coalman

A central defence without THB, Bednarek and Stephens. They said it could never work.

So quick with the updates. Nobody's scooping you today.

That's the injection of pace in midfield we needed.

When we signed him to score the goals to get us out the Championship we had no idea they meant the 25/26 season. Such is the genius of Sport Republic's foresight.

To be fair he applied the common usage of brave so I understand the confusion. Instead of the previous Saints definition that was "blindly doing dumb stuff that doesn't work over and over again".

I think the whole squad has benefited from his coaching and the example he has set. One of the finest exponents of own half walking football we have. Possibly on a par even with Smallbone.

How is that an Arsenal corner?

Really pleased for the lad. He's had a mare with injuries.

Stewart

It's like Peter Parker vs Eddie Brock

Excited to see how this plays out. A young coach with something to prove who has outperformed expectations wherever he has been so far. Couple with a new backroom team to find him the players to make it all work. Welcome, Will!

And to think it only took Saints a few months to coach that into him. Imagine what we could have achieved if he'd been here the whole season.

That's a great finish.

FWIW I hope you dodge this particular bullet.

As y'all may find out if you hire that young progressive Russell Martin.

Then he played five at the back and almost no central midfielders.

Err, thanks? I guess.

You bastard. You realise that MLG is going to have to go through my entire posting history now to confirm that?

When he was playing for the French U20 side.

Mara looked good before we systematically coached being a striker out of him.

5th in your opinion or the official UEFA rankings?

Never mind this pointless argument over which leagues are best in Europe. I still don't know who was first to confirm the story.

Thanks for being first to break this, @trousers

So who do we least want to play next season out of Sunderland and Sheff Utd? Can BBD score some goals to up his transfer price?

Glad we've got this done early and a backroom team in place so we, at least, have a chance over the summer. Good to see so many posters got there first to share the news.