Sheaf Saint

Honestly, the state of some of these comments on this and the transfer window thread. Fuck me! 🤦 Apparently grown adults wishing a serious injury on someone just for doing what every single one of us would do in the same situation and making a decision that he thinks is best for him and his family... Have a word with yourselves FFS. He owes SFC nothing. Yes he was injured a lot of his time here, but let's not pretend that we 'stuck by him' out of a sense of charity or moral duty. We took a calculated risk in signing him when he was still injured and went into that contract eyes wide open but it backfired, that's all. None of us know his personal circumstances. None of us know what's gone on in his head through all that time he was out injured. He might not have ever truly settled in the south and maybe wanted out at the end of his contract anyway. Maybe he's got elderly relatives back in Scotland that he wants to be nearer to. Maybe he actually does want to stay, but a new contract need to be drafted and agreed for that to happen because the old one has legally expired. Can anyone here honestly say they wouldn't at least try to negotiate for a bit more in similar circumstances? When he was fit, he never shirked and always put in his best efforts, and scored some cracking and important goals for us. I have no ill feeling towards him for simply deciding he wants to go elsewhere, and thank him for those moments if he has indeed played his last game for us. But just to be clear - we couldn't legally activate the extension when we wanted to, thanks to the EFL. That's not him 'getting out of it on a technicality', it's just the absolute reality of the situation. But according to some of you, he's just a selfish, ungrateful twat/cock/snake (all actual words some of you have used). I fucking despair with this place sometimes.

Partey has been denied entry to Canada to play for Ghana. He will stay at their training base in Boston How did he get into the US!?

When you're just trying to enjoy a well earned cold beer in your garden on a Friday afternoon after a busy week at work PXL_20260612_154948108.TS.mp4 Petrol strimmers should have fucking ASBOs slapped on them.

Do we know for 100% certain that Stewart won't still be here next season? The retained/released list just shows which contracts have expired and not been renewed. We couldn't activate the year extension with Ross because of the timing issue with the playoff expulsion, so his contract has technically expired, but I assume we are still negotiating a possible new one with him, aren't we? Or have I missed an announcement somewhere?

Can't agree with that. He stood out in 24/25 as one of the only actual PL standard players in our squad.

That's a ridiculous red card. What's the defender meant to do when someone cuts across them like that?

Another Russball moment from the SA keeper but gets away with it this time.

WTF is the ref wearing on his head? He looks like he's been assimilated by the Borg.

Yes, but apparently that's still not enough for some. Trying to have a rational conversation with the knuckle-draggers who kicked off in Portswood about timescales for implementing new policies or the impact of budget limitations for tackling human trafficking would be a bit like trying to explain the offside rule to a pigeon.

IIRC it was Ralph who converted him to more of a defensive player. Up until that point he hadn't really nailed down a specific role in the team and I always thought he looked most effective on the right of a 4231, but not as a traditional winger.

Steven Davis

We should be. If 'Project Baz' was all about signing potential and selling him on for a profit, then this summer is our last opportunity to get any kind of half decent fee for him before he becomes a free agent.

Yeah that sounds familiar.

I seem to have a vague recollection of some kind of controversy in one of those games that led to a bit of needle in the return match later in the season. Can anyone remember what that was? Or have I just made that up?

Good shout. I've heard he's good in tight spaces, explosive in the box, but can sometimes be a bit sloppy with his finishing.