jawillwill Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Obviously it's an international tournament, not a club one, but if Saints current team did have to play in it, seeing as we don't really have any European international players at the moment how would we get on? On paper, there's a lot of individuals better than Southampton's players involved, but as a team countries don't play much together so don't often get a chance to gel properly. For that reason, I think we'd be capable of getting to at least the semi's. I think we'd struggle to beat Spain or Holland etc., but I rekon we would give England a run for their money and be quite capable of beating the likes of Poland or Greece for example. Perhaps we should apply to enter the world cup in 2014? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 We would lose every game and probably not score a goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 I assume this is tongue in cheek , but yeah, we'd probably be taken apart in most games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 I think we'd give Greece and Poland a game, that's about it. Maybe England ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 I think we'd give Greece and Poland a game, that's about it. Maybe England ? HAHAHAHA. No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 I think we'd give Greece and Poland a game, that's about it. Maybe England ? F*ck me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the colonel Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 yawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 F*ck me You are forgetting he knows what he's talking about, he's played semi professional football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 You are forgetting he knows what he's talking about, he's played semi professional football. Really? I'd never heard that before. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintmatt Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Our players know each other inside out, the teams at the Euros don't have that luxury. Semi-finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Our players know each other inside out, the teams at the Euros don't have that luxury. Semi-finals. Jesus Christ. You seriously think Saints are as good as the national teams of Germany, Holland and Spain and better than Portugal, Italy and France? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintmatt Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Jesus Christ. You seriously think Saints are as good as the national teams of Germany, Holland and Spain and better than Portugal, Italy and France? Germany and Spain probably just shade us, it'd be too close to call against Holland, and I think we'd batter Portugal, Italy and France. You're forgetting we have Rickie Lambert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Our players know each other inside out, the teams at the Euros don't have that luxury. Semi-finals. My Sunday league side had been playing football together for around 15 years before we hung up our boots a few years ago. How far do you think we'd have got? Maybe the finals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Germany and Spain probably just shade us, it'd be too close to call against Holland, and I think we'd batter Portugal, Italy and France. You're forgetting we have Rickie Lambert. I hope you're just joking.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Germany and Spain probably just shade us, it'd be too close to call against Holland, and I think we'd batter Portugal, Italy and France. You're forgetting we have Rickie Lambert. Yeah you're right, we've got Dan Harding as well, we'd thrash France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintmatt Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Yeah you're right, we've got Dan Harding as well, we'd thrash France. Don't be ridiculous, Danny Fox would start. Ribery wouldn't get a look in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 We might give the likes of Greece a game. We would get thrashed by teams like Germany, Italy, France, Spain, oh it goes on forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miffy Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Wouldn't fancy playing Russia or Czech Rep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Standard of international football is very poor. Its also (usually) boring as hell. In the middle of our season with an international team having 1 week to prepare, we'd probably hold our own against a few teams. Organisation and togetherness makes up for a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 I love the delusion on here, its often quite sweet. Last season we couldn't beat Bristol City home and away. This year, with exactly the same players, we could beat Greece, Poland and apparently give England a game. Top work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 I could see us giving Poland a gamer he three players they have that playgoer the german champions, who are wanted by top clubs in Europe are not a patch on hammond, Harding and chaplow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 8 June, 2012 Author Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Standard of international football is very poor. Its also (usually) boring as hell. In the middle of our season with an international team having 1 week to prepare, we'd probably hold our own against a few teams. Organisation and togetherness makes up for a lot. Our players know each other inside out, the teams at the Euros don't have that luxury. Semi-finals. Exactly. Like I said, on paper as indivuduals we're not quite in the same class, but together, having played with each other for a couple of seasons (the majority of players), we'd be good enough to beat quite a few teams. I love the delusion on here, its often quite sweet. Last season we couldn't beat Bristol City home and away. This year, with exactly the same players, we could beat Greece, Poland and apparently give England a game. Top work. The standard of international football is not as good as Premier League football. To say we're not capable of beating the lesser teams in Euro 2012, is more or less the same as saying we'll finish next season bottom of the table with 0 points. Yes, we lost twice to Bristol City but we've signed Billy Sharp and Tadanari Lee since then. And we were going through a bad spell of form when we lost to them. Also we beat lots of other teams, including the likes of West Ham who have an England international in their side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Can't believe the Dell-sized minds on display. It's like Guy Askham is still in charge. We'd make the semis easily. Prob nick the trophy on pens when Kelvin the irreplacable