Saint-Armstrong Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/11799144.Southampton_could_be_set_for_a_major_pre_season_tour/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpedro Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 now is as good a time as any to push the global brand. Makes business sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 When do the qualifying rounds of the CL and EL start? Qualification for either of those will obviously restrict the time available for a long distance pre-season programme... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redslo Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 When do the qualifying rounds of the CL and EL start? Qualification for either of those will obviously restrict the time available for a long distance pre-season programme... The earliest Southampton might have to play a Champions League playoff game is August 18, 2015,--after the season starts. The earliest we might have to play a Europa League third round qualifying game is July 30, 2015. I have relied upon Wikipedia for this. This assumes that we do not qualify through the fair play table which I believe is virtually a certainty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Europa_League#Third_qualifying_round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 When do the qualifying rounds of the CL and EL start? Qualification for either of those will obviously restrict the time available for a long distance pre-season programme... I thin its quite a short pre-season this year, with next season starting quite early August and there being a round of international games in early June. I had a feeling we'd look at America or Canada, seems to be the place to go for pre-season these days and Krueger must have some contacts in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K,Billy's supersound Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 When do the qualifying rounds of the CL and EL start? Qualification for either of those will obviously restrict the time available for a long distance pre-season programme... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 I'd love for one to be outside of Europe! Last seasons was boring ngl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 I'd love for one to be outside of Europe! Last seasons was boring ngl. Irony being, if we qualify for Europe, nothing pre-season wise will seem overly interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 Irony being, if we qualify for Europe, nothing pre-season wise will seem overly interesting. you know what I mean lol, there's a difference between a competitive CL/EL game played midweek in the football season against a decent team vs what we had last summer: we basically played third/fourth tier dutch/belgian opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia Saint Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 A pre-season friendly with the Portland Timbers is in our future, I can see it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 A pre-season friendly with the Portland Timbers is in our future, I can see it now. I hope so, I've been following their progress in the MLS ever since I met a guy from Portland, who in turn is now a supporter of Southampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchen_dan Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 Need a pre-season friendly with Chicago Fire purely for a Guly reunion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 Need a pre-season friendly with Chicago Fire purely for a Guly reunion. As long as we don't play Galaxy. The last thing we need is Gerrard tapping up our players again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 Need a pre-season friendly with Chicago Fire purely for a Guly reunion. Would be cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 I hope so, I've been following their progress in the MLS ever since I met a guy from Portland, who in turn is now a supporter of Southampton Typical Dorset daytripper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 A pre-season friendly with the Portland Timbers is in our future, I can see it now. I'd go for that - I have a team over there that I have to go and visit occasionally, cracking city too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 17 February, 2015 Share Posted 17 February, 2015 I hope so, I've been following their progress in the MLS ever since I met a guy from Portland, who in turn is now a supporter of Southampton Oregon, Maine or Dorset? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyFC Posted 18 February, 2015 Share Posted 18 February, 2015 Come to Sydney farkeen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redslo Posted 18 February, 2015 Share Posted 18 February, 2015 As long as we don't play Galaxy. The last thing we need is Gerrard tapping up our players again. Except that Galaxy or Earthquakes are the only ones I can get to so it is not the last thing I want to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeySFC Posted 18 February, 2015 Share Posted 18 February, 2015 I hope so, I've been following their progress in the MLS ever since I met a guy from Portland, who in turn is now a supporter of Southampton How anyone can watch that Pub League I'll never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 18 February, 2015 Share Posted 18 February, 2015 Come and play the Ottawa Fury! Failing that Montreal impact or TFC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 18 February, 2015 Author Share Posted 18 February, 2015 How anyone can watch that Pub League I'll never know. Because it's quite entertaining and is growing rapidly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA SaintsFan Posted 18 February, 2015 Share Posted 18 February, 2015 Please be Earthquakes. Hour and a half drive from where I live. And plus my friend is a huge Quakes fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia Saint Posted 18 February, 2015 Share Posted 18 February, 2015 How anyone can watch that Pub League I'll never know. Live games are great. If it's your local team, you'll go and watch it. Just like the rest of the league pyramid below the prem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbury Posted 18 February, 2015 Share Posted 18 February, 2015 Come to Sydney farkeen. I suspect there are more 'Soccer' fans in Oz, per capita than any other ex-colonial place. Obviously, Brisbane would be the preferred choice. I would deffo go to Melbourne or Sydney if Saints played there. In fact Liverpool rep team is coming to Bris and I don't give a hsit. Bring the Saints! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 18 February, 2015 Share Posted 18 February, 2015 http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/11799144.Southampton_could_be_set_for_a_major_pre_season_tour/ .....just another part of marketing " the product "....(ala Ralph). