Defectors Watch

[swedish dave]

On 23/08/2026 at 13:02, Jonnyboy said:

Is anyone going to talk about Dom Ballard? 

......bit late for that -isn't it ? 

 BIG QUESTION ....Why on Earth didn't we buy him back in the summer?.

[swedish dave]

On 22/08/2026 at 18:34, Nieldy said:

McCarthy getting a bit of a slatting again.

....and that surprises you ?  

[pingpong]

Dibling getting some minutes.

 

https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/tyler-dibling.124246/page-13

 

Edited August 26 by pingpong
Everton forum not impressed so far.

[Yozzman]

No Ross Stewart in the Swansea squad. I wonder if they will regret giving him a 3 year contract. 

[Suhari]

2 minutes ago, Yozzman said:

No Ross Stewart in the Swansea squad. I wonder if they will regret giving him a 3 year contract. 

I suspect the man from Del Monte has an answer on this.

[coalman]

Armstrong relegated to being Jimenez's understudy after his move to be Wolves' main man in the Championship. Came on to replace Jimenez after 73 minutes with Wolves 3-1 up.

[SaintTex]

On 04/05/2026 at 07:01, Badger said:

Fernandes, JWP and KWP clocking up the relegations on their CV. 
 

Fernandes is doing work.. so far on track to make it 3 for 3.

 

[ecuk268]

[badgerx16]

15 minutes ago, ecuk268 said:

Given his scoring rate at Saints that should be about 9 games until his next goal.

[skintsaint]

https://streamin.link/v/7a0d7afa

decent finish.

[HKsaint]

Archer should have stayed put.

[Nordic Saint]

Sam Amo-Ameyaw scored Strasbourg's 4th and 5th goals today:

Ligue 1 - Troyes 2 - 6 Strasbourg | OneFootball

Edited September 6 by Nordic Saint

[East Kent Saint]

Ings to Wycombe !

[Saint Marky]

Shea Charles just scored the winner for NI against Georgia.

[Saint NL]

Gavin Bazunu apparently refusing to play for Ireland against Israel. Fair play to him for sticking to his principles 👍

[Pamplemousse]

I wish he'd done the same with us

[pingpong]

11 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

I wish he'd done the same with us

He did.  I have it on good authority he refused to play in any Southampton Vs Israel games during his whole time with us.

[Tommy Mulgrew]

News about Osvaldo:

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/dani-osvaldo-hospitalised-intensive-care-lung-condition-southampton-juventus/blteb14b43326dfe1e7

https://football-italia.net/ex-southampton-dani-osvaldo-intensive-care/

[Tommy Mulgrew]

23 hours ago, East Kent Saint said:

Ings to Wycombe !

Ings scores for Wycombe in the last minute of normal time to earn a point for his new club.  He might be old and slow but he can still score.
 

 

[trousers]

32 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

Ings scores for Wycombe in the last minute of normal time to earn a point for his new club.  He might be old and slow but he can still score.
 

 

I'd have had him back as a '70 min sub' option... But obviously "past it" and "too injury prone" according to the Saintsweb intelligentsia...