Youth players (Split)

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, skintsaint said:

Unlucky MLG on not getting the position.

The CoT can exclusively reveal they reseached each candidates posts on their respective clubs forums. MLG had a 74% inaccuracy rating as to his posts with the critical factors being repeated failure with regard to stadium expansion topics. They also felt they couldn't trust someone who openly celebrates Christmas whilst at the same time denies the existence of Jesus. 

[Paul Chuckle]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

The CoT can exclusively reveal they reseached each candidates posts on their respective clubs forums. MLG had a 74% inaccuracy rating as to his posts with the critical factors being repeated failure with regard to stadium expansion topics. They also felt they couldn't trust someone who openly celebrates Christmas whilst at the same time denies the existence of Jesus. 

He must have turned down the position as he clearly has an eye for talent based on his 2008/09 ones to watch. All had exceptional careers following leaving Southampton so who are we to judge scouting abilities like this? 

Youngster to watch = Andrej Pernecky

Youngster to watch = Jamie Hatch

Youngsters to watch = Oliver Lancashire and Aaran Racine

Youngster to watch = Jamie White

Youngster to watch = Jake Thomson

Youngster to watch = Matthew Paterson

https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/42211-fm2009-official-southampton-thread/

[Matthew Le God]

28 minutes ago, Paul Chuckle said:

He must have turned down the position as he clearly has an eye for talent based on his 2008/09 ones to watch. All had exceptional careers following leaving Southampton so who are we to judge scouting abilities like this? 

Youngster to watch = Andrej Pernecky

Youngster to watch = Jamie Hatch

Youngsters to watch = Oliver Lancashire and Aaran Racine

Youngster to watch = Jamie White

Youngster to watch = Jake Thomson

Youngster to watch = Matthew Paterson

https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/42211-fm2009-official-southampton-thread/

We've already been through this, and pointed out why you are wrong. Our academy and club was an absolute mess in 2008. I did not rate those players highly. The were the best of a bad bunch. Bizarre you are carrying this on. It is a post from 17 years ago, and if you actually read it in the context I just outlined you'd realise you have no point.

Edited Monday at 15:58 by Matthew Le God

[Matthew Le God]

Trying answering a question for once @Paul Chuckle

Who else in our academy that season(not the first team) should I have picked in each position?

[Paul Chuckle]

4 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

We've already been through this, and pointed out why you are wrong. Our academy and club was an absolute mess in 2008. I did not rate those players highly. The were the best of a bad bunch. Bizarre you are carrying this on. It is a post from 17 years ago, and if you actually read it in the context I just outlined you'd realise you have no point.

A definition of "youngster to watch"

The phrase "youngster to watch" means a young person, especially a child or youth, who is considered to be someone who is likely to achieve great things or become important in the future. 

 

 

[Matthew Le God]

2 minutes ago, Paul Chuckle said:

A definition of "youngster to watch"

The phrase "youngster to watch" means a young person, especially a child or youth, who is considered to be someone who is likely to achieve great things or become important in the future. 

You avoided the question. Try again.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

52 minutes ago, Paul Chuckle said:

He must have turned down the position as he clearly has an eye for talent based on his 2008/09 ones to watch. All had exceptional careers following leaving Southampton so who are we to judge scouting abilities like this? 

Youngster to watch = Andrej Pernecky

Youngster to watch = Jamie Hatch

Youngsters to watch = Oliver Lancashire and Aaran Racine

Youngster to watch = Jamie White

Youngster to watch = Jake Thomson

Youngster to watch = Matthew Paterson

https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/42211-fm2009-official-southampton-thread/

Ah, there it is. Lighthouse mentioned Jamie White as a promising teenager who ended up at Totton.

MLG got very defensive when I remembered the FM thread being posted the other day, and pointed out that White was a "youngster to watch" on it.

I couldn't find the FM link, so good to see it back. I note MLG promotes our youngsters to watch at the top of that thread with "Want a team with great youngsters you can bring through?"

