The Kraken

I dont think this is our strongest line up, but I think Ralph has put it out as what he thinks for the best chance of staying in / winning the game. As said above, we’re going to be feeding off scraps and he maybe thinks the best way to work with that is to have his front two just working their socks off, with the option to bring on the starting strike force when their defence is a bit more tired. At least I hope that’s the thinking….

Broja could do with sitting one out, not sure on dropping Adams though. Let’s see how Long and Armstrong work together, they’re going to be feeding off scraps for much of the game.

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I think he said he used to go to games with his Dad. Maybe old man MLG holds the flask and other goodies.

Pretty sure he does/did go to games, quite a bit. Agreed on the final sentence.

I remember that they ransacked the school next door (Springhill?) and went on the rampage against all and sundry.

No, nothing is confirmed yet. It won’t affect too much on Chelsea’s upcoming away games as tickets have already been sold, and they’ll be honoured. They can’t just sell any more from this point. According to Simon Jordan yesterday, the away side get 10% of ticket costs, so not quite nothing but certainly not a large sum at all, somewhere around £10k depending on ticket price. Chelsea’s Saints away tickets had not gone on sale to fans, so I guess the situation is fluid and there could be a few options available. I think for the very fact that policing a home only game could be a logistical nightmare, there will be some form of compromise to allow away fans to get tickets.

No.it’s definitely a decent solution. Also, take timekeeping out of the referee’s hands. No reason to keep it there other than ego and tradition. And while,I’m at it…..referees, just blow when time is up, not when a corner has been taken or an attacking move has completed or a goal kick is taken. It’s simple,m there should be a definite point when the ga e stops, refs are awful at only doing it when a move is completed. I guess the fact is that the ball is only in play for roughly 60 minutes, and the other 30 minutes are just filler and time wasting, is too embarrassing for the authorities to handle. So there won’t be a change.

When it says ‘The Kraken has been released’ then you know you’re in trouble 😉

Pompous is the right word. He’s clearly intelligent but has got the MLG tendency of being in absolute despair when wrong, and just acts like a stuck up know it all most of the time.

Fucking called it. Any striker who is on a duff run of form, roll up, we’ll let one in for you Ffs.

What do you mean now? Che Adams was criticised before he’d even played for us for the way he finished.

Fair one, I didn’t know that.

Cheers, that’s good. There’s still ways around it of course but at least there’s a modicum of preventative measures. The more I think about it, the more I think there’s no way there won’t be away fans. The Premier league wont want their product devalued, and it’s guaranteed money for saints.

She’s a scary looking bird and no mistake.

Plus I don’t think he’s netted yet for Newcastle, Saints are the team strikers out of form love playing against.

Simon a Jordan was on Talksport earlier saying that the away side gets ten per cent of sales. That’s not the stumbling block though, Chelsea cannot physically sell the tickets. they can potentially give them away, or they can arrange for a saints to sell on their behalf, neither of which is an ideal solution. You’re right though, I see it as a massive safety concern if there’s no away end.

Try telling me this isn’t funny 🤣

3 have suspended their sponsorship with them as well.

🤣 Theres a few tweets going around from journalists saying that this could push them into administration. They’re losing money, and lots of it, and now have had almost all their revenue streams switched off.

😆 The group have even said there will be zero protests. But down with this sort of thing.

It doesn’t take Poirot to work it out.

Yeah, what rotters these liberal types are, imagine sticking up for people who get literally thrown off buildings for being gay. We don’t want those types at St Mary’s, do we UTS?

Rainbow Saints co-founder Max Lindsay said: “While there aren't any protests planned for the Newcastle match this week we stand in solidarity with persecuted LGBTQ+ people in Saudi Arabia. I think you’d have to be a bit dim to disagree with that sentiment, wouldn’t you?

I’m not sure why we should do them a favour (I doubt they’d do the same for us) but, yes, it does seem like something Saints would do. Having done a bit more research on this since posting, if Chelsea have already agreed to the purchase of tickets with the club, they could choose to gift them to supporters. It would mean getting zero revenue for what they’ve paid out for, of course. But would ensure they have fans at the game. They could also just choose to have an empty end, but that seems more unlikely.