What makes you think they are working harder to get stories now that the club doesn't give them interviews? It is easier to sit in the Echo offices and watch Saints Player or listen to BBC Radio Solent then it is to drive to Staplewood or St Mary's and do the interview yourself.
The Echo haven't had direct official quotes from the club or its players for a few years now. Any quotes they do use have just been lifted from elsewhere, normally the Saints Player/BBC Radio Solent interviews.
I'm not allowed to say anything that hasn't already been announced in public by SEGA/SI. Everything I link to on this forum is already available, I'm just doing so to inform those here that may not see it otherwise. Hardly "propagating false myths", especially when you have no idea how much I know or don't know about the game.
As I said earlier...
In FM11 as a League One player Lallana has a CA of 120. That puts him above many Championship players in the same position. In fact a CA of 120 in FM11 (version 11.3) would rank Lallana the joint 4th best attacking left sided player in the Championship in 2010/11.
No I haven't, because he implied it happened all the time for teams playing in Europe. I'm fully aware teams play two games in three days at Easter and Christmas.
Saints player highlights not available yet, but you can use your Saints player log in to view this...
http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/articles/20110911/southampton-v-forest-extended-highlights_2264248_2447432/0,,10308~2447432~1,00.html
If David Connolly doesn't like the "back from the dead" song, I'm sure he won't like a large number of Saints fans calling him David Connelly. Same with Dan Seaborne and those calling him Seabourne.
Were you?
4 signings and 5 League games later, Saints sit 2nd in the League and in the 3rd round of the League Cup. Looks good to me (so far).
- Last season the team that finished 17th (Barnsley) had 56 points after 46 games.
- Currently Saints have 12 from 5 games.
So you think Saints will only pick up roughly 44 points from the remaining 41 games?
Based on last seasons 17th placed team's record, that would be something like...
Play 41
Win 10
Draw 14
Lose 17
I think you are being extremely pessimistic if you think that is how the next 41 League games will go for Saints!