Tommy Mulgrew

Remi Allen the new manager: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c047pkeevd5o

Thank you for your carefully considered reply, Kristian. I am sure you will be an asset for the forum Your English is so good and idiomatic that I wonder whether you have ever lived in Scotland, Baden-Wurttemberg or the Alps or even Ottery St Mary, Devon. 🤔 (That is not a serious point - it’s one for longer-serving members on here, not you.) I hope you have an enjoyable time supporting Saints this season and beyond. 😀 One suggestion that I hope will be helpful to you: perhaps you might like to avoid the CoT thread or, at least, treat it with a pinch of salt.

That was how I saw it. The defender did not kick the attacker; in fact he did not seem to try to kick the ball. He surely tried to block the shot and Kane kicked him in the follow-through. Another fuck-up by VAR and the ref wrongly thought he should award a penalty.

No! Really. 🫣 🤫

The pre-contract that Guido Rodriguez signed lapsed at the end of May. It seems he is genuinely without a club. If realistically available he would be an INSANE signing and would provide the steel (not Steele) in midfield that we have lacked since Romeu left. I wonder what the catch is. Where is the link to us? I do not see it on the COT thread. Cannot see it myself but he would be someone Charley could talk to.

Maya Yoshida is doing well at L A Galaxy. He is captain and they are in third place in their league, MLS Western, equal on points with 1 & 2 after 23 games but having played one and two more. Won 2:1 yesterday with none other than Martin Cacares playing CB alongside him.

Hello KL. Welcome. You must be a glutton for punishment. 44 years; well done. I and some others on here have supported Saints for more than 64 years. Battered and bruised but we keep coming back for more. Have a read of the more recent pages of the summer 24 transfers thread; it covers the ground you have stated on this new thread. DCC has already gone and, to add to your list, we need a LB because Manning is not good enough for Premier League football. The transfer period is still in its infancy - a long way to go yet.

Of more interest (to me) than those on that list are those who are not on it but could have been. Perhaps indicative of future departures?

That is true and could benefit us. Nevertheless, Leicester will have a whole season and will play against the same teams as we shall, as in last season. Last season we were both top dogs in a lesser league. Next season we shall both be bottom dwellers in a strong league. Leicester have demonstrated that they were the stronger of the two sides. One might expect the stronger side to do better than the weaker side against better teams (EPL) to a greater degree than both performed against poorer teams (Championship). Therefore, although I agree with your argument, I still think Leicester could well overcome a 10 point deficit and finish above us. Let’s hope not.

Those thinking Leicester are certs for relegation if they get c.10 points deducted have short memories. Leicester beat us by 10 points and a goal difference of 24 last season. So far I have seen no reason to think they cannot repeat that margin next season. And we might not be one of the two or three weakest teams next season. Just saying.

Linked also with Everton, Liverpool, Brighton, Inter and Wolfsburg. Can’t imagine we would be his first choice unless KWP definitely leaves and he could come here as our first choice right back.

Another one going where the grass is greener: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13605917/premier-league-england-15-star-transfer.html Most importantly, he has a double-barrelled surname: Harley Emsden-James.

And Luke Pierce loaned to Cardiff. Oops, I stand corrected.

Mert Gunok is into the last year of his contract at Besiktas. His value on Transfermarket is only £1.2m (35 years old and short remaining contract). Tall Paul wants to stay in Turkey and Lis is already there, too. I spy a swap deal; you know it makes sense. Experienced goalie, excellent at both stopping shots and distribution - a perfect fit for our needs, if only for a few years on account of his age. But by then Bazunu MIGHT be ready to be our first choice. No chance. But worth a try.

That wood be Ronnie Woods, a friend of Ross(Rod) Stewart, too. We’ll have some pretty fancy half-time music.

And Manning!

I think England might benefit from Slovakian players being distracted: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13579421/Meet-former-Miss-Slovakia-national-team-England-Euro-2024.html Either that or Slovakia might be inspired to raise their, er, game.

Worrying that we have allowed all that to happen. 7 players have already left and one still in contract discussions. Only destination club to be announced yet is Rafferty to Glasgow Rangers. We shall do extremely well to be in contention for promotion next season with 7 or 8 new starters in a team of 11. Who did the manager report to and why was nothing done until the announcement that she would step down? And why so slow in getting a replacement? Lots of questions and so far little in the way of answers.

Another 18 year-old: https://www.caughtoffside.com/2024/06/20/premier-league-malick-junior-yalcouye/ Malick Junior Yalcouye. Looks a promising player.

Morris is the second woman to leave this month because of a failure to agree terms in discussion over a new contract, with the club apparently wanting to keep them both. Anyone know whether that is true, whether we are offering uncompetitive terms or whether it masks some underlying malaise?

Llama has 34 caps and 3 younger-age caps. Bednarek has 57 caps and 45 under-age caps. What twaddle you talk! 😉

Welcome Rachel Rowe https://fawslfulltime.co.uk/2024/06/14/former-rangers-midfielder-rowe-joins-southampton/ One out to Rangers, one in from Rangers https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/rowe-becomes-womens-first-summer-signing

My son spotted him in Westfield before the Leverkusen game and got a photo with him. Really nice guy who was happy to take the time to speak to us, said his plans for next season were definitely to come back and fight for a place in the squad unless the manager decides otherwise. Looks like he's had a great season for Southampton, I think he would have got plenty of minutes with us the way the season shaped up. Saw that on the WH forum. Unless he has changed his mind since then, it seems FD prefers to stay at WH, where he would be uncertain of starting games, instead of almost certainly starting for us. Unless their new manager does not like what he sees, I think we need to look elsewhere. (The COT might think differently, of course.) 🤐

For lovers of curls, Eric Martin and, for the Brylcream lovers, Ron Reynolds. And Kevin Keegan of course.

Hello Henrik!