East Kent Saint

ALL Chinese investment around the world is about CHINA FIRST . Buying land in Africa to produce food for China , "investing in countries" (via loans ) building dodgy roads , houses , etc then being allowed to exploit natural resources from said country while using locals as slave labour is the game , a bit like the British Empire or the American world domination. No good will come of Chinese investment for Saints , it is all about China getting world cup for the kudos nothing else. FIFA are totally bribable as we know and this is the Chinese modus operandi as always. Russia has shown the way with olympics and now WC ........

I assume that includes season ticket holders who are counted even though they don't all turn up.

His problem is if he has time to think then he will miss the goal completely , if he just hits the ball then he may score ! As our final third play is so laboured he would probably be a bad buy !!

Kooman on £6M a year , spent £140M on players (unlike his old club who wouldn't match his vision) but his team can't play for toffee . His team selection has been described as fitting round pegs in square holes . So , what if Kooman had stayed at Saints and bought in £140M "worth" of players would Saints be scoring for fun ?

Now looking forward to Shelvey marking Coutinho at St James !!!!

It makes one wonder if the root of all these teams playing midfield possession football but useless in final third are a result of the need for coaches to obtain coaching badges . Someone seems to have set a blueprint of Barca in stone and trained all coaches to follow the method . (bloo y hell a score in third quarter in NFL match on BBC2 , boring or what ) Unfortunately none of these teams have a Messi to whiz across penalty area and score endless goals. Most comments about Everton were their total failure up front , only 1 shot on goal in second half even with talisman Rooney on the pitch.

Saints need an attacker who is good in the air , can win a header in the box and get shots in . Pelle always had plenty of half chances that he hit first time , of course a lot of these shots went wide etc but some were goals. I would think Gabbi would feed off a target man like Pelle who had alot of flicks and chest ons etc and at least moved the ball on quickly not taking endless touches before losing all momentum.

I think MLT was content to stay at Saints and that could be seen as a lack of ambition but the grass is not always greener . His skill and goal scoring ability is something we could do with now ! It was thought at the time he should have got more caps for England but if the manager takes against you , you don't get picked .

He was thought to be a good buy on here from what I remember , perhaps he had already peaked before Saints . Maybe he needed certain players around him or maybe a loss of confidence after not being in the team for so long .....

No I am not taking the pee I genuinely felt depressed at the level of hatred and the foul and abusive language directed at P'mouth players even at the Chapel end in front of families and young supporters . Rivalry is one thing but that was totally over the top and achieved nothing .

The worst match I have been to at St Marys was the FA Cup v P'mouth when we lost 2-4 , apart from the gap in football ability the level of over the top bile directed at the players etc of P'mouth was embarrasingly awful . So hostile atmosphere no , the most enjoyable match was the 8-0 v Sunderland when the whole ground was enjoying themselves (apart from a few in the away end) . We even saw that Tiff Needell on the way out !

2nd on MotD ! must have been the woy factor . Good game even after watching City ! The team should watch the City match to see how to attack at pace and make quick decisions . We looked so much better than last week , Lemina highlighted for being all over the pitch protecting the defence and helping the attack as well as being strong in midfield and Bertie played well on these highlights , did VDD get a touch after he came on ? BTW how did Walker not get a red card ? Ref gave City the benefit of doubt , perhaps the speed of movement of players and ball didn't give him time to think/act.

Mane now in Baca and Real's sights , interesting transfer window next summer for Liverhampton

Probably had to rinse his mouth out , eating sh!t leaves a nasty taste ...................

The whole point is Cortese was spending money the club didn't have , the club had to get some dodgy offshore loans etc just to keep going . Afterwards the club has had to cut their cloth and is now in the usual position of all clubs outside the top 6 or so . ie we can't buy big name players or pay £300k a week wages and have to pick up bargains and do the best we can.

Among the reasons for Palace's dissatisfaction were: De Boer's apparent diversion from a number of agreements reached when he signed, such as the team's formation. The squad's struggles to adapt to the style of play he tried to implement. Poor feedback on planning, methods and sessions. Atmosphere at the training ground. His use of, and relationship with certain players, such as Damien Delaney, Martin Kelly, Joel Ward, Jairo Riedewald and Lee Chung-yong. A perceived lack of input on transfer activity. De Boer is understood to have been unhappy with factors including: The pre-season schedule organised before his arrival. The involvement of Parish in first-team matters. The delay in signing defender Mamadou Sakho. So team formation was part of his agreement , may be Les is our problem !

If VVD is being reintergrated into the first team then he should play when fit , lets face it one shot on goal in a home match means we are desperate !

Braced myself today to watch Motd , well usual defensive faults allowing long range shots plus Forster with his unconvincing dives , seems he doesn't think he can save it so better put a show of trying to. Meanwhile Spurs walked through Everton's "defence" inc Martina and Morgan as though it wasn't there ! Spurs could of had a several more as well . Bournemouth 0 points after 4 games , imagine if that were us !!

Actuallylaughed out loud at these postings ! a rare event on Saintsweb.

Toby still wants a new contract or he's leaving !!!

Yet Toby is agitating for a new contract else he is leaving Spurs ....

Ox is showing why he was sold to L pool , looks good but poor final ball . Walker showing his poor defending , for the goal and nearly getting a red for last man "tackle" . Bertie beaten in first minute so rugby tackled his man ! As all coaches have to do a coaching course these days perhaps these courses are the problem , producing slow build ups and poor final third action which seems the norm.

Rafa has a £5M buy out clause in his Newcastle contract ! so if he wants another job Ashley gets £5M from him or his new employers . I suspect he will ride out theseason .

This depends on the make up of the board under the new ownership set up .

I'm not sure we need a Saints deadline day thread at all.