Non-Saints Games - 24/25

[suewhistle]

Cos it would be a bit silly to have their kid's shirts sponsoring a rival football club...

[RedArmy]

  On 16/08/2024 at 19:20, suewhistle said:

Cos it would be a bit silly to have their kid's shirts sponsoring a rival football club...

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[suewhistle]

Sorry 🙂

[whelk]

Call this thread ‘Other games’ please

[whelk]

Does LD get triggered seeing the Utd shirt sponsor?

[danjosaint]

Still 0v0 but even fulham look like they could batter us, going to be long hard season 

[Hopper]

Hmm.. Don’t think either team look particularly impressive. It’s been a pretty physical game though.

going to take a few games before we really understand our level I think.

[RedArmy]

The PL is so boring compared to the championship isn’t it. 

[Hopper]

1-0 United deft finish from Zirkzee from a cross

[East Kent Saint]

Glad we're not Ipswich 😄

[sfc4prem]

  On 17/08/2024 at 13:05, East Kent Saint said:

Glad we're not Ipswich 😄

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Not many tougher opening games

[OttawaSaint]

  On 17/08/2024 at 13:05, East Kent Saint said:

Glad we're not Ipswich 😄

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Liverpool, barely out of 1st gear have made (and missed) a whole host of chances.

[East Kent Saint]

Ipswich have been overwhelmed after starting resistance,  was Ed there ?

[goodymatt]

  On 17/08/2024 at 13:13, East Kent Saint said:

Ipswich have been overwhelmed after starting resistance,  was Ed there ?

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Left at half time, has a concert in Serbia later or something. Or maybe he couldn’t handle the nerves!

[HKsaint]

Lemina is the captain 

[goodymatt]

Greaves looks like a decent signing for Ipswich.

[Saint_clark]

  On 17/08/2024 at 13:23, goodymatt said:

Greaves looks like a decent signing for Ipswich.

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Better player than Wood or Edwards imo. 

[ErwinK1961]

  On 17/08/2024 at 13:38, Saint_clark said:

Better player than Wood or Edwards imo. 

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He also cost 5x more.

[Bad Wolf]

  On 17/08/2024 at 13:38, Saint_clark said:

Better player than Wood or Edwards imo. 

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Wood? Maybe. Edwards? Absolutely not. Trust me, as someone who's followed him a fair bit in the last few years (purely because he was great on FM) the boy has the potential to go to the top. We will not have him more than 2 years.

[Saint_clark]

  On 17/08/2024 at 13:45, ErwinK1961 said:

He also cost 5x more.

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Because we went for cheap options not because Greaves was extortionate. They got him for 15 million.

[Matthew Le God]

  On 17/08/2024 at 13:48, Saint_clark said:

Because we went for cheap options not because Greaves was extortionate. They got him for 15 million.

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Ronnie Edwards will go further in his career than Greaves and £15m wasn't required to get him.

[Saint_clark]

  On 17/08/2024 at 13:51, Matthew Le God said:

Ronnie Edwards will go further in his career than Greaves and £15m wasn't required to get him.

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Time will tell. Edwards has never been tested above league one, Greaves has excelled at Championship level and just made a strong start in the Prem. 

[Matthew Le God]

  On 17/08/2024 at 13:53, Saint_clark said:

Time will tell. Edwards has never been tested above league one, Greaves has excelled at Championship level and just made a strong start in the Prem. 

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Yes, he has. He was a regular for Peterborough in the Championship in 2021/22.

[Saint_clark]

  On 17/08/2024 at 14:23, Matthew Le God said:

Yes, he has. He was a regular for Peterborough in the Championship in 2021/22.

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Ah yes, when they got relegated. My mistake.

[Lighthouse]

Everton giving us all a reason to be cheerful.

[Miltonaggro]

First learning curve. Against 10 men for over an hour, and a ref trying to even it up through second half. Fine margins every game. If this board fucks up on recruiting a finished article keeper again they need shooting. 

[danjosaint]

Same old epl var shit then, penalty given, var show matty cash got a touch and diverted the ball, var official in studio says' he did get the ball but not sure he intended to' wtf

[John Boy Saint]

  On 17/08/2024 at 17:16, danjosaint said:

Same old epl var shit then, penalty given, var show matty cash got a touch and diverted the ball, var official in studio says' he did get the ball but not sure he intended to' wtf

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All looked a bit clumsy on both players part and a bit soft.

[SNSUN]

  On 17/08/2024 at 15:22, Lighthouse said:

Everton giving us all a reason to be cheerful.

