Golden Balls Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 I'd like to see an apology to the fans too. I wont be booing but you can bet your house that some will. If he scores, they'll chant him name If he misplaces a pass, he'll get the Guly treatment.
Gordon Mockles Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Wait a mo, we've gone from being on a bus to being on a rowing boat? LMAO I can't stop laughing. Yes, you beat me to it. Still, as long as he rows and just doesn't "stick his oar in" we should be alright. Assuming he paddles in the right direction! What a turn around but welcome news cos we could REALLY do with Puncheon at the mo and he's a worthwhile addition. Let's hope it's extra motivation for an extra potent performance!!
saintant Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Can't fathom out why we would go to all the bother of getting Falque on loan if Puncheon was still in with a chance of being welcomed back into the fold. Hope this doesn't mean Lallan is either long term injured or on his way.
ThreeSixty Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Shame, was enjoying the 'what a ******' chants Monday night.
Window Cleaner Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 It was clearly a difficult situation for both parties. To be fair to Puncheon he looks to have backed down, and we have given him a graceful way to do so. His words are right, if he can back them with actions then we should welcome him back. Whatever the way of it it is what needed to happen because we're woefully short of players as Monday proved and having a bloke who's played 15/20 EPL games in the last year hanging about in the dog house doing diddly squat borders on the absurd. No doubt Monday might have been a way opener cos between backing down a bit on Puncheon and continuing with Falque and Holmes is a no brainer.
Window Cleaner Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Can't fathom out why we would go to all the bother of getting Falque on loan if Puncheon was still in with a chance of being welcomed back into the fold. Hope this doesn't mean Lallan is either long term injured or on his way. And Falque proved his worth on Monday did he ??
latter day saint Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 didnt expect this to happen! fair play to everyone involved to sit down & sort it out. hopefully he can recapture some of the form he 1st showed for us & while on loan at Milwall.
alpine_saint Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Jason Puncheon @jasonpunch Very happy man right now..thankful that everything is sorted..now let's get to the premier league COYS Fairy muff. Time to back up bold words with actions, Jason.
Andyb1 Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Puncheon is a prize tosser still, and was rubbish the last time he played for us. Bad attitude! It would seem yours isn't any better.. Hopefully you're actually where you status says you are and you don't go to games.
ericb Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Always thought he was a good player and have defended him on here many a time, personally i thought part of his problems was the lack of football knowledge from a few of our fans. Mind you on the downside i'll now get to listen to the din' next to me talking **** about puncheon again, great. Still i might just try the point out to him he's talking **** thing i did with Guly (and he shut up about him).
angelman Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Punch situation got to a stage of everyone cutting their nose off to spite their face. Maybe someone had a quiet word with both parties and laid it out as it was/is. From NC's point of view, it might be a way of strengthening the team for free as well as not losing money by sticking him in the reserves. For JP it is an opportunity to get back in the shop window. He does well for the rest of the season then his profile improves and can be sold, with all parties benefiting as opposed to yesterday's situation with all parties losing. Pride comes before a fall and all that. The only danger would be if he was a disruptive influence on the rest of the team and I imagine that that will be in hand.
alpine_saint Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 lallana must be more injured than we thought. Hope not. Also hope that it also does not mean NA has reached some rash decision about Falque already. Probably means we've seen the last of 3 CMs in midefield (thank f**k)
This Charming Man Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 And Falque proved his worth on Monday did he ?? Unfair to judge him on that performance alone. I'll wait a few more games until I pass judgement on him.
corky morris Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 WTF!!! Right Jase, we are not getting anywhere with the players we want to sign in January so we will do you a deal......... Play to your best for the remainder of the season & we will give you a free in the summer............................... Just my view
This Charming Man Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Hope not. Also hope that it also does not mean NA has reached some rash decision about Falque already. Probably means we've seen the last of 3 CMs in midefield (thank f**k) Thank god for that. The only time it's worked was the last 30mins against a dreadful, 10 man Forest side.
Window Cleaner Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Always thought he was a good player and have defended him on here many a time, personally i thought part of his problems was the lack of football knowledge from a few of our fans. Mind you on the downside i'll now get to listen to the din' next to me talking **** about puncheon again, great. Still i might just try the point out to him he's talking **** thing i did with Guly (and he shut up about him). As Linford Christie once said when asked about all the stories about him in the Red Tops 'Nah,I don't mind really, when they're writing about me it gives Lady Di a rest". Perhaps Guly will get some down time from the fans now that they have Punch to decry.
S-Clarke Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 And Falque proved his worth on Monday did he ?? any half technical player would have looked lost out there on monday.
alpine_saint Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Given his form at Blackpool and Millwall, if he's booed from the off this time and then doesn't perform, I think the fans have to take some of the blame. Let's hope he scores with his first touch on Saturday
Steeleye Saint Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Shame, was enjoying the 'what a ******' chants Monday night. I for one was ashamed to be in the stadium at that point. Shame on you and anyone else who joined in.
