Zurichsaint
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Totally agreed. Some of the nicest, friendliest fans you could hope to meet. We ended up sleeping on a Vitesse fan's sofa, as we missed the last train back to Amsterdam. They couldn't have been more helpful
Great effort from the town with the fanzone too
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Think I'm on the same trains you
Me too! I think there are loads of us
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I exist, but based near Zurich, rather than the French speaking part... There must be a few more of us
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Actually, it is a debatable one. I knew about the normal denial of goal scoring opportunity only when the player is moving towards the goal, which clearly isn't so in this case.
But FIFA has 2 situations listed on their website:
There are two sending-off offences that deal with denying an opponent an obvious opportunity to score a goal:
- If a player denies the opposing team a goal or an obvious scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball.
- If a player denies an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick (direct or indirect) or a penalty kick.
While I agree the 2nd (more common) case wouldn't apply, surely Adrian committed the 1st offense? It can't just be for Suarez-esque clearances off the line?
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Fantastic news. Absolutely delighted for the guy. Made my day, that has!
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Why is it worse than sending players out on loan to the English third division?
I've seen a few Swiss 2nd league matches and the standards drop considerably here. I would think conference level or worse...
I think our young players would benefit a lot more from getting quality training and coaching with us.
Also Staplewood is much nicer than many of the stadiums here!
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All 11 players involved in the move as well - totally amazing!
Stattos ..... has his ever been done before in Th Prem .... or anywhere else?
Schexxy Football.
Ok, statto here!
It isn't even a record for this season. Spuds had a 48 pass goal, involving all 11 players against QPR on 24th August.
http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/the-48-pass-spurs-goal-who-touched-it-how-many-times-graphic/
That said, their goal involved twice as many passes as any goal last season.
I still prefer ours... ?
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Great article I thought. Really summed up how I've felt, over the last few seasons.
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This is a misconception. Mali International Group was valued in excess of £3bn.
I've seen this quoted a couple of times, but have never managed to verify it. Where did you get there figure from?
For what it's worth, I think you're probably right. It is her money, and I don't think we've got a right as fans to demand she spends it to keep us happy. If we can run to finance ourselves in future, I'll be happy.
Let's not panic about player sales until we know who actually goes, and who (and how much is spent) on replacements.
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I think it is also a way we can maintain the high intensity pressing when we don't have the ball, without getting too tired. Mourinho used to talk about "resting with the ball". I believe that is the only way we can play the way we do for the full 90 mins, or for a whole season.
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Looks like him next to Katharina at today's game?
Yes, it is. My icehockey fan mate just confirmed it was him. He thought I was kidding until he saw the photo...
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The statement says he worked his notice.
Where does it say that? I find it very hard to believe he came into work today thinking it would be his last day at the club. I think he tried to play hardball with KL and lost, so she finally accepted the resignation from some months previously, with immediate effect. (Swiss contracts tend to have far longer notice periods than UK ones)
That's why the late night meetings with the management staff, who otherwise would have been fully informed.
2 other points from me - I wouldn't fancy being MP's interpreter tomorrow. That will be one hell of a press conference...
Also LOL @simonpeach
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I did notice that the Liebherrs were not in the Forbes rich list for 2013?
Not in Forbes, but in the Swiss version, with a wealth of CHF 7.5bn. There is also a nice family photo, though I doubt that Katarina is part of this group?
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Just a thought - could it be that the Liebherrs want to cash in on their investment with some valuable players (£30m for Shaw - excuse the pun), but Nicola said over my dead body?
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Can't help but think this might be connected to the January transfer window... "If I don't get the backing from the Liebherrs, I'm leaving". Doesn't mean it won't happen, but would be annoying if we have this every transfer window...
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I must admit I am getting most of my 'knowledge' on this subject from just a couple of lectures and essays by the marvellous Hans Rosling.
He puts things in such a clear and positive way it is a bit daft me trying to paraphrase!
I done a quick web search and here is a neat article that introduces the man and his work:
And I believe his latest lecture on Population Growth is still available on BBC iPlayer. I cannot recommend higher, it's brilliant and slightly humbling.
I haven't seen the iplayer one, but he's also done some excellent TED presentations. Here is the one on population growth:
You're right - his way of explaining things through imagery and statistics is very educational. I'm also a big fan
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Last year it was announced on 21st June. They always leave it really late :-(
The matches took place mid-July to early August.
Hope that helps and you manage to catch a few games. Where are you going to be in Europe?
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As the commentator said - not sure Gaston meant the pass to AL for the goal and aside from that he was again a passenger and the midfield was surrendered inviting pressure onto us once he came on...
We were also crying out for some more creativity until he came on. Lots of possession, but only Lallana was capable of making something happen. WBA chasing the game and their subs had more to do with the pressure at the end, IMHO.
Hats off to Boruc for that save though!
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Why do so many of our players miss games from being "ill"? Lovren's second away game in a month, Shaw has had a fair few. Seems to be something that is more of an issue these days? Over cautious from Saints?