[Matthew Le God]

48 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Ah, there it is. Lighthouse mentioned Jamie White as a promising teenager who ended up at Totton.

MLG got very defensive when I remembered the FM thread being posted the other day, and pointed out that White was a "youngster to watch" on it.

I couldn't find the FM link, so good to see it back. I note MLG promotes our youngsters to watch at the top of that thread with "Want a team with great youngsters you can bring through?"

@Paul Chuckle

This 17 year old post is not the win you think it is. I was trying to drum up interest in managing the team on the game!

These youngsters, all mentioned in the summary for each position were the youngsters I was talking about when talking ablut great youngsters relative for the league and I mentioned them by name in that preview.

Lallana

Schneiderlin 

Dyer

McGoldrick

Wright Phillips 

The ones younger than that in the youngstersto watch section, were just picking the best of a bad bunch. Other people starting threads in that forum were also listing academy players. Who else should I have mentioned in the academy section?

Our academy players were shit at the time and were not highly rated within the database. Interesting you choose to ignore this key point!

 

[Matthew Le God]

2 hours ago, Paul Chuckle said:

He must have turned down the position as he clearly has an eye for talent based on his 2008/09 ones to watch. All had exceptional careers following leaving Southampton so who are we to judge scouting abilities like this? 

None of those players are rated highly in the FM09 database. Because I did not rate them highly. A fundamental hole in your thinking here! 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

@Paul Chuckle

This 17 year old post is not the win you think it is. I was trying to drum up interest in managing the team on the game!

These youngsters, all mentioned in the summary for each position were the youngsters I was talking about when talking ablut great youngsters relative for the league and I mentioned them by name in that preview.

Lallana

Schneiderlin 

Dyer

McGoldrick

Wright Phillips 

The ones younger than that in the youngstersto watch section, were just picking the best of a bad bunch. Other people starting threads in that forum were also listing academy players. Who else should I have mentioned in the academy section?

Our academy players were shit at the time and were not highly rated within the database. Interesting you choose to ignore this key point!

 

So, to summarise, my points...

- Lighthouse mentioned Jamie White as a promising teenager who ended up at Totton.

- White was a "youngster to watch" on your FM thread.

- That FM thread also said, at the top, "Want a team with great youngsters you can bring through?"

... were all completely accurate. I thought you'd like accuracy, since you've been trolling posters under it's guise for many years.

 

That you see posts as a "win" might explain why you defend ridiculous positions, before going off in a sulk, rather than discuss like a grown up.

We get a multiple choice of ridiculous positions here.

You weren't referring to that group of youngsters to watch. You were referring to another group of youngsters to watch (who you don't group together as you pretend above)

Or that you were fibbing to the FM thread readers, "trying to drum up interest" although the "academy players were shit." That sort of fibbing won't go down well with the video scout interview panel.

Or that all the other kids in the FM09 threads were doing it, so you felt you had to do it too. Even though they were "shit."

Not that "shit" you didn't also advise players to "make good use of the young players already at the club from the strong youth academy."

Since you always tell us FM stats are really opinions, I'll give your response a 2.

I'm sure RDF Tactics is looking forward to connecting with a higher level of Southampton data analysis in his new role. I'm sure he wasn't insanely defensive and excuse giving in the interview. Wishing him all the best in his new role.

Edited Monday at 19:25 by Holmes_and_Watson

[miserableoldgit]

....

Edited yesterday at 03:44 by miserableoldgit
Not Item was accurate.

[Turkish]

14 hours ago, Paul Chuckle said:

A definition of "youngster to watch"

The phrase "youngster to watch" means a young person, especially a child or youth, who is considered to be someone who is likely to achieve great things or become important in the future. 

 

 

No mentioned of future 40m player and England international Alex Oxlainde-Chamberlain in his summary of youngsters to watch from that era. At the time of this post AOC was only 2 years away from securing a 12m move to Arsenal after a great season in L1. I guess Jamie White was a better prospect though at that time AOC wasn't one to watch.

