trousers Posted 21 August, 2020 Share Posted 21 August, 2020 3 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: Sorry to go all MLG on you, but McCarthy and Højbjerg 😉 aren't either. Tart (No offence) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintsFan86 Posted 21 August, 2020 Share Posted 21 August, 2020 (edited) Couldn't see Salisu, Djenepo or Redmond. I definately Saw, Vestergaard, Bednarek and Stephens. So it's safe to same the CBs aren't exactly a issue, Unless Salisu has gotten himself Covid. Edited 21 August, 2020 by SaintsFan86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_SFC Posted 21 August, 2020 Share Posted 21 August, 2020 I'd guess that Redmond is the one with Covid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Bates Statue Posted 21 August, 2020 Share Posted 21 August, 2020 1 hour ago, SaintsFan86 said: Couldn't see Salisu, Djenepo or Redmond. I definately Saw, Vestergaard, Bednarek and Stephens. So it's safe to same the CBs aren't exactly a issue, Unless Salisu has gotten himself Covid. Obafemi not there either? Salisu could just be crocked as opposed to infected with Covid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted 21 August, 2020 Share Posted 21 August, 2020 Salisu has a muscle injury the last four games of the season according to Transfermarkt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 21 August, 2020 Share Posted 21 August, 2020 Could do worse than loan a player to Wycombe. Incredible to think they are in championship now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 22 August, 2020 Share Posted 22 August, 2020 Djenepo injury a concern. Haven't heard anything on severity which is usually not a good sign. Salisu I think did have an injury end of last season but would have thought it should have cleared up by now and there was no mention when we signed him. Presuming hr has pretty much been in a hotel room the whole time he has been in Soton. Interestingly perhaps, he doesn't follow/isn't followed by any of the squad on social media which potentially suggests he hasn't met any of them yet, and Saints media team are usually keen to show a new signing at the training ground. Also still nothing on the lad from Las Palmas, Jeremi Rodriguez, whonwas supposedly signed for u23s. I did wonder if maybe he played yesterday and they didnt want to name a lineup with a player we haven't announced has signed. Updates have been shocking really compared to other clubs. Most have announced friendlies, nothing from Saints. No retained list, a few players like Harry Lewis must have signed extensions that haven't been communicated. No player interviews about pre season etc. Not a big deal but certainly bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesfp1 Posted 23 August, 2020 Share Posted 23 August, 2020 Are the first team not having any pre season matches? Can't see anything about plans on the OS or twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 23 August, 2020 Share Posted 23 August, 2020 3 minutes ago, jamesfp1 said: Are the first team not having any pre season matches? Can't see anything about plans on the OS or twitter. They probably will, no point in telling fans though as we wouldn't be able to attend. Probably lots of behind closed doors/non advertised friendlies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted 23 August, 2020 Share Posted 23 August, 2020 6 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: They probably will, no point in telling fans though as we wouldn't be able to attend. Probably lots of behind closed doors/non advertised friendlies. Theres always their YouTube Channel. You would hope theres some fan engagement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 23 August, 2020 Share Posted 23 August, 2020 Just now, Nolan said: Theres always their YouTube Channel. You would hope theres some fan engagement. Yeah possibly, I guess there's no need for any advance notice anyway. We may have one 'proper' friendly I guess, but it's quite a condensed pre-season so everything will be a tad different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 24 August, 2020 Share Posted 24 August, 2020 9 hours ago, jamesfp1 said: Are the first team not having any pre season matches? Can't see anything about plans on the OS or twitter. Who knows whats going on, info coming out the club a bit light at the moment. Noted Liverpool & Spurs have had games already, whens our first one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 24 August, 2020 Share Posted 24 August, 2020 1 hour ago, skintsaint said: Who knows whats going on, info coming out the club a bit light at the moment. Noted Liverpool & Spurs have had games already, whens our first one? Maybe we are doing the same preparation we had at the end of lockdown. The players were pretty sharp then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 24 August, 2020 Share Posted 24 August, 2020 2 hours ago, Pilchards said: Maybe we are doing the same preparation we had at the end of lockdown. The players were pretty sharp then. Didn't we lose to Bristol City in prep for the return? Certainly didn't do us any harm but if a similar repeat of that occurs this time no doubt a few will go into meltdown mode. No problem with keeping preparation mostly under wraps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyell Posted 24 August, 2020 Share Posted 24 August, 2020 On 22/08/2020 at 06:26, Dusic said: Salisu I think did have an injury end of last season but would have thought it should have cleared up by now and there was no mention when we signed him. Presuming hr has pretty much been in a hotel room the whole time he has been in Soton. Interestingly perhaps, he doesn't follow/isn't followed by any of the squad on social media which potentially suggests he hasn't met any of them yet, and Saints media team are usually keen to show a new signing at the training ground. Is he even in the country? There were reports before we signed Salisu that the foreign clubs also on his trail had discounted England as a potential destination as he wouldn't get a work permit (Ghanaian, uncapped, modest transfer fee). Yet when the transfer to Saints was all set, it was reported that we believed the work permit would be a mere "formality". Perhaps we've misunderstood the qualifying criteria and