adrian lord

Koeman not happy

Koeman not happy

We lack accuracy and look unfit as a unit.

We lack accuracy and look unfit as a unit.

Need to stay firm next 5 mins or a rout could ensue

Need to stay firm next 5 mins or a rout could ensue

Damn

Damn

Well done Swans. Hhahaahaha

I think we will surprise a lot of pundits and armchair fans by doing quite well. 9th or 10th.

We are going to rip Liverpool a new one.

The Curse of St Mary's striketh those that smiteth their Alma Mater. And why has he got his hand up his own arse?

He's right. I think this is an interesting area and set to grow in importance as clubs get more savvy about lashing out tens of millions on the next big player. Technical skills deployed with intelligence are far more devastating than without. But it is not all about IQ - personality and character are equally important to effectiveness both in the immediate moment during games and also to sustaining form and careers. The worlds top players have a blend of: 1)technical skill, 2)athleticism, 3) high IQ and 4) the right personality traits. MLT for example had 1,3,4 in abundance but perhaps less athletic by nature and slightly lazy, unambitious personality. This stopped him becoming a word-stage, world beater but allowed Saints to benefit for an entire career of his mesmeric technical genius. Roy Keane had a fair amount of 1, a lot of 2 and 3 and, crucially, a ruthlessly psychopathic 4. Powerful mix that made him a leader and dynamo and successful at club level. Maradona - had 1 massively, 2 a lot, and less of 3, and is a basket case re 4: hence his career trajectory. The top clubs recognise these dimensions and do their homework for the most part not only on footballing skills but IQ and personality of players. Ferguson was good at this. Luke Shaw - a bit dim by all accounts - this could limit his ceiling as a player ultimately.

Don't the mawkish scousers have an ready made excuse for one at every home match? Praying for a fairytale Saints win so we can laugh the length of the M6.

Sell him, but back to Europe, not to Spurs at any price.

I think the fightback has really begun.

The Champions' League.

precisely.

FFP has ironically raped little old Saints for the benefit of the Big Boys. Great...

We mugged Liverpool good and prop-er this window. Lallana will flop too.

Legend status beckons for Big Vic.

Welcome to the brave new world.

It is entirely plausible that the Football Club could become a relatively small appendage to a mighty, global Academy machine. It is certainly the way to go for Saints and indeed I hinted as much in some posts last week.

The whole club and us the fans need to close ranks and get behind the team. What's done is done. We need a bunker mentality now this season and lets show those revelling in our apparent implosion that we are not about to go away. The lads coming through the Academy now will make Shaw, Lallana and Chambers look like chumps before long.

LOL! I think they found a way this window to the tune of £100M!