Patches O Houlihan

Here's a thought. When we played under Ralph we were pressing high. There were loads of occasions when opposition attackers would break clear and be 2 on 2 with our central defenders. In those situations we really struggled; but we did notice a benefit in having big/quick CBs - ie when ABK or Salisu had one of their occasional good games. We know that Bednarek and Stephens look like a fish up a tree in those circumstances, and that THB is not quick, and not a standout performer in those situations either. Ronny Edwards is also not tall or quick. Have we bought a CB equivalent of Kyle Walker - a player who's physical abilities enable him to get himself and the team out of a jam when it all goes tits up? "Standing at 6ft 5in tall and boasting explosive pace, Quarshie was statistically the fastest player in 2. Bundesliga this season with a top speed of 37.04 km/h." SFC Will Still & Johnanes Spors are both fans of the high pressing 'Ralph' style

But if he is playing in a cup competition for the US in July will he be cup tied?!

Crash happened at 00:30 in Spain - tyre blow out in a Lamborghini whilst overtaking. His brother (also a footballer) alongside him.

But on the plus side if they win the tournament his confidence will be high, and adding a winner to a group who lost 30 league games last season has got to be a benefit

[pedant hat on] ...and his wages, and he might be a bad apple and poison the dressing room. Won't someone think of the children?![/pedant mode off]

Choadie Shifter

He was a shoe in for Spurs right up until Thomas Frank signed on the dotted line... Dibling not his sort of player surely

stupid internet

ahhhh 😠

I think we should note that Hoedt falls very easily into both these groups... monumental bell end. For me attitude is the cruicial one, otherwise you'd end up hating half the team for the last 8 years

We have a new Technical Director who gives the impression of not being a tit, and has a pretty good reputation. He has spent a number of months trying to improve things. Hopefully we will continue to sell for high prices and do much better on the recruitment. A few more Fernandes & Rambo type deals rather than some of the oddballs Sports Republic seem to unearth. I'm well aware that the proof of the pudding is in the eating of course

That's three chaps who've really rated a YouTube video that has been taken down, and I cannot see the title of to search for it! What was it called? What was the theme? Does anyone have a working link for it?

Then read this article. Explains the utter shit show that Will Still has successfully managed since the January transfer window - selling both first choice CBs and goalkeeper/captain. I'm firmly onboard the Will Still train now.

I listened to the 1h40m Will Still episode of the High Performance podcast a good while back - I know Turkish is a fan 😉 and suspected that he might end up at Saints at some point. The BBC seven minute interview with Julian Laurens waxing lyrical is also worth a listen. I can't claim to watch French football so went looking for knowledgeable Saints fans who do, and found these posts. Hopefully they will add something to the discussion.

According to wiki Taul Paul is also 201cm - one front post, the other at the back for corners would be an opposition defender's nightmare...

So apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health ... what have the Romans ever done for us?

Our stadium doesn’t have a stupid sponsors name. Our kits are still broadly speaking the right colour The owner is not involved in embarrassing business pursuits or practices

They have made some spectacular screw ups. BUT - Saints finances are in pretty good shape, they haven’t racked up a load of debt, and they have spent plenty on players (just the wrong ones at the wrong time) You don’t have to have a long memory, or have paid much attention to other English clubs to know that it could be a lot worse.

For anybody who sticks all the way through it there is a section at 50:30m where he's speaking about Tyler Dibling. If the Saints marketing department can get a few snippets of that to go viral then that's another £20m on Tyler's value.

I like heavy metal as much as I like Saints football this season...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ge5jl62nro

I think this chap speaks for many of us Man City for home games is a bit of a trek though 🤔

I don't know about you, but I feel all of these emotions roughly every 10 mins watching Saints currently. It's not so much a stage process as a Saints smorgasbord

So you're more than happy with Aribo and Smallbone bossing the midfield. Put any old back four behind them and they'll do the business. 4D football the AlexLaw way... as long as you play four at the back and sack the manager every seven weeks job's a good'n

Does any one know how to access the BBC Radio Solent commentary when you aren't in Hampshire? Tried BBC Sounds, Freeview 714 & 715 none of them work. Any help much appreciated - I have walls to paint and am masochistic enough to want to listen to the sounds of a hot knife through butter while I do it