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Danny Rohl will CONTINUE as manager of Sheffield Wednesday because all of the jobs he was interested in went for hired other candidates instead!

Another 14 to 22 goal a season Championship striker?

To be fair, our fanbase should know better than to judge someone by who they're being kept out of their national team side by. National teams are weirdly political things at times, especially in the US with the MLS dynamics

Group Technical Director Johannes Spors said: “Damion is a player we have been monitoring for some time who possesses excellent physical qualities and the ability to disrupt defences. “Strengthening our attacking options was one of our top priorities this summer, and Damion is a player who will add real quality to the group. Despite his relatively young age he is already a senior international, so we are excited to see him thrive in the environment here at Southampton.” Damion Downs said: “Everybody plays football to win titles. To win my first title at 20 last year was a great feeling, and I hope to repeat it again this year. “I think Southampton is a big club that should be in the Premier League, and that’s my goal – to help the team as much as I can to bring the club back to the Premier League.”

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/saints-secure-signing-of-striker-downs

I thought we'd let him play out the last year of his contract and then move on as a free agent in 2026. He's never likely to command a big fee anyway, so that would've been a totally fine outcome for a player in their 30s who has been at the club for a decade and a half. Disappointing extension really

Will Still on Sky Sports: "Tyler's still here, I've had a good conversation with Tyler. "He's not close to anything, really. "He's a quality player so people are undoubtedly going to be after him, people asking questions. "But he's said - and I've said to him - that as long as he's here, he's a Southampton player and a good Southampton player. That's what he's been."

On the coaching staff and speculation about his brothers... "I had the last word to say yes to these. I've always worked well working with different people. "I think I need feedback and if something's not right, then I need people to tell me that something's not right. Trolls has got the experience. He knows what it takes to get out of this league and be competitive. "Adam has got that experience of a player, he's won everything there is to win. He's incredibly eager to learn and to be in and around the place so that's brilliant. Carl's still here and he's got great skills working with the players. "I worked with my brothers last season, which was brilliant, but their family reasons kept them in Belgium - close to their newly born children. "That's fine. But like I said, when I took over in Reims, it was a fully new staff to me. When I took over in Belgium, it was a fully new staff then. "I'm used to it, it takes me out of my comfort zone and sets me on the right foot so it's interesting. The first week here has confirmed that it's good."

Oh my... can you imagine how much ol' Rupes would love this in his boardroom

His direct rival for the USA #9 is moving to the Championship...

Positional rival to Damion Downs at USA level is moving to Derby - has been starting games in the Gold Cup, with Downs coming off the bench

The announcement was scheduled for this morning but the EFL postponed it until this afternoon when the Diogo Jota news broke shortly before and then postponed it again further, until tomorrow Saints had set up their post to go live automatically at the previously agreed time but forgot to remove/change it in their schedule once the EFL told clubs they would hold off until tomorrow, which is why it was very briefly live before getting taken down earlier today It’s just Ipswich and Pompey moving, in addition to the previously announced earlier kickoff for the Wrexham game

Two games with new KO times for TV - no other changes until October's games Sun Aug 17 at 12pm - Ipswich Town (a) Sun Sept 14 at 12pm - Portsmouth (h)

Nobody is saying you aren't allowed to feel it's crass, put your pearls down

How?

USA won 2-1, meaning he'll stay with them until after the final, which is set for Monday, July 7

When there's only three more friendlies before the season starts. Right now they've been training for two days and don't play a game for another 10 days, so still early days. Then the latter stage of the window is once the league games have started and there's about three/four weeks until the deadline

They seem to think it's Birmingham City

He only scored 15 in League One, to be fair. He stacked up a bunch of penalties on top, fair enough because Rickie Lambert benefitted from that too, but Rickie also scored far more often from open play. All the cash for 15 open play goals in League One doesn't feel like an amazing return... even though they got the job done last season

New manager wants to keep the players under one roof and get to know them in his first week, I guess