Tiresias

I'm pretty sure that was the joke. I mean not sure why he didn't do what everyone else does anyway and just park in the disabled parking without bothering with a blue badge, rarely see any actual punishment for that dickery

Oh yeah, I feel a lot in the media are desperate for our owners to be impatient short termist new money idiots, as that's more fun to write about, critique and less likely to do anything. We're doing everything sensibly and it's showing up some of the normal loved big clubs as being somewhat stupid in their managerial and transfer policies. What annoys me more mind is when I see the occaisional one of our fans getting all expectant that top 4 is now the normal, it will be but we vastly overachieved last season lol. We may do it again, doubt it with these injuries, the whole project seemed planned to get there for the 24/25 season not straight away, this season always going to be fucking tough because of it! There's definitely a lot of pundits who think Howe not getting top 4 will lead to pressure from owners and fans alike and i just can't see it.

Honestly I just trust Howe's judgement at this point, if Howe thinks he's worth £30m i am sure he will do, he seems rated enough for that to be a bargain. He's done ok when i've seen him but not entirely sure he's a full back, he is technically great but hadn't yet got the defensive side figured out fully imo which I'm sure will come with time, but he looks a bit like a Zinchenko to me, i.e. a midfielder who can play there rather than a great left back. All this is very early to say, even if he wasn't young and still learning haven't seen enough to commit to a full opinion

F365 were at it with their managerial sack list that Howe is doing well but super rich owners will apparently turn on him fast if results go a bit wrong and the likes of mourinho become available...yeah you totally poach Dan ashworth from Brighton to sack off a manager who has built a proper team for fucking mourinho that makes sense...

He may be thinking if the club signs a new shiny centre back to replace me i'd rather be off playing than be on the bench still in his prime so is waiting to see

I think Southampton fans knew he would be sold, probably disappointed it wasn't more but considering his injury record and them dropping into the championship knew probably inevitable. Think they needed a reset and chance to build new team so the sales probably good for the club long term

Absolutely sucks. Dubs is decent but just feels ridiculous, injury blow after injury blow

It will be funny when the pundit class are fuming that maguire has gotten dropped for them

i really dont know what ten hag does. Their good form last season seemed fairly sensible pragmatic stuff of solid defense and some efficient goal scoring, but it was still kinda counter attacking footy. Does ten hag want to control games? they don't seem to, do they want to press high? they don't seem to, do they want to sit back and defend? again they don't seem to.

Howe said looks like going on teh same video footage we've seen ffs hardly medical diagnosis!

I mean Froggy always comes in with reasonable points but no fan who remembers the ferguson years will ever have even a little sympathy unfortunately

get in!

Bake?

Which was a contradiction as how can a bruce team go back to basics, basics were all he could do and even then...

How they concede an equaliser to a controversial var mistake

They are awful, considering the crap teams this season is kinda mad Southampton and Leicester went down last season didn't compute somehow

It's not like it'll be a commercial flight, it'll be a private charter nad they will be driven up to the plane to get on surely, hardly the faff most of us have

Must be gutting for Alfreton

In pub and its showing a cardiff swansea derby match from 2009 and a sign saying "we're really sorry for technical fault we hope to return to scheduled programme shortly" Now is the technical fault that randomly this match has come on or is the 2009 cardif swansea derby for some reason the default gotta show something match while they fix things? Not sure either makes sense...

Drop in ocean i know but it's so frivolous and bad for climate flying to avoid a 3 hour bus journey ffs

Would love Phillips but do you think when he gets the next England call up they could tie him up, dress longstaff as him and send him instead?

hahaha amazing

Police have reported him missing

Still no reason to leave kids without a dad, hope he is found and gets help