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On 01/01/2022 at 13:03, buctootim said:

In the Long Good Friday Bib Hoskins London gangster is in a turf war with the IRA and at the end of the film thry get him into a car and drive him away, He knows 

Stolen shamelessly from somewhere else

Here is a few to start

Reckon Dean Smith will set them up - ultra defensively for his first game in charge

got a draw written all over it unless we play well

0-0 

1-0 to us

1-1

or us by a few 

(think I have covered all the option there 😉 )

10 hours ago, egg said:

They can be what they want,but play for your country, sing the anthem. 

16 hours ago, whelk said:

 

Previously at a Canada game

1 hour ago, Dman said:

Yes, he done a fantastic job with Bournemouth and achieved a significant amount more than Ralph has with us. 

He took a tiny, tiny club from bottom of league 2 on -15 to a premier league club. I don’t know if you’re too young to remember.   For every season they stayed in the premier league, that was a success. 

You’re judging a manager on 1 bad season out of about 10 (but aren’t for Ralph despite having an appalling record for 30+ games).

His downfall was recruitment and bringing egos into the dressing room. He won’t have that issue here as we don’t have money to spend. 

Unemployment was/is his decision. He’s waiting on the right opportunity. Hence rejecting Celtic at the last minute in the summer (around the same time we spoke to him by the way).

For what it’s worth, I wouldn’t have Howe. I don’t think he’d sort our problems. 

15 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

I don’t like Eddie Howe as a bloke, don’t want him managing us, but to suggest he didn’t do a fantastic job at Boscombe is just ridiculous. Whether he can do it at another club is open to debate, but the lack of respect from some on here for what he did achieve there is pathetic. 

He / they did spend a ridiculous / huge amount of money to get them to the PL compared to other teams in each league they got promoted from though, so there is that caveat tbh

I like Howe and yes he did a good job at bournemouth 👍

35 minutes ago, obelisk said:

Looking at that table I'm still having trouble spotting 3 teams that are obviously worse than Saints.

On 06/10/2021 at 19:10, Nemi said:

Can’t see why this is very controversial and tbh there’s no shame on being on the level of Mark Noble, he’s a solid player Premier League player - very few will make it to that level. 
 

But if you wanna be a comfortable PL you can’t have someone like JWP (or Mark Noble) being classed as one of the best players cause that highlights that the quality is lacking in other areas. 
 

You can see how much West Ham have improved with players like Noble playing more of a peripheral role.

 

And clearly that showed in our more successful years between 2014-16; JWP was a squad player rather than first name on the team-sheet.

This is slightly disingenuous as Mark Noble is at the end of his career (34 - after 17 years at WH and over 500 appearances for them) and will retire at the end of this season - thus his legs have gone - comparing him to JWP who is 26 is a strange one

5 hours ago, Badger said:

I’m not convinced by Johnston but don’t know a great deal about him other than he’s rated as one of the better English gk available at the moment. This isn’t such a great accolade as it used to be if you remember the days of Shilton/Clemence and then about half a dozen English keepers who might have stood a chance of international football but for them.

The one good season is a concern though. Remember the Cardiff GK when they were relegated ? Never really established himself again did he ?

There is an obvious reason that Johnston as an English gk may be attractive, consider these options:

• Johnstone , English, 28,free next summer, or knockdown fee in January ?

or for example (at random)

•Polish bloke with massive beard at Fiorentina (who was mentioned during this thread) 24 (?), at £10m

Dint think it takes too much working out as to why Johnston might be the attractive option, and if it allows £10m investment elsewhere might be the right way to go.

True that we’ve gone for English GK over recent years. At one time there was the “language” issue organising the defence, but think we’re past that line of thought now. Niemi was a damn sight better organising those in front of him than most we’ve had.

“Up and coming” GK ? As back up, fine but think it’s a position where you also need experience as a first choice starter. Preferably one that isn’t one of the current pair.

might also be this, clubs need potential English home grown players because of Brexit, I keep hearing / reading about on football forums 🤷‍♂️

2 hours ago, Jeremy Corbyn said:

Couple of helicopters hovering just north west of Southampton, so would likely be from the South West or Wales.  Safe to assume the late capture of Jefferson Lerma!

would love a bit of Lerma or Brooks tbh or even at a push Billing / Mepham

Arsenal - 5 - £129.2m - Tavares (£8m), Lokonga (£17.2m), White (£50m), Ødegaard (£30m), Ramsdale (£24m)
Aston Villa - 5 - £83m - Buendia (£33m), Young (free), Bailey (£25m), Ings (£25m), Tuanzebe (loan)
Brentford - 5 - £34.1m - Onyeka (£8.6m), Ajer (£13.5m), Peart-Harris (£3.5m), Wissa (£8.5m), Fernandez (loan)

