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thanks hadn't opened the athletic yet this morning - good reminder

MLG you do realise words only account for like 8% of communication with body language and tone being the other 92%. If someone couldn't translate your posts they would think you're the dude who always gives his team in the pub quiz a name which he thinks is funny but the rest of the pub just thinks virgins and then argues with the pub quiz master that the answers to his questions were wrong.

Maybe KWP wasnt looking good in pre-season and Tino was so gave the lad a chance and for the first 10 games he played very well so was hard for KWP to recover his place when his form turned up. Am happy with players being played in a few positions and based on form/opponent. Anyway - any worthwhile rumours aside from Broja and Aberdeen RB.

yeah just saw that and thought had something happened, I would expect something has either contract related, player of month perhaps etc etc

random one but what is the best stats website that is free for games/players etc both this season and historical.

This was from a few seasons ago but given the direction this thread has gone it did make me laugh.

Yeah Redmond adds nothing at the moment, we need to replace him, tella can improve but Redmond will not get better.

lyanco has been holding the CB line together - both salisu and bednerak been poor Whatever happened to the formation to make diallo out on the let stop it. Tella/Redmond ineffective - swap for armstrong and (someone else).

At least that is bednerak's cock up for the game

Guys I post this every match day BOOKMARK This site https://streamsgate.tv/ Click on the match you want to see and on that page click on any of the below links for streams as an example

Replacement at burnley for chris wood joking of course

Wow no comments on him since Oct. Thought he was awesome v Brentford, his quick passing and speed in middle of the park made a big difference and made our team more dynamic. Complemented Romeu well and linked up with the forwards well. Article from ProstInt after the game https://www.prostinternational.com/2022/01/12/ibrahima-diallo-the-frenchman-continues-his-development-with-a-brilliant-performance-in-southamptons-4-1-win-over-brentford/

the streets dont forget - 18 goals in 35 games in premier league 12/13

https://twitter.com/SouthamptonFC/status/1481024835656601604?t=UZupei8vQP0yXnyBKLryDQ&s=19

I really like how agressive both salisu and lyanvo are when they are hunting the ball after tackles. Something we've missed from our CBs for a while, they actually seem to love defending.

Lovely performance, thought the quick passing between salisu/romeu and diallo really helped open opportunities (broja goal especially) and we scored 4 goals.....

Any stream issues then pick 1 from the 31 here https://soccerstreams-100.tv/match/605860/eng.1

Bro you'd ruin a 4yr olds birthday party, let's just have fun in the afcon, I still miss the days when the sangoma's would kill chickens on the pitch (not racism its now in the rules you can't) and el Hadj Diouf had his breakout tournament.

Boufal balling out and scoring winner for Morroco tonight v Ghana. Wonder of there are any gems in the tournament, anyone got any suggestions to watch out for?

