Saints Stuff

Forecast
Lancashire
Gobern
Wotton
Dia

 

I hate to be that guy.....*

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Ian Turner (obviously)​

Dave Bessant - 1988 (Wimbledon)
Richard Wright - 2002 (Arsenal)






*I love being 'that guy'

 

I knew someone would point those out. I should edit my post to read "while they were with Saints", but I won't spoil your excellent research!

 

Bruce Grobelaar?

 

Pawned his

 

Shilton
Svensson
Ball
Le Tissier
Tadic

 

Is the correct answer

 

A team without a two time European POTY winner?...

 

8 years ago

 

BBC Sport have put quizzes for each PL team online. Got 10 out of 10 on the Saints one. I am the ultimate Saints fan.

 

Me too!

 

And me ...I even got 10/10 for Liverpool’s

 

...and me

 

You can’t leave out Anthony Pulis!

 

It must be easy, I've never got 10/10 for anything before.

 

Once a saint, always a saint

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/foo...ocking-portsmouth/ar-BB12gNtN?ocid=spartandhp

 

Oh yeah, Portsmouth I remember that match.

Are they still around? You know I had forgotten all about them.

What are they up to these days.

Are they till robbing the tax man blind?

 

Might not be the appropriate time for that final point!

 

What A Statement Saints!

With Southampton FC stating that no employee at the club will be furloughed and they will continue to pay 100% of all salaries, they have gone and placed themselves at the front of the 'Good Guys' podium. No going cap in hand to the government like other organisations. Just doing the right thing by everyone.

With the board, senior coaching staff and the entire first-team squad agreeing to take a voluntary wage deferral for three months it is a very clear demonstration of a club united, and a club that is empathetic to the crisis affecting the whole world. This is more than about money. This is about wealthy people recognising they have a social responsibility to fellow, far less wealthy, workers and the club supporters. It is also a very clear message to everyone that at Southampton, we really are all in this together.

There have been times when I have felt disillusioned with football, especially with the Premier League, and although I still find all the money sloshing around sport revolting, I must say I am more than just proud of our club, and everyone associated with it for making this decision. Hopefully this will get the news coverage it deserves and other teams will follow suit. I'm incredibly proud that our club has a big heart.

Thank you very much to everyone involved at Southampton FC.

 

I'm not defending Hancock (he should've kept his nose out) but I think what Saints have done is what he wanted to see. Even then he targetted the players when it's the club's actions that should've been questioned.
I think that the general feeling in the media was why are a club still paying millionaires while seemingly unable to pay the lower paid employees without public money?
It's a fair question but it's not the player's responsibilty to ensure the club's staff are paid, it's the club's. If the players come to an agreement with the club about covering the staff's wages then that's admirable but they shouldn't be pressurised.
That's why I think that although what the EPL players are doing is praiseworthy, it's not what the public unease was about. Saints have got it right IMO.