Matthew Le God

Does the same apply to opposing managers 'finding their feet' in a game vs a Will Still team? Do the two cancel each other out?

Not on attitude. But he'd be out of his depth in terms of ability in the 2025 Premier League, even during his prime years.

I think that is unlikely. Will Still doesn't want his players to take the risks Russell Martin did. Still's teams have pretty good defensive records in comparison to Martin.

Take a look at bottom half teams in the 1990s. Those squads don't hold up to those in the current Premier League. They were dreadful in comparison. Most of the players wouldn't be good enough to be top-flight players in 2025.

We lost most of the time vs them. Plus, you've only listed the top teams. The league overall now is of a higher quality. Teams in the bottom half in the 1990s were dreadful in comparison with the players' current Premier League bottom half teams buy.

He has been a manager in the 5th best European league for 3 seasons and has plenty of other football experience in other capacities for roughly a decade. He is early in his career, but I wouldn't call him "very inexperienced".

He is partially. He played for our academy under 18 team. Obviously Plymouth played a significantly bigger part in his early career.

He played for our academy teams aswell.

£35k would be a very low wage for a Premier League captain. He would more likely have been on circa £60k p/w last season, with circa 40% paycut after relegation.

The 1st season might be, the 2nd season could be very difficult!

In the Championship, he is. Not in the Premier League.

Yes, you said, "We also clearly need someone with quality out wide". I then listed multiple players we currently have who are quality at Championship level out wide.

Although out of depth in the Premier League, Brereton Diaz, Armstrong, Edozie, Fraser, Robinson & Dibling is an extremely strong line-up of wide players for the Championship.

In past seasons, the club have announced the names in training camp squads on the day of departure.

Random X accounts with 459 followers are more likely to be bullshitting than not.

I'd be amazed if Quarshie in particluar didn't go on tour and was in the u21 team. That would be a step back in his development. He was regularly playing in 2.Bundesliga last season. Kayi Sanda also needs more than u21 level football now to develop. Ollie Wright has already left on loan. He left on 9th July to join League 2 Accrington... https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/ollie-wright-joins-accrington-on-loan

"Usually", not always! It was my intention to be informal and to use that tone.

Easy to see who skipped English at school on this forum.

In negative sentences, "either" distributes over both items, so "don't lose either" means "lose neither" — i.e., both players stay. This follows from De Morgan's Laws and how negative polarity items work in the English language.

He signed a new 3 year contract this month. He isn't leaving this summer. So you can start being very cross now.

Should be available for streaming...