Saint86 Posted 15 March, 2012 Share Posted 15 March, 2012 Has anyone watched the Bilbao man it'd match. They are hammering them more than Barcelona did. Insanely good. They remind me of us, or where I want us to be. More pressing. Fluid play. I truly hope that atkins watches this game and shows it to the lads every day. They have utterly dicked utd, mist be more possession. Than the Barcelona. Man utd have barely managed 3 passes. And they are brilliant to watch. They are the only team in red and white that I care to knowledge. And every player is a local for them. Beasts! 20 year olds literally smashing the crap put of utd! And doing it in style! Atkins - watch. Also their fans. The atmosphere... every stand singing and swing scarves... would love to see st mary's like that all the time. I hope this is the saints vision we hear so much about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 15 March, 2012 Author Share Posted 15 March, 2012 Haha, forgive the mobile phone typos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 15 March, 2012 Share Posted 15 March, 2012 Southampton's manager is Nigel Adkins, not Atkins. You did it twice so not a typo. Still amazing how many Saints fans can't spell Adkins, Seaborne and Connolly. Not that it matters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 15 March, 2012 Share Posted 15 March, 2012 I thought we troubled them more in pre-season than Man Utd did! Although they looked pretty nifty in pre-season too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 15 March, 2012 Author Share Posted 15 March, 2012 Haha, predictive text. Will/have now taught it adkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_lambden Posted 15 March, 2012 Share Posted 15 March, 2012 I thought we troubled them more in pre-season than Man Utd did! Although they looked pretty nifty in pre-season too. Not really a marker for comparison though is it? A pre-season tournament game and a Europa League game against Manchester United...! Would love to host them again for this summers tournament. Also, who was the guy who scored the great free-kick against us in the ML Cup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simondo Posted 15 March, 2012 Share Posted 15 March, 2012 haha over excited, over tired, clearly over beered...... mate i'd like a cock like a kipper too, we are a million miles from that standard tbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 15 March, 2012 Share Posted 15 March, 2012 Not really a marker for comparison though is it? A pre-season tournament game and a Europa League game against Manchester United...! Would love to host them again for this summers tournament. Also, who was the guy who scored the great free-kick against us in the ML Cup? I was just saying it in jest tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Stimp Posted 15 March, 2012 Share Posted 15 March, 2012 Southampton's manager is Nigel Adkins, not Atkins. You did it twice so not a typo. Do grow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattio Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Haha, predictive text. Will/have now taught it adkins Tbh who cares how you spell it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetigpung Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Both Caplow and Lallana were excited watching the game last night. Hope they mention it to Atkins and Adkins. Bilbao were on fire last night. Dont often see Utd completely ouplayed like that. United were not up for it? Do you reckan The Ferg would accept that? Nope What got me was the intense atmosphere in the stadium...electric. The Spanish dont usually get that fired up in the grounds , but that place was buzzing. Shall check out Bilbao the next few seasons, if their allowed to keep their players that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Haha, predictive text. Will/have now taught it adkins Capital 'A' ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Tbh who cares how you spell it?I expect Adkins would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 I expect Adkins would Nice to see that you are checking spelling early this morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Nice to see that you are checking spelling early this morning! Well.....there making a terrible mess of this thread. Their are typos everywhere.......incoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Well.....there making a terrible mess of this thread. Their are typos everywhere.......incoming They're Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 they're whhooooosh!! You forget to correct "their" also. Have a leisurely read: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?36503-Is-this-normal-behaviour-by-SFC-for-people-buying-hospitality-packages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Did'nt they win the Ted Bates trophy at the first game at SMS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Red Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Watched Bilbao twice destroy Manure, with a fit, skillful and well organised team. Let's not fall into the media trap and over estimate the English top 5 clubs and their millions wasted on players giving 80% week in week out. There's the model in red and white stripes for Saints to emulate. Ole los Rojos ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 I like their kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Did'nt they win the Ted Bates trophy at the first game at SMS?I thought that was Espanyol - no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Southampton's manager is Nigel Adkins, not Atkins. You did it twice so not a typo. Still amazing how many Saints fans can't spell Adkins, Seaborne and Connolly. Not that it matters... Jus showes wot pour edication weve got in this yuosless ****ry innit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Has anyone watched the Bilbao man it'd match. They are hammering them more than Barcelona did. Insanely good. They remind me of us, or where I want us to be. More pressing. Fluid play. I truly hope that atkins watches this game and shows it to the lads every day. They have utterly dicked utd, mist be more possession. Than the Barcelona. Man utd have barely managed 3 passes. And they are brilliant to watch. They are the only team in red and white that I care to knowledge. And every player is a local for them. Beasts! 