Yoshida signs a new 3-year deal

[Pamplemousse]

According to the club twitter

 

https://southamptonfc.com/news/2017-08-24/maya-yoshida-new-southampton-three-year-contract-announcement

[Wimborne_saint]

- Well deserved!

[tisspahars]

As it says....

[Saint Albert]

News so good it requires three threads. I'm very happy for him.

[CB Fry]

That'll keep the big club predators at bay for another window.

[beatlesaint]

Yes cant say he doesn't deserve it, has improved a hell of a lot.

[CB Fry]

Brilliant news!

[S-Clarke]

I must admit, I was starting to wonder where his new contract was. Good news, I think everyone loves Maya. Didn't realise he's made 150 odd app's for us!

 

Watch the Liverpool fans clutch onto this as a reason they're getting VVD..

[CB Fry]

Terrible news.

[Batman]

I must admit, I was starting to wonder where his new contract was. Good news, I think everyone loves Maya. Didn't realise he's made 150 odd app's for us!

Watch the Liverpool fans clutch onto this as a reason they're getting VVD..

 

im starting to this, they might be on to something

[Stevie61163]

Well deserved congrats Maya

[Ohio Saint]

1 Thread for each year!

[Chris27687]

Terrible news.

 

You are a ****ing idiot.

 

Good news.

[davefizzy14]

Well deserved Maya!

[Fatboy40]

Thank f**k for that, totally deserved, and becoming one of my guilty secret favourite Saints players ("it's 'right' not 'light' )

[DT]

Good news. He deserves it.

[shurlock]

Well-deserved. Genuinely adds depth and quality to the squad.

Edited 24 August, 2017 by shurlock

[Suhari]

Good news!

 

Really pleased with this.

[lloydie]

You are a ****ing idiot.

 

Good news.

 

I think you missed the other two posts he made, on the other two threads... before this was all merged into one...

[Colinjb]

Fully deserved. A model pro who has never shirked his responsibilities.

[saintadam]

Great professional, loves the club and has turned out to be a solid CB. Good news! But can't help thinking this means one of our CBs (VVD) is on his way now...

[Bad Wolf]

Good news. We're not going to get a better player who's happy to be a squad player. Very professional. Is he world class? No. Does he give every game his all and genuinely love the club? Yes. Comes across one of the nicest guys in the PL too.. As I said, a club like ours aren't going to attract a better player who's happy to be third or fourth choice. We're very lucky to have him.

[Hatch]

Good news.

 

I really like him, as a player, and as the person he comes across as.

[saintadam]

Good news. We're not going to get a better player who's happy to be a squad player. Very professional. Is he world class? No. Does he give every game his all and genuinely love the club? Yes. Comes across one of the nicest guys in the PL too.. As I said, a club like ours aren't going to attract a better player who's happy to be third or fourth choice. We're very lucky to have him.

 

I don't think he accepts being a squad player any longer. My guess is that the contract renewal been taking some time because he wanted assurances of first team football this season.

VVD out and Hoedt and Yoshida is first choice from now is my bet.

[Donatello]

Needed doing.

[darren2]

Great News

[niceandfriendly]

Maya Yoshida baby

Maya Yoshida woooaaahhh

 

Good lad, we need him.

[HKsaint]

Can he be converted to DM alongside with Romeu or Lemina? Though not full back for me.

[Lighthouse]

This are good newts!

[ALWAYS_SFC]

im starting to this, they might be on to something

 

Although you posted in desperation to get it on here asap and made a few silly errors in doing so, i get what you

mean and am not surprised that you see it that way...

[shurlock]

Where's sadoldgit when you need him. Isn't he a big fan of yoshida? He's usually so quick to pounce and pompously rub it in when someone's opinion is shown up as complete ****.

[ALWAYS_SFC]

Where's sadoldgit when you need him. Isn't he a big fan of yoshida? He's usually so quick to pounce and pompously rub it in when someone's opinion is shown up as complete ****.

 

I think you are describing yourself there...

[ALWAYS_SFC]

Well deserved extension for a underrated player...

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

Good. Dedicated pro & well deserving of a new deal. Unlike others, will probably see it out too, without a fuss...

[Toomer]

Terrible news.

 

Thank feck you are not running the club.

[East Kent Saint]

AT LAST someone who deserves a contract extension , not a bargaining chip but a genuine reward for service .

[Forester]

An absolute example to other professionals. We are lucky to have him and he is finally appreciated by most fans getting a few songs these days!

[John Boy Saint]

Can he be converted to DM alongside with Romeu or Lemina? Though not full back for me.

Sod DM stick him straight up the front, won the winning penalty on Saturday, and against Swansea he probably posed the biggest threat of scoring, scissor kick, header and free kick, if some idiot hadn't wrongly put the goals 6 inches to the left he would have bagged a hatrick.

 

Great news to get him nailed down, been a fan for many of the years he has been with us.

[SuperSAINT]

Good news!

 

(Wish the news followed a win, but never mind!)

 

Very good signing for £1.3m.

[Chocolate Box]

Thoroughly deserved.

Only player yesterday who showed any passion and effort.

Much improved over the last 9 months with enforced run in the team.

[vectraman]

Well deserved extension for a underrated player...

 

Completely agree. Really glad we've got him for another 3 years - a great model pro.

[doddisalegend]

Happy with this. I know he has his detractors but I think he is a decent player and a good addition to the squad.

[Lord Duckhunter]

Now he's cut out the ridiculous backpasses & errors he's been a decent player. Seems like a model pro & a gentleman.

 

 

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[musesaint]

Never in doubt haha

[CB Fry]

Thank feck you are not running the club.

And thank feck you aren't if you can't spot two posts from the same contributor within a post of each other.

 

For the "fecking" record, I think this is good news all round. See my post saying "Brilliant news".

[austsaint]

An absolute example to other professionals. We are lucky to have him and he is finally appreciated by most fans getting a few songs these days!

 

He really is a great pro. I love his commitment and he really knows how to time a tackle. We see quite a lot of the Japan national team out here and he plays the same way in a very talented line up.

[Micky]

Excellent news, very pleased for him. A player that has come on leaps and bounds over the last couple of seasons. Not only is he a good defender but thought it telling that he was the furthest forward player in the last minute against West Ham winning the penalty.

 

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[SNSUN]

Good news, he's been a model pro since he has arrived, and has improved for having a run of games in the side. As a "3rd" centre back he's as good as we can hope for, and I wouldn't be averse to seeing him as first choice alongside Hoedt, if that's how the VVD situation ends up. In a team full of young players he's a good older head to have around.

[Dark Munster]

Good news, he's been a model pro since he has arrived, and has improved for having a run of games in the side. As a "3rd" centre back he's as good as we can hope for, and I wouldn't be averse to seeing him as first choice alongside Hoedt, if that's how the VVD situation ends up. In a team full of young players he's a good older head to have around.

Agreed on all points.

[Foxstone]

His attitude and professionalism has always been exemplary, and he is a decent centre back who always gives his best for the shirt.

 

Very happy he has been rewarded by the club in this manner.