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Realisation perhaps that the move to a bigger and more glamorous (London) club that he might have hankered after a couple of years ago has now passed him by . And/Or the length of contract is too long. Seems the club in this instance are in a decent bargaining position.

I did manage to find it, but thanks anyway.

Shame on missing out on Maehle, if we do, but not sure on all the names mentioned in the following article. https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/12/22/southampton-reportedly-miss-out-on-long-term-target-serie-a-club-agree-9m-deal/ (Couldn't edit above post, what became of the edit button?)

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Always struck me as a indentikit manager for a successful Arsenal. Seem to recall he even has a bit of a George Graham look about him.

I'd have though Pochetino would be higher up their list.

Not seen any rumours linking FF with a move away, where have you seen that ?

Sort of match he'll raise his game for against the 'glamour' sides but then resort to type and be a lazy half arsed bastard for the rest of the season.

Didn't realise somwhere in Tuscany was twinned with Liverpool.

And how was that brought about again ?

Were Puel or Branfoot, "dislikeable" as individuals though ? Puel may have served up some turgid football, was unconvincing during interviews and possibly out of his depth, but I can't say I disliked the bloke. In defence of Branfoot he would face up to his critics and didn't shy away from the fans continuing to walk 'the touchline' despite the abuse. Understandably his tactics and treatment of MLT incurred the wrath of fans. One final point on Branfoot which should be acknowledged by Saints fans in that despite the abuse etc he still had the good grace to agree writing a tribute to MLT in his testimonial programme as one of his managers, whereas one ignored the request - Mr Hoddle. Redknapp and Dennis Wise on the other hand were pretty difficult to take to whist at Saints, ditto Hughes.

Something for the older supporters or those who like delving into the past, but on 5/12/60 quite an memorable match took place at The Dell. Saints v Leeds in the then fairly new League Cup. It went into folklore and history books for a couple of reasons: Due to floodlight failure it took 2 hrs 40 minutes to complete (this was the longest time to complete a single "90 minute match" for some years, not sure if this still stands). Also Derek Reeves scored all five Saints goals - a record for a League Cup match that stood until 1989. This is contained on the Wikipedia page for Derek Reeves: Interesting about the no subs, and also that not being able to hold on to a commanding lead is nothing new. This predates my time following Saints by a few years but recall older family talking about this match. Any of the older Saints fans remember it, or there that night ?

What's that got to do with it ? Give him an increase to £90,000/week for good measure. It's in the manual Les left.

Please with this news, hopefully he'll keep improving and remain with us but if he feels he's outgrown us then at the very least it'll enable a decent fee rather than doing a Hojberg on us.

Cheese (or at least one brand). https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/24/australias-coon-cheese-to-change-name-in-effort-to-help-eliminate-racism

Except players of a similar profile such as Axel Disai (who we were linked with and ended up at Monaco) and Sven Botman (who someone on here mentioned and went to Lille) were available for a similar sum to Salisu and as far as I'm aware are all featuring at their clubs. Hope this signing turns out well but the longer it goes on the more possible that the club have made a cock up or not done all the homework they might have done.

Certainly underlines the good judgement in not bringing him back here with his injuries.

This just doesn't ring true... Can you seriously have those two names in the same sentence... For whatever reason... how about because it's completely fanciful,a load of bollocks... and was never going to happen in the first place. Is that good enough reason ? Can't believe any fuckwit of a local journalist would put his name to this.

Might be seen as indecent exposure. Agree with your appraisal.

Not at all. But the club was established in 1885 not 1974. As I said in an earlier post I'm never been a great fan of the badge but given the possible modern mess we might end up with it might as well leave it as it is as it (doubt we'd end up with a 'classical' design if redesigned).

Ruined by the ball and scarf, as someone commented above this really dates it to the 1970's.

Disregard that have just seen both Ruddock and Cork have a sinle cap. Widening this to all four home nations always though Eric Martin was unlucky not to get a Scotland cap when he really hit form one season.

Good choice, a fantastic player in his time with us. Was called up to the squad at one point but don't think he played. Neil Ruddock - similar I think, only a squad selection From recent times - Jack Cork

I like the idea but a major influence in the club's dedision making is that they'd never own the full copyright to the city crest as they would to a bespoke design. I'm not sure the minor tweaks/additions would satisfy the club that it wasn't easy to pass off on merchandise. A crest I found intersting was on a the Church hall or building near St Mary's at the time the stadium was built, it combined the city crest with the St Mary's crest which from recollection was crossed keys. That would have been a suitable change at the time we were moving back to the area (although probably still subject to a copyright consideration).The building though is no longer there and I've been unable to trace this on the internet since.

That was good listen. Thanks for posting. A great bit of Saints history, and nostalgia although a couple of selections are before my time following Saints. Some interesting selections, won't spoil it and post his line up. Leave it for you to listen.