Brighton - 3 - £24.7m - Mwepu (£18m), Mitoma (£2.5m), Scherpen (£4.2m)
Burnley - 4 - £24.9m - Collins (£12m), Hennessey (free), Lennon (free), Cornet (£12.9m)
Chelsea - 2 - £97.5m - Bettinelli (free),  Lukaku (£97.5m)
Crystal Palace - 5 - £46.9m - Olise (£8m), Matthews (free), Guehi (£18m), Andersen (£14.9m), Hughes (£6m)
Everton - 4 - £1.7m - Townsend (free), Begovic (free), Gray (£1.7m), Lonergan (free)
Leeds - 2 - £24m - Harrison (£11m), Firpo (£13m)
Leicester - 4 - £53m - Daka (£22m), Soumare (£17m), Bertrand (free), Vestergaard (£14m)
Liverpool - 1 - £35m - Konate (£35m)
Man City - 1 - £100m - Grealish (£100m)
Man Utd - 4 - £119.8m - Heaton (free), Sancho (£73m), Varane (£34m), Ronaldo (£12.8m)
Newcastle - 1 - £22m - Willock (£22m)
Norwich - 10 - £49.2m - Rashica (£9.4m), Gunn (£5m), Gilmour (loan), Lees-Melou (£3.5m), Gibson (£8m), Giannoulis (£6.5m), Sargent (£8m), Tzolis (£8.8m), Williams (loan), Normann (loan)

Southampton - 7 - £37.4m - Walcott (free), Perraud (£11m), Broja (loan), Armstrong (£15m), Lycano (£6.4m), Livramento (£5m), Small (fee to be decided by tribunal)
Tottenham - 4 - £36.1m -  Gollini (loan), Gil (£21.6m), Romero (loan), Sarr (£14.5m)
Watford - 10 - £18.5m - Louza (£10m), Fletcher (free), Rose (free), Dennis (£3.5m), Etebo (loan), King (free), Mebude (free), Kukca (£2m), Tufan (loan), Sissoko (£3m)

West Ham - 3 - £31.8m - Dawson (£2m), Areola (loan), Zouma (£29.8m)
Wolves - 5 - £20.8m - Mosquera (£4.5m), Trincao (loan), Ait-Nouri (£9.5m), Sa (£6.8m), Hee-Chan (loan)

Total Signings: 85
Total Spend: £989,600,000

Transfer Window SLAMS Shut: 11pm, 31 August

Fulham agree to loan Everton and Valencia target Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa to Napoli with £9m option to buy as they ponder fresh bid for Swansea's Matt Grimes

It is from the Daily Fail though 🙄😏🤦‍♂️

5 hours ago, TWar said:

I think showing I play fantasypl might actually give further fuel to my usual critics 😂

I would say though, people can now ID you, through PI (if they are also in the league) so you might want to change the post to in the top 10/5/3?

Unless everyone knows who you are already

19 hours ago, TWar said:

At the top of the league! Probably will plummet now but at least I got one week in the top spot.

well done

adds cliches -

its all downhill from here

its a marathon not a sprint

etc etc.

14 hours ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

 

He’s not Thierry small, he’s just far away

71pts with Son to go 

Think I have 11BP's to come 

so 82pts 

Salad - 3 (Cap-6)

Schmeichel - 2

DCL - 1

Ings - 1

Greenwood - 1 

oh Bruno where for art thou 

6 hours ago, OldNick said:

I know Im going to have a lot of this during the season, but I knew I should have had Fernandes!!!!!

this happens a lot so don't worry - i didn't have him either

15 hours ago, SaintJackoInHurworth said:

 

I don't think either of these questions were answered. Personally, as well as my Fantasy Premier League team I have also got a Telegraph Fantasy team and one on Sky Sports. I also do Super 6 predictions. If there are Saints Web leagues for any of these I would be interested in joining. Thanks!

If we start a new league in the telegraph one - it would have to start from GW2 which is a shame - I was hoping there was one already set up 

5 minutes ago, OldNick said:

That is helpful, appreciated. I thought I had 6 pts due to Ajer on the bench but seems not! I listen to the 606 pod ( had an emial read out!!! in the past) but only due to enjoyment, I took none of the strategy in lol

Is he your first sub? the order you place subs in is the order they come off the bench (unless as mentioned you haven't got enough GK or Defenders) thus its always worth changing the order depending on who they are playing.

If someone doesn't play (for example you have Kane) he would be substituted for the first player on the bench (even if that player is not a striker (as you can play with just one up top), if Kane was your only striker then he would be replaced with another striker

Some weeks you will have a bench packed with pts whereas you team may all on 1/2/3 pointers which is gutting! 

