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it's not a case of believing them or rejecting them. It's that some people simply believe they are all that matter, whilst some of us believe they are relevant but also only part of the picture. They are important and can be a good way of assessing players, opposition etc but they are not the only way and should not be the only way, which is where some are over reliant. For example people were raving about Vestergaard this time last year because his stats said he was one of the best defenders in the league, anyone who knew anything about football knows that wasn't the case.

Their match v Arsenal tomorrow is off but their game v Shrewsbury on sunday goes ahead. So they can field a team for a cup game against a lower league side but cant for a cup game against one in the same division 🤔

It was because he'd lost the players and fans, that was obvious. Once that happens then it only ends on way anyway. I dont think sacking him on results was right given the circumstances he had to deal with.

Better than Koemans the year before

This simply isnt true. Puel took over from Craig Shakesphere in October 2017, the previous season Leicester finished 12th they were near the bottom of the table for most of the season and Raneri was sacked in the february with them one point above the relegation zone. They were a bit of a mess around then with Shakesphere coming and only lasting 8 months before being replaced by Puel. Puel took them to 9th, 3 places higher than the previous season and Kante and Drinkwater had been sold from their title winning side. That summer Mahrez was sold to Man City and Puel was sacked in the February with them 12th. 3 seasons with 8th, 9th and 12th (when fired) tend to prove that he's a pretty decent midtable manager. Whatever he did at Leicester is irrelevant to what he did at Saints anyway.

Cisse is one player who was still at the club, Puel was without half the team of the previous season for at least half of it. If you agree that Fonte and Van Dijk were worth 10 points, then in the previous season Mane and Pelle scored 9 more goals than Austin and Redmond, how many points is that worth? Potentially up to 18, so you're talking about possibly a 23 point swing, which turns usless old Claudes 46 points into 69, level on points with Manchester United. The point being that everyone goes on about useless Puel and how he was such a downgrade on Koeman, without taking into account the other factors. As i said, if he'd had the same players as Koeman he may have finished 23 points better off than he did.

On that basis neither has any manager we've had apart from McMenemy

But again this is another case where stats only tell part of the story. What they dont tell you is that Puel achieved what he did without Van Dijk and Fonte for half a season (arguably one of the top centre back pairs in the league) and Mane, Pelle (our two leading scorers from the previous season) and Wanyama for the whole season. Also Charlie Austin our leading goal scorer in Puels only made 15 league appearances. So without almost half of the team the season before that had been successful. Add in one of the replacements for those didn't even manage to play in half the league games and a rookie Jack Stephens playing half a a season maybe people should be saying how well he did under the circumstances. So yes stats can paint a picture but they dont give you the full picture which is why relying on data alone is not a fair or accurate assessment.

Loves his golf, only reason he is buying Saints is because he wants to buy the land opposite St Marys and turn it into the English version of Augusta.

Very good that, very interesting

I hope he isn’t. No manager should ever not want to improve the squad if there is a chance too

£30k a week with a £5m a goal bonus

YES! Well spotted.

The general opinion seems to be that of optimism and that the people involved seem very credible as well as those already here staying on. So far so good.

Well it certainly feels a lot better than the Goa deal, although given we had to find a loop hole in the rules to let him buy us then it'd be hard not too. It all feels like a very good fit. I'm sure Dragan will be delighted i've given him the Turkish seal of approval.

You going on about me again Verbal, seems like you lot talk about me all the time. Another one who on a big day for the club has posted twice, both time about me and "liked" lots of posts against me, nice to know i've got a proper little following on here and the amount of so called Saints fans who on such an important day are only interested in slagging off a fellow fan is quite hilarious. Actually i watch a lot of Ted talks and will watch this one with interest.

Will our beer still be Kingfisher? Is there any possibility to introduce vegan burgers? I'd like to ask Dragan if he thinks a fan on the board might be something he'd consider?

What does this mean for the queues in the kiosks at half time Martin?

South Coast football expert Alex Crook by any chance?

There have been a couple of transfers today, we have been sold and the lead story on SSN is that Lukaku apologies to Chelsea. FFS

Enter the Dragan headline for the first home matchday program?

Is he the Danish Paul Mitchell?

That's the greatest thing anyone has ever said about me 😃

Hopefully Nelly Goas role. Wasnt she on the board of the group and Vice chair of the club?

I agree mate, but people seem to be lining up to take pot shots at me, simply because they dont like the fact i vouched for the source of the initial rumour