John Boy Saint

Just seen that this site will likely be awash with "we should have kept him" this evening as Jose Fontes Lille play at Chelsea in the CL 😉

Ings is another to add to the list under the heading - The Titanic effect. You have to wonder if Gerrard just thinks of Ings time at Liverpool, being broken for most of it. Then seemingly having been broken a few times at Villa already, probably thinks that there is no point building a play or something with Ings in the middle if he is likely not going to be there to action it.

As I mentioned in the Match thread - Coleman had obviously been incensed by this startling revelation that we like to swing the lead and have quick brew with 20-30 minutes left to play - he was right into Che's ear with body language telling him to get up and stop cheating. Che looked to be saying "jog on mush" so Coleman started bleating at the ref, meanwhile the rest of the lads were over with Ralph having a chat, Everton boys were ambling around aimlessly then one of them noticed Frank was telling them to come and see him too. Anyway this has got chuff all to do with playing Norwich on Friday night - which looks to be dry and cold on the weather front atm

Trouble is its on a "school night" which precludes a load of families (with the added prospect of added time and pens taking the game beyond 10pm). Add in that it is a 7:30pm kick off which means knocking of work early to get through the traffic, plus its on the BBC to add an easy viewing option.

Well it’s going to need to get better - because if it doesn’t he will just sit on the bench at Chelsea they won’t tolerate it. You can see others in the team calling him on it with us - any idiot can run into the box at pace but it’s no bloody good to the team if it’s into a cul de sac with the only way out only being possible once in a while. So you bag 10 goals for yourself “look at me” but if you got your head up and made the pass you would still have your 10 but the team could have 10-20 more. Trouble is the lad is still a nipper, and a lot of people are talking about him and with all the noise in his ears he needs to learn.

Have to say 7000+ in the San Sirio was memorably impressive.

Very nice to walk out of the ground have seen what we hoped for walking in. Once we got our heads round Perraud not being there and running the wrong way for a change, we settled and Everton looked to run out of ideas. The chat last week from Everton players was they have been given freedom to play their football by Super Frank. As the half wore on it looked like all Franks Dogs were off the lead, excitedly running round pretty aimlessly. Second half was as if Ralph told them to stop playing with their food and get on with it. Said to Mrs JBS some of this is sublime, she replied what has someone done to our team!! At Tottenham when our tails were up, Spurs were chasing shadows, Everton today couldn’t be bothered in the end. Thought Mr Madley had a good game on the whistle, especially not buying the rolling about which Everton gave up trying to sell him. One funny moment when Che had been kicked for the umpteenth time and sat on the pitch Coleman first seemingly calling out our “60-70 minute cheat” telling Che to get up - then telling the ref we were cheating, not doubt quoting The Sun, The Mirror, and the Athletic. Romeu was my man of the match - he is like a fine wine. Atmosphere in the ground was pretty good too. Lets hope we can keep it going.

Ooooh It will be like a Europa League match week

Knowing we have a lazy journalist in our midst - maybe some among us should remember the old WWII message "Loose Lips Sink Ship" and not spout forth when they spot a bit of slippery shithousing is being used by Saints - pretty sure that this nugget of a story was spawned from someone uttering "has anyone else noticed.................." some weeks ago. We should all get in on spouting some complete believable but false cobblers on here and give it some legs , kill the thread stone dead, then wait for it to pop up in a few weeks in whatever rag.

Got nothing either - and when I logged in nothing to say "do you want to buy your seats for this game" - having suffered the Orphan seat problem, talking to the chap on the phone he said that the favourite seats or your ST seat part of the ticket site had been switched off for some reason which also switched of the electronic loading the game entry onto the season ticket - so you will get a paper one in the post.

Spent a bit of time in his company one evening - top bloke, very amusing.

Yup - my usual mate who knows more about football than most and a Man U fan too has been saying that for a couple of years. “You’ve seen all he’s got - take him out of that team of an embarrassment of riches and he is just a run of the mill striker - he won’t roll his sleeves up and make something happen, because the way United normally play it’s laid on a plate for him”

Nice to see the online ticket site is still as useful as a one legged man in an Arse kicking competition- can’t buy our usual seats. Blooming Orphan seat cobblers at play. Hey-Ho off to the phone we go.

She'll be easy to spot on Saturday at the game as she will be sporting her brand new "One Year Out" tee shirt.

I'll pitch em - you hit em! 😉

Given his nationality most likely St Mirren 😉 ......oooh thats weird I came over all MLG 😲

Won't that leave us open to sanction from the FA as it possibly targets his gender neutral status.........or whatever! 😉

Our Jack just can’t stop himself upsetting oppo players - regardless of how famous they are 😜 https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/17653923/cristiano-ronaldo-tears-man-utd-goal-drought/

Lots

Its not a case of coaching it out of him - its more a case of enhancing what obvious talent he has for the benefit of the team - add that to his abilities and a career back at Chelsea won't be bench warming with what they have on hand in their team.

If we can get him to look up when charging through on goal to see who is else in on, rather than trying to score the sometimes impossible on his own, some team could get a proper thumping. As he ploughs into the box he becomes a defender magnet opening up space for others to run into, becoming the better option. At the end of the day he is a young man with plenty to learn. Make the most of him while he is here - but learn how to shut him down for when we have to play against him in the future.

The guy is so thick he hasn’t noticed transfer window isn’t open. Maybe we should report Liverpool for tapping up again, and being media darlings they can get him shut up. Che must be heart broken to find he isn’t being sold on to Newcastle by Crooks 😀

This is the one https://fulltime.thefa.com/fixtures.html?league=872938&selectedSeason=307003017&selectedDivision=724051318&selectedCompetition=0&selectedFixtureGroupKey=1_713162225

Much of the match seemed a bit of a dogs dinner - no surprise I dozed off. Blimey Spurs losing at home again - Conte will be in line for the tin tack soon 🤪

@saint1977 that’s the commentary overlay to find ~ I have searched hard for it @SuperSAINT especially as South Today showed it the next night and the Solent Commentator sounded like he needed hosing down at full time to stop him spontaneously combusting 😁