The Virgil Van Dijk Stays at Southampton Thread

All so convinced of Southampton's greatness, you need to keep writing to a couple of diddy Celtic fans.

 

Nah, im still waving mine and it just been sick.

 

We don't discriminate we'll talk to anyone.

 

Terry Burton, Brian Laws, Frank de Boer, Brian Horton, Paolo Di Canio, Steve Coppell, Rob Kelly, Kevin Bond, Phil Neal, Manuel Pellegrini, Lawrie Sanchez, Craig Shakespeare, Steve Clarke, Claude Puel, Ray Lewington, Kenny Dalglish, Trevor Brooking, John Wark, Brian McDermott, Steve McClaren, Alan Shearer, Jimmy Gabriel, Stuart Pearce, Steve Wigley, Alex McLeish, Jim Jefferies, Iain Dowie, Doug Livermore, Chris Coleman, Paul Hart, Tony Parkes, Eddie Howe, Roy McFarland, Roy Evans, Aidy Boothroyd, David Webb, Pepe Mel, Alain Perrin, Gary McAllister, René Meulensteen, Terry Venables, Colin Todd, Sammy Lee, Dave Watson, Gerry Francis, Scott Marshall, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Peter Taylor, Kevin Keen, John Deehan, Terry Connor, Tomas Brolin, Steve Agnew, Egil Olsen, Rémi Garde, Archie Knox, Carlo Ancelotti, Francesco Guidolin, Kevin Ball, Pep Guardiola, Roy Hodgson, Bobby Robson, Malky Mackay, David Unsworth, Danny Wilson, Ron Atkinson, David Wagner, Graham Taylor, Micky Adams, Tony Adams, Steve Perryman, Nigel Pearson, Glenn Hoddle, Tony Pulis, John Carver, Stuart Gray, Martin Jol, Gareth Southgate, Ricky Sbragia, Billy McEwan, José Mourinho, Marco Silva, Howard Wilkinson, Alan Ball, Frank Clark, Phil Thompson, Ruud Gullit, Paul Clement, Walter Mazzarri, Gary Megson, Jürgen Klopp, Arsène Wenger, John Gorman, Mike Walker, Phil Brown, Joe Royle, Gianfranco Zola, Slaven Bilić, Mick McCarthy, Frank Barlow, David O'Leary, Alan Curbishley, Chris Ramsey, Neil Adams, Bobby Gould, Tony Book, Mauricio Pellegrino, Gordon Strachan, Ryan Giggs, Stewart Houston, Pat Rice, Quique Sánchez Flores, Felix Magath, Keith Millen, Les Reed, Glenn Roeder, Joe Jordan, David Pleat, Sam Allardyce, David Moyes, Lennie Lawrence, Ossie Ardiles, Howard Kendall, Martin O'Neill, Walter Smith, Garry Monk, Frank Burrows, Ray Wilkins, Bob Bradley, Juande Ramos, Dick Advocaat, Bryan Robson, Jim Smith, Clive Allen, Aitor Karanka, Rafael Benítez, Bruce Rioch, Stuart McCall, David Kerslake, Jacques Santini, Gérard Houllier, Avram Grant, Paul Ince, Eric Black, Ian Porterfield, Attilio Lombardo, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Steve Kean, Eddie Gray, Roberto Di Matteo, Claudio Ranieri, Paul Goddard, Mauricio Pochettino, Jean Tigana, Paul Sturrock, Steve Bruce, George Burley, Dave Bassett, Gianluca Vialli, Mark McGhee, Tony Mowbray, Guus Hiddink, Nigel Adkins, Alan Pardew, George Graham, Harry Redknapp, Brian Little, Brian Kidd, Billy Bonds, Ian Branfoot, Dave Jones, Christian Gross, Trevor Francis, Michael Appleton, Roy Keane, Roberto Martínez, Mark Bowen, Kevin MacDonald, John Lyall, Ian Holloway, Gus Poyet, Roberto Mancini, Alex Inglethorpe, Terry McDermott, Owen Coyle, Paul Lambert, Paul Jewell, Billy Davies, Velimir Zajec, Ronald Koeman, Mike Phelan, Graham Rix, Peter Reid, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Mark Hughes, Ray Harford, Sean Dyche, Dave Merrington, Joe Kinnear, Ron Noades, Alex Ferguson, Louis van Gaal, André Villas-Boas, Nigel Worthington, Alan Irvine, Michael Laudrup, Chris Hughton, Alex Neil, Graeme Souness, Kevin Keegan, Chris Hutchings, Alan Curtis, Antonio Conte, Peter Shreeves, Keith Downing, John Gregory, Neil Warnock, Alan Smith, Brian Clough, Tim Sherwood.

No, hang on, not Harry Redknapp. I'll give you that.

Vin

 

I like Celtic, even have a uncle who lives in Glasgow and supports them. Only thing I hate is how I can't understand 90% of what he says.

 

Tim Sherwood?! You are harsh!

 

You must be a wum, no one can be this delusional, and we've had to deal with Liverpool fans!

 

Celtic are a champions league team by default though. Southampton would be a champions league team if they played in the Scottish leagues. Even Leyton Orient would be able to give it a crack!

 

How can ye be a default CL team if you don't get automatic entry?

 

I like them too. Just can't abide Rodgers.

 

I like Southampton too, there is no bad blood here, just calling it like it is, Brendans Rodgers could potentially usurp Alex Ferguson as the British GOAT.

 

Aye, I dislike Pompey in all honesty. Scummy club right there.

However, got to take the rough with the smooth lads, and the facts speak for themselves:

- Celtic FC = World Renowned football club and brand, historic with THE BIG CUP in the trophy cabinet, and with one of the largest trophy hauls in the world alongside one of the largest football stadiums in Europe.

- Southampton = Nice club, sometimes buy our players for a wee bit of cash from down their sofa, never win anything, small stadium for their small fan base, usually perform average in their league and cup comps, get a lot of money for basically turning up.

#FACTS

 

Like Saints beating Inter Milan 2-1 in Europe last year.

Inter Milan – yes, that Inter Milan – came to St Mary’s, and left empty-handed.
In fact, it was even more impressive than that. The three-time European champions came to St Mary’s and spent most of the game with 10 men planted behind the ball. Yet despite going behind and missing a penalty, Southampton dominated: taking just five second-half minutes to secure a win that will live long in their collected memories. (The Telegraph)

I don't recall Celtic beating any European teams last year of any note. But they do tend to rack up the goals against one man and his dog. Well done!!

 

Once Celtic have seen off Spud, Begbie and the boys in the other teams that make up the numbers, they get a chance to win qualification to the early stages of the Champions League. Teams in proper leagues need to actually be quite good at football in order to achieve even that. That's what he meant by a default CL team. It's only Celtic's ****eness that prevents them from progressing beyond the qualifiers very often, not any kind of competition to make it hard for you to get there.
Am I using short enough words for you to understand?

 

This is like the Duke of Wellington returning to find half his army have gone to fight Latvia. Concentrate lads....this is all about Liverpool.

 

Is that a serious point? Inter Milan hahahahaha, belter mate.

Shouldn't you be beating them given you earn more money than them?

 

CL Qualification is notoriously tricky, but you wouldn't know that, you know, because you've never experienced it

Our co-efficient is ****e, absolutely, and this will continue to hinder us for a long time, however a default CL team is one that automatically qualifies - we don't, so we aren't a default CL team, which is what your boyfriend said we were.

Am I using small enough words for you to understand?

 

Don't blame me for finding qualification difficult, at least you get a chance to practice it every year

 

I see Liverpool have called up the reserves.