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This chap...? https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/topic/59935-ruben-selles/?do=findComment&comment=3144905

Hi Patrick, Just to be clear, are you interested in the rivalry between Saints and the 12 years old Micky Mouse football club that currently plays at Fratton Park or the tax dodging / charity swindling / trophy cheating football club that used to play there before that? It's just that we don't have much to do with the current incarnation. TIA Trousers, Lord

Our terrace chant writers dodged a bullet there...

Bree pulls one back

Saints historian @Fitzhugh Fella might be interested?

Selles: "Che Adams still out. Oršić out with concussion. Salisu back in training but not sure yet if he'll feature." No mention of Stu Armstrong so assume he's fit

Here we go.... press conference stream.... https://fb.watch/iUrAmJaLxm/

Nope

https://www.transfermarkt.co.za/alejandro-gomes-rodriguez/profil/spieler/1108478

Thanks for posting that. He certainly looks head and shoulders above everyone else on the field. Explosive pace and excellent composure in front of goal. p.s. why are most of our youth games seemingly filmed using a potato?

Would a "clueless" person admit they made a mistake and try to make amends or stick with their bad decision regardless...?

Big loss if Stu is definitely out. He makes us tick in the 4-2-2-2 formation p.s. anyone know what is wrong with McCarthy's ankle? I don't remember it being announced as a major injury at the time but given how long he's been out for now it must have been pretty serious.

Yep, definitely "damned if they do, damned if they don't" territory

Yep, that's another possible outcome 👍

Wasn't it more a matter of timing rather than Rasmus "not wanting him" per se? Rasmus may well have brought Selles in with a view to him taking over the reigns in a year or two and thus didn't see him as being ready when the season started to unravel with Ralph and then Jones. Whilst it's only one game admittedly, the Chelsea performance may simply have convinced Rasmus that Selles is ready earlier than he thought he was, thus all we're seeing here is Rasmus bringing the longer term succession plan forward a tad. Dunno. I guess it's easier to take a more cynical view than that but we are where we are.

Fully behind this decision. I guess the only conceivable negative slant anyone could come up with, in deciding to announce it now rather further down the line, is that the players could subconsciously go into "mission accomplished - our high octane performance Vs Chelsea secured the job for Ruben - we can take our foot off the pedal a bit now" mode. Anyway, all good / positive IMO. Onwards and (hopefully) upwards!

...or Clapham, or Lancaster, or Kent, or Woking...etc... #swf_selective_photo_posting_competition

Looks like a superb prospect. Assume he's already on Chelsea's & Man City's radar.... p.s. Are we allowed to play 14 year olds in the Premier League....?

Is there anything stopping him, as a 'tourist', wandering up to anyone (say, a Leeds player for example) and having a 'general chat' about football...? #loopholes

Does he take Euros?