Saints vs Hull - Saturday 3pm

[SNSUN]

11 hours ago, Appy said:

We’ll lose, it’ll get toxic, then the club will re-sign Schneiderlin next week to appease the fans. 

Ox-C is still available on a free... 😀

[Wade Garrett]

15 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Ox-C is still available on a free... 😀

Let’s just get Le Tiss back.

[saintoaks]

2 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

And people are so intent of giving Dragan a wide berth regarding blame for where we are.

Solak is a fucking clown

Interested to know your thoughts on why he is a clown ? 

[AlexLaw76]

2 minutes ago, saintoaks said:

Interested to know your thoughts on why he is a clown ? 

You have followed Saints for the last few years?

[S-Clarke]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

You have followed Saints for the last few years?

But but but, he put money into the club etc.

Yeah, that's worn thin now. Any credit he had has been extinguished for me whilst he presides over the chaos that ensues.

[Toadhall Saint]

3 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

But but but, he put money into the club etc.

Yeah, that's worn thin now. Any credit he had has been extinguished for me whilst he presides over the chaos that ensues.

Soon be in the shit financially if he just up and left/sold up. Agree his decision making about who he listens to ain’t great but better to have him than not.

[LGTL]

8 out of their usual starting 11 are missing through injury or AFCON apparently. 

Saints 0-2 Hull

[Football Special]

1 minute ago, LGTL said:

8 out of their usual starting 11 are missing through injury or AFCON apparently. 

Saints 0-2 Hull

Their AFCON player was knocked out last night so technically could be back in time for Saturday which is good news for us if it means the coach driver doesn't get a game 

[Football Special]

 

[Verbal]

41 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Their AFCON player was knocked out last night 

Won't he be a bit dizzy for Saturday though?

Edited yesterday at 18:45 by Verbal

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

12 hours ago, Football Special said:

 

Stop it now. This will make the loss against Hull even more galling.

People say be confident but I cannot recall a situation like this where Saints have gone on to thrash the opposition. 

If they do it,  then, for sure I'll hold up my hands and say for play.

[coalman]

I think Hull are in for trouble this weekend. Our crack team of sports analysts will have done their homework and identified their weakness against teams playing 3 centre backs and keeping possession around their own box. Meanwhile our elite sports physiology department will have been working overtime to ensure the team is properly rested for the match. The players themselves will have prepared as usual by posting how hard they're training on Instagram.

Obviously with Hull's injury problems nobody will have come up with a plan to stop Beryl the tea lady cutting in from the wing. Leading to our defence backing off and her unleashing an unstoppable daisy cutter toe punt from 12 yards. But even then we should have too much for Hull during the ten minutes we choose to play.

Tonda has also had a week to prepare this week's excuse for not showing up in the second half. If it keeps happening to you after you bemoan it in your post match then it only can be bad luck.

[Sir Ralph]

I don’t think I have ever been as apathetic about a game

[Mattio]

12 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

I don’t think I have ever been as apathetic about a game

Same, I have a rare Saturday to myself and would usually head to the game on my tod or with a mate but I've decided digging up the garden in the freezing cold will me 10x more fun.

[LGTL]

Looking forward to seeing the difference world class assistant Ben Garner has made after a full week on the training pitch. 

[tdmickey3]

4 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Looking forward to seeing the difference world class assistant Ben Garner has made after a full week on the training pitch. 

[Osvaldorama]

18 hours ago, Toadhall Saint said:

Soon be in the shit financially if he just up and left/sold up. Agree his decision making about who he listens to ain’t great but better to have him than not.

Just how bad would things have to get, before you accept that the ownership need to leave?

 

Genuine question

[Turkish]

38 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Looking forward to seeing the difference world class assistant Ben Garner has made after a full week on the training pitch. 

Time to prove why he’s so well thought of in Ghana 

[skintsaint]

16 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Time to prove why he’s so well thought of in Ghana 

This guy is Ghana cook bro.

[leeham_69]

1 hour ago, Sir Ralph said:

I don’t think I have ever been as apathetic about a game

Sometimes when that feeling sets in is just when Saints are most likely to cruelly offer you something that keeps leading you on..... 5-0 incoming

[Toadhall Saint]

45 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

Just how bad would things have to get, before you accept that the ownership need to leave?

 

Genuine question

When he stops putting his hand in his pocket. 

[AlexLaw76]

11 minutes ago, Toadhall Saint said:

When he stops putting his hand in his pocket. 

Has he really put his hand in his pocket?

we sell fairly well

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Has he really put his hand in his pocket?

we sell fairly well

Think we're more of less even when it comes to net spend/player trading since they've been here arent we?

[Matthew Le God]

8 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Has he really put his hand in his pocket?

we sell fairly well

The accounts show he has put a lot of additional money into the club.

[Football Special]

39 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

The accounts show he has put a lot of additional money into the club.

For those of us who don't really understand the finances, has he actually invested his money into the club or is he a creditor that the club needs to repay at some point? 

[Matthew Le God]

2 minutes ago, Football Special said:

For those of us who don't really understand the finances, has he actually invested his money into the club or is he a creditor that the club needs to repay at some point? 