The hotel room hoovering team have had a couple of injuries, but we're hoping they'll be back up to speed in January...
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http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/sport/fussball/southampton-bleibt-am-ball-1.18192193 (Original language version, for any German speakers)
Long Southampton has been portrayed as a bad example of what happens when foreign owners relentlessly chase success. The picture has changed.by Hanspeter Künzler
No one would have dared the prophecy at the beginning of the season, the top game in the twelfth round Arsenal would come across Southampton. That the Saints here been cheated on (0:2), was not a surprise - but it was not self-evident.
This Southampton stuck in January is still greatly in crisis. In their first season back in the top flight they seemed doomed to relegation. Here, the young English coach Nigel Adkins enjoyed all around greatest sympathies. Given the dwindling number of top English coaches he made a rare bright spot. Only 28 months ago, yet the Saints had Rank 22 is in the third division. Football romantics everywhere on the island wished him nothing but success. And indeed, the tide seemed to turn. Just had wrested Chelsea at Stamford Bridge a draw. But just then, as the first rays of the sun appeared above the horizon, Adkins was discharged. Instead his Argentine Mauricio Pochettino, who could hardly speak English came.
Spring Awakening
A few weeks Southampton was portrayed as an evil example of what happens when foreign owners without feeling for the English football culture mercilessly nachhecheln success. After relegation from the Premier League in 2005, the club had made the classic mistake of putting everything on its chances of promotion. The company failed, the resulting financial gap led to insolvency and relegation to the third tier.
In July 2009, the club was taken over by Swiss businessman Markus Liebherr discrete. That he (had the last paid out of pocket the wages of employees) to Matt Le Tissier folk hero here ausbremste who also wanted to take over the club saw in the eyes of the English not good. Died only when Liebherr in October 2010 and it turned out that he had secured the survival of the club financially and legally for years to come, the picture changed somewhat. But with the dropping of Adkins's image was slipped back into the basement.
Pochettino and youth
The 41-year-old former international Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino, who had previously worked at Espanyol, was seventeen years among the regulars of Newell's Old Boys. The confidence that there gave him the coach Bielsa, characterizes it today.
"You have to give young players the chance to play. Only then can they take self-confidence and be better, "he says. The young talent was already in the eighties and nineties, when the club held continuously for 27 years in the top flight, the strength of Southampton. Even during the difficult years of players like Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Gareth Bale emerged from the youth development. Meanwhile, the young talents must not be sold. The first team includes many former Junior unlike most other top clubs.
Thanks to the initially unpopular arrangement of Pochettino, frequently working out include the Saints become one of the fittest players in the Premier League. The intense Pressing already in the attacking half brings an exciting tempo game. At the same time harmonizes the interplay between defense and midfield: Only seven goals one has suffered. All other clubs are in the double digits.
Translated by google - not me!
I guess that the journalist has been fed much of this by NC, so it is interesting to read his slant on things, especially the Adkins sacking, and the rather confusing bit about Le Tiss paying the wages, which I am not aware is true.
Still, it is nice to see us getting more publicity overseas.
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Just to save MLG the effort:
WhoScored.com @WhoScored 21 Nov
.@VictorWanyama: Has won the ball in the middle third of the pitch (67) more times than any other player in Europe's top 5 leagues this term
FWIW, I completely agree with the above, he was immense today. Not only was he a rock at the base of midfield, but he also seemed better going forward and retaining possession.
After his disaster against Hull, he must be mentally pretty strong as well.
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This falls on the other side of the line in the debate over technology for me.
Whether a ball is over the line or not is a simple matter of physics, a person's opinion doesn't come into it, I've got no issue with that being subject to technology and replays.
Some fouls can be obvious, but there are always those that are borderline that will be down to the ref's interpretation of the rules, and whether you agree with the decision or not, I don't believe it should be changed by anyone else. Maybe if there was some way to allow the referee himself to quickly review his own decision… possibly I'd go along with that.
Fully agree also. You often see fouls that look blatant from one angle, and not from another. It also happens often enough that not even the pundits can agree on whether it is a foul or not. It is a subjective thing not a fact.
Would I would change with the current system would be retrospective bookings / red cards that could be added following a review after the game (by a panel including the referee for that match). Also a referee should be encouraged to rescind cards given, if the video review shows it turns out to be clearly wrong.
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Christ almighty. we know he's good at hitting penalties, but that was just unstoppable!
If he keeps hitting them like that, keepers will be trying to dive out the way
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That's the only one I've found, but it's pretty poor.
It looks like someone in the stand filming it on their phone...
Good football stats website
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Can anyone recommend a really good football statistics website?
I was trying to work on a spreadsheet with Saints all time top goal scorers, and I couldn't a decent one to source it from. I used to use http://www.statto.com/football/teams/southampton/, but it hasn't been updated for ages. I have used worldfootball.net for now, but it's got a lot less info than the Statto one used to have...
Thanks for any tips