Dr. Kucho

Saints miss out on Willem II youngster Joel Ideho Dutch media report. 16 year old Ideho decides to join Ajax over Saints and German side Hertha.

They should have gone down Shirley High Street to one of the many betting shops.

I often flew with Flybe from the Netherlands to Southampton. On my last visit it took me 4,5 hours from leaving a relatives home in Shirley to arriving back home in the south east of the Netherlands. If I was to drive to Southampton it would take me around 7,5 hours or I would have to fly from Amsterdam to Gatwick. Flybe was by far the cheapest and quickest option. Feel especially for the employees from Flybe and the smaller airports they served. The flights were often delayed, however the staff were always friendly and helpful.

Slattery has been a second half substitute in all the games he has played since arriving at De Graafschap. In the Dutch Eerste Divisie clubs like Cambuur, Graafschap and this season Volendam are performing well, but I would still rank them botten half league 1 level. Clubs like Dordrecht, Oss and Helmond Sport wouldn’t be anything special in League 2.

Good old Wesley has done a interview with Het Nieuwsblad. https://m.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=368231 He goes on about the Belgium league, how he wants to play for Holland and RH. He says RH told him he would get another chance, Hoedt replies with: I never got real first chance. Then he says he won’t tell the full story as that would be damaging for RH and he won’t say anything negative about Saints as he is still under contract with us. The interview in a nutshell.

Highlights of the Graafschap V Roda JC game with Slattery’s goal and miss in the link below.

Highly unlikely but German newspapers Bild and Weser kurier report we, along with Liverpool, RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund are interested in €38 million euro Werder Bremen winger Milot Rashica. https://m.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=368045 (Link in Dutch)

Slattery came on as a second half sub for De Graafschap and scored the 2-0 against Roda JC Kerkrade.

Is the squad going abroad for a some training in the sunshine?

Suarez. Biting, spitting, racial abuse, diving, moaning, did I miss something?

I won’t be surprised if some refs get a bonus when Liverpool win the league.

The Dutch second tier is League one/league two level. The football is very poor, except Jong Ajax (Ajax reserves and youth). The Graafschap are trained by Mike Snoei, who last season was the trainer at Telstar, who had Seagar on loan. Snoei must know someone at the club. I’ll keep an eye out for Slattery and check the local paper, if Slattery signs that is.

Local Dutch media are reporting that we had scouts in the stands at the Ado Den Haag V RKC Waalwijk match. Apparently we are watching ADO Den Haag forward Crysenscio Summerville, on loan from Feyenoord.

Hoedt sent of with a straight red card in the 8th minute.

I doubt Hoedt will leave us, he is more likely to let his contract run out. The wages at Antwerp will be a fraction of his wages here and according to fans from Antwerp, he’s decent, but nowhere near special. I think the Belgium league or mid table Dutch league is his level.

Take off Redmond and Djenepo around the 70 min mark and bring on Obafemi and Long to hurt them with pace. Vertonghen and Alderweireld arent getting any younger.

Liverpool will listen to offers for Nathaniel Clyne, could we he do a job for us again? Don’t know how his time at Bournemouth went.

German media reporting that Werder Bremen want Vestergaard on loan till the end of the season.

I don’t know if his name has been mentioned earlier in this thread, but how about Vitesse Arnhem’s left wing back Max Clarke? Vitesse bought him from Hull for around 400k and Dutch media are reporting Liverpool might be interested in him as a back up for Andy Robertson. Let’s bring him in and sell him in a few years to Liverpool for a hefty amount.

We all have our lists of players we would like to see joining us. But who would you sell to raise some extra funds? Aside from the senior players out on loan I could only think of Vestergaard I would listen to offers for.

Right, going to quote myself. A quiet day at work and a little google and social media search has revealed that Forecast now runs The Essex Goalkeeping Academy (TEGA). More information can be found on Instagram and he mentions that he retired 5 years ago from goalkeeping.

Right, going to quote myself. A quiet day at work and a little google and social media search has revealed that Forecast now runs The Essex Goalkeeping Academy (TEGA). More information can be found on Instagram and he mentions that he retired 5 years ago from goalkeeping.

According to his Twitter account Kamil Kosowski works for a Polish sports channel. That’s him ticked of the list. Can I suggest a new name? Saints goalkeeping legend Tommy Forecast.

Not sure if we can call him an defector, but who remembers Jan Poortvliet? Nowadays Poortvliet is a postman in Eindhoven and coaches local amateur football club Nuenen.

I thought with the at the end of the first sentence people would realize I wasn’t being serious with the post.