[BarberSaint]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

No mentioned of future 40m player and England international Alex Oxlainde-Chamberlain in his summary of youngsters to watch from that era. At the time of this post AOC was only 2 years away from securing a 12m move to Arsenal after a great season in L1. I guess Jamie White was a better prospect though at that time AOC wasn't one to watch.

 

 

Too busy watching Jamie White ... .

[Paul Chuckle]

At least he was spot on with his 2009/10 scouting report. I recall these 3 scoring and creating lots of goals whilst at Southampton and in their careers away from the club.

Attacking Midfielders

There is a lot of competition for these places in the Saints team. Kayne McLaggon, Jake Thomson and Joseph Mills all very useful assets.

Youngster to watch = Jake Thomson

Still banging that Jake Thomson "Youngster to watch" drum.

https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/123038-fm10-official-southampton-thread-10-points-league-one-swiss-billions-fm-fun/

[hypochondriac]

This is like MLG's personal nightmare. His own words rising from the grave to haunt him. Hoisted by his own petard.

Edited yesterday at 09:37 by hypochondriac

[hypochondriac]

I can I say a hearty congratulations to @Paul Chuckle. A giga own 17 years in the making. 

[Charlie Wayman]

Is it April 1st by any chance?

[swannymere]

21 hours ago, Turkish said:

They also felt they couldn't trust someone who openly celebrates Christmas whilst at the same time denies the existence of Jesus. 

Many cultures celebrate Chistmas without buying into the religion scam.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 hours ago, Paul Chuckle said:

At least he was spot on with his 2009/10 scouting report. I recall these 3 scoring and creating lots of goals whilst at Southampton and in their careers away from the club.

Attacking Midfielders

There is a lot of competition for these places in the Saints team. Kayne McLaggon, Jake Thomson and Joseph Mills all very useful assets.

Youngster to watch = Jake Thomson

Still banging that Jake Thomson "Youngster to watch" drum.

https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/123038-fm10-official-southampton-thread-10-points-league-one-swiss-billions-fm-fun/

Sadly, RDF Tactics work for SR will probably be confidential. It would have been nice to get some better calibre FM data for our clubs, if he had access to internal reports. 🙂

[Matthew Le God]

6 hours ago, Turkish said:

No mentioned of future 40m player and England international Alex Oxlainde-Chamberlain in his summary of youngsters to watch from that era. At the time of this post AOC was only 2 years away from securing a 12m move to Arsenal after a great season in L1. I guess Jamie White was a better prospect though at that time AOC wasn't one to watch.

Another @Turkish fail!

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was not old enough to be on FM09.

[Matthew Le God]

4 hours ago, Paul Chuckle said:

At least he was spot on with his 2009/10 scouting report. I recall these 3 scoring and creating lots of goals whilst at Southampton and in their careers away from the club.

Attacking Midfielders

There is a lot of competition for these places in the Saints team. Kayne McLaggon, Jake Thomson and Joseph Mills all very useful assets.

Youngster to watch = Jake Thomson

Still banging that Jake Thomson "Youngster to watch" drum.

https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/123038-fm10-official-southampton-thread-10-points-league-one-swiss-billions-fm-fun/

Another @Paul Chuckle fail. None of those players have high CAs or PAs on FM10.

[Matthew Le God]

On 31/03/2025 at 20:13, Holmes_and_Watson said:

So, to summarise, my points...

- Lighthouse mentioned Jamie White as a promising teenager who ended up at Totton.

- White was a "youngster to watch" on your FM thread.

- That FM thread also said, at the top, "Want a team with great youngsters you can bring through?"

... were all completely accurate. I thought you'd like accuracy, since you've been trolling posters under it's guise for many years.

 

That you see posts as a "win" might explain why you defend ridiculous positions, before going off in a sulk, rather than discuss like a grown up.

We get a multiple choice of ridiculous positions here.

