Conspiracy theory? Athletic’s article on energy gels and team talks on 60 minutes followed by dramatic slump in form

[Maggie May]

We may as well get the silly season underway early.

Feb 15 2022: Athletic’s Dan Sheldon publishes an article on Southampton medical checks, gels and team talks between 60th-70th minute - coincidence or plan?

March 5 2022: Saints fall to an abysmal 4-0 away defeat to Aston Villa and record only one more win in the league for the rest of the season. We wouldn’t win again until Leicester away on August 20 this season.

NOTE: We did register two wins in between the article’s publication and the Aston Villa capitulation. However, it’s interesting how fast it all fell apart so close to publication. 

Coincidence or something to it?

Edited 10 May, 2023 by Maggie May

[Appy]

Coincidence 

[ErwinK1961]

13 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

We may as well get the silly season underway early.

Feb 15 2022: Athletic’s Dan Sheldon publishes an article on Southampton medical checks, gels and team talks between 60th-70th minute - coincidence or plan?

March 5 2022: Saints fall to an abysmal 4-0 away defeat to Aston Villa and record only one more win in the league for the rest of the season. We wouldn’t win again until Leicester away on August 20 this season.

NOTE: We did register two wins in between the article’s publication and the Aston Villa capitulation. However, it’s interesting how fast it all fell apart so close to publication. 

Coincidence or something to it?

Don’t get SaintLoyal started FFS.

[Saint86]

1 hour ago, Maggie May said:

We may as well get the silly season underway early.

Feb 15 2022: Athletic’s Dan Sheldon publishes an article on Southampton medical checks, gels and team talks between 60th-70th minute - coincidence or plan?

March 5 2022: Saints fall to an abysmal 4-0 away defeat to Aston Villa and record only one more win in the league for the rest of the season. We wouldn’t win again until Leicester away on August 20 this season.

NOTE: We did register two wins in between the article’s publication and the Aston Villa capitulation. However, it’s interesting how fast it all fell apart so close to publication. 

Coincidence or something to it?

I have no doubt Sheldon enjoyed that that article hurt saints, but the run that followed is due to injuries and squad limitations. That rest break didn't have that much of a role in our form 😅. Reality is that when Ralph had fit and on form strikers we were shit hot and getting plaudits from everywhere... And when we either had injured strikers (or only shit ones left) we were dog awful - this season being 18th for goals scored whilst being 13th for xG for example... 

[Chewy]

This forum is a much better place without MLG but very occasionally there comes along a thread that’s crying out for his input …

[Badger]

Conspiracy theory ? I look forward to Ralph's memoirs and a chapter dedicated to  what was 'The Grassy Knoll in the decline of SFC '.

[Daft Kerplunk]

1 hour ago, Maggie May said:

We may as well get the silly season underway early.

Feb 15 2022: Athletic’s Dan Sheldon publishes an article on Southampton medical checks, gels and team talks between 60th-70th minute - coincidence or plan?

March 5 2022: Saints fall to an abysmal 4-0 away defeat to Aston Villa and record only one more win in the league for the rest of the season. We wouldn’t win again until Leicester away on August 20 this season.

NOTE: We did register two wins in between the article’s publication and the Aston Villa capitulation. However, it’s interesting how fast it all fell apart so close to publication. 

Coincidence or something to it?

If that caused our numerous problems, then it sits just behind blaming Che for our relegation because he alone is quite obviously why we are getting relegated 😂  

The problems are quite numerous.  Nothing to it.  File under coincidence, or the bin. 

[Lighthouse]

When we got promoted, Loreen was representing Sweden at Eurovision. This year she’s representing them again and we’re going down.

 

Coincidence?????

[Badger]

2 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

When we got promoted, Loreen was representing Sweden at Eurovision. This year she’s representing them again and we’re going down.

 

Coincidence?????

Just realised. Relegated in 1974, the year Abba (also Swedish) won it.

We might be on to something here. 

 

If it wasn't for the fact we've been shit, and have got less points than anyone else, this would be enough to convince me we might be going down

[SambaMaverick]

What the fuck are you on about

[Toussaint]

44 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

When we got promoted, Loreen was representing Sweden at Eurovision. This year she’s representing them again and we’re going down.

 

Coincidence?????

What a bitch! What did we do to her!

[Maggie May]

12 minutes ago, SambaMaverick said:

What the fuck are you on about

Are you prepared to go down the rabbit hole? 

[East Kent Saint]

Thanks everyone this thread has made me laugh 😄, unusual on here these days !!