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Reply | Millwall Game Matchday Thread
at 18:03 29 Aug 2026
Just seen the goals on Sky. Was hoping Fellows one was a screamer, but it deflected and barely crept over the line near the post, but I'm happy for him, he's needed and deserved a goal by now. Hopefully he will kick on from here.
Larin is on absolute fire. He lookslike a cheat code for this league. We got him for a steal!
Both Azaz and Scienza are most creative players wer on it today and when they line up cooking on gas, no teams at this level can live with them.
We have to take confidence with this win. Millwall 3rd last season and were top scored 5 and not conceding before the match. This is a big statement by Saints. |
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Reply | Tonda Eckert Predicted To Get Touchline Ban For FA Charges
at 12:01 24 Jul 2026
If it's a personal sanction (FA can't sanction the club, only individuals) then surely it shouldn't affect the club in any way? Therefore all they can do is fine him. Touchline bans/kicking him out of the league at this late stage would again be a club punishment as well. |
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Reply | Ross Stewart Not Completely Out Of The Picture Says Tonda Eckert
at 14:25 20 Jul 2026
"queue sound of Donkey braying". Damian Downs is just atrocious! He can't keep his eye on the ball. The amount of times I've seen him miss kick or even completely miss the ball is incredible for a Pro Footballer.
He is nowhere near the level required for the 1st team. Loan him out to a League one side and see how he gets on.
Stewart coming on for Larin or vice versa worked for us last season. When our forward line was AA and CA yes we had problems but since January with Larin coming in and RS on the comeback it's been great. If there is a chance for this to continue lets give him his 2 years contract. Hell we can only waste money again on the likes of DD. |
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Thread | The England squad - Keep or bin
at 14:40 19 Jul 2026
England had a good World Cup in my opinion. The only tarnish on it was 40mins of abject surrender of possesion & territory to Argentina in the Semi's, which caused our own downfall. They played a wonderful 3rd Place game with France yesterday,showing when the pressure is off, we have the players to do damage to the worlds best teams.
It's now time to reflect on the playing squad and see who you want to lead England to glory in the Euro Championships in a few years time.
Goalkeepers :
Pickford (6) - Blew very hot and cold this World Cup. I still don't feel safe with him in goal and sometimes the distribution is dodgy. Mad some great saves, but also messed up a few (1 in the Semi, he should have got to at least)
Henderson (6) - Played the 1 game, didn't look amazing, shipped 4 goals. No better than Pickford, despite making a few good saves.
Trafford - DNP - Needs to be given his chance now.
Conclusion : Pickford (Bin), Henderson (keep for now), Trafford (Keep and give him some games)
Defence :
Konza (6) : Had some good games and some forgettable games. I think in the main he's quite assured.
Quansah (4) : Really not an international footballer for me. Can make some good tackles, but casught out of position too often.
Stones (6) : Still reads the game better than any defender inthe squad, but severly lacking in pace now and unlike in previous years prone to dreadful errors.
Guehi (7) : He's England most reliable defender. There where you need him, decent amount of pace, ok in the air, but sides have got in behind him (normally when he's trying to cover gaps)
Dan Burn (6) : Not given many minutes and used as a closer by Tuchel. We know he's Englands best man marker, so I think he's a useful squad player to have, especially when defending set plays.
Reece James (6) : A good right back who has many good attacking qualities. Best deployed as a wing back. Had a few good moments in the world cup but tempered by injuries.
Nico O'Reilly (6) : Promising ball playing full back/midfielder. His star shone breifly , but his time will come. Quality we need.
Djed Spence (7): Looked awful in his first few matches, but really grew into the tournement and in the knockout rounds was influential at both ends of the pitch. A decent penalty shout v Mexico and a last ditch tackle in the Argentina game.
Chalabah (DNP) - One for the future I guess.
Conclusion : Quansah & Stones (Bin), James, Konsa, Guehi, O'reilly, Spence, Burn, Chalabah (Keep)
Midfielders :
Rice (6) : Not a great world cup for Rice, but that was down to him getting ill and not regaining his fitness until the 3rd place match. Showed what he can do when he's on it. Needed better delivery from him overall though.
Anderson (7) : Really does get through some work in midfield. Wins a lot of 50:50 balls and keeps England going. I was really impressed, although looked cooked in the sem.
Bellingham (9) : Englands best player in the tournement by far. at both ends of the field he had influence. His running with the ball to score against France summed up his world cup. Almost unstoppable. only reason he isn't a 10/10 is that he went missing too much vs Argentina, but then most of the England team did in the 2nd half.
J Henderson (3) - Any idea what he was doing at this World Cup, apart from demonstrating that he can't leap over advertising hordings without coming a cropper?
Mainoo -DNP - Criminal that he wasn't used in the Semi when Rice/Anderson had run out of legs. Manager decided to go to 4 Centre backs instead. Lost us the game.
Eze (4) - Really didn't do anything when he came on. No spark.
Rogers (6) - At least prepared to have ago, whch lead to Bellingham scoring. We need more offensive minded midfielders like him.
Conclusion : Eze, &J Henderson (Bin), Rogers, Rice, Anderson, Mainoo, Bellingham (keep)
Forwards :
Kane (7) : Would have been heading for an 8 or 9, but like many tournements we have seen Kane in, he plays well for a while then has a stinker of a game. Terrible against Argentina, when it really mattered. Got our goals to get us to the semi's so no complaints about his overall contributution.
Madueke (3) : Very poor world cup. Surprised Tuchel didn't bin him for the knoackout stages. Just runs down blind alleys. Not much service provided to the forwards. Saka is miles better even when unfit.