You weren't referring to that group of youngsters to watch. You were referring to another group of youngsters to watch (who you don't group together as you pretend above)

 Won't go down well with the video scout interview panel.

I'm sure RDF Tactics is looking forward to connecting with a higher level of Southampton data analysis in his new role. I'm sure he wasn't insanely defensive and excuse giving in the interview. Wishing him all the best in his new role.

Another @Holmes_and_Watson fail

1) I've never claimed to be infallible. Of course I've misjudged platers over the years but I've got significantly more players predicted correctly than not in terms of CA and PA.

2) These threads are 17 years old and those players are not rated highly in the database. I was drumming up interest in people managing Saints on the game and listing academy players rhey had at the time. So @Turkish mentioning Oxlade-Chamberlain is wrong, as he was too young for FM09 to be included. 

3) I have no need for an entry level job as a video scout. It wouldn't pay my mortgage.

Edited 21 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[Matthew Le God]

On 31/03/2025 at 14:02, Turkish said:

They also felt they couldn't trust someone who openly celebrates Christmas whilst at the same time denies the existence of Jesus. 

Yet another @Turkish fail.

I've lost count of how many times this has been explained to you but I'll give it another go... at no point have I claimed Jesus doesn't exist. I do not think those that think him existing has met the burden of proof. You don't seem to grasp the difference and keep regurgitating the same nonsense. 

Edited yesterday at 13:50 by Matthew Le God

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

Yet another @Turkish fail.

I've lost count of how many times this has been explained to you but I'll give it another go... at no point have I claimed Jesus doesn't exist. I do not think those that think he does have met the burden of proof. You don't seem to grasp the difference and keep regurgitating the same nonsense. 

My condolences you didn’t get the job MLG. 

[Matthew Le God]

2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

My condolences you didn’t get the job MLG. 

You need to try harder! I have no interest in such a role.

I work in a completely different industry a long way above entry level. Plus in any case, my volunteer work over the last 18 years for Sports Interactive has seen me get freelance scouting work for professional football clubs and sports data companies in the betting industry.

[Turkish]

19 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Another @Holmes_and_Watson fail

1) I've never claimed to be infallible. Of course I've misjudged platers over the years but I've got significantly more players predicted correctly than not in terms of CA and PA.

3) These threads are 17 years old and those players are not rated highly in the database. I was drumming up interest in people managing Saints on the game and listing academy players rhey had at the time. So @Turkish mentioning Oxlade-Chamberlain is wrong, as he was too young for FM09 to be included. 

4) I have no need for an entry level job as a video scout. It wouldn't pay my mortgage.

Bet they were falling over themselves to do it when they saw Jamie Hatch, Ollie Lancashire and Jake Thompson as ones to watch 😂

[Matthew Le God]

8 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Bet they were falling over themselves to do it when they saw Jamie Hatch, Ollie Lancashire and Jake Thompson as ones to watch 😂

Ones to watch... relative to the rest of the academy players at the time! None of them had high CAs or PAs, which is the scouting judgement.

I note you still haven't acknowledged Oxlade-Chamberlain not being old enough to be on FM09.

[Give it to Ron]

In fairness to Jamie White he had a terrible leg break in a game at Staplewood I was at and lucky to play again 

[benjii]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

I work in a completely different industry a long way above entry level.

IT, perchance?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

Another @Holmes_and_Watson fail

1) I've never claimed to be infallible. Of course I've misjudged platers over the years but I've got significantly more players predicted correctly than not in terms of CA and PA.

3) These threads are 17 years old and those players are not rated highly in the database. I was drumming up interest in people managing Saints on the game and listing academy players rhey had at the time. So @Turkish mentioning Oxlade-Chamberlain is wrong, as he was too young for FM09 to be included. 

4) I have no need for an entry level job as a video scout. It wouldn't pay my mortgage.

Strange you keep replying, confirming that all of my points were completely accurate.

- Lighthouse mentioned Jamie White as a promising teenager who ended up at Totton.

- White was a "youngster to watch" on your FM thread.

