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EPL Review - Southampton

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by hotbovril, Aug 12, 2014.

  1. hotbovril

    hotbovril Well-Known Member

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  2. Deep Undercover Saint

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    Some rational stuff in there, I like the cut of its jib.
     
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  3. Rich

    Rich Well-Known Member

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    Really good read! Thanks for sharing.

    Patrick Bamford is an interesting shout, he would probably benefit from playing week in week out in the Championship rather than being a backup for a Premier League team.
     
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    A bit of decent research for a change.
     
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  5. JustAnotherSaintSupporter

    JustAnotherSaintSupporter Active Member

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    Well researched and written for a change!
     
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  6. Saints_Alive

    Saints_Alive Well-Known Member

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    A good read, we are on track for a decent season once everyone has settled in.
     
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  7. ImpSaint

    ImpSaint Well-Known Member

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    Have we bought Steven Berghuis yet? His target looks good ;)
     
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  8. Deep Undercover Saint

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    SouthamptonFCroatia Well-Known Member

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    latviandream Well-Known Member

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    Ted Knutson, the author of the original poster's article, knows his stuff. Can be followed @mixedknuts on twitter for those who do that. There's a whole community of guys out there doing similar bits of work and collaborating around the statistical side of the game whether that be at team/player level.

    His opinion on the usefulness of the potential Long signing can be found here in response to a Villa fan asking him.... https://twitter.com/mixedknuts/status/499294468499984384

    Hopefully he's missed something.... I doubt it though.
     
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  11. MMJ

    MMJ Well-Known Member

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    i read a few of his comments, but it's late and I thought tl;dr
     
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  12. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    Jeez, what a tour de force..!
     
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  13. Beddy

    Beddy Plays the percentage

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    Strewth TSS don't you ever go to bed........<laugh>
     
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  14. Rich

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    One of the key comments from his long (12,000 words) and very good) post is -

    "With Lallana and Lambert gone and Rodriguez injured we start the season missing the players who contributed 37 of our 54 league goals (and 19 of our assists) last year. Southampton have been heavily dependant on that triumvirate for goals (no-one else scored more than three last season) and with our midfield largely lacking in goal threats it's imperative that Pelle and Tadic start scoring early."
     
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