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And if other players do demand higher wages the response should be told " show me you are worth that much to the team and we'll review it again in 6 months time".

That is almost as naughty as whoever started the rumour at Anfield that Villa had equalised. Almost, but not quite 🤣

Not relevant to now, but back in the pre-Premier League days when a clubs income was gate receipts and whatever we got for the odd MotD appearance, how the hell did we afford to pay Keegan, Ball, Channon, Osgood, Shilton, Mills, Watson, et al , some of them whilst in Div. 2. I'm well aware wages were nothing like the level they are know but they must have been some of the top football earners in the country. Whoever was the club accountant back in those days should be first on our list of summer signings.

How many have you phoned so far? 🤣

August? Tomorrow would be good.

And the Ralph Hassenhuttl method of team selection continues for one more game .

Great result and reward for fantastic season. That's 3 women's matches I've watched in the last few weeks. No denying they are not as fast or strong as the men, but already thanks to some great coaches they seem tactically on par with all but the very top of the mens game and all 3 have been as entertaining as at least 50% of the mens games I've watched this season. I can see the women's game rising in popularity massively over the next few years.

Saints looking a totally different level than their opponents for thes first half. Said that plenty of times for the mens team these last two years .......

Definitely a mental (or attitude, if that's not the same thing) problem. Also a physicality problem. When was the last time we had a Saint Maximin / Michael Antonio* / Adama Traore brick shlt-house type player who you can give the ball to when you're under pressure knowing they will head for goal with the ball and any opposition trying to stop them are just going to bounce off them. *possibly MA was the last such player but we didn't keep him

Says a lot about the last few months that I am more excited about the new kit than I am our last match of the season, and I neven even buy them. Maybe it's because, like our performances we know roughly what to expect, unlike our performances there is still a chance we could be pleasantly surprised. Collating the various rumours it does sound like we are getting the Rank Xerox reverse kit. At least it's something different again, I'm happy with this current pattern of stripes one year, something a bit different the next. Feyenoord style half 'n' half and then a quarters shirt would be good too.

We'll be ok. Liverpool are facing a 50pts deduction for their fans political chanting.

Can't remember ever feeling this way before but ....

Have you not read the articles about this. I took it for a joke but seriously, it's for real. That is a deliberate tactic, the aim is to let the defenders head them clear whilst our boys hang back to win the second ball as it drops. I kid you not, the most ridiculous tactic I've ever heard, which possibly had some surprise element to it if we hadn't announced it to the world. EDIT: So ridiculous I have now double checked it wasn't an April Fools joke - it's not !

I'll start by saying I am ususally a glass half full guy. My one and only visit to SMS of the season ( seen plenty on tv/streams) along with 31587 others. My take away impression from the game was why the fuck do those other 28000 or so home fans keep turning up week after week to watch that? I'm old enough to have been a regular during (in order of preference) The LawrieMac Galacticos era, Chris Nichols shit or bust 424 era, The Koemanl/Pochetino seriously top 6 contenders era. If this game was representative of the entire season then that dross is down there with the Branfoot era. Anyone stay for the lap of apology? I can only imagine anyone that did would be ther sort that would clap and cheer regardless. I was probably halfway over the Itchen Bridge by then.

Still way too close to that weirdo

To be fair they should be winning games on fitness alone at the moment. Most of them hardly broke a sweat for the first 5 months of the season

Weird. Arsenal looking like total bottlers against the Toon. Losing every 50/50 and half of them don't seem to want the ball. Even their facial expressions look like they're scared to be there. Yet still they're level at 0-0.

BIB: Maybe they anticipated needing cover for all the red cards they are accruing at the moment.🤣

Why can't that guy be on here whenever someone starts a "We need a song for so & so " thread.

Hover over the note indicator against the Div 1 covering 92/93 - 2002.03. That was when the premier started, Div 1 was the new Div 2. That accounts for 11 of the difference. Edit @Nordic Saint and @Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan got there before me AND they are counting season 39/40 on wiki - that lasted 3 matches 🤣 and 45/46 which was no league at all just FA Cup 🤣🤣🤣

I have a small outstanding bet on a Man City/Chelsea/Real Madrid treble. Wasn't going to risk much but it just seemed the right thing to do.

You forgot Che Adams, his confidence seemed sky high after he'd played a few MotM games for Scotland, now he's in and out of the team and looking disillusioned when he does play.

And is that any surprise? During that good spell we were effetively playing with 12 men against 11 , Romeu was covering the ground and doing the work that any other club would require 2 men to do. No way could he be expected to keep that up all season. Now his form (or fitness) has dropped back to that of a normal human being we are back to 11 v 11 and against most opposition we simply aren't good enough.

That's the only genuine part. It's something the new owner's insisted on trying out, if the shirts are printed backwards it will hopefully confuse the players into actually passing the ball forwards for once.

Good marketing ploy. Circulate a picture of the downright horriblest possible design anyone has ever come up with, then when we see the real one, whatever it is, we can genuinely think " well it could have been worse ..."