- That FM thread also said, at the top, "Want a team with great youngsters you can bring through?"

-  you reinforce your FM point with "make good use of the young players already at the club from the strong youth academy."

Not sure how 100% can be seen as a fail. Perhaps that explains your difficulty, from the links, to pick out youngsters who will break through.

Your responses seem incredibly defensive.

We've had a failed attempt to pretend you meant other players, your fibbing to get traffic, and the other boys doing it too, on other threads. At least you've not said your thread was the other kids fault, before they ran away.

Now you're citing the player database, the FM players shouldn't be looking at. All they have to go on, are your guides. Guides, which you admit are there to "drum up interest" more than actually provide genuine youngsters to "make good use of" or who are youngsters to "bring through."

Poor FM thread readers, not realising that they are being fibbed to. I wonder how many hours they put in before realising your ones to watch, weren't ones to watch.

Very dismissive to those actual youth players, who no doubt worked hard at their football, who you dismiss as "shit".

Equally dismissive to the video scouts. Yet, at the same time, unable to not mention some freelance work you've done. Rather arrogant of you. Who knows what other work/income streams the new video scouts appointees have? Who knows how much more capable/ informed they are? All we have to go on, for comparison, is your sorry record from those threads.

[petermcpete]

[Paul Chuckle]

Not only does MLG have an eye for a wonder kid, he's also got his ear to the ground when it comes to stadium names as you'll see below.

In my career game I have noticed that Tottenham are about to move into the originally named "Tottenham Stadium", Chelsea into "Zola Park". Both I think unlikely. Not many new stadiums are named after players or clubs.

https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/27711-future-stadium-names-districts/

 

Can someone remind me what Tottenham new stadium is called again?

Edited yesterday at 17:29 by Paul Chuckle

[Matthew Le God]

1 hour ago, Paul Chuckle said:

Not only does MLG have an eye for a wonder kid, he's also got his ear to the ground when it comes to stadium names as you'll see below.

In my career game I have noticed that Tottenham are about to move into the originally named "Tottenham Stadium", Chelsea into "Zola Park". Both I think unlikely. Not many new stadiums are named after players or clubs.

https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/27711-future-stadium-names-districts/

 

Can someone remind me what Tottenham new stadium is called again?

🙄

You make this too easy! Yet again, you are taking things out of context. At the time of my post that view was not out of place. 

The intention was for that name to be a placeholder. Spurs wanted a sponsor name but priced themselves out of that happening.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/08/30/tottenham-hotspurstruggle-200m-naming-deal-new-stadium/

Try answering this... how many other English professional stadiums follow that naming convention of using the team name?

Edited 23 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[Matthew Le God]

3 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Strange you keep replying, confirming that all of my points were completely accurate.

- Lighthouse mentioned Jamie White as a promising teenager who ended up at Totton.

- White was a "youngster to watch" on your FM thread.

- That FM thread also said, at the top, "Want a team with great youngsters you can bring through?"

-  you reinforce your FM point with "make good use of the young players already at the club from the strong youth academy."

Not sure how 100% can be seen as a fail. Perhaps that explains your difficulty, from the links, to pick out youngsters who will break through.

Your responses seem incredibly defensive.

We've had a failed attempt to pretend you meant other players, your fibbing to get traffic, and the other boys doing it too, on other threads. At least you've not said your thread was the other kids fault, before they ran away.

Now you're citing the player database, the FM players shouldn't be looking at. All they have to go on, are your guides. Guides, which you admit are there to "drum up interest" more than actually provide genuine youngsters to "make good use of" or who are youngsters to "bring through."

Poor FM thread readers, not realising that they are being fibbed to. I wonder how many hours they put in before realising your ones to watch, weren't ones to watch.

Very dismissive to those actual youth players, who no doubt worked hard at their football, who you dismiss as "shit".

