Defectors Watch

[bangkoksaint]

Tyler Dibling not really tearing it up tonight sadly. Mostly just looks for the safe pass. 

[benali-shorts]

Stewart not being picked due to home-grown restrictions rather than injury

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/international/scotland-international-left-in-limbo-after-major-confusion-emerges-over-squad-rules-at-new-club-9318462

[HKsaint]

1 hour ago, benali-shorts said:

Stewart not being picked due to home-grown restrictions rather than injury

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/international/scotland-international-left-in-limbo-after-major-confusion-emerges-over-squad-rules-at-new-club-9318462

Made the same mistake as THB

[sadoldgit]

Archer scored again today.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Billy Sharp is out of retirement

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c820vylvxwxlo

[swedish dave]

23 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Billy Sharp is out of retirement

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c820vylvxwxlo

Billy is the sort of player who will want a game as long as he can still lace up his boots. 

Those people who will look at stats. and see a "journeyman"  who played well for a short

time with Saints in the Spring of 2012 - would be doing him an injustice, when in fact 

he was " almost single-handedly" responsible for our promotion that season.

During one of those rare periods when Rickie Lambert was.. a bit below par...and  

not fully fit, RL managed just 2 or 3 goals in the period upto Easter, whilst Billy  

netted 8 times in vital games that won us the points - and eventual promotion.

 

In the post-Adkins period, Bill didn't fit the pattern that Pochettino wanted and after 

an unhappy loan-out, he eventually left the club, whilst new names came in, but 

failed to score the goals that we so badly needed. His career afterwards, was a

succession of short term moves to numerous clubs, not least to Sheffield, on 

2 or more occasions. Billy may have lacked the skill and consistency that some  

others possessed, but nevertheless knew how to find the net and won many

fans throughout the country. Good luck to him, and who knows.. he might even

score the winner for R and D's in the Cup.