Holmes_and_Watson

I like Bree. He was well thought of before he joined us. With Jones' lack of impact, it's been a tough time for him. He's done lots of things well for someone getting so few minutes. Agreed. KWP is better on the right. Therefore, put him there rather than some belated attempt to get him on the left in an England squad, unbalance or reduce the effectiveness of the team. With KWP's contract issue, and him missing a few games, Suga would have got some playing time. This is what's going on across the team. Drilled relentlessly to pass. When there are better options, then that can be worked on. But we're left with a team that sometimes don't know what the best option is. Cue errors as they're mentally stuck. Not to mention the pressure of the opponents, and the lack of options they frequently have.

A few thoughts: When he came in, I think it was to replace KWP who the club thought would move on, bringing in some funds. The discussions to bring Suga in, would have, if not contractually, given some expectations on his potential minutes, competition with Bree. KWP has said he's happy playing either position, so the solution was to play both. It has left us with 2 attacking full backs. KWP had a more free role at times too. So, we're not balanced with both. Not to mention KWP is better on the right. Suga, like all of our players, is having to fit into RussBall. We see lots of natural skills blunted to fit. To be fair, there's often a bit of this at any club. And everyone likes seeing a fullback attack into space. But RussBall depends on it. Suga racing forward, with no one else and losing it, is a risk under this system. Suga may have to be even more defensively minded, to balance KWP, or KWP changing a bit for Suga, with neither approach bringing out the best. Everyone is struggling by there being limited passing options from the back. Suga is having to develop that part of his game too. A decent enough player having to adapt to a rigid system in an unsuccessful team, where his position has a better option available.

Before our late slump last season, I definitely had a moment where I was looking forward to seeing how Baz and Will, under RussBall, would do in the PL, with a strengthened squad. So, if it's still Russ next season, and things go well, I might end up thinking the same way. 🙂

Ramsdale, THB, Fernandes, Downes, Dibling all capable of going for good value. KWP, Lumley and Lallaña on their way at end of contract. Les and Cornet returning to parent club. SR happy to get the amortisation rate for TP, Sule and ABK. Stewart closer to a mutual contract termination. Club no doubt happy to listen to offers for anyone else such as Bedders, Taylor, Suga, Charles and the likes of Archer, BBD Another summer in transition (unlike what the side manages to do effectively week to week), where we recruit to plug gaps, not just from the above, but from previous windows. SR will hopefully have pinned their promotion hopes on a particular manager well before then, so we can get a head start.

Even he knows they'll do better under a different system? He's looking ahead to where SR pull the plug.

Despite the mounting casualty list, we sneak this one 1-0, from AA.

In the original Matrix, Saints were a global superpower. But the Saints fans in it, just couldn't handle it. They instinctively knew something was wrong. So they remade it into this one. As humanity fights them, the Matrix is beginning to fail, resulting in SR levels of destruction. Fortunately, the chosen one has arrived to show us that global superpower Saints once again. @gio1saints is played by Keanu Reeves.

Trap

Noone can really even guess as next season's EFL fixtures lists haven't come out.

2 weeks.

Steady. Serious allegations. I refuse to believe this about any of our squad 🙂

After that performance, I'm a bit torn. Has Russ' hair reached peak floppiness? We had several views of him focused on the game, pausing to push his hair back. Any longer, and I think it becomes a distraction. Shorter and he won't be able to look quite as hipster.

Main Martin objective achieved then. 🙂

Unfortunately, it was a one way transfer.

4 for Spurs. City's slump really taking the shine off Russ' brave, brave, plucky narrow defeat without taking the game to them.

Spurs 3 up, using the odd idea of quick transitions and attacking their opponent. Pep only signed that contract to stop City hiring Martin.

Pep will be on the phone tonight, asking Russ on how to adapt to a more extreme possession based system. When this works out due to the talent at Pep's disposal, Russ comes in as assistant.

Nice to have the inside track on just where our next manager is coming from. Left field enough for Rasmus.

Nearly lost me at the first line. I'd almost forgot those were the metrics everyone else uses to determine success. 🙂

Is a new manager by itself enough? Someone with experience in EFL investments said this week that there was no reason to expect all EFL clubs not to be owned by American investments. With that, and the excitement of @Turkish and @gio1saints soccerball and global superpower posts... Rebrand club as Southampton Saints Change Badge to just football under a halo Play above for all it's worth to US conservative audiences. Shirt becomes variation of '80's Ajax one, linking us with Total Football for hipster value. Get massive injection of funds by US investors Hire Thierry Henry as coach. Arrange US tours along with Rooney's Plymouth, Lampard's Coventry and Reynold's Wrexham. Keep Rasmus as Southampton Saints brand ambassador and send him on tour of US media, with his supply of soundbites. Follow SR model by taking over/ partnering a much smaller US team. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cd9n5v3vz42o Here's US based Adrian Forbes. A manager without players. Ex Norwich player for Martin links, Ex Luton coach for Nathan links and left field for Rasmus links. Have Dream Academy Netflix programme building US side from scratch with progression to Southampton Saints squad. Zlatan has arrived! New coach demanding high standards joins Southampton Saints, just in time for Netflix show. Henry and Zlatan with big US soccerball profiles. RussBall theory and it's extreme Pep approach wows audiences. But with the hype, exposure and investment we can hire players to our roster to make it work. Sure, we have the issues facing Forest, Newcastle and Villa. But financial rules are under a lot of pressure and we'll be well placed to take further advantage. Finally with players to make it work, RussBall becomes envy of other clubs. Russ' story, lifestyle and principles inspires nations, as he and Lucy become the new Beckhams. We've a good infrastructure for a soon to be EFL club. Hopefully we can take full advantage of that. We just have to dare to dream. 🙂

An unusual amendment to the bill, to watch out for. 🙂

Pros No plan B Higher risk Stubble Cons No pullover Hairstyle could be better Lack of previous failure At a high profile club, so not left field enough. Not hugging and having a laugh with player in photo

You stay strong Gio. The forum is at it's best with different views. It can take a little while, but inevitably others post supporting every view. #daretodream

Pace Finishing Striker As much use to RussBall as Holgate. 🙂

Stoked to the max! It could only be more awesome if I could then relive the game with a never ending Netflix series.