are in the process of organising an appeal and/or making plans to loan out a player who can't play for us for the foreseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 24 August, 2020 Share Posted 24 August, 2020 21 minutes ago, qwertyell said: Perhaps we've misunderstood the qualifying criteria and are in the process of organising an appeal and/or making plans to loan out a player who can't play for us for the foreseeable future. Its Saints....and transfers. Wouldn't surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 24 August, 2020 Share Posted 24 August, 2020 (edited) This is what was said when Salisu was announced on Wednesday 12th August: So, the club we're happy that all the formalities had concluded and Salisu was anticipating coming out of quarantine and start training with the squad "next week" (i.e. last week). Edited 24 August, 2020 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 24 August, 2020 Share Posted 24 August, 2020 (edited) duplicate Edited 24 August, 2020 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 24 August, 2020 Share Posted 24 August, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, alehouseboys said: Didn't we lose to Bristol City in prep for the return? Certainly didn't do us any harm but if a similar repeat of that occurs this time no doubt a few will go into meltdown mode. Saints won the game vs Bristol City Edited 24 August, 2020 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 24 August, 2020 Share Posted 24 August, 2020 On 22/08/2020 at 04:25, Ted Bates Statue said: Obafemi not there either? Also out the EIRE squad as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS1980 Posted 24 August, 2020 Share Posted 24 August, 2020 8 hours ago, skintsaint said: Also out the EIRE squad as well.. There was a photo on twitter today from someone saying their brother meet him in Southampton today - so if that was today it’s not him as he’s not isolating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 25 August, 2020 Share Posted 25 August, 2020 Most PL teams seem to have now played at least one friendly and some more. Wonder when our first one will be? I'm not buying Sheldon's COVID excuse for the lack of pics, interviews and video - all the other teams social media channels have it. There are loads of players yet to be sighted in the limited pics released. We started really well post lockdown, so have total faith in the planning of a pre season, but it is odd, especially at a time they are trying to get people excited enough about the season to review a ST. Surely if Salisu is just training on his own it doesn't take much to just arrange him to have one photo taken. FWIW he still doesn't follow any of his new team mates on social media and isnt followed by anyone apart from the official account, which is unusual unless he hasnt met any of the players yet, two weeks into pre season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 25 August, 2020 Share Posted 25 August, 2020 (edited) Training pics: https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2020-08-25/training-gallery-southampton-pre-season-premier-league-2020-21 I see a Forster, Obafemi, Alex-J, Djenepo Edited 25 August, 2020 by SuperSAINT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 25 August, 2020 Share Posted 25 August, 2020 Obafemi, Djenepo, Gunn & Forster all seen for the first time. Looks like it is Redmond self isolating then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 25 August, 2020 Share Posted 25 August, 2020 Fraser looks notably greyer since living in Scotland... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 25 August, 2020 Share Posted 25 August, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Dusic said: Surely if Salisu is just training on his own it doesn't take much to just arrange him to have one photo taken. FWIW he still doesn't follow any of his new team mates on social media and isnt followed by anyone apart from the official account, which is unusual unless he hasnt met any of the players yet, two weeks into pre season. The conspiracy theorist in me is certainly thinking that something isn't quite right with the Salisu situation. Given it seems (by deduction) that it's Redmond who is the "Southampton player with Covid", it's pointing towards Salisu being more unfit / injured than originally anticipated or something has gone awry with his paperwork. (either of those would fit @LeG's "typical Saints" remark....). Of course, I'm sure there's a less conspiratorial reason that we're not aware of..... Edited 25 August, 2020 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 26 August, 2020 Share Posted 26 August, 2020 Will Fraser Forster manage to put a bib on and beat the countdown clock...? Click the video and find out! 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWar Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 We have a friendly against Swansea this saturday apparently (https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/swansea-city-duo-poised-return-18829249), going to be one with two 60 minute games like the lockdown Friendlies. Gotta expect Salisu to get some minutes or something is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 Why do we think the club are so secretive about pre-season? Pretty much every other club has had friendlies and posted teams / highlights etc on social media, and we've seen about 10 photos...don't get it. Clearly not to do with Redmond, as everyone has worked that one out anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 2 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said: Why do we think the club are so secretive about pre-season? Pretty much every other club has had friendlies and posted teams / highlights etc on social media, and we've seen about 10 photos...don't get it. Clearly not to do with Redmond, as everyone has worked that one out anyway... We're pretty secretive over everything to be honest, have been for years and years. It's just how we operate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 2 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: We're pretty secretive over everything to be honest, have been for years and years. It's just how we operate. We've been less secretive over the last few years, I get your point under the Cortese era... Compare