Hawkswood

Oh ffs. That's on par with the FF contract extension.  Well, possibly not as bad but still.

Haven't logged on for 12 hours and im still getting horse puns 🤣

Can't help but admire you all. Who knew a horse pun could be so versatile.

And can the people above this post stop bickering please. Im still in the horse goodvibes mode.

40 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Jeez, he's up there with the worst signings we've ever made pound for pound, I'd be happy getting his wages off the books. 

🤣🤣🤣🤣 the shite we've signed just over the last 5 years that's one hell of a claim.

Many years ago on a night out in London I saw Darren Anderton. I'd had  a fair few beers and I shouted, Darren, Darren. He looked at me and I started shouting Skate Skate. He looked upset and my mates dragged me away. I don't drink anymore.

Jamie Redknapp at the airport. I've gotta tell you, he's fucking handsome.

3 hours ago, skintsaint said:

3rd July last year, might be a week or so earlier this year as the season kicks off sooner.

Any particular reason for that ?

Think I've got this. I know R Carlos is the sexy choice at left back but as an all round left back I actually think Ashley Cole might be the best left back I've seen. No one kept Ronaldo at the height of his powers in his pocket like Cole did and also a shout out to Andreas  Brehme.

                    Schmeichel   

Cafu     Maldini Chiellini    Cole

              Keane     Xavi

Messi           Maradona       Zidane

                      RONALDO ( Brazil)

23 hours ago, Convict Colony said:

Bro no Ronaldinho anywhere !!!!!!!

Not read replies so apologies if someone else has mentioned it.

If you don't love him you don't love football, prime Ronaldinho at Barca was sick.

Also I'm not having ramos, overrated defender but he got goals.

Give me any of the juve defenders like bonnuci, chilleni etc

Ahh but this is the thing isn't it. At this time Zidane and Ronnie were at the height of their powers. You remember the YouTube vid Zidane vs Ronaldinho?  It was a beautiful watch, but at that time Zidane just does it more for me. Ronnie was a great entertainer and had some outrageous moments but Zidane for me was pure grace and elegance on a pitch and also that ridiculously strong French team that won everything always seemed to struggle when he wasn't playing. Anyway, horses for courses but that's why zizou gets the nod over Ronnie for me.

If it were a team with balance I'd have Roy Keane at the base of the midfield.

Other certs for me

Schmeichel 

Messi

Zidane

Maldini

CR9

Maradona.

The others could be a turkey shoot and how you put them all together is beyond me.

Never even heard of Still till today. Fuck it, get him in ! 

14 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

 

199 too many 

 

Can’t believe the state of our line up today. Bring on the embarrassment 

199 ?

Not counting todays ?

Yeah crossed my mind also. That would be devastating 

6 hours ago, benjii said:

It comes down to whether anyone makes a sensible offer. "Ditching" isn't an option. 

I expect someone will make a reasonable enough bid for Jan and we'll keep Stephens for "character" and versatility. 

I don't profess to be an expert on contracts and how they work unlike some of the chaps on here but if a manager at the beginning of the season took them both to the side and told there's no future for them at saints, I'm pretty sure they'd both want to play football at this stage of their careers rather than being part of the reserves. I suppose you can never really tell but I think that sort of approach might make them feel like leaving. 

3 hours ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

Good going seeing as he’s only been there since Jan.

THB/Bednarek/Edwards/Wood/Stephens for next season looks pretty strong, even if one of the first two head off.

I'm of the opinion that janny and Stephens need to fuck off for good and we start from scratch. I know some will say the experience of janny etc etc, but to me he's just getting in the way now. We need to ditch both of them. Just my humble opinion of course.

17 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

But that gif shows a small town in Colorado and not Derby. 

Seriously dude, what are you doing.  😂

1 hour ago, SaintsBarry74 said:

I'm weirdly optimistic about this game. 

There might be a pitch invasion if we avoid beating Derby's record at home.

I'd be all up for seeing a pitch invasion just to make a real mockery of how shit we are.