Updated analysis - had to screenshot the graphs you can find them at the bottom. Analysis: Southampton takeover looks like the perfect match Southampton FC have been taken over by the newly-founded sports investment firm, Sport Republic, which is backed by Serbian media magnate Dragan Solak and has Rasmus Ankersen in the role of CEO and co-founder. The former owner of the Saints, Chinese businessman Gao Jisheng, bought the club in 2017 for €244 million, but sold them in a deal worth €120 million - reflecting a loss of €124 million on his investment, as he has not invested further. The Saints' business model has built on profit on player sales for years, which fits in perfectly with Ankersen’s capabilities and strategy for building a profitable and competitive football club. Looking at valuation, the takeovers of Southampton and Newcastle have been the best value for money, as the gaps between revenue and valuation for the other clubs are rather high. This week the newly-founded Sport Republic bought an 80 per cent stake in Southampton in a deal worth €120 million. As the club recently took out a €95 million loan, the value of the club including debt is about €245 million. The former owner, Chinese businessman Gao Jisheng, has been eager to sell the club for over a year, and the new owners seem to have secured a scoop in terms of takeover price when compared to other takeovers of English clubs in 2021. The takeover of the majority stake in Southampton is Sport Republic’s first investment in a football club, but it won’t be their last, as they plan to build an investment portfolio of clubs, which could be equivalent to that of Red Bull which includes ownerships in teams across the world. The financials for Southampton were on the rise for years prior to the takeover by Gao, but during his reign, all numbers have plummeted. The same level of expenses, lower turnover and significantly lower profit on player sales have seen the Saints record a combined loss after tax of €110 million in the last two years. As the club have not yet published their 2020/21 figures, which are expected to be heavily influenced by Covid-19, this figure could now look even worse. The 2019/20 figures can partly be blamed on the pandemic as revenue and transfer spendings have been lower than usual, but Southampton’s negative financial trend was already showing prior to the pandemic. Gao seems to have bought the club at its peak and sold it off at its low point. Profit on player sales has been an important factor for Southampton’s profitability. Southampton’s average profit on player sales has been €42.5 million in the last seven years, which is substantially higher than the Premier League average of €27 million. The operating loss was decreasing in the years prior to the acquisition in 2017 and turned into a positive number in 2016/17, but since then it has been on a negative trend resulting in a €99 million operating loss in 2019/20. The profit on player sales peaked in 2017/18, but since then has been at its lowest since 2012/13 and has not been able to offset the operating loss, which has resulted in the club presenting big EBIT losses for the first time since the 2012/13 season. These numbers show Southampton’s heavy reliance on profit on player sales. All the profitability numbers peaked in the year of Gao Jisheng’s acquisition, but since then all numbers have dropped year after year. This has resulted in all the profitability numbers reaching their lowest point since the comeback to the Premier League in 2012. The EBIT margin has fallen from a positive 24 per cent to a negative 57.9 per cent in Gao’s ownership period. The new owners, led by the former Brentford co-director of football Rasmus Ankersen, will look to bring the club back to their earlier positive profitability numbers. Ankersen has shown his ability to build up a business on the back of developing young cheap players and selling them off for great profits in his former positions at Brentford and FC Midtjylland. He joined Brentford in 2015 when they were a mid-table championship side, and developed the club to be a Premier League team. The profit on player sales of Brentford show the impact Ankersen’s strategy has had with a rise of 185 per cent from 2016/17 to 2019/20. And with the sale of Said Benrahme and OIlie Watkins to West Ham and Aston Villa respectively, the forthcoming 2020/21 report will undoubtedly show an even bigger profit on player sales. On the other hand, Southampton’s profit on player sales has decreased 68 per cent in the same period. In the last two years, Brentford have had a higher profit on player sales than Southampton, despite playing in the Championship. Based on Southampton’s clear strategy of monetising on player sales, which in the past led to positive profitability numbers, the deal seems to be the perfect match for both sides as it fits to the strategy of Ankersen and the rest of Sport Republic. Low value in comparison Last year saw a lot of interest in investing in English football clubs, with a lot of sides having struggled financially under the pandemic and their owners no longer being keen to splash money into loss-making clubs. At the same time, a lot of institutional investors have been sitting on their money and building up large cash holdings that now need to be invested. With all clubs except Newcastle having negative profitability numbers on average between 2017/18 and 2019/20, it would be hard to explain the valuations based on profitability numbers. Using revenue to explain the valuations seems more appropriate. Doing that, the takeovers of Southampton and Newcastle have been the best value for money, as the gaps between revenue and valuation for the other clubs are rather high. By contrast, the minority investments in Crystal Palace and West Ham could seem to have been acquired at overvaluations based on financial numbers. West Ham have been valued three times higher than Southampton, which seems relatively steep as the two clubs’ revenue and profitability numbers are equivalent. However, West Ham are a big London club and the results on the pitch have been quite different. Last season and this, West Ham showed they can fight for the European spots, whereas Southampton have been in the lower part of the table for years.

Wait is this the Villa transfer chat 🤣🤣

for the first time in a long time i believe we are seeing some backbone from this team when we have some adversity and are getting rewarded for it. West Ham, Spurs and now Swansea. I dont know what has happened but I'll take it Jeff

Open this link then pick from about 20 - most seem to be showing serie A highlights at present https://soccerstreams-100.tv/match/622741/eng.fa

Claude Puel managing Split, how the mighty have fallen