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To whom it may concern.... you missed the 'it' between 'because' and 'aligns'. You are very welcome.

Saints-esque marking there from the Spanish CBs

I'm inclined to agree with Alex.... Dragan was pretty explicit in what he was saying, rather than giving some kind of vague non-committal "business vision"...

Where's our other goal scorer from the semi-final? (Sorry, not sure how to describe her appearance...)

Did you mean to post that on the Saints pre-season thread...?

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There's more to playing football than being at a certain "level"... Players need to be mentally strong as well as being technically good. I'm not convinced we have a squad full of players whose mind is in the right place.

That's the word that stands out to me from all of Still's post-match comments. Good to see that he's seemingly recognised the mental weakness and lack of character of a lot of our squad in highlighting the lack of "personality" out on the field. (And, you obviously want both in a player... Good technically AND a good attitude)

If he's "great to have around the place" and "cares about the club" then how about giving him some pom-poms and a ra-ra skirt and put him on cheerleading duties...?

End of the unbeaten run. Gutted

A familiar spectator...

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Good spot! Cheers https://www.rcdespanyol.com/en/

Cheers - appreciate the feedback/ insight 👍🏻

Alfie @ The Echo going with the "to give Edwards more minutes" line this morning. Does seem curious that we're focusing on "giving players minutes" (out of position) rather playing players in their orthodox positions this close to the start of the season though...

Anyone know the calibre of Espanyol's starting 11?

Sounds like Still could be getting a tune out of BBD where others have failed to do so...?

He was named in the squad for the Spain trip, so maybe picked up one of those infamous "niggles" or "knocks" whilst over there?

I'd have thought / hoped that getting a settled starting lineup should start taking precidence as we approach the latter stages of pre-season but, yep, agree that could be the reason.

Although, somewhat curious that Still has seemingly decided that a centre back is better than our orthodox right backs...?

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Aye, but it's quite clear (to me) that he meant we'd be "very, very active" in the on-field department too.