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Would be interesting to know what his "percentage completion" rate on attempted interceptions was. A player with 84 out of, say, 200 inteception opportunities/attempts could be considered poor at interceptions compared to a player with 62 interceptions out of 100 opportunities/attempts (for example) Or maybe I'm over-thinking stuff for a change

That's a much better hypothesis than mine! Either way, it highlights that there is usually more context behind raw stats.

Fair point, but I'm just slightly wary when someone gives a politcian-esque answer to a question. "Nat Phillips is not a target" would have sufficed if we had zero interest in him. Adding "right now" on the end suggests they haven't ruled him out. (somewhat pedantic semantics I admit, but just a wee observation)

Could a high number of interceptions by a defender be more of an indication of the quality of our midfield rather than how good the defender is, per se? i.e. maybe Brighton's defensive midfield was more effective at protecting their defenders than we were (for example). Alternatively, I could be talking nonsense. (evens bet usually)

Do we know what Cahill's fitness status is? i.e. is he in the "his legs have gone" category of older players yet? I'm just wondering if his experience and leadership qualities, and how that might help improve our younger CBs, could outweigh the cons of his age and dwindling fitness/pace etc?

Not "right now" but could be "tomorrow" (for example).

I guess it could be argued that doing Leicester a small favour for this weekend's game could indirectly favour us too given their opponent (Wolves) are more of a direct rival to us than Leicester are...

Eamonn Holmes

What's happened to Smallbone's head?

10th

https://twitter.com/SouthamptonFC/status/1424024379793494029?s=19

Late to the party... Do we know why Walcott hasn't been in the starting line-up for either of the two St. Mary's friendlies?

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I think that's a decent hypothesis. Villa have only posted one relatively low-key tweet about Ings joining them which gives the impression that the deal came as a much a surprise to them as it did to us. You'd normally expect to see a fanfare of tweets for such a high profile signing. So, yep, it's a fair hunch that it was Saints pulling the strings on this rather than the other way around.

Textbook

It's 837 to be precise, but fair point.

Well remembered that man... It's a fair cop. I'll figure out a new way of ducking out of futile discussions on an internet football forum in future

I think you're mistaking me for someone with a high enough IQ to engage with someone of your superior intellect on an internet football forum.

Am I the only person on this wondrous planet who would want the leader of their country to be one of the first people to be involved in a pilot such as this? Surely we want the man or lady at the top as unimpeded as possible in their endeavours to run the country and if this trial achieves that then it's common sense to involve the PM, along with all the other key public service personnel that were also included, isn't it? Or maybe I'm being naïve and the country should indeed be run in accordance with the prevailing grievances of the Twitter mob?

Thanks. Mission accomplished...

This can only mean one thing... #hescominghome

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