Saka (7) - Showed his class in the French game. only snippets of this before as he was used sparingly by Tuchel
Gordon (7) - Great work rate from Gordon and at times he looked dangerous. Took his goal v Argentina very well
Rashford (6) - Very much a moments player and had some good shots and assists as well as his goal in this world cup. Really does not do enough, consisering he's so talented. Would keep him as an impact player though.
Watkins (5) - Really didn't show anything when he came on but to be fair wasn't given much time.
Toney (4) -Managed to play the game against France that was full of goals not getting onthe scoresheet. Really not much of a threat.
In summary : Madueke & Toney (Bin), Watkins, Gordon, Saka, Kane, Rashford (Keep)
Looking forward to England putting things right in the Euros!
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Reply | Lewis Dobbin
at 12:27 13 Jul 2026
This guy will be cover for Finn Azaz and Leo Scienza Could end up being quite useful. |
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Reply | Russell Martin to Leicester
at 19:04 17 Jun 2026
RM would need to go some to get Leicester relegated to League 2. They certainly don't lack for quality players but they did lack fight last season and they certainly don't work as hard as RM demands.
He needs to bring in a ball playing Centre back who won't get caught by teams pressing Leicesters defence. I suspect he'll want a CDM like Flynn Downes as well to win the ball back quickly. The issue he has is getting decent players to come down a league and identifying the ones in the lower leagues that suit his possession style.
I wouldn't write him off at this level or Championship level. He just didn't have the players at Saints to make it work in the prem.
It's bloody boring footy sometimes though and very frustrating with all the sideways stuff. I hope Leicester fans have been practicing watching paint dry. |
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Reply | Stewart off then.
at 14:39 12 Jun 2026
I wonder what the £ per game and £ per goal was since he signed from Sunderland. We really only got bits of a season out of Stewart and when he did play, although good, he was only half a striker as Larin was playing the other half.
I'd have to say overall not good value for money. We can get an upgrade on him and now is our opportunity to do so. |
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Reply | The Saints Adam Retro Vlog - 1988/89 Season Review
at 14:04 10 Jun 2026
I just loved Chris Nichols 4-2-4 formation with inverted wingers Rod and Matt. Very attacking at the time for a Manager that was a defender and they normally have that defensive mindset, but not Chris!
I did like the Hummel kit, particularly the yellow away one. Unfortunately a girlfriend at the time put it in a tumble drier by accident and it didn't survive (I'd have had to lose about 3 stone to get into it again!)
I also remember buying The Ugly in it's famous Red and White stripes cover back in the day. It was far better than the programme. I remember when Colin Clarke left and ended up at Pompey, they took the piss by saying, You heard of Edward Scissorhands, but now we have Colin Shovelfeet" |
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Reply | The Saints Adam Retro Vlog - 1988/89 Season Review
at 12:15 10 Jun 2026
That was the 2nd Season of going to the games home and away for me. Some great memories. I'd actually forgotten that Le Tissier actually started off in the No.11 shirt. About 10 games into the season Le Tiss and Rod Wallace swapped and he became forever No.7. |
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Reply | If Stewart leaves, could Brereton be the answer?
at 22:36 7 Jun 2026
Brereton-Diaz did much better at Derby, but lets face it he couldn't be any worse than he was for us. He still wasn't pulling up any trees at Derby. 7 goals in 40 games isn't great for a side pushing for the playoffs.
He also has a discipline issue. He was always getting in trouble with us and that continued at Derby (8 Yellows). Yes he is a bruiser of a striker and a goal threat, but we could just do with a bit more class to be honest. |
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Reply | Leading national press all want a ban for Eckert
at 12:15 3 Jun 2026
We lost the PR battle weeks ago. This is now about coming out of it with the least damage to the club as possible.
Screw the scummy press and what they think. The only thing that matters now is that the FA don't issue more sanctions. Hopefully just a fine for Tonda and maybe a "Dignity at Work" course.
There are no sacrificial lambs required. The club need to pull together as one. |
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Reply | Tonda Statement here
at 13:10 2 Jun 2026
That's enough for me. Meets my 3 requirements for him to stay.
1) Has the support of the dressing room
2) Has apologised and explained himself fully (not sure I completely buy into the "i didn't know the rules" bit though)
3) The club have offered Will Salt job security and are going to look after him. (Hopefully that's not just Tea Boy). If they are going to send him out looking at other teams, for his own good they need to get him better disguises and ensure he does his analysis 72 hours + from the game. |
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Reply | I sense a change of stance in the fanbase
at 09:12 1 Jun 2026
I'm one of those coming around to keeping him. I agree with the comments below as far as Tonda is more a 1) than a 2) and everyone likes a winner.
I wanted him to apologise to the fans, players and his analysts, but I think keeping his job requires he lets the club control the narrative until the FA investigation is concluded. He's therefore pretty much been silenced. I'm hoping we'll get the full truth from Tonda himself in the near future.
He's got a lot of rebuilding of trust within the club and us fans. Lets hope that happens and we start next season with a bang. |
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Reply | What happens with Ramsdale now ?
at 12:09 27 May 2026
I see a loan on the horizon to another club.. The club will want to offset his wages with a loan fee and he won't want to play championship football. Danial Peretz is a better keeper, so if he is willing to come back on loan I'd have him in a shot. |
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Reply | Are there any left who think Tonda SHOULDN'T be sacked?
at 08:42 24 May 2026
All of football don't get found out, lie, then admit it later. We bent over to the EFL and they right royaly shafted us. Any operations that would have been happening at other clubs will just get more covert and more competant. Certainly won't involve kids using I phones in plain site 200 yards from the pitch. |
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