20 year olds literally smashing the crap put of utd! And doing it in style! Atkins - watch. Also their fans. The atmosphere... every stand singing and swing scarves... would love to see st mary's like that all the time. I hope this is the saints vision we hear so much about! Do us a favour! Man U third team playing in a competition that SAF has never heard of and doesn't give a **** about. Nobody in England is the least bit interested in winning it - just adds more mayhem to the fixture list. Stll ManC * ManU fulfilled their statutory obligations to the FA and UEFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Ooh a spelling thread! How did I miss this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Do grow up. I believe a competent education (which includes the ability to spell so you don't look like a thicky and might get taken seriously) is a fundamental part of "growing up". Getting the name of the manager right MIGHT just enhance the credibility of the poster. Looks like the pedants are revolting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Getting back to the point, yes Bilbao were excellent and Bielsa's probably my favourite "head coach" at the moment. Chile were great to watch during the World Cup as well. How they're only 7th in La Liga, who knows ? Probably because that level of energy and pressing is REALLY difficult to maintain for 90 minutes. Great kit as well (except the horrible European patch on the back) - let's hope we all get to whinge about that rule in the near future again too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Looks like the pedants are revolting.Oi ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 whhooooosh!! You forget to correct "their" also. Have a leisurely read: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?36503-Is-this-normal-behaviour-by-SFC-for-people-buying-hospitality-packages Double whhooooosh hence winky thing - irony is difficult to type:facepalm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Double whhooooosh hence winky thing - irony is difficult to type:facepalm:Yeah - I believe you, honest! PS: You cannot post an ironic reply to an ironic post - it is against protocol and always backfires (even with the winkie thing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 (edited) Yeah - I believe you, honest! PS: You cannot post an ironic reply to an ironic post - it is against protocol and always backfires (even with the winkie thing) On viewing this, and the other pedantry thread, I'm pretty sure there are a few people with broken irony detectors. Or "whoosh", as we like to say around these parts. Edited 16 March, 2012 by The9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 On viewing this, and the other pedantry thread, I'm pretty there are a few people with broken irony detectors. Or "whoosh", as we like to say around these parts.So I have heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 So I have heard Don't go changing my posts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Bob Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 I like their kit Yeah, and according to the commentator (from the first leg) they got their kit from Sunderland!! I did try to correct, via Twitter, but not heard an apology! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Yeah, and according to the commentator (from the first leg) they got their kit from Sunderland!! I did try to correct, via Twitter, but not heard an apology! Yeah, I'm pretty sure they got it from Umbro. Coincidentally I'm sure (even though Umbro have been big on tradition and finding tenuous reasons for elements of kit design recently), the shirt is identical to Saints with different coloured arms and cuffs - and manufacturer logo, sponsors, and badge, pedants. I actually like ours better, even though I regard us as more red and white than white and red. Their green away kit absolutely rocks though and I was mildly perturbed they didn't wear it at St Mary's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfield Saint Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Yeah, I'm pretty sure they got it from Umbro. Coincidentally I'm sure (even though Umbro have been big on tradition and finding tenuous reasons for elements of kit design recently), the shirt is identical to Saints with different coloured arms and cuffs - and manufacturer logo, sponsors, and badge, pedants. I actually like ours better, even though I regard us as more red and white than white and red. Their green away kit absolutely rocks though and I was mildly perturbed they didn't wear it at St Mary's. We had a spanish student staying with us who was a big atletico fan and who was very aware or the origins of their current colours. I think that perhaps we could foster a "special relationship" with them (and Charlie Miller's Brazil)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 We had a spanish student staying with us who was a big atletico fan and who was very aware or the origins of their current colours. I think that perhaps we could foster a "special relationship" with them (and Charlie Miller's Brazil)?Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 We had a spanish student staying with us who was a big atletico fan and who was very aware or the origins of their current colours. I think that perhaps we could foster a "special relationship" with them (and Charlie Miller's Brazil)? "Athletic". So named for their English heritage. But interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 The Spanish dont usually get that fired up in the grounds , but that place was buzzing. Maybe they were fired up because someone called them Spanish. Doesn't go down well with Basques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Yeah, and according to the commentator (from the first leg) they got their kit from Sunderland!! I did try to correct, via Twitter, but not heard an apology! They probably did. Most of the articles you read on the internet say it was from the Sunderland docks that they took the colours back to Spain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 I like their kit I hate the huge red patch on the back. They should stick to copying our kit, since they play in red and white stripes as a result of buying copies of our kit back in 1909. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 They probably did. Most of the articles you read on the internet say it was from the Sunderland docks that they took the colours back to Spain. Mostly the ones written by Sunderland. It is not disputed that people from Sunderland, as well as from Southampton and Portsmouth were instrumental in the set up of Athletic Club, but it is usually accepted that Juan Elordy took the kit back to Bilbao did travel from Southampton (he had been staying in London, so not very likely to have gone to Sunderland to catch a boat to Bilbao), and purchased 2 sets of kit in Southampton, not Sunderland. The other set of kit was given to Athletico Madrid I believe, who were set up by Basque players living in Madrid (Madrid use blue shorts I think, as Southampton did in those days of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 (edited) I think this thread needs more mentions of them getting their kit from us. Amazingly, the Bilbao Wikipedia page seems to have changed the origin of their shirt in the past 3 days from Saints to Sunderland (again). That Juan Elorduy has a lot to answer for. Athletic's website has nothing about the kit story, just a bunch of stuff about English influences in it's formation : http://www.athletic-club.net/web/main.asp?a=2&b=3&c=0&d=0&idi=2 Edited 16 March, 2012 by The9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfield Saint Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 "Athletic". So named for their English heritage. But interesting. Actually the explanation to me was that Atletico Madrid (his team) took up the red and white after having a strip given to them by SFC and that Athletic Bilbao later adopted the same strip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Bob Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 I think this thread needs more mentions of them getting their kit from us. Amazingly, the Bilbao Wikipedia page seems to have changed the origin of their shirt in the past 3 days from Saints to Sunderland (again). That Juan Elorduy has a lot to answer for. Athletic's website has nothing about the kit story, just a bunch of stuff about English influences in it's formation : http://www.athletic-club.net/web/main.asp?a=2&b=3&c=0&d=0&idi=2 Gosh, and I knew ages before Wikipedia was even a twinkle in Jimmy Wales' (note the position of the apostrophe please The9) nether region that Athletic Bilbao's kit was "sourced" from Southampton's. And no amount of Mackems changing Wikipedia is going to change my mind on that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joneth Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 I went to Bilbao a few years ago. Having a chat to a local, I mentioned I was from Southampton and he told me that they wear red and white stripes because of Southampton. Pretty sure I remember seeing Southampton mentioned in the club shop at the San Mames somewhere too. It makes sense for there to be links between the cities due to the maritime tradition and geographic proximity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Actually the explanation to me was that Atletico Madrid (his team) took up the red and white after having a strip given to them by SFC and that Athletic Bilbao later adopted the same strip I read up a few things on this when we played them in the summer, and I've seen variations on Sunderland/Southampton as the docks where Elorduy was waiting AND variations on whether Athletic Club (Bilbao) or Atletico (Madrid) got it first, and also one article which claimed Atletico Madrid were a junior club offshoot of Athletic Bilbao, which seems somewhat unlikely given the geography and social history of the areas, if not the club names. The only consistencies across the stories are Juan Elorduy wanting Blackburn kits (their previous colours) and failing, so getting some red and white stripes from somewhere instead, and then giving them to at least one of the current La Liga clubs. But definitely not Gijon, as they already had those colours. I'm still hung up on Charles Miller's South American tour and the similarities between the Saints sash kit and Peru's kit, tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 I went to Bilbao a few years ago. Having a chat to a local, I mentioned I was from Southampton and he told me that they wear red and white stripes because of Southampton. Pretty sure I remember seeing Southampton mentioned in the club shop at the San Mames somewhere too. It makes sense for there to be links between the cities due to the maritime tradition and geographic proximity. Yeah, when you look at the geography of it, would Elorduy have gone to London to buy kit then made his way up to Sunderland to get a ship to Bilbao ? Seems a lot less likely than departing from Southampton, which is much nearer London AND more convenient for Bilbao. I'm no expert on 1909 passenger shipping routes or maritime history though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Gosh, and I knew ages before Wikipedia was even a twinkle in Jimmy Wales' (note the position of the apostrophe please The9) nether region that Athletic Bilbao's kit was "sourced" from Southampton's. And no amount of Mackems changing Wikipedia is going to change my mind on that one! Apostrophe noted, and there's another grammatical argument regarding an "s" after " s' " right there. I don't, and regard it as a debate about style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Bob Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 Apostrophe noted, and there's another grammatical argument regarding an "s" after " s' " right there. I don't, and regard it as a debate about style. It's wrong if you have "s'" you don't have "s's" (at least that's what I think you're saying). BTW, this article in Spanish from Jan 2010!! http://www.canalathletic.com/noticias/2010-01-06/colores-siglo-20100106.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 March, 2012 Share Posted 16 March, 2012 It's wrong if you have "s'" you don't have "s's" (at least that's what I think you're saying). BTW, this article in Spanish from Jan 2010!! http://www.canalathletic.com/noticias/2010-01-06/colores-siglo-20100106.html What I'm saying is it doesn't bother me if it's Wales' or Wales's, it's a matter of style. I prefer the former for brevity and convenience. Saw that article earlier, it's one of many conflicting sources. I've even ticked "Spanish" on my Google preferences and searched on Juan Eldoruy in case something unequivocal popped up - but as Athletic Club aren't confirming it, we're stuck with the conflicting reports until someone finds out for certain - and even then (like with the Herbert Chapman WM formation stuff and the myth that Man U changed kits in the 6-3 defeat) when someone disproves it the media just carries on reporting what they decided is the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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