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Really? JWP on good wages and a free transfer / loan in the championship is an absolute no brainer, especially with the amount of fouls saints tend to get 😅

Plenty of MPs across the house that could fit under that description sadly.

I agree it gives them an extremely novel advantage in this world cup, simply because they are the only side that is fully acclimatized to it. Sadly though, it is what it is. England still have fitter and stronger players than Mexico with more ability, might help to not be massive favorites for it and set up to defend and counter as well.

When you watch the replay, this guy had the prime seat, he knew it was in, and was jumping up before everyone else 😄

He was sold by Spors/Still prior to Eckert taking the reigns, to be replaced by Downs and considered a worse prospect than Archer for the team. Both terrible calls. We won't always play 1 big man up top, and equally there are numerous times where Eckert changed it up to go 2 Strikers or to introduce pace. Dom Ballard should still be on the books, he's a very promising and young home grown player who was top scorer in the league below whilst playing for an awful (and nearly relegated) side. He'd be very cheap and competent depth for the first team squad, would almost certainly be a money spinner for SR, and to be frank, should never have been let go in the first place compared to the money spent (wages/transfer/agent fees) for Downs and Archer.

Bad business if we let Bristol City sign Ballard when we can pick him up for a 22% discount. He could absolutely do a job for us this season.

Someone should probably make this case to the FA - ban him from saints and he'll unleash the Germans on us at the next Euros 😆

Its their last game anyway. Just feel really sorry for him - they're attack is generally quite shit and absolutely struggles for composure and finding the final pass - the mere presence and movement of Larin was one of the few things that made it work.

He's their best central attacker without question. Actually mad by Marsch.

She also said, "South Africa did much better against South Africa" 😄

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I doubt Saints will do anything until July, it will be the sides in trouble with PSR that need to make moves before then. Maybe we can be clever and get Neil over the line before then and take his sign on bonus and agents fees out of the current PSR budget rather than next season's SCR budget 🤷‍♂️

A few things on this: They used him as a squad player who was in and out of the side. We are brining him in as a squad - end of the day, the championship is a long season and many sides would take him as a starter. Tonda has shown he's an excellent coach who is able to integrate and improve players... he did that last season with a squad that wasn't his own. His rotation and ability to keep the team fit, rotate them, and seemingly get them all match sharp and confident is one of his strongest attributes - runs like we had (with the congestion and quality of opposition) don't happen by fluke - Tonda has got something extra on this front. Both Spors and Tonda have significantly more experience of the championship (in relative terms) going into this window. Performance wise, they have plenty of credit in the bank, and £25M for a squad player (charles) to be replaced with another squad player on a free is surely good business. If it was Downs or Jander being replaced then we be a bit more concerned - and who knows, Tonda might get him thriving in the middle.

Looks good, reckon we should make it happen 😏

John Yeboah looks like he'd be worth consideration... 10 goals and 9 assists in 35 games for Venezia, proving a real handful tonight vs Germany.