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Obvious that the players weren’t fit last summer and most of last season yet some on here still denied it. It can’t be denied any longer.

Will’s learned a hard lesson there, watch things with your own eyes, don’t go on people at the club banging on about ‘Jack’s so passionate’, ‘the club really rates Gavin’ etc. I think he’s got good judgement but I’d urge him to ignore anything he hears within the club as most of the voices are a busted flush and failures. Even Spors hasn’t proved his mettle yet. Make your own mind up based on what you see, the club’s opinions aren’t worth a grain of salt.

Our fans, actually most football fans, are not exactly ‘Brains of Britain’. Whether he turns out to be the answer or not, he is clearly a bright lad and how many of those saying that online have worked overseas at a top level in their industry during their late 20s and early 30s?

In quite some difficulties now about the delayed full release of the Epstein files and having to deny that he wrote Epstein a lewd birthday note in 2003. In a big spat with Murdoch over the Wall St Journal story about the birthday note. Another Musk meme shortly?

I don’t like Dianne Abbott, never have and never will. However, whilst her remarks didn’t really need to be discussed and re-interrogated in an interview (when will she learn?), there is at least some interpretation. However, no debate needed on the pure, unarguable and vile racism from Nigel Farage and especially Sarah Pochin https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ask-me-another-question-reform-mp-fumes-at-journalist-over-afghan-sex-offenders-row_uk_6878b62be4b0b08368f4dfc1 ‘Well, I don’t think there’s any doubt whatsoever that there is hardcore evidence that this group, this particular culture, Afghan men, have a much lower regard for raping women than a white British cohort of men’. Notice here that she says white British men, not just British men. Little wonder the Times Radio host was exasperated. Nick Griffin would have blushed at that statement. No evidence either https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-farage-says-some-afghans-airlifted-to-uk-are-sex-offenders-but-theres-no-evidence-thats-true_uk_6876e3cbe4b0bdf6e2f0fbe3?origin=related-recirc MoD fucked up royally and shame on the Tories but no excuse for pure racism and white supremacism from Farage and Pochin.

Completely fucking racist either way. Mind you, Mike Amesbury is equally culpable for the assault on a member of the public that allowed her BNP/NF ilk to be elected in the first place.

Can Rangers afford £10m either?

Boris has left himself go since leaving office

If Griffin had said that, there would have been condemnation from right across the red tops (and the BBC before Davie’s policy of cuddling up to Farage which that little brownose Chris Mason is following avidly) but listen to the silence. Reform = BNP, Nick Griffin 100% would’ve said something as openly racist and likely factually incorrect. MoD fucked up massively but it’s not a valid excuse for populists to lie through their teeth. There you go Soggy, there’s some red meat 😉

£3.25m Kevin Phillips cost IIRC, a decent amount but much less than it would’ve been had Sunderland not nosedived.

Your image is a bit of a clue! But, yes, for me, that’s miles nicer than the 96-98 away kit.

John Halls was a bit earlier, but that even had an article on the OS! Possibly under Burley. Joined Reading instead but we probably dodged a bullet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Halls

Flashbacks of our defenders running in treacle as Dennis Bergkamp slaloms around them to score his first Arsenal goals.

Possibly. Bit more on Sylla here https://africasoccer.com/guinean-midfielder-morlaye-sylla-attracts-european-interest-ahead-of-arouca-exit/ Sounds like Bundesliga 2 the most likely destination, could be Saints name used to hurry one of them up to formalise an offer so the agent gets their cut. Braga were linked in January and they’d have seen quite a bit of him. 27 next few days, it doesn’t shout ‘Saints/SR signing’ but we will see.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday's_Hero

Also this from Alfie House. If he’s not going to be competitive in the Championship even as an impact option at 23, what was the point of signing him? He looked quite lively at the weekend but perhaps Still doesn’t think he has the physicality? Not overly motivating for the player either.

Linked with this fella. Not much available on him and might be the agent hawking around https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morlaye_Sylla and https://foot-africa.com/en/news/southampton-want-to-sign-morlaye-sylla-will-the-deal-go-through-799436/

Who was at Reims probably under Still if it was the same player I saw the other day

I’m having lunch reading this @Pamplemousse,👃 🤢 🤮 😂😂 Imagine the pong levels in these temperatures let alone the shit trumpet playing. It’s enough for the UN to pass resolutions against, plus the stale Carling fumes.

Yes but it’s how much.

He has ability but Still and the coaches really need to work with him on positioning and awareness. Probably the best crosser of a football at the club having said that. Oh, and keep his hands/arms away from the ball!

We’re about to find out if they’re any good there either. On paper and by past record, yes, but I suspect in practice only with some better quality and mentality around them, especially after the 12 point disgrace. Sheff Utd did get 90 pts last season yes, Burnley went up, but Luton also went down (very unlikely unless we don’t replace Ramsdale, Dibling, Fernandes when they leave) At the moment, I rate them as worse than this point in 2023 (especially minus Adams - big ask for Downs to replicate his contribution) and Martin himself rated the squad last summer as weaker despite promotion (ignoring the fact he’d been a central part in that happening). We look like a classic play-offs outfit to me which goes out in the semis like we did in 06/07, need to replace all three of those above key figures with stand out players at this level whether permanent or loans to get top two.

A day-night pink ball test, which might explain some of it. Starc’s record when they use the pink ball is astonishing. Second Ashes Test at the Gabba 4-8 Dec will be day/night and pink ball (Perth unusually opens with the new Opus Stadium) At least Sabina Park saved on the floodlights bill https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cdx5p4wy1zlo Hat-trick in there for Scott Boland which explains the slide from 26/6.

Strikes me as the type of bloke to see some of the local culture and be interested, bit like Romeu was with us, walking the city walls and doing bits of the SW Coast trail.

They will be play offs minimum but for top two it depends what Ipswich, Saints do, Leicester deduction or now etc. If Ramsdale goes and Saints don’t replace him then that’s a huge boost to them, Ipswich, Leicester etc as clean sheets will be as scarce at SMS as a run down and seedy Soho hotel. Ipswich signed a couple of Still’s ex-Reims players today who are solid but nothing to beat the bush about either. Hutchinson to Brentford could be disruptive. Us, them and Leicester still have time to sort the squads out and get some quality in the door.