The Curse of St Mary's

No pleasing some. Confidence would have been low and not a happy hunting ground so no one should have expected beautiful attacking football. 3 points most important thing and a clean sheet to take confidence from.

They had offer for £1 per month for 12 months couple of weeks back which I snapped up. Very good content. NFL good as well

In addition to Dan Sheldon's article there is also a good piece and on why Chinese investment has cooled and American investment is on the rise. Couple of mentions about saints too. https://theathletic.com/1887653/2020/09/23/chinese-america-money-european-football?source=user-shared-article

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/12724511/southampton-florentino-luis-transfer-hojbjerg/ Florentino Luis 21 year old DM from benfica. If we enter budding war with AC Milan and Fulham then we've no chance.

I think most fans will argue Armstrong is pivotal to how Ralph wants us to play. He's injury prone and it's evident we suffer when he doesn't play. Redmond is important player in terms of system but frustrating that he rarely takes on defenders one on one.

Starts for Chelsea tonight

Injuries aside RLC would be just what we need imo. We don't have that box to box midfielder who can unlock a defence and chip in with some goals.

Made way for Tella. Ralph says he's one of a few players that can leave according to Dan Sheldon

A Southampton team lost to Fulham 2-1 today at Craven cottage according to people on Twitter but not clear whether first team squad (minus international players) or youth team.

Nixon says another club also sniffing around. Set time for a club to better Fulham's option to buy fee.

Simon Chadwick who is an expert in Chinese sport investment talks about LD Sports and potential reasons to why this sponsorship has ceased. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08pmzsp

JW in Telegraph says we hope for one more signing

Training away from squad to get up to speed fitness wide according to Dan Sheldon @ Athletic

Decent write up on him https://breakingthelines.com/player-analysis/an-analytical-look-at-weston-mckennie/ In summary very good out of possession and decent dribbling with ball. Passing is average and isn't particularly adventurous. He suits Ralph's pressing and relentless running style to a tee but in order to turnaround our awful home form I feel we need to play on front foot more and have a players capable of opening up compact defensive teams. Not sure he's the CM we need but I can see why Ralph would want him and develop his game.

Bednarek was in Mykonos on hols which has seen a rise in covid cases. 2+2=?

Ingsy goal in cup at spurs was high class to quote the skate commentator

£10m would-be laughable. This lad has great potential albeit he needs to be more professional. A loan may help his development but I wouldn't want to sell him.

I would imagine the likes of Forster, Carrillo, Elynoussi and Hoedt would seek some form of pay off from saints if they were to move permanently out at the expense of earning less wages

Orel Mangala does on paper fit the bill, versatile as CDM or CM. 88% pass completion rate which is what Morgan schneiderlin had at saints. Can be box to box with a good engine on him as well as start off attacks with forward passes to our attackers. Scouting report on him here https://footballwhispers.com/blog/orel-mangala-scout-report-arsenal/

The New York based company linked to Michael Dell has injected £30m into Derby county secured against club assets https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/08/12/derby-county-receive-30m-cash-injection-american-billionaire/

Will join up with rest of squad for preseason training on Monday, maybe announced tomorrow. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8617161/amp/Southampton-poised-announce-10-9m-Mohammed-Salisu-signing-approaches-end-quarantine.html?__twitter_impression=true

Wasn't it Jose who sold KDB and Salah in second stint at Chelsea?