26/27 - Other Games

[East Kent Saint]

Kane was gutted , standing foot slipped as he kicked the pen , still managed to hit the bar though ! The game was much better than the usual fare in nations games I managed to watch to the end ha ha !

[Whitey Grandad]

39 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

Kane was gutted , standing foot slipped as he kicked the pen , still managed to hit the bar though ! The game was much better than the usual fare in nations games I managed to watch to the end ha ha !

The fabled Wembley turf.

[Saint Billy]

Two points, I'm sure they over water the pitches as I saw several players slip for no apparent reason. In the pre match blurb with Ian Wright etc the sprinklers came on and the water being sprayed was crazy amounts. For me so soon before a match equals slippery surface. I guess they did it at half time as well. This is not the first time Kane has slipped taking a penalty.

When will they learn just as saints are still struggling to get to grips with, faffing about with the ball deep in your own half is a very dangerous game especially when the opposition know that you are not very good at it.

 

 

[ecuk268]

Canada beat Chile 1-0.

Larin with the assist.

[saintant]

6 hours ago, ecuk268 said:

Canada beat Chile 1-0.

Larin with the assist.

Not to take anything away from Larin but his assist consisted of missing an absolute sitter which he kicked straight at the keeper when it was easier to score, the ball came back and rebounded off Larin into the path of the scorer who tapped it in.

[die Mannyschaft]

Wales lost, thats good. 

[Turkish]

51 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Wales lost, thats good. 

They were shite lucky not to lose by 5 or 6

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, saintant said:

Not to take anything away from Larin but his assist consisted of missing an absolute sitter which he kicked straight at the keeper when it was easier to score, the ball came back and rebounded off Larin into the path of the scorer who tapped it in.

They all count! 

 

[Football Special]

Manning (Ireland) playing against Peretz (Israel) currently,  Azaz on the bench 

[trousers]

Israel 3 down after 25 minutes... I thought their keeper was supposed to be half decent...?

Edited Sunday at 19:18 by trousers

[Tommy Mulgrew]

 

27 minutes ago, trousers said:

Israel 3 down after 25 minutes... I thought their keeper was supposed to be half decent...?

Are you sure Bazunu isn’t playing in goal for Israel?

[Britannia]

I’ve felt in the last few home matches that Peretz hasn’t been quite so sharp.

[die Mannyschaft]

56 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

 

Are you sure Bazunu isn’t playing in goal for Israel?

Peretz should have saved two goals. Bazunu is not that good, he cant even get in Ireland team. 

[die Mannyschaft]

Germany still playing crap possession football. Goal scorers still in short supply at national level. Maybe Kane can defect to Germany 

[Nordic Saint]

21 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Peretz should have saved two goals. Bazunu is not that good, he cant even get in Ireland team. 

Peretz doesn't do clean sheets. It's been nearly half a year since his last one in a league game. I'd feel far more confident if Ramsdale were in goal for the Pompey game. 

[whelk]

No handshakes - lol what a principled bunch. That’ll show them. And what no fucking pennant! Go Ireland

[Charlie Wayman]

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13 minutes ago, Nordic Saint said:

Peretz doesn't do clean sheets. It's been nearly half a year since his last one in a league game. I'd feel far more confident if Ramsdale were in goal for the Pompey game. 

 

37 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Peretz should have saved two goals. Bazunu is not that good, he cant even get in Ireland team. 

 

47 minutes ago, Britannia said:

I’ve felt in the last few home matches that Peretz hasn’t been quite so sharp.

 

2 hours ago, trousers said:

Israel 3 down after 25 minutes... I thought their keeper was supposed to be half decent...?

Honeymoon over for Peretz?

@letthedogsloose

[Saint Pete]

Portugal leave Ronaldo as unused sub on the bench tonight and lo and behold they beat Norway 2-1 away! 

[LuckyNumber7]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

No handshakes - lol what a principled bunch. That’ll show them. And what no fucking pennant! Go Ireland

The Irish are a right fucking bunch of weirdos. The fact they can't even play their home game in Ireland says it all. Odd country.

[saintant]

It's well worth having a look at the highlights of Shrewsbury v Colchester which finished 2-2. Moses Sesay on loan at Colchester was superb and scored both their goals. The first he picked the ball up in his own half and ran to the penalty area before slotting home a low shot. The second came very late to earn his side a point when he smashed a shot first time into the top corner from inside the area. He also took his man on and beat him a few time and looked a very good player. I imagine he'll soon be knocking on the door to get some game time for us.

[skintsaint]

11 minutes ago, saintant said:

It's well worth having a look at the highlights of Shrewsbury v Colchester which finished 2-2. Moses Sesay on loan at Colchester was superb and scored both their goals. The first he picked the ball up in his own half and ran to the penalty area before slotting home a low shot. The second came very late to earn his side a point when he smashed a shot first time into the top corner from inside the area. He also took his man on and beat him a few time and looked a very good player. I imagine he'll soon be knocking on the door to get some game time for us.

