Tommy Mulgrew

Where has last season’s Gio1saints gone, you know, the one who would defend Martin against all the evidence to the contrary? It’s just not the same on here reading all this criticism of our esteemed manager. I cannot quite get my head round it. Who will now defend slow, ponderous Russball against our almost universal desire to see fast, attacking football? Genuine question. Confused.com. “If I was Brentford after watching Saints v forest I might be tempted to play with a keeper, 2 full backs, 1 CB (he can chat to the keeper if he gets bored and lonely) 4 MF’s and 3 attackers. The ball is not going anywhere near the penalty spot is it so just push up. The not so secret plan is to Wait for the inevitable passing around the six yard box fuck up and take it from there.”

I wonder whether that was a recommendation from our chief scout in LA (Maya Yoshida). If so, well done him. And, seeing how Saga turned out, it bodes well for us.

I see that Wolfsburg has just sold Lacroix, a CB, to Crystal Palace. How did ABK get on with Ralph? And did Ralph rate him well enough to be interested in bringing ABK back to Germany? Just putting 2 and 2 together to make 5.

I thought Defoe did not score any at all for us.

I don’t quite know what to think about that.

Calling Captain Jack!

Another cheap option? Or another one for Goztepe and the future? Kevin Zefi, 19 year-old Irish midget support strike presently at Roma training with us to determine whether we want him. Roma likely to allow him to move if we want him. (Cannot seem to get the link pasted on here -it is sport witness article for anyone interested.) Fiddling while Rome burns springs to mind.

If you don’t mind a foreign language: http://www.fawanews.com/Southampton vs Nottingham Forest.html

Wow! An appearance by the lesser spotted Ross Stewart.

I think you should go for a walk in the rain, gio1saints. It should do you the world of good.

ABK to Hoffenheim off https://insidefutbol.com/2024/08/19/southampton-stars-move-100-per-cent-off-and-collapsed/657297/

Lesley Ugochukwu is 1.90m tall and looks a bit of a unit. Would beef up our midfield. Looks like ABK, plays like a combination of Victor W and Morgan S (what’s not to like) but seems to have missed most of the past year with a hamstring injury and he has a girl’s name - but I’ll leave you to tell him that.

And if it does not work out, “we march on”! 😉

Is Mitchell Rankin a member of the COT? ”Must stress this was in departures with a plane back to Newcastle which I’m assuming he was on. He said to my dad when he saw him that he loved it here last season, and it’s here or no where. Make of that what you will.”

IMO Edozie, not Sugawara, was offside.

http://www.fawanews.com/

Duplicate post from Charley’s thread.

Lazio apparently been told by us that Charley is theirs for merely €15million. What a comedown from over €40million! https://thelaziali.com/2024/08/09/southampton-name-their-price-for-ex-juventus-midfielder-wanted-at-lazio/ At that price, I think I’d rather keep him.

Another Diallo; this time an alpha one: https://insidefutbol.com/2024/08/07/southampton-rival-french-clubs-in-pursuit-of-teenage-midfielder/655341/

Sam Gallagher moves from Blackburn to Stoke; three-year deal. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cz7e4yyew4wo

So did I! But I would not be any good this season. 🙂

Here is another go at posting the statistical analysis of BBD, which I tried to put on the transfer window thread but could not get the chart on it; the link should give you the full text and the chart: https://eplindex.com/116060/report-southampton-targeting-a-move-for-former-la-liga-star-forward.html Not an out and out CF but looks like he could play on the left (or right) as part of a front two with AA on the right. And seems to have the ability to play in the middle up front on his own or in a front three. Hopefully the eplindex analysis complements the videos posted above.

You are right but he was before my time - at least, before I began watching football. From an even earlier decade, how about Ted Drake? I think we have done this subject now; I hope we have a well-educated Wolf.

Can a supporter of a club that had Ron Davis, Martin Chivers, George Kirby, James Beattie et al at centre forward, and more recently Pelle, really not know what a “number 9” is? 🤔💡

One of the complications of our relationship with KWP is that, despite outward appearances of him being happy here, the commonly quoted salary we pay him is £20k per week whereas the likes of Matt Target and some other full-backs at major EPL clubs get £100k. That must grate and give KWP a reason for wanting to leave as soon as he can. Pricing him out of a realistic move is unlikely to please him.