she is a silent assassin. I could sense the MD just couldn't see it and was slightly belittling, we had 6 days away at a trade show recently and for the first time in 17 years she was eclipsing my often remarked work rate. At last the penny has dropped with the MD - what I had been trying to tell him, he could actually see for himself..................................more often than not, upper management can't see the value of the gems they already have.

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My boss took me to Loftus Road with his sons ST to watch Saints win with a Mane goal in added time (Boss said "here we go" as Mane pulled the trigger to ensure I was sat on my hands) Probably a good job too as the bloke sat behind me might well have had me seeing stars. This was established in the first half when Elia took a full speed professional footballers kick right in the wedding vegetables - just typing this is making me wince. 2 cans of magic spray must have vanished down the front of his shorts. From behind me "get up you big Jessie he hardly touched you" bla bla bla - after his tirade hit a pause I turned to say what he had received downstairs, and the chap behind him said "its going to take more than a bag of frozen peas to make his meat and 2 veg look anything like normal".

I think I still have the one from 26th August 1978 - When a few Southampton businesses boarded up their windows through fears of the tales about the Smoggies travelling hoards.

Having known that Javi at the time - it seems a bit of (new to everyone) early days trolling got past the point of no return with an unhealthy head of steam - so he went home.

Who else has the World of Sport theme tune playing in their heads reading this. 4pm off to Wrestling with Big Daddy, Mick McManus, Giant Haystacks then at 4:45 wait eagerly for the teleprinter and Saints result - all read out in his unmistakable voice. 94 is a good innings RIP

Saw his post match interview on Soccer Saturday- immediately thought “I’ll buy some of whatever you’re selling”.

Brilliant 6 points off Chelsea this season - a third of our tally to date

Phew

No surprise with Coote on the whistle

One more I think

Nah - he penned it at work in word, then panicked when the Boss walked in the office to see what he was up to, and rushed to post 🙃

In retrospect when you look at the way sport science has evolved, including the Transit van of mattresses turning up at away hotels for the players under the Cortese regime - Woodward was probably the sanest of the lot - but with Jurassic Arry around the place he was on a hiding to nothing.

It would be good if what happened to Lemina becomes the norm - 3rd player into the argument and your getting a card. It’s been a policy in Ice Hockey for years 2 opposing players playing windmills at each other - third man in = 2 minutes in the sun bin

From my seat I thought in the first half on Saturday - we actually had, for once, some presence in midfield with Lavia, Charly, Sulemena, with JWP tidying up. Someone was always showing for the ball receiving it, keeping it and recovering it when lost. (where it vanished to second half - goodness knows) That quartet needs polishing into a unit, as they are all able footballers.

He said he wasn't ready when we very first approached him - he certainly got that dead right. And filled his pockets in the process of proving his opinion of himself to be correct.............. Driving away from St Marys, he probably had a wry smile as he thought "I told you, but you just didn't listen the first time".

From my seat in the stand I couldn’t find anything to moan about in his performance - given the price tag seems a bit of a bargain, especially as he seems to be adapting quickly.

Forgot it was an early kick off

My customers up in Wolverhampton are really looking forward to this game after their game last weekend. They are all throwing themselves round the room over the thought of Lemina returning to haunt us - “he was a bit more than good last weekend”. Just reading through the threads above, weirdly I have no emotion about this game. I’ll drag myself down to Southampton, take my seat in the ground, swear at the ref, put my head in my hands at another half arsed pass, then amble back to the car with a “whatever” attitude. Shame really