Mattio Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 How long til he does this to someone in the Northam?... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC7LTZcNCI0
doddisalegend Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Hoo...f ucking..ray about time. To have a player of his quaility sitting about twiddling thumbs during the slump of the last few weeks has been criminal. Now lets just hope the SMS faithfully give him a chance...he has shown already that he can do it at this level and above he just needs our support. Welcome back Jason
Dog Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 It would seem yours isn't any better.. Hopefully you're actually where you status says you are and you don't go to games. No, I don't go to games, I hope to attend my first match next season if we go up, probably against Maaan U.
thorpie the sinner Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 i am now convinced NA's favourite film is Planes, trains and Automobiles??? oh and rowing boats of course!! FWIW, if Jase has been told play for us now and we give you a free in summer, I dont care if he helps to get us promoted!
forever a red and white Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 All is I can is good. Puncheon is the kind of player the side is missing atm as has displayed greater end product than De Ridder IMO, even though Steve will needs a run though. Anyway, patience is key but on a massive positive we could have for the Cardiff game: Lallana, Lambert, Barnard, Puncheon and Fonte back, his name in the squad gives us the option of playing with width, a better plan B
Foxstone Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 OK decision has been made and we should all draw a line under the past too, and get behind him 100%. A focussed, fit and firing Puncheon is a huge asset to us..
Window Cleaner Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Didn't we once have a poll about Puncheon's return, perhaps someone could dig it up.
alpine_saint Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Surely this is writing-on-the-wall time for SDR ??
hypochondriac Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Seems common sense has prevailed on both sides. Shame it wasn't sorted sooner tbh.
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Good. We wanted a winger, we have a very talented one on our books not being used, we will now be using that winger and he's available immediately. Best way to make amends Punch is to fire us to the Prem (probably the quickest way for you to get back there too).
BARCELONASAINT Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Ok hands up all of you that saw this coming...ummm no one , thought so. Well life is never boring being a Saints fan is it. This could be either a fantastic turn around or we will be no better off than we were Monday night. My two biggest concerns are that we are not able to get who we want in the transfer market for one reason or another and we have a treatment room that resembles an episode of casualty!
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Everyone makes mistakes but this is good news for all concerned. Having him skulking around with the youth team while his value depreciates was a no brainer. He will give us another option and after the performance of the other night quality options are what we need. Still like to see an out and forward piped aboard the boat though.
Give it to Ron Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Surely this is writing-on-the-wall time for SDR ?? Why...he is better than young Ben Reeves at the moment.
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 If he does well the boo boy losers will become less and less.. if he doesn`t the bo boy loses will be come more vocal And Guly will only be 2nd scapegoat
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Surely this is writing-on-the-wall time for SDR ?? Explain why?
alpine_saint Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Why...he is better than young Ben Reeves at the moment. but he couldnt even displace Cork at RM. Seems to me he hasnt convinced NA.
Bensfcno1 Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Good Publicity for NC as well. Got nothing to lose really, given JP a last chance at the club, he he plays as well as he can, then he will help us achieve our goals, if he throws it back in our faces then nothing really lost. COYR!
Appy Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Surely this is writing-on-the-wall time for SDR ?? We needed a winger anyway, but i wonder if it means Lallana's injury is worse than first thought.
lordswoodsaints Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Well that's a bit of a bolt from the blue but he has been man enough to apologise and to put things right so it's only right we give the boy a chance to put those words into action and see what he can do for us.
Big_Bald_Si Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Thank god for this. Nice one Jason, takes a big man to back down and apologise. Even better, hopefully this means I won't have to cringe anymore when seeing Lee Holmes being thrown on as an "impact sub"
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Just had a thought. Does Tony Finnigan represent anyone else we might be trying to sign? Sordell, Sharp, a CB etc? A kind of: you sort out the Puncheon situation and my client will sort out his move to you thing. Nah! Second thoughts - way too conspiratorial...
opthomps Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Good luck to him. No one should boo any saints player. If hes not good enough then he wont get in the team or will be dropped. Welcome back on the pedalo to the prem.