saves all five Spanish attempts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Would give the micks a run for their money. FACT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 Yes, we lost twice to Bristol City but we've signed Billy Sharp and Tadanari Lee since then. And we were going through a bad spell of form when we lost to them. Also we beat lots of other teams, including the likes of West Ham who have an England international in their side. You're going to have to try much harder than that; far too obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 You're going to have to try much harder than that; far too obvious. It is impressive that you saw through him so easily and the likes of you and Turkish haven't been biting from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 It is impressive that you saw through him so easily and the likes of you and Turkish haven't been biting from the start. Yes, you're so right. I was caught hook, line and sinker. What a catch. I'm so ashamed, I never saw it coming. Damn you Norway, you should have come to my rescue far quicker than this. You are a banter definition genius, I had no idea whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkadill Posted 8 June, 2012 Share Posted 8 June, 2012 "If Saints were to fight the Empire, would they win" , "If Saints were the Japanesee during World war 2 would we have won", " If the Saints were to take on the kurgan, would they win", "If Saints were to fight the Nights who say Niegh, would they win" etc etc.. Silly thread, let's not go to Camalot.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted 9 June, 2012 Share Posted 9 June, 2012 It annoys me when people say saints would have no chance against England. In cup competitions anything can happen. I'd fancy our chances against Ukraine, Poland, Czech republic, Republic of Ireland, Denmark and ENGLAND. If England were in the premiership they would be nowhere near being a top 4 team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Randell Posted 9 June, 2012 Share Posted 9 June, 2012 It annoys me when people say saints would have no chance against England. In cup competitions anything can happen. I'd fancy our chances against Ukraine, Poland, Czech republic, Republic of Ireland, Denmark and ENGLAND. If England were in the premiership they would be nowhere near being a top 4 team. Agreed, of course over a long season competing against international teams we'd finish bottom by a large margin, because we are a far insuperior team to all of them, however in one off games against some of them (the likes of Ukraine, greece) with a full season playing together etc I actually think we'd have a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 9 June, 2012 Share Posted 9 June, 2012 Thinking back to the last World Cup and how we really struggled to beat USA, Algeria and Slovenia, I think we could at least hold our own in the group stages. We probably wouldn't get through to the knockouts, but there are a few teams in the Euro's we could beat on our day. There's a lot to be said for team spirit, confidence and good communication, as opposed to a collection of all-stars bodged together from around Europe. If it was all about good players, Real Madrid would have won the Champions League for the last 10 years running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jam Posted 9 June, 2012 Share Posted 9 June, 2012 Agreed, of course over a long season competing against international teams we'd finish bottom by a large margin, because we are a far insuperior team to all of them, however in one off games against some of them (the likes of Ukraine, greece) with a full season playing together etc I actually think we'd have a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 9 June, 2012 Share Posted 9 June, 2012 couldn't do any worse than Holland though,they've about had it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted 9 June, 2012 Share Posted 9 June, 2012 We would get ripped apart by even the 3 worst teams in the Tournament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 9 June, 2012 Share Posted 9 June, 2012 We would get ripped apart by even the 3 worst teams in the TournamentI suppose England have better players on paper so you would be right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchen_block4 Posted 9 June, 2012 Share Posted 9 June, 2012 Silly question, but I do think playing together regularly could give us quite a bit of an advantage. The media wouldn't give a **** either, so that's another advantage. I think we'd be good enough to qualify from the groups and knockout football is anyone's game, although I'd expect us to be cut up by a team with quality in midfield. We'll get that in the PL though and we'll need to find a way of dealing with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 9 June, 2012 Share Posted 9 June, 2012 I was sort of joking about England not being better than Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 9 June, 2012 Share Posted 9 June, 2012 Silly question, but I do think playing together regularly could give us quite a bit of an advantage. The media wouldn't give a **** either, so that's another advantage. I think we'd be good enough to qualify from the groups and knockout football is anyone's game, although I'd expect us to be cut up by a team with quality in midfield. We'll get that in the PL though and we'll need to find a way of dealing with it. I'm converted. In fact I think we could win it. We'd find a way to deal with it, our squad's lack of talent at highest level wouldn't come in to the equation. Dean Hammond would p*ss all over Xavi. Cronaldo would never get past Fraser Richardson. Jos & Jose would keeo anyone at bay; because they've played together before. Saints; better than Europe's best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintSi Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 what the **** is this this ****? i hope a few on here are taking the ****, we d get dicked every game and be lucky to score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 This had got to be the most pointless thread ever on here! Mods please lock it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 I have to say we would struggle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 we would get (in the words of Mr Pardew) RAPED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 International football is much better than people think - even Greece the other day, arguably the worst team in the competition, were playing some good stuff. Having said that everyone who's said we would beat a few teams is obviously on a wind up, can't believe some people fell for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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