They are share issues, where the company creates and sells new shares to investors (public or private) to raise capital for growth, operations, or projects, essentially selling ownership for cash without taking on debt like a loan, though it dilutes existing shareholders' stakes. In this case it is the main shareholder buying shares in his own company as a means to put money into the club.

[Gloucester Saint]

Even shit teams win the odd game - 2-1 Saints with a scrappy winner off THB’s left bollock from a corner or something similar. 

[die Mannyschaft]

Saints training session for Hull as robotic data FC sharpen thier tactics

 

[leesaint88]

Going to this game, which means it'll be an easy win for Hull 

0-3

[Osvaldorama]

1 hour ago, Toadhall Saint said:

When he stops putting his hand in his pocket. 

Naive imo. Dragan hasn’t put that much in. They’ve used us as a player trading vehicle. It’s not like he’s bankrolled us like Roman Abramovich. 
 

The Venky’s spent a lot at Blackburn too. 

Money means nothing if you waste it like we have. I just don’t see how we will ever improve with these chumps here. They’ll keep burning money on stupid vanity project ideas until it runs out.  
 

[Chez]

2 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

Naive imo. Dragan hasn’t put that much in. They’ve used us as a player trading vehicle.

He has put £63m in (a £45m capital injection in 2022 and a £15m in 2023), which is more than anyone else ever has. Obviously it's his company, so when he sells, he will look to recoup the cost of buying the club and the capitol he has put in to cover the running costs/losses.

Talk me through the football club's finances and how Dragon is profitting through player trading.

[Football Special]

[hypochondriac]

No press conference?

[Themotherfunky]

2 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

No press conference?

3pm apparently 

[Doctoroncall]

5 minutes ago, Themotherfunky said:

3pm apparently 

Alfie will be happy, he never liked the early morning ones. 

[Charlie Wayman]

5 hours ago, Mattio said:

Same, I have a rare Saturday to myself and would usually head to the game on my tod or with a mate but I've decided digging up the garden in the freezing cold will me 10x more fun.

Bet you go to St Mary's.

Easy to talk the talk, the garden will be flooded anyway so it's SMS or the dishwasher for you.

[suewhistle]

I took my nephew and great nieces to the Saints womens game last week which they won 4-0. I lost my mum a year ago and I took her to one game at St. Marys which was a cold day against Hull for a 3-1 win. Either would do tomorrow and I'll be having a little prayer for the win.

[Willo of Whiteley]

40 minutes ago, Themotherfunky said:

3pm apparently 

Listened for one minute and it was the usual generic bullshit.

He looked very uncomfortable, almost like he was unsure what to say.

[Jack]

35 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Listened for one minute and it was the usual generic bullshit.

He looked very uncomfortable, almost like he was unsure what to say.

He’s full of shit. Says he’s not concerned because we’ve been creating plenty. And that defending is more important than attacking. Can’t wait for more Manning and Stephens in a 5 tomorrow to show us what he means 

[Toadhall Saint]

2 hours ago, Osvaldorama said:

Naive imo. Dragan hasn’t put that much in. They’ve used us as a player trading vehicle. It’s not like he’s bankrolled us like Roman Abramovich. 
 

The Venky’s spent a lot at Blackburn too. 

Money means nothing if you waste it like we have. I just don’t see how we will ever improve with these chumps here. They’ll keep burning money on stupid vanity project ideas until it runs out.  
 

So is he burning money or not putting that much in?

[VectisSaint]

1 hour ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Listened for one minute and it was the usual generic bullshit.

He looked very uncomfortable, almost like he was unsure what to say.

So you missed the stuff about player injuries/recovery etc. Perhaps if you had a longer attention span you might have learned something. 

[Andy Hill]

If his 1/2 time talks are as inspiring then it is no wonder that we always struggle badly in the second half.

[Willo of Whiteley]

16 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

So you missed the stuff about player injuries/recovery etc. Perhaps if you had a longer attention span you might have learned something. 

Nothing to do with the attention span. He’s boring and doesn’t inspire any form of confidence.

Says it all when you look at our second half performances.

[Convict Colony]

22 hours ago, Verbal said:

Won't he be a bit dizzy for Saturday though?

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[Convict Colony]

6 hours ago, tdmickey3 said:

[saintant]

24 minutes ago, Andy Hill said:

If his 1/2 time talks are as inspiring then it is no wonder that we always struggle badly in the second half.

Found it hard to believe that Adam Blackmore failed to pick him up on the constant drop off in the second half of matches particularly after it even happened against Doncaster. Lots of drivel about nothing yet the one thing we'd all like addressed by Eckert is swept conveniently under the carpet. What's the point?

[Baird of the land]

So guess it’ll be jander and downes in cm, with Williams the bench option.

[suewhistle]

2 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

So guess it’ll be jander and downes in cm, with Williams the bench option.

Bragg?

[trousers]

Romeu not in the U21 squad this evening.... Thought he needed game time before getting back into the first team reckoning...?

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by trousers

[Baird of the land]

4 minutes ago, suewhistle said:

Bragg?

Bragg out with concussion, Charles targeting midweek game.