TopGun Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Long analysis on Saints from the perma-tanned one. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30239777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 The new look team that has played together once all season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 The new look team that has played together once all season What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 You just know that things will go tits up once the likes of Savage start bigging us up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 The new look team that has played together once all season What? yeah what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 You just know that things will go tits up once the likes of Savage start bigging us up. Don't worry if we lose on Sunday he will have an article up about how he knew our season would implode and we where never very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy clapper Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Poor Steven Davis! missed the Villa game that Robbie saw on TV and becomes one of the players that was replaced so well! (by Shane Long, who has a fraction of the game time enjoyed by SD this season) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Haha, pretty sure he had us to finish 19th in his pre season predictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 It's time to take us seriously if we are still up there in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Haha, pretty sure he had us to finish 19th in his pre season predictions. He did, he's talked about that several times already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 It's time to take us seriously if we are still up there in January. Just what I've been saying to my sports students. Most support Stoke, Utd or Liverpool and all think Saints can finish top 4. The Saints fan is the pessimistic one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golac's Iron Gonads Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Sadly I don't think we'll ever see an article 'Why it is time to take Robbie Savage seriously'. Unless he's holed up in bunker threatening the lives of Adrian Durham and Andy Townsend, even then I'd be inclined to ignore him and let him get on with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Long analysis on Saints from the perma-tanned one. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30239777 Cheers, I really enjoyed reading that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Like all pundits The Man of Bronze comes out with some ill informed statements but in general I like him. In our case he has been pretty straight in acknowledging he got it wrong and he is far more entertaining than most. I enjoyed the article, but then fans always enjoy positive articles about their club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Is it time to take Robbie Savage seriously? No, it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingdomCome Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Important note about The work ethic at Saints is very important which can only contribute to success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Is it time to take Robbie Savage seriously? No, it isn't. I agree my ursine chum, and I take a LOT of other things seriously Did you see him on MoTD? Proper spouting shíte; Lineker mugged him off with a sarcastic "good point". Whenever I see the f**ker, I imagine there is some stubborn barber somewhere in the East Midlands that refuses to leave the 1980s that has been kept afloat single-handedly by Savage's "demand". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 To be fair to the **** most of what he wrote there is correct, though hardly insightful. Just a shame that by putting up the then and now teams he missed the key man out that meant we struggled on Monday night, i.e. Steven Davis. Being a little bit pedantic it would have been better if he had put Tadic on the left where Lallana was, not necessarily because he plays there all the time (though he does seem to be slightly more effective on the left) but because his other points were about replacing Lallana with Tadic. Unfortunately for the **** he is probably about to back the wrong horse again, just like he did pre-season, bigging us up just as we are going to start to slip up (for the same reason as last season, lack of strength in depth when Messrs Injury and Suspension come calling). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 You just know that things will go tits up once the likes of Savage start bigging us up. Exactly why I won't be reading it. Let's start that sort of talk at the end of January if we are still top 4 then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 That third midfield slot goes to Davis or Cork, not to Long, the sub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faz Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Savage is an idiot when he's wrong, and he's still an idiot when he's right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Haha, pretty sure he had us to finish 19th in his pre season predictions. To be fair, so did a few Saints fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_emu Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Savage wouldn't have even written this. Will just be ghoat written by a BBC trainee from the analysts department and Robbie just puts his name to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingdomCome Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Savage wouldn't have even written this. Will just be ghoat written by a BBC trainee from the analysts department and Robbie just puts his name to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Is it time to take Robbie Savage seriously? No, it isn't. ..is there anyone who takes him seriously?