Perhaps the worst thing is a player needs to play for 60 mins to gain the Clean sheet bonus (DEF and MID) - and certain managers take people off around the 55mins to 59 mins which is a gutter   see Pep roulette for this

and remember if a DEF or MID gets the Clean Sheet bonus and then is subbed after 60 mins he keeps it  

but if you keep checking your score sometimes you will have the bonus then if the opposition scores after the 60 mins the bonus get taken away 

2 hours ago, OldNick said:

Never played this before, do I get any points for players on my bench?

nope, unless you have played the Bench boost Chip (which can be played once a season (as can the other chips)) - probably best to save the chips for Double Game weeks (DGW's)

if a player in your starting line up doesn't play, a replacement will come off the bench as long it the team shape works (for example - you must always have a GK and minimum 3 defenders)

You can make one free transfer pw (if you dont make one, it will roll over to the next week) but you can never have more than 2 FT's (if you make more than your current FT, each one will cost you 4pts - thus sometimes if you have a lot of surgery to do to your team the Wild card gives you unlimited transfers for that week (the free hit chip is something different)

@OldNick 

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How do you move the subs around ?

You chose each week before the GW starts (once a week has started you cant do anything) - same as Cap and VCap

@egg - you get 2 Wildcards per season (1st has to be used before Jan IIRC)

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The Wildcard chip can be used twice a season, once in the first half of the season (before Tue 28 Dec 13:30) and once in the second half of the season. The Wildcard chip is played when confirming transfers that cost points and can't be cancelled once played.

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/help lots of FAQ in there 

my fav chips is Triple Captain (((C))) - use this on a DGW on Salad, Kane or someone who scores lots of points!

hope that helps 

good luck all

Should we do a poll / vote each week for Captain Choice?

For Example:

1. 1. Week 1 Captain

   • Salah - Norwich (A) -  95
   • Mane - Norwich (A)-  5
   • Jota - Norwich (A) -  0
   • TAA - Norwich (A) -  0
   • Toney - Arsenal (H)- 0
   • Bruno - Leeds (H) - 9
   • Greenwood - Leeds (H) -  0
   • Martial - Leeds (H) - 0
   • Havertz - Palace (H) - 2
   • Werner - Palace (H) - 0
   • Mount - Palace (H) - 1
   • Iheanacho - Wolves (H) - 0
   • Ings - Watford (A) - 1
   • Grealish - Spurs (A) - 0
   • Mahrez - Spurs (A) - 0
   • Other - 2

2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Tanguy Ndombélé cost Spurs £54m

So why not for a 26 year old PL club captain with 4 years left on his contract?

fair point, 4 years on his contract also at Lyon

IIRC think Ndombele had played CL seasons before and looked really decent (against City) 

cant remember if Lyon needed to sell? cash strapped

also depends on payment terms I would assume - all up front or over x amount of years

18 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Tottenham and Aston Villa are preparing moves for Southampton midfielder James Ward-Prowse after the Premier League season starts this weekend.

Both are set to test Southampton’s resolve to keep their captain after losing Danny Ings and Jannik Vestergaard being targeted by clubs in the final weeks of the transfer window.

Ward-Prowse, 26, was targeted by Villa earlier in the summer before they turned their attention to forwards to cover for the loss of Jack Grealish, with Leon Bailey and Ings joining Emi Buendia as summer arrivals.

He remains their No.1 target to bolster Dean Smith’s midfield, while Spurs also have the England international on their radar.

Mauricio Pochettino wanted Ward-Prowse during his time at Spurs and he remains highly rated at the club.

Ward-Prowse played in every Premier League game last season and scored eight goals, with his set-piece delivery one of Southampton’s biggest attacking weapons. It earned him a place in England’s provisional squad of the European Championships before he was dropped from the final 26.

Southampton chief executive Martin Semmens has vowed to keep Ward-Prowse at the club and sees him as an important player for the future.

Villa midfielder Marvelous Nakamba, 27, has been monitored by Watford and Everton. They would stand to make a profit on the £11 million paid to Club Brugges two years ago should they choose to cash in.

 

His agents and/or the PR machines at Villa and Spuds are on overdrive then

Like Spurs are going to offer £40/50m for him  - its levy

4 minutes ago, SKD said:

Yep. Which in a way, is the concerning thing about the JWP situation. 

Villa wouldn’t be wasting their time if they didn’t believe they had a chance. 

Agents

Villa did this earlier in the Window with Smith-Rowe at Arsenal - last time I looked ESR was still an arsenal player and they made 3 bids I believe

6 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

It's literally the Other Teams Transfers thread.

The Tweet contains the news & the source.  Add me to ignore if it annoys you  

I like to be informed 

11 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Putting the band back together!

next up Chambers and ........ (Mane, VVD, Targett etc. etc.!)

tbh wouldn't mind Chambers or Targett back