Equally dismissive to the video scouts. Yet, at the same time, unable to not mention some freelance work you've done. Rather arrogant of you. Who knows what other work/income streams the new video scouts appointees have? Who knows how much more capable/ informed they are? All we have to go on, for comparison, is your sorry record from those threads.

Wow, what a pile of nonsense that is!

1) The 'strong youth academy' was based on the ratings in the database for it. The academy still held a good reputation at the time of FM09, although the player quality had dropped off for a few seasons. The academy rating means the club still would produce good players as newgend in thr future, hence why I used that line in the preview. It was not a comment on the current crop.

Plus some of the academy products who were still young, but now in the 1st team like Dyer and Lallana were good talents.

2) The players you say I'm 'dismissing as shit' were poor relative to our youth products before and after that period when the club was a mess and heading to administration.

3) The thread followed a template other people were using in that forum and given to us by SI. Which included a youngsters to watch section. None of the ones I listed were given high ratings in the database. The database is my view of the players. They were ones to watch relative to the other players, none were destined for greatness and my dadabase ratings of them reflect that. You continue to not grasp this and recycle the same flawed nonsense!

4) My point on the job was I'm 20+ years into my career in education. An entry level video scout role isn't going to pay my mortgage. The person who got the role is in his early 20s.

5) My responses are 'defensive' as you call it because you continue to take things out of context, twist things plus avoid rebuttals and questions.

Plus...

6) Let's say for sake of argument I was wrong in all this. The thread that has been dredged up is 17 years ago! I had only been a researcher for 1 year at that point. I now have significantly more experience judging ability and potential of players since then  including in paid freelance roles for professional British clubs. So critiquing me now based on a 17 year old post is not the gotcha moment you think it is!

Edited 22 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[The Kraken]

I love it when MLG gets all ratty and defensive 😍

[Matthew Le God]

7 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

I love it when MLG gets all ratty and defensive 😍

 

 

 

[The Kraken]

40 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Try answering this... how many other English professional stadiums follow that naming convention of using the team name?

Cardiff City stadium. They’re Welsh, granted, but they play in the English leagues.

[Turkish]

20 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

I love it when MLG gets all ratty and defensive 😍

It’s fair to say the bear has been poked 😂😂

[Matthew Le God]

5 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Cardiff City stadium. They’re Welsh, granted, but they play in the English leagues.

Same as Spurs, the original intention was to grant naming rights but they failed. 

Regardless of that, only 2 clubs in British pro football does not make it the common naming convention for clubs.

Significantly more new stadiums are not named after the club than those that are. So my thread topic was not an unreasonable request.

Edited 22 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[Holmes_and_Watson]

21 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

I love it when MLG gets all ratty and defensive 😍

Incredibly defensive, despite nothing being inaccurate in my points.

5 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

Another @Holmes_and_Watson fail

1) I've never claimed to be infallible. Of course I've misjudged platers over the years but I've got significantly more players predicted correctly than not in terms of CA and PA.

3) These threads are 17 years old and those players are not rated highly in the database. I was drumming up interest in people managing Saints on the game and listing academy players rhey had at the time. So @Turkish mentioning Oxlade-Chamberlain is wrong, as he was too young for FM09 to be included. 

4) I have no need for an entry level job as a video scout. It wouldn't pay my mortgage.

Perhaps we can take a moment for MLG to give us an inspirational tale on how not being able to count past 2, hasn't stopped his career in either education, or in assigning numbers, sorry opinions, on FM.

[Matthew Le God]

23 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Incredibly defensive, despite nothing being inaccurate in my points.

Perhaps we can take a moment for MLG to give us an inspirational tale on how not being able to count past 2, hasn't stopped his career in either education, or in assigning numbers, sorry opinions, on FM.

Trying reading them again, no numbering issue. I had edited out  points and not renumbered.

Strange you don't try to actually address any of the points! I wonder why that is!

Edited 21 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[Paul Chuckle]

Anyone remember Jake Sinclair? According to Wikipedia he's made 7 first team appearances at the age of 30. 3 for Hibernian and 4 for Frome Town. He must be a late developer in the game, possibly the next Jamie Vardy or Rickie Lambert, as according to resident "Youngster to watch" expert MLG......

