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All good shouts Micheal Jordan’s about how many shots he missed but that’s why he wins should be given to every kid when they start a sport, truly inspiring one of the reasons I’m so in awe of Matt Fraser is because he knew his weakness and work liked fuck on them until the were no longer weaknesses. There is a story about him struggling with rowing in one of the games workouts so he spent a year rowing every day on top Of his other training to be better. That mindset is incredible

For me it was Steve Moran and then CC. I remember watching him score in the World Cup and saying to my dad Saints should sign him. My dad used to work for the echo and back then I’d wait for him on the doorstep every night to get home from work, he always used to have a copy of the echo under his arm when he walked up from the bus stop. The day we signed Colin Clarke he said to me as he walked up the path to our house “Saints have signed your mate” and tossed the echo headline was “Saints sign Clarke for £400k” obviously back then there was no social media, no rumours so you found out about signings when they happened amd they were massive news. what a time to be a kid

I remember we also beat QPR 5-1 on Colin Clarke’s debut in 1986. He was our big money signing after the Mexico World Cup and scored a hatrick on his debut. Remember when we signed him it was front page of the echo, we’d spent £400k which was mega money for us in those days

That kit if fucking awful. It’s all some bollocks about looking like Pompey, which is quite frankly ridiculous

Seeing as the three we got caught for we played shit and lost maybe we have carried on?

4 wins in last 27 years according to fitz

I think it was lore the fact we needed him off the payroll than him desperately trying to leave

I think we had a blue away kit for most of my childhood. The light and dark blue keegan kit, then the light blue one with bits on the shoulders from 85-87, we had the blue kit early 90s that we wore for the the ZDS final then the blue pony kit. I reckon between 1980 and 1995 we had blue away kits for about 10-12 years. Doesnt make the current one any good mind but we’ve done it regularly in the last 50+ years

BBD to make his mark

Shop window performance

To us

Yes they did. My son plays futsal and it’s brilliant, I find it more enjoyable to watch than 11 a side. Quick, skilful, great for kids development standard is very high. Don’t know about down south but where I live in Yorkshire there is a northern futsal league for kids played on Saturdays every two or three weeks so doesn’t interfere with 11 a side plus they do quite a few friendlies and tournaments. Unfortunately as there aren’t many teams it means a lot of travel. There isn’t a team where we live so have to travel 45 minutes to play home games aways are usually minimum of an hour sometimes 2.

They need to be braver it’s not that they’re not good enough. They’ve got anxiety they need to trust the process

The irony of that post is wonderful

Don’t get me started mate. Parents are nightmare in kids football. All convinced their kid is the new Messi, coaches that think they’re Guardiola, thinking their kids are in an academy because they’re paying to be in a development centre which is just a money making project for the clubs. Listening to the touchline chat is hilarious most parents don’t even know what positions or formations are being played or what second balls or overlapping runs are yet at the end of the game they’re telling you what you did wrong as a coach and what we should do better. They forget it’s grassroots football not an academy Clueless I can deal with but rhe pushy ones are the worst pushy ones are the worst though living their life through their kids.