Didn't see that game..................thankfully.
A long wait, a job well done by Paul Simpson
Well, as I predicted, Claude Puel has got the shove from Southampton and they hope to announce his replacement by the end of the month: a bit unfair to him (after all, we finished 8th in the Prem and got to the League Cup final) but he never really inspired the fans, and in spite of finishing only two places below the previous season, that's a bit misleading as we got considerably more points last time out.
As to his replacement; who knows? We'll see soon, I hope.
I'm guessing he's on the list of possibles. I'd have liked Marco Silva, but Watford got there ahead of us.
Certainly be a tester all the same. 
Well we have been paired with Crystal Palace at Selhurst park for our opening match on 12th August. Thank goodness it wasn't someone like Man City
Well, the Great Saints Manager sweepstake continues. De Boer has been offered the job at Palace, so he's out (assuming he accepts it) which leaves Pellegrini as the main candidate unless there's a surprise outsider lurking in the wings. Apparently Ryan Giggs would accept the job if it were offered to him. No thanks
Somehow I can't get excited about Pellegrini - don't know why.
), so maybe, with a bit less pressure, he may deliver the goods. I certainly hope so, and wish him well - if it turns out to be him.
A good start, never the less. We have very happy memories of Sir Ricky (Lambert) who was signed from Bristol after being loaned to us when we were in Division 1 and who we finally sold to Liverpool when he'd made a major contribution to our successive promotions to the Championship and the Prem, and played for England.
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A good start, never the less. We have very happy memories of Sir Ricky (Lambert) who was signed from Bristol after being loaned to us when we were in Division 1 and who we finally sold to Liverpool when he'd made a major contribution to our successive promotions to the Championship and the Prem, and played for England.
May you enjoy similar success (including flogging him to Liverpool for too much money, when his career is more or less over
There is a long and honourable tradition of Liverpool paying too much for Saints players and I can't help feeling that their largesse should be extended to other fine footie teams, including the Terriers
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There is a long and honourable tradition of Liverpool paying too much for Saints players and I can't help feeling that their largesse should be extended to other fine footie teams, including the Terriers
Arguably, Liverpoo did a reasonable deal to get Adam Lallana but they paid absolute top dollar - if not more than top dollar - for Dejan Lovren and Nathaniel Clyne, neither of whom have exactly excelled themselves subsequently. Ricky Lambert's move was, let's face it, a sentimental decision both for him and the club (he is a Scouser) and he only appeared in a handful of games before being put out on loan. He is still revered at Saint Mary's, mind you, and rightly so.
Mind you, the biggest steal of the lot was probably Arsenal paying sixteen million quid for Calum Chambers (sorry Xand
