Matthew Le God

Maybe Alpine needs a Stu style "Dave Benson Phillips" makeover. A new profile as Pat Sharp might work?

I wasn't the one that said the current squad is weaker. The squad last season only really took shape at the end of January 2010. Before that it was still very much a work in progress. Since January, Dickson, Richardson and Butterfield have been added. Thus the fullback positions are in theory stronger now than last season. Yes, it is missing Papa Waigo and Antonio who did play important roles but neither of those were ever 1st choice. Lallana and Puncheon started EVERY game out wide when available to do so. Dickson can play as a winger and Oxlade-Chamberlain may come on occasionally. Not to mention still 6 weeks of transfer window left.

It is shocking because those two statements conflict with each other. How had you not heard of Radhi Jaidi or David Connolly for example? Why did you say that me adding Carsley and Howard's ages together to 70, would make Carsley 43? That would suggest you thought I meant that Howard was 27 and thus a different Howard to 34 year old Steve Howard.

Really? I note you haven't posted in this thread yet... http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?23903-Opening-day-2009-vs-Opening-day-2010

Although basically lifted from the OS, Marketing Week has this as one of their lead stories... http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/news/southampton-fc-unveils-new-head-of-marketing/3015999.article

I wonder if Pilchards has realised his mistake yet?

Carsley 36 + Howard 34 = 70

Combined age of those two = 70

So its Scott Steadman - Head of Sales & Marketing http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2096187,00.html With these two below him... Emily Hingston as Sales Manager http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2089932,00.html and Leila Habibi as Marketing Executive http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2095917,00.html

He isn't "currently on" anything. He is unattached.

Would be amazing if true, but very hard to believe. I don't think betfairfootball is the best source for football rumours.

Nicola and Markus taking in the FC Sochaux game...

I took it from the Saints website... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10280~49128,00.html Really shows how lacking the squad was at that point.

A nice positive alternative to an "Alpine type" thread. One year ago today on 18th July 2009 and Alan Pardew had had one day of preseason at this point with the squad. No players had been signed, no two and a half weeks of preseason and no ten days together in a Switzerland training camp playing two games. Squad on the opening day last season vs Millwall 8th August 2009... Davis Murty Thomas Perry Harding James Wotton Schneiderlin Lallana Paterson Saganowski Subs: Bialkowski Gillett Holmes Lancashire Pulis Thomson Gobern The squad above only won one of its first 10 games and it did evolve in personal over the course of the season and ended up earning only 3 fewer points than 2nd place Leeds. Compare that to a potential squad for the opening day this season vs Plymouth 7th August 2010... Davis Richardson Jaidi Fonte Harding Puncheon Schneiderlin Hammond Lallana Lambert Barnard Subs: Bialkowski Dickson Seaborne Butterfield Wotton Oxlade-Chamberlain Connolly And have these still in reserve... Mills Martin McNish Gobern Holmes Looks alot stronger doesn't it!? This is the starting point of Saints squad from match one rather than mid way through last season. (yes, I know Richardson is injured, but Butterfield is adequate cover whilst he recovers) And most importantly 3 weeks of the window left before the Plymouth game and 6 weeks in total of the window left. Saints do however need a little more squad depth. I'd like to see a new central midfielder for cover and competition with Schneiderlin and Hammond, a "Lambert style" striker and a pacy winger in that priority order. But the actual first XI is pretty much there and gelled already, just need those three areas of cover/competition and the squad is sorted. No need to panic Alpine or start anymore threads of despair!!!

Ryan Dickson is also currently injured.

Live stream for Pompey game on now... Streaming Options Just about to kick off in USA. US commentator really doesn't have a clue

Posted first on here 4 days ago... http://www.charltonlife.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=35590&page=1#Item_0 Maybe they were waiting for the signing of Butterfield to break it to us gently.

Pleased you find it useful. A lot of time and effort went into making it.

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2090243,00.html Would requite Murty to have coaching badges to be offered the job. Maybe he does.

You've had 5 minutes of suspense. Which is more than X Factor, Big Brother and Britain's Got Talent combined on a final night - just tell us what he said. I'm guessing with Richardson and Butterfield signed he will retire due to injury and work for the BBC or go into coaching or play for a lower to mid table League One side etc etc

UPDATE SUMMER 2010 Quite a big bump I started this in 2008/09, I've spent a bit of time over the last couple of days updating this for 2010/11. Took ages to revamp and every club in England now has its own page. Still a work in progress and lots to do for some clubs. Three things... 1) If anyone can link to a site for any club it would be very helpful. 2) General opinions of the site? 3) Originally I had a .co.uk I have now brought the .com however I can't get traffic from the .co.uk to forward to the .com site using godaddy can anyone help me? The site is now called http://www.footballforumfinder.com

16th in a League of 20 is not top half.

Saints twitter http://twitter.com/officialsaints and FC Sochaux website http://www.fcsochaux.fr/fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1886&Itemid=106

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I bet he learnt a lot form you.