Secret Site Agent Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 This smacks of desperation from the club. Are waving the white flag on transfer activity Nevertheless, it might turn out well if he is hungry and keeps his mouth shut. Could be like a new signing. Wonder if NA was consulted by NC? Sorry Alpine, I have never done this and directed it at anyone before, especially you, but that is ******. Smacks of desperation my arse. I'll tell you what this is, this is a case of a loadmouth prima donna believeing his own press and the crap fed to him by his agent, who wanted more than he was worth, and became stroppy and not a team member, and was kept outside the team. He wanted to go to a premiership club, they didn't want him upsetting their apple cart, wanted to go elsewhare, but realised that: a) we would only sell him b) Nobody wanted to buy him, only loan him, (to allow them to get rid if he was a disruptive influence) So, he could spend the next year doing nothing, being released on a free and going nowhere. So he becomes screaming skull on line, gets pulled up by management, and gets told the facts of life. Realises he's in the preverbial without a paddlre and is given the get out clause, 'Apologies, make amends and you can play again, and here's the oar'. so he takes it on the chin, and is back in the team again. Been there, seen it and done it, both in the Puncheon role, (spend three months making concrete cubes and nothing else) and the Nicola role, ( smarmy little git who cost us £68k by thinking he knows better than his management, what with his Meng and 6 months site experience. Didn't like acting as a chain lad and going through thousands of waste tickets and putting them in a spread sheet on an old windows 98 computer with no internet access). The resultant is that I am no longer a loud mouth speak before engaging brain, and my little humuncoulas has just been put forward, by me, for promotion, and we both WORKED OUR LITTLE SOCKIES OFF. So, in conclusion: I think Jason will work hard as he lost the battle of wills, and probably be a better player for it. Alpine will now probably change the tack of the thread by moaning that I am attacking him personally, when I am veheminatly not and I am disagreeing with him whole heartedly as I am a little anoyed about what we cll in Behavourial Science called 'Mind Reading'. This is based on the fact that with our fight-or-flight response hard wired, when we feel stongly about someone we alway try and 'second guess' based on our own experience. i.e. so beacuse we havne't signed Billy Sharp, Maynard, Jay Rod, it's beacuse - Cortese it too tight, I know because I had a boss like him - Atkins don't know who he wants, beacuse he hasn't said who he wants, because if I was him I'd tell the press - Maynard/Shap/Jay Rod don't want to come here because if I live here and I have been to Leicester and it's a better city - Billy Sharp wont come here because if I was him I wouldn't want to move away from where my son is buried -If I was Maynard I would want 7 million to come here. And the frustration here is that, unlike some teams, Cortese and the board like to do things behind closed doors, out of sight of the press and public until the deal is done, which leads to many a speculation or two with no basis in fact, sold as the god's honest truth. Wow, i've pulled out the big guns here. Over to you
Window Cleaner Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Surely this is writing-on-the-wall time for SDR ?? Well I could see that 941 minutes of playing time out of a possible 2880 might upset more than one amongst the management of SFC,especially when the core players are all up around 2100/2200.Unless he wasn't fully fit for Monday,which leads to a discussion about general fitness levels,the selection of Falque in front of De Ridder tells many a tale.
trousers Posted 25 January, 2012 Author Posted 25 January, 2012 Adam Lallana @adlallana1 Delighted to hear @jasonpunch is back, big boost for the club. for those asking I've only got a knock nothing serious. Hope to be back ASAP
Super_Uwe Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 WTF!!! Right Jase, we are not getting anywhere with the players we want to sign in January so we will do you a deal......... Play to your best for the remainder of the season & we will give you a free in the summer............................... Just my view I don't think you are a million miles from the truth! Am just flabbergasted - most things in football fail to shock but this was plucked right out of leftfield! At the end of the day all parties involved have come to an agreement in the best interests of the football club which is terrific to see. The reality is that JP has got talent, if applied in the right way he could certainly help us get moving in the right direction again.
Chap in the Chapel Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 It's very surprising that Puncheon has been brought back into the fold, but if he can reproduce his form of early 2010 then he'll be welcomed. It's all down to performance - if he's playing well on a regular basis then all will be forgiven as fans never get on the backs of players who are delivering. Woe betide him if he blows this chance though, especially if his attitude lets him down. Mind you, we all thought that last time...
Window Cleaner Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Just had a thought. Does Tony Finnigan represent anyone else we might be trying to sign? Sordell' date=' Sharp, a CB etc? A kind of: you sort out the Puncheon situation and my client will sort out his move to you thing. Nah! Second thoughts - way too conspiratorial...[/quote'] Look it up for yourself, think his outfit is called "The Player's Lounge" or similar.
This Charming Man Posted 25 January, 2012 Posted 25 January, 2012 Adam Lallana @adlallana1 Delighted to hear @jasonpunch is back, big boost for the club. for those asking I've only got a knock nothing serious. Hope to be back ASAP Phew...
trousers Posted 25 January, 2012 Author Posted 25 January, 2012 Just had a thought. Does Tony Finnigan represent anyone else we might be trying to sign? Sordell' date=' Sharp, a CB etc? A kind of: you sort out the Puncheon situation and my client will sort out his move to you thing. Nah! Second thoughts - way too conspiratorial...[/quote'] Take yer pick.... Abdul Razak Abu Tommy Albert Adomah Dan Thompson Dean Sinclair Izale Mcleod Jason Puncheon Kyel Reid Lewis Grabban Marlon King Nigel Reo-Coker Romain Vincelot Ryan Hall Troy Hewitt Umaru Bangura Victor Moses Yannick Bolasie http://www.playersloungeltd.com/players.html
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