Two good finishes, although lucky to get to the box due to a shitty tackle for the 1st.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

39 minutes ago, saintant said:

It's well worth having a look at the highlights of Shrewsbury v Colchester which finished 2-2. Moses Sesay on loan at Colchester was superb and scored both their goals. The first he picked the ball up in his own half and ran to the penalty area before slotting home a low shot. The second came very late to earn his side a point when he smashed a shot first time into the top corner from inside the area. He also took his man on and beat him a few time and looked a very good player. I imagine he'll soon be knocking on the door to get some game time for us.

He does look really good - hopefully this is his season he shines on loan and then does well for Saints next.  Their goalkeeper looks horrific though ...

[hypochondriac]

52 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

He does look really good - hopefully this is his season he shines on loan and then does well for Saints next.  Their goalkeeper looks horrific though ...

These sorts of players will be worth their weights in gold next season if we don't go up and we have to rely on our youth prospects to some extent at least. 

Edited yesterday at 10:10 by hypochondriac

[Saint86]

On 28/09/2026 at 09:49, skintsaint said:

Two good finishes, although lucky to get to the box due to a shitty tackle for the 1st.

 

Hopefully not another one that we let go and end up regretting... sadly been a pattern under SR.

[Lighthouse]

5 hours ago, Saint86 said:

Hopefully not another one that we let go and end up regretting... sadly been a pattern under SR.

I can’t think of a single player I ‘regret letting go’ under SR. I couldn’t wait to see the back of 90% of them.

[Saint86]

22 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I can’t think of a single player I ‘regret letting go’ under SR. I couldn’t wait to see the back of 90% of them.

Three immediately prominent answers are Gomes (we got £170K for a potential generational talent on that one), Ballard, and JJM. The last 2 would be playing for us this season 😄.

Edited 2 hours ago by Saint86

[Lighthouse]

32 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Three immediately prominent answers are Gomes (we got £170K for a potential generational talent on that one), Ballard, and JJM. The last 2 would be playing for us this season 😄.

So two players who chose to leave, which we were powerless to prevent, and another who we let go because he'd done nothing on loan in League 1, needed a fresh start and is now doing fairly well for the mighty Bristol City.

[Saint86]

1 hour ago, Lighthouse said:

So two players who chose to leave, which we were powerless to prevent, and another who we let go because he'd done nothing on loan in League 1, needed a fresh start and is now doing fairly well for the mighty Bristol City.

We weren't powerless to prevent them leaving, we opted to allow them to leave rather than pay them their worth. That's a choice the club actively made. And as has been stated to death, Ballard should have been retained and thats abundantly obvious. He should certainly have been given game time over the multi million pound flops we've singed in the interim, or worst case he should have been given a new contract and allowed further loan development time.

Edited 41 minutes ago by Saint86

[CB Fry]

18 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

We weren't powerless to prevent them leaving, we opted to allow them to leave rather than pay them their worth. That's a choice the club actively made. And as has been stated to death, Ballard should have been retained and thats abundantly obvious. He should certainly have been given game time over the multi million pound flops we've singed in the interim, or worst case he should have been given a new contract and allowed further loan development time.

Not that "abundantly obvious". He's signed for Bristol City not Barcelona.

Let's see where his career actually takes him.

The other two were kids who were attracted to better offers.

Southampton Football Club do not control the world. Not everything is decided by us. People make their own choices.

Life is a bit more complicated that you're making out.

Edited 24 minutes ago by CB Fry

[AlexLaw76]

No one would give a toss about Ballard had Downs turned out to be remotely competent.

He was not and to be fair, a complete joke of a signing (and a very expensive one). The club clearly believed he was a far better bet than Ballard (and a whole host of other, evidently superior striker on the market/in the league that summer.

We were the powerhouse of the league and we saw a very bright talent leave and signed the DOUBLE D.

Edited 18 minutes ago by AlexLaw76

[Badger]

30 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

We weren't powerless to prevent them leaving, we opted to allow them to leave rather than pay them their worth. That's a choice the club actively made. And as has been stated to death, Ballard should have been retained and thats abundantly obvious. He should certainly have been given game time over the multi million pound flops we've singed in the interim, or worst case he should have been given a new contract and allowed further loan development time.

That’s not true though is it ? There’s a difference between paying them “their worth” and paying them what they think they’re worth.
 

For JJM we weren’t going to match silly money for a teenager reported at the time that he’d been offered at Chelsea. 
 

Gomes is a shame he left but at the time I read that one of his gripes was limited prospects of a pathway to the first team and not being involved or around the first team often. Perhaps mismanagement or perhaps someone at SFC at the time didn’t think he was that advanced.