Miltonaggro

Issa takes the pissa, homeboys won’t dissa!

Ramsdale is a good prem level keeper, and Peretz looks like he is. The deciding factor for me is communication, and Peretz wins here. Since his first game he has been constantly talking to / positioning central defence through to central midfield every game, and is a huge part of our overall defensive improvement. You can see the appreciation the likes of THB, Stephens, Bree, Manning and Downes have for this.

Best bet to be sure would be to undertake a historical count of aggregate laughing emojis.

Indeed. Very rare to have a cutting-edge scientific mind in terms of use of technology, a top financial brain in terms of pragmatism and accountancy, plus an aptitude for communication and likeability.

Plus invented the famous Staplewood 'Black Box' and the active manager replacement list. Essentially, in terms of impact, Lesley Reed is the Stephen Hawking of soccer.

Fame does that to people 😔

Just back stayed for a couple of pints and watch the great band they had on. Derby, typical established Champs side, physical and direct, like Norwich ref needed to card one of their players first 20 mins. Saints should have been well ahead at half time, but Azaz and Stewart were having a major off day. I watched Jander and Downes in midfield closely. The former had a great game but the latter to my eyes was MOM, complete combative central midfielder, FD held that team together today. Mention in dispatches to Larin who unsettled the Derby defence within a minute of coming on - shows how much we have missed that type of player. Saints won relatively ugly today at a canter, sign of a really good side.

I think we were MT’s first commentary match and him and David Bobin ruled the South commentariat during our salad days late 70s through 80s. Top man!

Lovechild:

Perhaps this is a thread for the end of the season. Winning the cup is unlikely given the sides left in it, but promotion looks achievable if we maintain this remarkable momentum. Were that to happen the board need to move heaven and earth to retain Eckhert and the spine of this side, something that appears very alien to them. Do that, and a majority of supporters will give them some slack in terms of their stated goal at takeover, the club finishing in the top half of the top flight on a regular basis. This is the most ‘connected’ the team and fans have been since Koeman, and I sincerely hope that SR avoid breaking that.

Spors deserves some credit for making this such a difficult choice. Fair play!

Peretz, Scienza, Azaz, Bree.

Need to get this going:

The Discovery Channel 😊

This is fucking beautiful!

Yes, shut these soppy cunts up!

This!

Norwich deja vu. Let’s hope same result and crying from the wankers!

Come on Saints, put these grunts to the sword!

As a fluffer in the Blue Oyster!

Unstoppable Tondaforce.

Exactly, 45,000 deluxe £11 hot dogs per game = £495,000, no brainer. Hopefully Misti Choudhury is all over this like a data driven rash!

Was watching a video with some ex-players a few months back and one made the salient point that in the Championship a side that hits the form sweet spot in the final two months is one that goes up. So that's my feeling there. A few of our players have also said in recent interviews that no targets have been set, and they go out to win every game. This mentality is top down from TE & Co., another refreshing positive. Last two league games I have seen Saints beat a shithouse Norwich side toe to toe (plus inept ref) and school / toy with an Oxford Utd side who appeared to be our equals earlier in the season. Not as much fun as the 5-0 QPR demolition, but adapting to niggly teams who themselves tried to adapt to resurgent Saints. Thus, remaining games all look winnable / survivable to me. With the cup, well it's the magic of the cup. I would have chosen Man City over Arsenal for the QF as we seem to have done OK against them in recent years. Arsenal underestimated us / were distracted, so hopefully Man City in the SF do exactly the same, and come unstuck. They wont get an easy ride, I know that much. If we get to the final we will have done it the hard way as underdogs and I reckon we might have enough at the 50th attempt regardless of Leeds or Chelsea! COYR!

Jamie Laing and Joey Essex lined up for next year. Touch of class.