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reib80 Posted 18 February, 2015 Share Posted 18 February, 2015 Would love it if they came to play Houston Dynamo! Owen Coyle is here now so he might be very interested in trying to play Saints too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andoru Posted 18 February, 2015 Share Posted 18 February, 2015 I'd be tempted to pop across to Japan if they go there. I'm always looking for an excuse to visit the place, and that sounds perfect. Better still would be for Saints to play a game in Shanghai on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andoru Posted 18 February, 2015 Share Posted 18 February, 2015 How anyone can watch that Pub League I'll never know. Did you watch League One when Saints were in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 18 February, 2015 Share Posted 18 February, 2015 The earliest Southampton might have to play a Champions League playoff game is August 18, 2015,--after the season starts. The earliest we might have to play a Europa League third round qualifying game is July 30, 2015. I have relied upon Wikipedia for this. This assumes that we do not qualify through the fair play table which I believe is virtually a certainty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Europa_League#Third_qualifying_round Dates confirmed as above on UEFA's website: http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2197303.html It'll also come in handy for planning the group stage matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 19 February, 2015 Share Posted 19 February, 2015 Ralph's already.... " misquoted quote " suggested that Saints were a bigger club than Man U ......in some parts of the USA. This was referring to fan support, and not finances or club history. ....closer reference to the context of his statement suggests that now NBC have TV rights in the U.S........ far more people can watch more Prem. games, whereas the prev. " supplier " FOX Sports restricted viewing to those games that featured " the traditional big six " clubs. Now, a whole new generation in U.S. has become EPL fans and are "choosing teams" for the first time, and many of them (not surprisingly) are choosing Saints ahead of those " traditional " clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redslo Posted 19 February, 2015 Share Posted 19 February, 2015 Ralph's already.... " misquoted quote " suggested that Saints were a bigger club than Man U ......in some parts of the USA. This was referring to fan support, and not finances or club history. ....closer reference to the context of his statement suggests that now NBC have TV rights in the U.S........ far more people can watch more Prem. games, whereas the prev. " supplier " FOX Sports restricted viewing to those games that featured " the traditional big six " clubs. Now, a whole new generation in U.S. has become EPL fans and are "choosing teams" for the first time, and many of them (not surprisingly) are choosing Saints ahead of those " traditional " clubs. Fox put nearly all the games on Fox Soccer and Fox Soccer plus--although a few games were on the Fox network itself which was available with all basic cable packages. You had had to pay extra to get Fox Soccer from most cable TV providers (and less than half of the homes in America got it) and even more extra to get Fox Soccer Plus (which some providers don't carry at any price--including mine). They also had an app (Fox Soccer 2 Go) for the rest of the games but that cost $20/month. One game a week was on ESPN which was easy to get. NBC puts most games on NBC Sports Network which is currently available to nearly 70% of US homes--I assume that even more could get it but choose not to. Virtually every weekend has one game available on NBC itself (the Saturday 5:30 game). They also have an app but it is free if your have a subscription to a cable TV company that carries NBC Sports Network. Also, NBC has done a better job of promoting the Premier League and the in studio experts are better or, at least, more pleasant to listen to. One way or another I was able to watch all of Southampton's Premier League games. (I have only missed one full game and two half games so far for reasons unrelated to their availability--although I missed most of the second half of this year's Sunderland game due to a bug in the app.) However, it is $200 cheaper with NBC than it was with Fox and I can see every Southampton game live if wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rut Posted 19 February, 2015 Share Posted 19 February, 2015 One way or another I was able to watch all of Southampton's Premier League games. (I have only missed one full game and two half games so far for reasons unrelated to their availability--although I missed most of the second half of this year's Sunderland game due to a bug in the app.) However, it is $200 cheaper with NBC than it was with Fox and I can see every Southampton game live if wish. Hang on a min here. Take a step back. We are talking the 8-0? How many goals did you miss? Chicago Fire v Saints Indy Eleven v Saints Columbus Crew v Saints I think these should be the 3 games of the USA tour. Chicago definitely. How does it all work though - the MLS season runs from March to October. So are we looking at MLS teams who are on a bye week? There ain't that many byes during the English close-season (see schedule below). Sweden and Austria it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbyboy Posted 19 February, 2015 Share Posted 19 February, 2015 Coming over from the US for most of July. Just my luck if Saints end up playing over here during that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 19 February, 2015 Share Posted 19 February, 2015 Doesn't necessarily have to be a local team. There are several friendly tournaments around the world set up by the Premier League or various sponsors. We'll probably end up playing Stoke City in Beijing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redslo Posted 19 February, 2015 Share Posted 19 February, 2015 Hang on a min here. Take a step back. We are talking the 8-0? How many goals did you miss? Chicago Fire v Saints Indy Eleven v Saints Columbus Crew v Saints I think these should be the 3 games of the USA tour. Chicago definitely. How does it all work though - the MLS season runs from March to October. So are we looking at MLS teams who are on a bye week? There ain't that many byes during the English close-season (see schedule below). Sweden and Austria it is... I missed five goals in the Sunderland game. Despite the lack of byes, MLS teams find the chance to play European teams. Also, we don't have to play MLS teams. We could schedule games with European clubs in the USA or Japan. A game with Everton, for example, would attract a crowd because of Tim Howard. Swansea would also make an attractive opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeySFC Posted 20 February, 2015 Share Posted 20 February, 2015 Did you watch League One when Saints were in it? Had a season ticket , League One is a better standard of Football than the MLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redslo Posted 20 February, 2015 Share Posted 20 February, 2015 Had a season ticket , League One is a better standard of Football than the MLS. That is probably not true although I would agree that the Championship is better on average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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