Good evening SaintsWeb Forum travel gurus (mods: I still think a travel sub-forum would work well....)
Lady Trousers and I are contemplating a fortnight in Mexico this year - probably September/October time - and without any offspring for the first time in 18 years (hoorah!)
So, the usual plea for recommendations and tips from anyone who has been.
We're very much on square one planning wise but are thinking along the lines of a beach based hotel for one of the weeks and doing some kind of tour of the ancient sites the other week.
Much obliged!
IMO, we need to give Slattery a taste of first team football ASAP, if only on the bench. He (or rather his parents/advisers) need to see tangible evidence that there is an advantage staying with Saints, i.e. that he stands a far better chance of first team football with us than he does with the likes of Arsenal. Yep, I know he's already being fast-tracked but I'd give him a go in one of the last few games (once our highest possible league position is set in stone)
He's been aware enough in the past to give a definitive "no" when asked about rumours of players we've been linked with in the press. I'm simply observing a subtle difference in his response to this particular rumour, which may or may not have any significance.
Koeman dropping a hint at the press conference that Pelle will be back in the starting 11 on Saturday. Said that he played a faster front line vs Chelsea because of who the opposition was and that it'll be a different type of game this weekend.
@gordonsimpson
Koeman on rumour of #saintsfc scouting Odegaard: "I saw it on the internet. I don’t know."
He's usually a lot more definitive when dismissing rumours. Make of that what you will.
Depends what statistic(s) one uses to determine "best". Gibbs has been part of a defence that has conceded c.50% more goals than the defence that Bertrand has been part of. Indeed, Arsenal have the joint worst defence of the top 6 sides. It is therefore conceivable that Bertrand is a better defender (albeit as part of a better defensive unit rather than a better overall team) than Gibbs. Making player comparisons based on the 'better team' is a much broader brush than making player comparisons based on 'positional units' within teams.
IMO of course.