These four and Jake Sinclair (brother of Man City's Scott Sinclair), all have big futures in the game so look after them well and they will be first team players in the Premier League for you.

https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/257539-fm13-southampton-fc-reasons-to-be-cheerful-part-3/

[Matthew Le God]

9 minutes ago, Paul Chuckle said:

Anyone remember Jake Sinclair? According to Wikipedia he's made 7 first team appearances at the age of 30. 3 for Hibernian and 4 for Frome Town. He must be a late developer in the game, possibly the next Jamie Vardy or Rickie Lambert, as according to resident "Youngster to watch" expert MLG......

These four and Jake Sinclair (brother of Man City's Scott Sinclair), all have big futures in the game so look after them well and they will be first team players in the Premier League for you.

https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/257539-fm13-southampton-fc-reasons-to-be-cheerful-part-3/

You are still doing the same them! Not responding to each rebuttal. I guess you are not even reading or understanding them, let alone commenting on them.

Plus still waiting for a reason why you post confused emojis even for posts that are not even remotely controversial or confusing. 

[CB Fry]

He really hasn't taken not getting that job very well at all, has he?

[LGTL]

One for the Golden Posts. 

[trousers]

7 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

I've never claimed to be infallible. Of course I've misjudged platers over the years

Chrome or silver?

[Weston Super Saint]

2 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

🙄

 

Try answering this... how many other English professional stadiums follow that naming convention of using the team name?

St Mary's stadium?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

48 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Trying reading them again, no numbering issue. I had edited out  points and not renumbered.

The old bad MLG habit (#76 in the series) of rushing back to edit posts has returned. I'm glad I quoted the original, which I'll stick with, rather than the revisionist version.

51 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Strange you don't try to actually address any of the points! I wonder why that is!

It's heartening to know that a career in education can overcome, not only numeracy issues but literacy ones too.

To:-

53 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 Those players are not rated highly in the database. I was drumming up interest in people managing Saints on the game

I had already responded by pointing out that readers of your guide aren't supposed to know what's in the database, relying on your guide. A guide that's a bit tarnished as you've admitted fibbing in it, to drum up interest. That undermines a lot of trust in your objectivity on such things.

Along the way you've failed to divert it to another group of players and saying all the kids in the other threads were doing it.

Now it's revealed that SI was behind all the other kids doing it, getting them all to use a template. Even though MLG admitted to fibbing to get interest, it's shadowy SI's fault (and the other thread makers)

Another good thing about education is that, in addition to getting help with numeracy and literacy issues, you've got access to safeguarding support. It's never too late to tell them about the groups of thread creators and game makers who coerced you into fibbing.

To:-

53 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 I have no need for an entry level job as a video scout. It wouldn't pay my mortgage.

I had already responded "Equally dismissive to the video scouts. Yet, at the same time, unable to not mention some freelance work you've done. Rather arrogant of you. Who knows what other work/income streams the new video scouts appointees have? Who knows how much more capable/ informed they are? All we have to go on, for comparison, is your sorry record from those threads."

Looks like your comment of me not addressing your points was inaccurate. I see why a "Mr Wrong" cartoon appears on threads you are in.

You also continue to be dismissive of the people who have these roles. You have no idea how this role fits into other income streams they have. You said yourself, you find time to have inputted opinions into FM for many years, alongside other things in your life.

And all this because you got desperately defensive by an accurate comment I made about a FM thread.

[trousers]

Opened this thread expecting to find news on up-and-coming Croatian players. Massively disappointed.

[The Kraken]

4 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

St Mary's stadium?

One might argue that Villa Park and Vale Park are named after the football teams as well.

Stadium MK also. Admittedly Stadium MK Dons would have been a mouthful so probably correct that they shortened it.

City of Manchester stadium has a case too, if Yoda is reading it out loud.