On 23/02/2025 at 09:43, Sarnia Cherie said:

I hope this post is tongue in cheek otherwise it makes you a fair weather supporter. Instead of gracing St. Mary's with your presence next season just pop along the coast to Brighton or Bournemouth if you want to see a few matches won.

Lighten up dude. I'm a fairweather and bloody proud of it. Much better things to spend my money on than watching that shite every week. I'm too old to care that much anymore. We all have different perspectives of life and believe me this football club ain't top of the tree for me anymore. Just worry about yourself mate. That's all that matters. Keep well.

I look at how Luton did last year. No way they have better players than us but they managed to put up a fight so 75% manager and 25% players for me but my caveat being that overall I blame the club. Several atrocious managerial appointments in succession. An abysmal failure. An embarrassment to themselves and the club.

I quite like that Archer is starting. That's all I've got.

This should  be fun

Which ironically works for this thread and a pisstaking motto. Win win

5 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

I actually dont know any spurs fans but they do seem to whine a lot about a lot of shit.

I know a fuck tonne of them and they're by far the most irritating fans I know. I remember a conversation I was having with a Chelsea supporting friend of mine a few years ago when Poch was in charge at spurs and he was talking about his hatred of spurs. He boiled it down this way. I don't mind the area really, I quite like their manager, don't really know about their chairman and none of the players particularly bother me, it's just that 90% of the spurs fans I know, when it comes to talking about football, are just total knobheads.

13 hours ago, woodsaint1 said:

Bournemouth is the perfect case study.

Evanilson was their big price signing in a position that demands it - £35m. They also spent £25m on Tyler Adams and £22m on Sinisterra from Leeds. But in that £20m and below range they have made some very astute signings in the last few windows -

Zabarnyi - £20m

Outtara - £20m

Kerkez - £16m

Huijsen - £14m

Kluivert - £10m

Tavernier £10m

Semenyo £9m

But like every club, it hasnt been without some players who have failed to deliver on their price tag

Traore - £25m

Faivre - £14m

There are others like Unal, Senesi, Scott who were costly but have delivered to some degree. But this has easily been offset by the £60m they got for Solanke.

They're riding that wave that we had in the Koeman years and early Hasenhuttl years where the recruitment was excellent - but crucially the management of the team was excellent also.

I think you've hit the nail on the head right at the end of your post. I think we've had some decent players here but they have woefully mismanaged by managers that just haven't been up to the job. Management makes all the difference. We've all seen it so many times.

Anybody else seen this ? 18m for Danso.

Wolves are in the market for a central defender and have set their sights on Kevin Danso of Lens. The Ligue 1 side rejected an offer of £18.5m for the Austria defender on Monday and while Wolves are prepared to increase their bid, any move could be stymied by the small problem that Danso wants to stay put for the time being after picking up an injury. “Danso doesn’t want to leave,” said the Lens manager, Will Still. “He is not sabotaging us. He hurt himself in training. He took the ball on his ankle, which twisted and it pulled on his knee.”

9 hours ago, woodsaint1 said:

Bournemouth is the perfect case study.

Evanilson was their big price signing in a position that demands it - £35m. They also spent £25m on Tyler Adams and £22m on Sinisterra from Leeds. But in that £20m and below range they have made some very astute signings in the last few windows -

Zabarnyi - £20m

Outtara - £20m

Kerkez - £16m

Huijsen - £14m

Kluivert - £10m

Tavernier £10m

Semenyo £9m

But like every club, it hasnt been without some players who have failed to deliver on their price tag

Traore - £25m

Faivre - £14m

There are others like Unal, Senesi, Scott who were costly but have delivered to some degree. But this has easily been offset by the £60m they got for Solanke.

They're riding that wave that we had in the Koeman years and early Hasenhuttl years where the recruitment was excellent - but crucially the management of the team was excellent also.

I think you've hit the nail on the head right at the end of your post. I think we've had some decent players here but they have woefully mismanaged by managers that just haven't been up to the job. Management makes all the difference. We've all seen it so many times.

Question is.......if we reach 12 points can we have  a pitch invasion ?

Will be very happy to be proved wrong  but.........another 5 incoming?

10 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

 

MUSGA

Make us Saints great again

😡🤬😇👍

I can see the red and white caps now