Miltonaggro Posted 11 July, 2013 Share Posted 11 July, 2013 Having followed the last few weeks of VW transfer gossip it seems that Saints have finally shaken off the perpetual media moniker 'Struggling Southampton' (which has been used since the early 90s), to be replaced by 'Ambitious Southampton' - long may this continue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 11 July, 2013 Share Posted 11 July, 2013 Back to back live coverage of three games before Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 11 July, 2013 Share Posted 11 July, 2013 Having followed the last few weeks of VW transfer gossip it seems that Saints have finally shaken off the perpetual media moniker 'Struggling Southampton' (which has been used since the early 90s), to be replaced by 'Ambitious Southampton' - long may this continue! I don't think we have had the perpetual moniker of 'Struggling Southampton' to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 11 July, 2013 Share Posted 11 July, 2013 Could quickly revert back after the first few games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 11 July, 2013 Share Posted 11 July, 2013 With shifting perceptions you also get shifting expectations. It'll be very interesting to see how the team and club react to an increased level of expectation next season. There have been times last season when the moment we had a little cushion above the bottom three we simply stopped playing with the intensity and quality needed to get results against 'lesser' opposition. That simply won't do this season and so it will be interesting to see how Pochettino can keep the players 'at it'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so22saint Posted 11 July, 2013 Share Posted 11 July, 2013 I don't think we have had the perpetual moniker of 'Struggling Southampton' to be honest. Really? We did in the 90s. Or the hilarious nickname Southampton Nil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianSaint Posted 11 July, 2013 Share Posted 11 July, 2013 Only time i ever saw that nickname disappear was around 2002 to 2003, thats all we were ever called Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 12 July, 2013 Author Share Posted 12 July, 2013 I don't think we have had the perpetual moniker of 'Struggling Southampton' to be honest. Try typing it into Google - the first four pages are mostly from the past three years. Since the window opened there is a lot of use of Ambitious Southampton by the national media, mostly positive but some obviously tongue in cheek... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 12 July, 2013 Share Posted 12 July, 2013 I think its really too soon to judge. All of the EPL teams are flush with cash at the moment. Swansea just spent £12m as well. All of the big guns are still to do much in the way of serious business. While I think we will certainly push on, from the outside looking in, most of the clubs are going to be spending big and many will have to do that just to stand still. A better time to call it will be the end of August Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 12 July, 2013 Share Posted 12 July, 2013 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 12 July, 2013 Share Posted 12 July, 2013 I'd be quite happy if the media began to call us "plucky" Southampton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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