Saints Stuff

Yeah still another placeholder with none of the links active etc.

Do find it interesting that it's mainly about us rather than what they do. Almost like we're the sole reason for its existence

 

Purely out curiosity i googled the title of the website "乐动体育" which i think is just Chinese for LD sports. Didnt understand any of the text results so switched to images, and it actually brings up a lot of different **** with the ld sports logo on, from events and such by the looks. Maybe they actually are active in China?

for example:

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anyone with some knowledge in chinese at all can shed some light?

edit: actually looks like its just a lot of images from just 3 or 4 events

 

That is quite interesting and would be curious to know when they are dated.

I thought the club themselves described them as a new start up? Might be wrong though, was loads of conflicting information at the time.

 

I want to know where the squirrels have gone.

 

Took a plunge on a couple of the images with google translate. More weird and conflicting information though, so still seems a bit strange. Many references to the company running for 3 years/2015. All the articles of the articles i saw were dated in March and April though. Here's one saying they were going to open a training center at the start of July, youth development is the main theme of pretty much everything i read. Music sports seems to be what LD sports translates into.

Real or more squirrels?


http://www.sohu.com/a/272776253_215592

Music Sports joins hands with foreign coaches to establish a children's football training camp
2019-03-25 22:49
The National Children's Football Training Camp, hosted by Music Sports and sponsored by several foreign football coaches and clubs, will kick off at the Music Sports School Base on July 2. Yesterday, the head of Music Sports held a press conference with the foreign football coaches such as Wilson and Neville in the music sports football training camp.

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The person in charge of the music movement said that the training camp is based on improving the children's football interest. It aims to enhance the children's enthusiasm and ability to participate in football, enhance their physical fitness, cultivate the courage to try, challenge, surpass themselves and participate. The positive character of competition.

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Mr. Wilson, a foreign coach, also delivered a speech expressing his views on children's football. He said that although football is the world's number one sport, football children's training does not have the "first movement" in China's children's sports training industry. mature. Children's football training has not attracted attention in China, and children's football training is the most important part of the development of football. I missed this period and missed the football dream.

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The person in charge of Music Sports concluded that they hope to promote and promote the concept of children's football education through training camp activities, so that students can enjoy the charm of football while enjoying the health of football. In the relationship with foreign coaches, the children's skills, body, will, etc. will be improved to varying degrees.

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It is understood that the training camp includes football training and competition, football English training, student indoor lectures, football knowledge series training, group internal competitions, 8-a-side competitions, youth football events observation and explanation.

 

You would be forgiven to mistaking this for an official Southampton Football Club chinese website.

 

The woman in the blue shirt looks as if she is about to start crying.

 

Slattery signs a 2-yr contract extension.

 

I don't think the club are 100% with it either, but they have to do it. Organic growth was always the thing with football clubs, but since they've become businesses over sports, this is the way they operate. One just tolerates it.

 

I look upon the commercial growth as meaning the club don’t have to bleed the supporters quite as dry as they would have to if they weren’t selling the soul of our club

 

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-youth-after-gao-jishengs-boardroom-reshuffle

Apologies if it has already been posted elsewhere

 

How on earth did they rope Rickie in? I'm impressed.

 

That's the least surprising thing. Why would he turn down a chance for a beano to China connected to a club he has affection for....and get paid for it! Suspect he hopes it will become a bit of regular work.

 

He has shied away from the limelight since retiring. He is fiercely private. How many things have you seen him carted out for?
Again, I'm surprised about it.

 

At least one ended up spending a weekend in lockup:




After determining that it wasn't going to provide any useful information, it was released on its own recognizance a couple kms away.

 

It is illegal to release a grey squirrel into the wild as they are classed as vermin....has to be humanely sent to the great dray in the sky.

 

One thing I also notice is that as of today only 8710 watched the video on YT. Now I'm not a football supporter, but I am a Saints supporter. Am I one of only 8710 who can be bothered to catch up on the progress that Saints are trying to make? I thought this club was reasonably well supported? I just find the small figure interesting.

 

Some fans will be like me....save the long stuff till later, so may eventually watch it or not. I go the gym where there are two Saints fans....always wanting to discuss matches and what's happening, but I notice that they regard me as a source (as if I work at the club )...so there are fans who don't hang around the internet like stalkers and may even have a life Unlike me