Zurichsaint

Can anyone recommend a really good football statistics website? I was trying to work on a spreadsheet with Saints all time top goal scorers, and I couldn't a decent one to source it from. I used to use http://www.statto.com/football/teams/southampton/, but it hasn't been updated for ages. I have used worldfootball.net for now, but it's got a lot less info than the Statto one used to have... Thanks for any tips

Totally agreed. Some of the nicest, friendliest fans you could hope to meet. We ended up sleeping on a Vitesse fan's sofa, as we missed the last train back to Amsterdam. They couldn't have been more helpful Great effort from the town with the fanzone too

Me too! I think there are loads of us

I exist, but based near Zurich, rather than the French speaking part... There must be a few more of us

Actually, it is a debatable one. I knew about the normal denial of goal scoring opportunity only when the player is moving towards the goal, which clearly isn't so in this case. But FIFA has 2 situations listed on their website: There are two sending-off offences that deal with denying an opponent an obvious opportunity to score a goal: - If a player denies the opposing team a goal or an obvious scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball. - If a player denies an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick (direct or indirect) or a penalty kick. While I agree the 2nd (more common) case wouldn't apply, surely Adrian committed the 1st offense? It can't just be for Suarez-esque clearances off the line?

Fantastic news. Absolutely delighted for the guy. Made my day, that has!

I've seen a few Swiss 2nd league matches and the standards drop considerably here. I would think conference level or worse... I think our young players would benefit a lot more from getting quality training and coaching with us. Also Staplewood is much nicer than many of the stadiums here!

Ok, statto here! It isn't even a record for this season. Spuds had a 48 pass goal, involving all 11 players against QPR on 24th August. http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/the-48-pass-spurs-goal-who-touched-it-how-many-times-graphic/ That said, their goal involved twice as many passes as any goal last season. I still prefer ours... ?

Great article I thought. Really summed up how I've felt, over the last few seasons.

I've seen this quoted a couple of times, but have never managed to verify it. Where did you get there figure from? For what it's worth, I think you're probably right. It is her money, and I don't think we've got a right as fans to demand she spends it to keep us happy. If we can run to finance ourselves in future, I'll be happy. Let's not panic about player sales until we know who actually goes, and who (and how much is spent) on replacements.

I think it is also a way we can maintain the high intensity pressing when we don't have the ball, without getting too tired. Mourinho used to talk about "resting with the ball". I believe that is the only way we can play the way we do for the full 90 mins, or for a whole season.

Yes, it is. My icehockey fan mate just confirmed it was him. He thought I was kidding until he saw the photo...

Where does it say that? I find it very hard to believe he came into work today thinking it would be his last day at the club. I think he tried to play hardball with KL and lost, so she finally accepted the resignation from some months previously, with immediate effect. (Swiss contracts tend to have far longer notice periods than UK ones) That's why the late night meetings with the management staff, who otherwise would have been fully informed. 2 other points from me - I wouldn't fancy being MP's interpreter tomorrow. That will be one hell of a press conference... Also LOL @simonpeach

Not in Forbes, but in the Swiss version, with a wealth of CHF 7.5bn. There is also a nice family photo, though I doubt that Katarina is part of this group? http://www.bilanz.ch/people/300-reichste/reichsten-updates/die-wohlhabendsten-deutschen-der-schweiz-330954

Just a thought - could it be that the Liebherrs want to cash in on their investment with some valuable players (£30m for Shaw - excuse the pun), but Nicola said over my dead body?

Can't help but think this might be connected to the January transfer window... "If I don't get the backing from the Liebherrs, I'm leaving". Doesn't mean it won't happen, but would be annoying if we have this every transfer window...

I haven't seen the iplayer one, but he's also done some excellent TED presentations. Here is the one on population growth: You're right - his way of explaining things through imagery and statistics is very educational. I'm also a big fan

Last year it was announced on 21st June. They always leave it really late :-( The matches took place mid-July to early August. Hope that helps and you manage to catch a few games. Where are you going to be in Europe?

We were also crying out for some more creativity until he came on. Lots of possession, but only Lallana was capable of making something happen. WBA chasing the game and their subs had more to do with the pressure at the end, IMHO. Hats off to Boruc for that save though!

The hotel room hoovering team have had a couple of injuries, but we're hoping they'll be back up to speed in January...

http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/sport/fussball/southampton-bleibt-am-ball-1.18192193 (Original language version, for any German speakers) Translated by google - not me! I guess that the journalist has been fed much of this by NC, so it is interesting to read his slant on things, especially the Adkins sacking, and the rather confusing bit about Le Tiss paying the wages, which I am not aware is true. Still, it is nice to see us getting more publicity overseas.

Just to save MLG the effort: WhoScored.com ‏@WhoScored 21 Nov .@VictorWanyama: Has won the ball in the middle third of the pitch (67) more times than any other player in Europe's top 5 leagues this term FWIW, I completely agree with the above, he was immense today. Not only was he a rock at the base of midfield, but he also seemed better going forward and retaining possession. After his disaster against Hull, he must be mentally pretty strong as well.

Fully agree also. You often see fouls that look blatant from one angle, and not from another. It also happens often enough that not even the pundits can agree on whether it is a foul or not. It is a subjective thing not a fact. Would I would change with the current system would be retrospective bookings / red cards that could be added following a review after the game (by a panel including the referee for that match). Also a referee should be encouraged to rescind cards given, if the video review shows it turns out to be clearly wrong.

If he keeps hitting them like that, keepers will be trying to dive out the way

It looks like someone in the stand filming it on their phone...