Matthew Le God

Perhaps Saints can't get a work permit sorted, so he is appointed by Sport Republic for the group and works for the group but based abroad.

We won a game We won a game away They will be panicking on the streets of Derby tonight!

Restricted to 10 minutes though!

Not great, but to be fair to him... he was out on loan in Turkey for one of those!

Nonsense. He said 'quite obviously bull' that he is injured, suggesting that he thinks the transfer rumour is the reason for his absence and that he is not injured. But his absence doesn't mean the injury is a lie, he could be both injured and have transfer interest. There does not need to be a lie.

My point being @S-Clarke didn't

It isn't particularly defensive. Back to high pressing again and fewer passes to get up the pitch.

Injury and transfer interest can be true at the same time, doesn't mean the former is a lie.

Have you written off Grønbæk already?

15 days ago! 😉

Why would we be so desperate for cash that we'd sell recently signed players at a loss? The players will have relegation wage reduction clauses and we have parachute payments which help deal with loss in revenue. Dibling will bring in a huge amount, so will Fernandes. So why would they sell some of those other players like Ramsdale, Archer etc at a loss? What would force them to do that?

He is worth significantly more than that. Destined for a big club and a very big fee.

What would you like to see in FM25 overall as a game and for Saints?

It is weakness to admit to a mistake you have not made

There was no mistake for the reasons explained.

I'd guess the key issue is not being good enough, which is why he is apparently in discussions with Hull.

Grow up

Nothing you say there counters this... It wasn't a point. You asked a question. A question isn't a point. I answered the question that you asked. So how is my answer not a valid answer to that question? Do you not know the difference between points/statements and questions? You appear not to! Plus even if there was something further back in the thread, which I can't see how there would be. This thread is 15 pages long. All I did is answer a question that was asked. Do you really expect everyone to read every post in a long thread to see if there was something else that changed the question so it can't be taken on face value?

It wasn't a point. You asked a question. A question isn't a point. I answered the question. So how is my answer not a valid answer to that question? Do you not know the difference between points/statements and questions? Plus even if there was something, which I can't see how there would be. This thread is 15 pages long. All I did is answer a question that was asked. Do you really expect everyone to read every post in a long thread to see if there was something else that changed the question so it can't be taken on face value?

What exactly are you suggesting invalidates an answer of 'Martin had better players at his disposal' to a question of how 'Where we trounced them 4-0. How can this be?'.

How is my post not a valid answer to your question?

We only signed 7 players in the summer of the 2012/13 season and then only one player in Janaury (Forren who never played a game). My point is that the gap between the leagues is a lot bigger now than 13 years ago and we may need more significant squad changes than just 7 players like we had in 2012/13. The summer of 2024 was the time to move on Armstrong, Aribo, Bree, Smallbone, Stephens, Manning etc. They aren't good enough for the Premier League and we needed a complete squad overall. Instead, Russell Martin openly admitted he was loyal to the promotion squad. A larger turnover of players may have caused gelling issues, but it is player quality that has let us down this season so I think it should have been a risk worth taking.