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellman Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 To be fair to the **** most of what he wrote there is correct, though hardly insightful. Just a shame that by putting up the then and now teams he missed the key man out that meant we struggled on Monday night, i.e. Steven Davis. Being a little bit pedantic it would have been better if he had put Tadic on the left where Lallana was, not necessarily because he plays there all the time (though he does seem to be slightly more effective on the left) but because his other points were about replacing Lallana with Tadic. Unfortunately for the **** he is probably about to back the wrong horse again, just like he did pre-season, bigging us up just as we are going to start to slip up (for the same reason as last season, lack of strength in depth when Messrs Injury and Suspension come calling). it's not Messrs injury and suspension that are calling...it's Man City Chelsea and Man U that are calling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 it's not Messrs injury and suspension that are calling...it's Man City Chelsea and Man U that are calling I said when they come calling. Because call they will, just losing SD last week was bad enough (and we are already denied the services of JRod and JWP). Pelle and Morgan 1 booking away from suspension. I don't see any reason to be afraid of Man City or Manure if we have our full team available. Chelsea are a different matter. There are too many similarities with last season for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Savage wouldn't have even written this. Will just be ghoat written by a BBC trainee from the analysts department and Robbie just puts his name to it. It was written by Chris Bevan of BBC Sport. Says so at the end of the article. Still no evidence that Robbie Savage can write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 28 November, 2014 Author Share Posted 28 November, 2014 (edited) It was written by Chris Bevan of BBC Sport. Says so at the end of the article. Still no evidence that Robbie Savage can write. It's clear that is was written by Chris Bevan as Professor states. All that happens is that Robbie Savage tells the journo his thoughts and it is written down for him. Nothing new there at all. Same applies to most football ex-player pundits in print. Notable exception of ex Pompey player and current bankrupt David James who does write his pieces for the Guardian and donates the fee to charity. Edited 28 November, 2014 by TopGun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 I agree my ursine chum, and I take a LOT of other things seriously Did you see him on MoTD? Proper spouting shíte; Lineker mugged him off with a sarcastic "good point". Whenever I see the f**ker, I imagine there is some stubborn barber somewhere in the East Midlands that refuses to leave the 1980s that has been kept afloat single-handedly by Savage's "demand". TBF there's a barber in Sandwich that once a month drops to his knees to give praise that the 'flat top' never (quite) went out of fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Is it time to take Robbie Savage seriously? No, it isn't. This! So far up himself he gags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 It was written by Chris Bevan of BBC Sport. Says so at the end of the article. Still no evidence that Robbie Savage can write. Why do you need "evidence that Robbie Savage can write"? Who cares? It's a analysis piece from Savage written up by a journalist in a format that has been around since just after the invention of ink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThorpG Posted 28 November, 2014 Share Posted 28 November, 2014 Savage is an idiot when he's wrong, and he's still an idiot when he's right. Odd thing - most journalists / pundits take a stance and seem to stick it regardless of facts. Savage has been big enough to admit that he has called it wrong and has written a positive article about us. Maybe not the most insightful article and a clear error regarding the nearly ever present Davis, but from what I can see, it would appear that he is mostly positive about us. Why are we so chippy about this...? The hair and clothes are awful, I do agree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch01 Posted 29 November, 2014 Share Posted 29 November, 2014 It's time to take us seriously if we are still up there in January. Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 29 November, 2014 Share Posted 29 November, 2014 Merson's latest should get people frothing: I watched Southampton last week and I was disappointed. Everybody is telling me how great they are. I hadn’t seen them play before and I watched the Villa game and they didn’t look like a second-placed team to me. I said on Soccer Saturday they will finish seventh or eighth and I’m not going to change my mind from Monday’s performance. I didn’t think their attitude was great and I think they thought they just had to turn up and that wasn’t the case. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12037/9581828/paul-mersons-premier-league-predictions-round-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 29 November, 2014 Share Posted 29 November, 2014 Just seen Merson already mentioned in build up thread. Please forgive me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redslo Posted 29 November, 2014 Share Posted 29 November, 2014 Oliver Kay says good things today in the times. Behind a pay wall alas. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/clubs/southampton/article4282336.ece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 29 November, 2014 Share Posted 29 November, 2014 Oliver Kay says good things today in the times. Behind a pay wall alas. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/clubs/southampton/article4282336.ece Presumably the "come on, destabilise Southampton for us" financial offer from the big clubs wasn't substantial enough. I imagine Oliver Kay will "fall down some stairs" sometime in the next week or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 29 November, 2014 Share Posted 29 November, 2014 Presumably the "come on, destabilise Southampton for us" financial offer from the big clubs wasn't substantial enough. I imagine Oliver Kay will "fall down some stairs" sometime in the next week or so. They have already faded out all but first two paragraphs. Never happens to pay subscription pages about the big clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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