Tommy Mulgrew

Whooooossshh!!!!!

Paul Chuckle 1 Paul Chuckle, why on earth do you persist with all these emojis on MLG’s posts? It makes you seem to be a prat of the first order. Perhaps you are.

I’m on the hook.

Juric’s ideas and Spors’s ideas seem closely aligned. Good. The future’s bright; it’s red and white! Hopefully.

Please explain, @sotonjoe.

If you mean your comments to relate to all other threads on this forum, not merely this one, I did not realise that you, albeit subconsciously, hold MLG in such high regard. 😉

My source at the club (could be the one that @MB knows) said we did not want him at all; apparently Ivan asked SR to get Victor Hugo in from Goztepe, where he is a regular starter and playing well, to strengthen our midfield, especially with the problems at present with Downes, and we ended up with Victor Oh doh instead. Oops, I mean Victor Udoh. 😉

Hello @MB. I see you joined on 20th November 2006 yet this is your first post. Care to explain your unusual forum behaviour? Just curious.

Nooooo! Brian O’Neil every time. 😃 (See Wednesday 5.37p.m., above.)

To put Benji and others out of their misery: David Prutton married Jenny O’Neil, daughter of Brian O’Niel, who played in midfield for Saints in the 1970s. https://www.saintsplayers.co.uk/player/brian-oneil/ We need someone like Brian right now; he would certainly liven up our games this season - at least until he gets sent off. Interesting story in that article that he never owned a pair of boots!

IMO, possession is not the answer; our experience with Martin showed us that. What we need is two proper defensive midfielders of Premier League standard in front of a back four. The trouble is we do not have those players. Of those available in our squad, LU and FD are probably the best we can do but one is too inexperienced at this level and the other is having a bad season. Aribo has deputised to the best of his ability but does not have the right skills. Cpn. Jack is definitely not the answer. Neither is Manning. Smallbone is totally the wrong type of player. We are stuffed as far as I can see unless we get two DMs in; and that will not happen. So, onwards and downwards it is, then. 😥

IMO, MLG has autistic-like skills, as you all well know. Your viewpoint to him is just as hard to understand as his is to you. Show some understanding and compassion please. MLG has said he read the whole of gio’s post before highlighting what he sees as a contradiction in its text. You either see the contradiction or you don’t; it’s not the end of the world either way. Just accept he has a right to see it as he does. I wrote about that type of thing a couple of days ago on another thread. It does not seem to have had much effect. Hence this post, which I hope you will consider in the spirit I intend. As some of us see it, at present this is beginning to become bullying again. Let it be. Just seen MLG’s latest post re an offer to Reading - we do like to collect left backs!

Oh, the memories, courtesy of the Toon. Good and bad ones in this list of past games: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fabian-schar-turns-air-blue-30846655

I am not sure whether this article has been mentioned on here before. Certainly I had not read it until now. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx2k887nzlno Imagine if Ivan can repeat Gasperini’s feat here in the Premier League. A few interesting quotes: … Gasperini has learned to accept that the better he does, the quicker he loses his best players. The Goddess can thrill but she must always sell, and Gasperini is back at square one at the start of nearly every season, teaching, developing and transmitting his footballing ideals. In November it was announced for the 9th season in a row that Atalanta had closed their accounts in profit. Since Antonio Percassi became president in 2010, the club has made nearly 600m euros in capital gains. Over 400m euros of that came when Gasperini was installed as coach, proving just how well the coach has developed players into stars coveted by the biggest European teams. … Under Gasperini, Atalanta have sold a plethora of exciting talent for sizable amounts of money. Whether it be Rasmus Hojlund to Manchester United for £72m, Teun Koopmeiners to Juventus for £46.1m, Cristian Romero for £42.5m or Dejan Kulusevski for £29.7m, La Dea have been well compensated for Gasperini's ability to extract talent and dedication from talented young players. … "I worked with coaches like Mourinho, Ancelotti and Rafa Benitez, but nobody like Gasperini. He taught me so much on a human, technical and tactical level," remarked Thiago Motta in 2016 when still a player for Paris Saint-Germain. … During training, my players need to struggle; those who aren't used to working hard scare me," Gasperini told the Guardian. "I had never seen such intensive pre-season training as Gasperini's with Atalanta," exclaimed Duvan Zapata. "There were moments when I thought, I simply can't do this. I can't. I'd wait 30 seconds and then go again." … A tactical genius, Gasperini's teams are instantly recognisable for their fluidity, relentless attacks, and intense and aggressive pressing. Yet in a league built upon neutralising strengths, Atalanta have rarely been exposed - in fact they appear harder to beat every season, even when playing every three days. … His ability to exploit the potential of his players while remaining faithful to his footballing ideals has ensured Atalanta's success. Players feel confident, empowered to trust their instincts but also aware that life is hard under Gasperini. … We can but dream. 😇 And that hope applies to both us fans and Dragan.

In my wallet, a no.8 was an inside right and a no.10 an inside left. So your “vice versa” is right. Happy to help.

He is still in Sheffield, playing for Wednesday tonight. I’d have thought we’d have him back in Southampton by now but apparently not. Let’s hope he gets here soon so that Ivan can run the ruler over him in the next week or so and advise SR what to do about him.

I wonder whether MLG is Tyler’s dad. Please, you guys, cut MLG some slack: he cannot help but do what he does; show some tolerance of his foibles - we have all got some idiosyncrasies. ❤️

MUSGA Make us Saints great again 😡🤬😇👍

Dom Gape signs for Shrewsbury: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c15zzkqlykzo

Poison Ivy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poison_Ivy_Batman_Vol_3_26.png https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/Poison_Ivy sorted

Noooo. I reckon it will be 6:3 to us.

The legend returns: The Return of the King. https://saintsmarching.com/southampton-legend-pictured-st-marys-stadium-five-years-away

Saints look to field an entire team of left backs before the season ends. https://www.givemesport.com/west-ham-and-southampton-eyeing-move-to-sign-20-yo-star/

The SFC website lists 34 first team players. Today, Ivan the Terrible said “… I have 17, 18 players, maybe more, who are competitive …”. So half the squad seem to be of interest to him. Just about sums it up really. 🤔 I wonder which players are in the list and which are not.

She seems to have returned to the matchday squad several weeks ago and has spent her time since then on the bench or not even selected. So perhaps this move has been a while in the offing. If not, I reckon she has done the right thing by going to MU and trying for game time there. The MU present no. 1 goalie is Phallon Tullis-Joyce; try saying that after several beers or ciders.