Saint Gifford

Not being negative but joint favs to win it. There is a bet of value somewhere in this competition…….

It will be pristine when Germany play on it in a few days time 😂

Here’s me thinking we would deliver this season………………. oh and post a decent results. Sorry taxi………………

Lallana for me yes, as per his thread, and the reasons you give. Ings no for me, shown to many times he doesn’t have to much loyalty when something better comes along. This is the way of the world when you are climbing the ladder. But can’t see that is a quality on the way back down the ladder. Will always be looking for something better for me, let someone else have the baggage. Lallana has a different personality imo that could actually help us next season. Which for the reasons you quite rightly say.

It’s bound to be only beneficial for the youngsters in the first team, and not forgetting 23s and younger. I’d take a good very professional experienced prem 36 something player all day long. This one just happens to know the club inside out,has a history and still must have a very special part in his heart. But genuinely think he can help RM with his knowledge of the club. A make weight if you like between the team and management, which is what we will need even more this coming season. Only positives imo, and can’t be taking too much from the wage kitty at his age. Financials probably doesn’t come into tbf for him or us.

Dragon is a savvy media mogul that I guess understands that business more than most. I expect more trips and preseasons to Serbia and Eastern Europe to build the Saints name in the coming years. Expanding the fan base commercially on a pan European, global basis is where the income will be generated. Along with subscription services on TV mobile ect ect ect. We arent quite Man Utd status yet, but baby steps……….. St Mary’s in my humble opinion seems fit for purpose for the foreseeable. Team first.

Makes you wonder how we didn’t win anything with that team 20 years ago. Wow, forget how good we were. Just needed a manager that has Southgate’s man management and media savvy, with anyone else’s football tactics and know how.

To everyone’s point, I don’t think we will be a “fish out of water” next season. Some clever investment in the squad, the obvious commitment of funds and loyalty to the club by Dragon, should be ok. Never gonna win the league, decent run in one of the cups stay up and that would be a great season. My biggest concern next season is we start buggering about with managers and the slightest hint of issues like last time we were in the Prem. I have never been an admirer of RM, and thought we could do better. But stand corrected and hope we give the bloke a well deserved go. Hope we don’t do an Adkins at the first opportunity.

According to Phil Thomas from that unbelievably reliable thrilling read in the Sun on Sunday. Like last season he is revelling in the fact he got right the 3 going up coming straight back down. He written off Saints Leicester and Ipswich off like we have all come up from the conference. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 What a plank……….

Just brilliant, another load of so called experts cashing in on the gravy train. I remember when it was called reading the game, scanning and knowing where your team mate will be. Oh and passing to the bloke that normally finds the onion bag, or is that to simples. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is the circle again, new ideology, new money new managers, the gen of players new ownerships as I said in a previous post a few days or so ago. Give it to him, chalk and cheese compared to the best welsh manager European football has ever seen. I have changed my mind from this time last season, held himself very well. Changing room cleverly believes, just need to be carful over the summer with incomings not rocking the boat. Fair play to him, but Adkins went double and lasted weeks on returning to the Prem. Having said that the old guard of managers are probably recognised as had their time now. Football is moving on like everything does. Im happy to get behind him, something I didn’t think I would, and not just because of promotion. He has definitely brought stability to us. Prem is a plus and a result of a job well done tbf.

I am livid, just had to go all the way back to John Lewis to return the brand new 65 inch tv to watch the Prem season 24/25, it had no Leeds. Sorry, someone has already done that one I guess.

Well done fans players coaches manager owners. I couldn’t make it to Wembley but had ringside tickets on the sofa with a constant stream of the west countries finest. Great but wow just coming down from that one. I think we will be fine next season, definitely 3 worse teams than us, with point deductions for Leicester, then Ipswich, and take your pick Everton, Forest, Brighton,

Did this ref get a lift on the Leeds bus………..

Promotion, and De Gea is as far as I’m aware still without a club.

It’s silly season again the manager player merry go round. 😂😂😂 Tbf it does feel a little bit like the changing of the guard and a new breed of managers and players coming thru. The England team yesterday suggests there is a new cycle of names appearing and the old guard being left behind. A start of a new era for English club football (and national) me thinks.

Sky last night had the PO final as Leeds v Saints. So I assume that is how the draw from the play offs are worked out. We must be the “away” team, already done I guess. Just seems we always are the away team at Wembley, probably away kit it is.

I think we have played really well without him. Never a proper finisher for me.

Hopefully payback for me tonight. That twat of a baggies fan ordered champagne at the bar watching it in Bristol right in front of me when they stayed up and we went down. I’ve not got a chip on my shoulder honest…………….😂😂😂😂😂 COYR ‘s 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️

If we go up and want to stay up, we should be destroying WBA, we are not changing 11 starters for next season. That’s impossible. No problem with RM but yet again proves he clearly wouldn’t be anywhere near Prem level. A lot of money to be spent in the right way to stay up if we make it. A big second leg. Norwich Leeds the same I know. Need something to inspire the lads, because we will have a lot of them if we go up.

Fcuk me, passing about with no real end product. Then give the ball away with a sloppy pass that will always happen, opposition straight on it. Got away with that big time.

I have a real dilemma, that’s being really bugging me. What do we now call Lego, with his new hair cut.🤔

We have the quality and ability to overcome anyone in the playoffs. What will beat us is what’s in our heads. RM and coaching staff need to earn their money these last few games.

Sorry from day 1 he has been nowhere near the level. I am all for giving the next generation of managers a go and trying to find the next Potts or whoever. But we have just completely F!’@d up since Ralph. We seem to have absolutely no idea , no direction and some mentality from a director that has come in and gone the minute the money and so say kudos waves in his face. It needs SR to have some nads stop being fed crap by pretend football people and put a proper strategy in place. Don’t blame Dragan at all, but for all his money, needs to go back to basics employee a manager that has been around the block knows how to play basic proper football at this level. We absolutely had a squad to be top 2 all season, but just tried to be clever by asking for another card holding 20 at the blackjack table. This is going to be a journey, even RM couldn’t put up an argument after the Leicester game. Looked and spoke like a broken man. F~}k me get Warnock in for the play offs, he has pedigree. Pay him whatever and let him retire in the summer after another promotion. Then work on a proper list of managers, we are a big club. Nothing wrong with going for the big guns. We have done it before, so why not now. Rant over,soapbox put away.

100%. One small issue with that, the players on the pitch will have to completely ignore what RM tells them to do………….