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Terrible game of football. Slow pace, no movement, backwards and sideways for 90mins. Very lucky to have won that. Iceland are a dreadful outfit too, so a big wakeup call. Need to get the best out of players like Foden, Sterling, Sancho, Kane etc. That's as good as an attacking 4 around, but they just didn't get into the game. Lots of work to do I think.

It's been flawless now for a good few days. I hope this is it sorted now!

I'm sure Gao would put his hand in his pocket to cover the outlay. So glad we have such a responsible and engaged owner.

That's probably more to do with COVID than anything else. Sky are going a bit mental with their cut backs, but with the online content nowadays and the PL review show the need for those sorts of shows has diminished slightly. I never really saw the point of the 'Debate' show, which has been canned as well. I guess in a way Sky Sports are evolving in the same way they evolved when they ditched FanZone, You're on Sky Sports etc - both massive staples of their 90's coverage, but they moved on from those.

Good point. That's when we were best placed to jump in when one of the big 6 fails? Yeah, that went well. Cheers Les, you blundering old fool.

Well run club, Leicester. Lose a key player and they have a replacement straight away using those funds. I don't think we're that badly run these days, we just need to get rid of more to free up the space for our PEH replacement. Issues from the past!

Some positive news - Premier League clubs hold positive talks about the prospect of additional matches being televised. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54016886

I think that's what we all want to know, but it's all gone silent. A lot of people have offered their help on this thread as well, unsure if any have had their offers taken up.

I've used Invison forums before and I've never seen it act like this, it looks like some sort of server backend issue to me, rather than the forum software it's self. No updates at all anymore though, I think this place is being left to die on it's arse which is a real shame. As someone has said, if Steve doesn't have the time to run this anymore, and he's done a bloody good job for years and years off his own back, then please just see if someone else would like to take it on rather than let it fall away.

Even though he's turned up in those pictures, he's not on the updated squad page on the OS. Weird. https://www.southamptonfc.com/first-team Kit looks smart though.

Disgusting result. What has Ralph been doing? We ended the season so strongly and now we're back to the normal. Everyone out.

Have you seen the Swansea starting 11? I've been trying to find it but I can't see one, they've unsurprisngly kept it very hidden.

#ITKwatch

Yeah, that's true. Pretty much feel the same about them, although with Teun I believe he's always been a CM, defensive in nature. Morgan was actually capable of 'playing in defence' when we bought him too, in fact I'm sure he played there, but it was pretty obvious he was a CM. Same is the case of Teun imo. Don't even know if we're interested in him though! I'll await your confirmation 😉

I don't think he was suggesting we sign McNair. Just a versatility comparison.

If he really blossoms at Fulham, they will probably stay up, at which point he's there's by default as per the agreement for £5m! He won't though, so it's fine!

That's as photoshopped as you can get.

Teun is a very talented player, very stable on the ball. I'd say pretty similar to JWP in how he plays. Good range of passing, all that standard stuff. I wouldn't say he's particularly powerful or quick through the middle though. Although he'd certainly add some height.

Absolute pocket change really, that obligation fee. Only thing which will help us here is the lack of his wage.

Why do we have to find out about these matches via other clubs sources? Granted, we can't attend and fans don't need to know, but our weird secrecy over everything is a real pain in the backside.

Maybe something cropped up personally and he had to return to Spain to sort, and on return he's now entered another quarantine period. Hence the no photos and training alone elements.

To be fair, people have offered their services in this thread for free. I'm assuming they've been taken up on their offers!

It's not capacity, it's some sort of configuration issue backend - either caused by the AWS element or an issue with the forum software it's self. If it's not supported or developed anymore, outside of Invisions own hosted platform, then it seems like this place is flogging a dead horse. New forum...? New brand? There are a few out there. When the season starts and there are match threads it's going to be pointless, due to the stop start nature of this setup. I'll have to find somewhere else to chat waffle. It's a shame, because this forum will die within a couple of months if it's like this during the actual season.

I do agree where you are coming from, it irritates me too. I don't know why everything has to be such cloak and daggers, we are very much the worst at that - in my opinion, we've always been silent and hidden in the background. I think once the media get back in front of Ralph, you'll start to hear what's going on. I don't believe there's anything odd going on, it's just that the club feel as if there is no real need to tell us anything. But even a one liner such as 'Salisu continues to train alone to build up his individual fitness ahead of the new campaign' would suffice, I'm sure.

Bit harsh, he's probably on holiday or something!