it to last year, and we plastering day by day accounts of pre season, games etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 3 hours ago, S-Clarke said: We're pretty secretive over everything to be honest, have been for years and years. It's just how we operate. Disagree in regards pre-season. We usually get wall-to-wall coverage on that side of things. Appreciate we're living under the shadow of the pandemic which will curtail the PR machine to a certain degree but I think the lack of coverage this year is vastly disproportionate to previous years. (just a perception so could be wide of the mark I guess) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 5 minutes ago, trousers said: Disagree in regards pre-season. We usually get wall-to-wall coverage on that side of things. Appreciate we're living under the shadow of the pandemic which will curtail the PR machine to a certain degree but I think the lack of coverage this year is vastly disproportionate to previous years. (just a perception so could be wide of the mark I guess) I don’t know off-hand, but doesn’t seem unusual for us to only hear about certain friendlies via the opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 (edited) So, Redmond was just quarantining and it's Salisu that has Corona virus...? (2+2 = ?) Edited 27 August, 2020 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 1 hour ago, trousers said: So, Redmond was just quarantining and it's Salisu that has Corona virus...? (2+2 = ?) Who knows? We have seen all the first team aside from Salisu, so clearly something not right with him. Good that everyone else seems fit at this stage though, lets hope it is that way in two weeks time. I doubt Salisu was being lined up to start the first game, but certainly not ideal if he cannot play a part in pre season - presumably one of the reasons we signed him early on was to be able to integrate him well. Shame not to hear anything from the club, even if via Blackmore etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 1 hour ago, trousers said: So, Redmond was just quarantining and it's Salisu that has Corona virus...? (2+2 = ?) Who knows? We have seen all the first team aside from Salisu, so clearly something not right with him. Good that everyone else seems fit at this stage though, lets hope it is that way in two weeks time. I doubt Salisu was being lined up to start the first game, but certainly not ideal if he cannot play a part in pre season - presumably one of the reasons we signed him early on was to be able to integrate him well. Shame not to hear anything from the club, even if via Blackmore etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 27 August, 2020 Share Posted 27 August, 2020 1 hour ago, trousers said: So, Redmond was just quarantining and it's Salisu that has Corona virus...? (2+2 = ?) Who knows? We have seen all the first team aside from Salisu, so clearly something not right with him. Good that everyone else seems fit at this stage though, lets hope it is that way in two weeks time. I doubt Salisu was being lined up to start the first game, but certainly not ideal if he cannot play a part in pre season - presumably one of the reasons we signed him early on was to be able to integrate him well. Shame not to hear anything from the club, even if via Blackmore etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 August, 2020 Share Posted 29 August, 2020 And the chances of today being streamed are..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 29 August, 2020 Share Posted 29 August, 2020 7 minutes ago, Master Bates said: And the chances of today being streamed are..... Looking slim as they don't seem to want to acknowledge the Swansea game is happening. Hopefully they do something closer to kickoff and are trying to avoid idiots turning up to the stadium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 August, 2020 Share Posted 29 August, 2020 2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: Looking slim as they don't seem to want to acknowledge the Swansea game is happening. Hopefully they do something closer to kickoff and are trying to avoid idiots turning up to the stadium. At first I thought they wouldn't be allowed due to the Community Shield, but Leicester are currently streaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 August, 2020 Share Posted 29 August, 2020 1pm ko apparently? Anyone know scores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 August, 2020 Share Posted 29 August, 2020 7 0?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint97 Posted 29 August, 2020 Share Posted 29 August, 2020 (edited) Yep, 7-0 at HT. 5-0 after 35 mins. Edited 29 August, 2020 by saint97 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 August, 2020 Share Posted 29 August, 2020 1 minute ago, saint97 said: Yep, 7-0 at HT. 5-0 after 35 mins. Any team news or scorers pls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 29 August, 2020 Share Posted 29 August, 2020 They did the same with the Bristol City friendly before the restart, didn't mention it until it finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 August, 2020 Share Posted 29 August, 2020 1 minute ago, Appy said: They did the same with the Bristol City friendly before the restart, didn't mention it until it finished. You normally know line ups, would you know today's line ups and current scorers pls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 29 August, 2020 Share Posted 29 August, 2020 (edited) A groundsman at St Mary's says it the first of two 60 minute games finished 7-0 to Saints. Edited 29 August, 2020 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 29 August, 2020 Share Posted 29 August, 2020 3 minutes ago, Master Bates said: You normally know line ups, would you know today's line ups and current scorers pls? Nothing on this occasion i'm afraid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 August, 2020 Share Posted 29 August, 2020 1 minute ago, Appy said: Nothing on this occasion i'm afraid. No worries 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint97 Posted 29 August, 2020 Share Posted 29 August, 2020 JWP scored twice, Adams scored. was the main saints xi in the first hour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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