Fitzhugh Fella Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 One of Oriel Romeu's strengths, in my opinion, is his desire to find out about what makes Southampton tick in terms of the club's history and the city's culture. He often posts on Facebook little clips of him walking around the town pointing out interesting landmarks. Here is one he has just posted which as a historian I was well aware of but the fact he has dug out a little footage makes it even more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkboy Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 Thanks for posting. I do like Oriol, he seems like an intelligent, grounded individual. Really hope he shines this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 Seems a decent guy, wonder how many of todays footballers are interested in the history of their club or town/city ? Hope he has a great season, very good player IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammysaint Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 Wonder if lives in Southampton as I know most live in Winchester and Romsey way, nice to see a player take a interest in the city, Barcelona is a great city so I assume he is used to growing up in citys with history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austsaint Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 As others have noted - seems a decent guy with a fair bit of grey matter up top (not hair). More than handy player too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Codger Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 Is there any reason why Southampton chose to wear red and white? And why the diagonal sash was changed to stripes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 Trying to answer the question "What am I doing here?"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 Trying to answer the question "What am I doing here?"? the question should be what are YOU doing here ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 7 August, 2016 Author Share Posted 7 August, 2016 Is there any reason why Southampton chose to wear red and white? And why the diagonal sash was changed to stripes? Yea the original team were made up of several young teachers who had graduated from a teaching training college in London called I think St John's the college's main colour was red and so they continued using that colour when St Mary's formed. After the sash we went into halves and then quarters before settling into stripes around 1895. Worth pointing out that in those days our shorts were navy blue very much like Athletico. Perhaps we should re adopt that colour for our shorts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 One of Oriel Romeu's strengths, in my opinion, is his desire to find out about what makes Southampton tick in terms of the club's history and the city's culture. He often posts on Facebook little clips of him walking around the town pointing out interesting landmarks. Here is one he has just posted which as a historian I was well aware of but the fact he has dug out a little footage makes it even more interesting. Cheers FF. What a thoughtful chap Romeu is. I'd also welcome a return to the navy shorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silly point Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 Nice ... Not only is he interested in the club history ... He is also into taking in the local attractions and understanding their history Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 I remember him posting this on his twitter back in March and his one about the history of Southampton before that. I respect footballers that still value knowledge. He must be one of the more intelligent in our squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano6 Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 I remember him posting this on his twitter back in March and his one about the history of Southampton before that. I respect footballers that still value knowledge. He must be one of the more intelligent in our squad. Puts him miles ahead of most on here, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenue_Saint Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Decent guy. Like him as a player too. Hope he shines this season and is still here the next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 the question should be what are YOU doing here ? Providing wise guys like you with a lead-in line. You should be pleased that you didn't have to think of something original to say in response to the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumstead_Saint Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Respect! Hope he has a fantastic season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Interesting. On Sunday there was some strange chanting going on in the Itchen/Chapel corner. I idly glanced over and initially couldn't see who was doing it... duh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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