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It's worse for them... with Young sent off today they most likely have to play Mason Holgate next weekend! (Unless they sign someone)

[AllyD]

Has Danny Ings had a hair transplant?

[The Kraken]

  On 17/08/2024 at 18:14, AllyD said:

Has Danny Ings had a hair transplant?

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At least once, yes, he was snapped in the clinic for one of them.

And he’s still got a bald spot.

[AllyD]

  On 17/08/2024 at 18:18, The Kraken said:

At least once, yes, he was snapped in the clinic for one of them.

And he’s still got a bald spot.

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That's what I was thinking!

 

[Fabrice29]

Che Adams been on for 5 minutes and already putting on a master class against AC Milan. Nutmegged someone on the way to Torino going 2 up.

[Dr Who?]

  On 17/08/2024 at 20:22, Fabrice29 said:

Che Adams been on for 5 minutes and already putting on a master class against AC Milan. Nutmegged someone on the way to Torino going 2 up.

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Only to throw a 2 nil lead in the last minute 2-2, with the equaliser coming in the 95th minute. He is more used to that! 

Edited 17 August, 2024 by Dr Who?

[Sheaf Saint]

  On 17/08/2024 at 15:22, Lighthouse said:

Everton giving us all a reason to be cheerful.

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They were truly awful from what I saw. 

That miss from Dwight McNeill early on was worse than anything our attack served up yesterday.

[Sheaf Saint]

Not sure how Mosquera managed to avoid a red card for his deliberate hand to the throat on Havertz. Looked pretty blatant to me.

[gio1saints]

https://x.com/ballsdotie?s=21&t=l5Q4mkKSxz5qdVtggXqogw

The Luton Goalkeeper automatically enters Saints Hall of Fame. Buy him a point anywhere in Southampton for rest of his life. Excellent goalkeeping! 😂😇https://x.com/ballsdotie/status/1824801688227651811?s=46&t=l5Q4mkKSxz5qdVtggXqogw

Edited 18 August, 2024 by gio1saints

[Lighthouse]

  On 18/08/2024 at 06:58, gio1saints said:

https://x.com/ballsdotie?s=21&t=l5Q4mkKSxz5qdVtggXqogw

The Luton Goalkeeper automatically enters Saints Hall of Fame. Buy him a point anywhere in Southampton for rest of his life. Excellent goalkeeping! 😂😇https://x.com/ballsdotie/status/1824801688227651811?s=46&t=l5Q4mkKSxz5qdVtggXqogw

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I love the fact that he’s already on a yellow, commits an act of Pompicide against two players and has the audacity to have a go at the ref.

[AlexLaw76]

Lavia looking very good for Chelsea

[Dusic]

Annoying that Brentford won as I thought they were largely pretty poor.

They have such a basic way of playing and such little quality in the first two thirds but a low risk style and very direct to basically allow the front three to put pressure on the opposition defence which they are good at.

They will definitely be bottom third of the league and our game there will be a decent barometer of where we are - after their lucky win today we really need to get at least a point of them.

[danjosaint]

I agree but if they can keep Toney then along with his goals Mbembo and Wissa also chip in so should score a few and grind out results

[The Kraken]

  On 18/08/2024 at 20:29, danjosaint said:

I agree but if they can keep Toney then along with his goals Mbembo and Wissa also chip in so should score a few and grind out results

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He’s all but gone from what was going round today, left out of the squad in advance of a move away. Rumours he may go to Saudi ffs.

[danjosaint]

Yet another epl ref cock up denying eze a stunner 

[Whitey Grandad]

  On 18/08/2024 at 22:12, danjosaint said:

Yet another epl ref cock up denying eze a stunner 

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Why? He blew the whistle for a foul.

[danjosaint]

Wasn't a foul, which ref admitted too, wasn't aware when Eze took free kick and should've let play go on for another 2/3 secs and let var decide like they do with offsides, that's not me that's directives the pro's and refs are talking about 

[Whitey Grandad]

  On 19/08/2024 at 11:10, danjosaint said:

Wasn't a foul, which ref admitted too, wasn't aware when Eze took free kick and should've let play go on for another 2/3 secs and let var decide like they do with offsides, that's not me that's directives the pro's and refs are talking about 

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Thanks. This never used to be a problem in the ’good old days’.

[danjosaint]

I know slowly taking any enjoyment from the game 

[whelk]

Well Leicester are going down

[Lighthouse]

Leicester looking properly sh*te here, barely getting out of their own third.

[CSA96]

Leicester 0-1 Spurs - Pedro Porro, 29 mins