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Hammill and Saga bag triples in friendly rout
8:00am Tuesday 17th July 2007
By Adam Leitch »
Adam Hammill again underlined his fantastic potential with a second half hat-trick as Saints crushed Svarstad 12-0 last night.
Hammill, one of two Saints outfield players to play the full 90 minutes, fired his three goals in the space of 33 minutes and Marek Saganowski added three more inside 20 second half minutes.
Two goals from Grzegorz Rasiak and one each from Mario Licka, David McGoldrick, Bradley Wright-Phillips and Andrew Surman completed the dozen.
You could almost feel the excitement around the Saints staff at the prospect of Hammill lining up week in week out for the club next season.
The 19-year-old, signed on a season long loan at Liverpool, showed his versatility by playing the first half on the right of midfield and the second on the left and was equally effective in both positions.
His natural ability to play wide on either side meant he was able to cut in or go on the outside and take on the full back on the left or the right and, despite having said when he joined he needs to work on his goalscoring, there was little evidence of any problems last night.
Saints boss George Burley said: "Adam's a boy that's got ability.
"Liverpool let us have him for a season to progress his career and so far he looks very talented.
"He wants to listen, he's hungry to do well and he can score goals as he showed.
"I'm pleased to get him to give us a little bit extra".
Hammill wasn't the only man to hit a treble with Polish striker Saganowski also scoring three - all in the space of 20 minutes.
But Burley still feels Saganowski needs to get fitter before the start of the season.
"He still doesn't look the sharpest to me at the moment," he said.
"He's come back having missed a bit of training during the summer and there's still a bit of work to be done.
"We have five cracking strikers to choose from".
Burley also gave run-outs to trialists Tamas Vasko and Gregory Vignal.
Vasko's league season in Bulgaria starts on Saturday so he will return home shortly while Saints mull over whether to make a move for him but Vignal will play tomorrow night.
"He plays a league game on Saturday so he's going back tomorrow," said Burley of Vasko.
"Gregory Vignal will go back on Thursday and that will give us another chance to see him tomorrow".
Burley is still looking to strengthen his squad but insisted nothing was happening at the moment.
He did, however, deny reports that Saints had made a bid for Sam Sodje.
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stuart o'dell, millbrook says...
8:35am Tue 17 Jul 07
well what more can you expect from harry and pompy,i hope he gets jail time and pompy get fined a verry large amount, 15million should do it.
Ronnie Ekelund, says...
8:57am Tue 17 Jul 07
Hammill looks the nuts! Just what we need!
Optimist, Bevious Valley says...
9:01am Tue 17 Jul 07
MLTs Nose, says...
10:36am Tue 17 Jul 07
Optimist wrote:If you are going to wish something like that - Why not have Saints automatically promoted? Optimist? Are you sure?
Pompey/Newcastle relegted - Westbrom promoted. Saints/Wolves play off for final spot = Pompey down Saints up! how glorious would that be
Squawker, In Svarstad last night says...
11:04am Tue 17 Jul 07
Ronnie Ekelund wrote:Wright played the first half. Pushed the ball around a bit and was decidedly average, while others were trying to add a bit of flair to the proceedings.
Does anyone know if the useless lump that is Jermaine Wright played last night, or have we finally released him?
Hammill looks the nuts! Just what we need!
Paul in Norway, Oslo Norway says...
11:34am Tue 17 Jul 07
Dave, the woods says...
12:45pm Tue 17 Jul 07
Paul in Norway wrote:...Svarstad, not Norweigen Champions then? Maybe SFC would have been better playing some local pub teams here and save the air fairs for some more signings? (Hope they flew Ryan Air)
I was at the game and Saints played well, but let\'s not get too carried away by the result. I have lived here for 25 years and have never heard of Svarstad. They are certainly not on the football map, or for that matter any other map, in Norway. They had to get extra players from other neighbouring teams to fill up the squad. Still it was great evening and a fantastic chance to see the team play over here. I\'m looking forward to the Kvik Halden game. They are a slightly better team and should give Saints more of a match. Only hope the goals will come just as easy when the Championship starts.
vindictive, says...
1:10pm Tue 17 Jul 07
Billy bob wrote:I think you're being too lenient on the old s*d, frankly.
I'd like to take this moment to say, spare a thought for poor old harry and the blue few today. My particular thought is, 'hope he gets life in camp x-ray'. If you type 'define: karma' into google you get one definition: "the idea that the good and evil a person does will return either in this life or in a later one" I.e. he came up the road, screwed us over, shrug of the shoulders, 'oh well tried my best' back down the road again. For years to come if you type define: karma and you'll get a picture of twitchy old 'arry, probably in an orange jump suit. It's a beautiful day!
Still, it's a nice image, 'orrible 'arry in an orange jump suit doing time for all those dodgy deals, I'll drink to that.
Dave, the woods says...
1:13pm Tue 17 Jul 07
Premier
Div One
Div two
Div three
Premier has 14 teams
Div 1 has a further 14 teams
Div 2 is plit into 4 groups each of 14 teams - 56 teams
Div 3 is then made up of 21 regions each containing 12 teams - 252 teams in total, Svarstad fall under one of these regional leagues (Vestfold) and they are currently only 8th in this.
.....they basically are a pub team. I can't believe we are playing teams of such low calibre, and that we are happy we scored ONLY 12 goals against them. They fall somewhere between 84-336th in their countries league standings...probably around the 210th mark...and i'm being more than fair to them.
Wazza, says...
1:30pm Tue 17 Jul 07
Dave wrote:They're only warming up Dave, go easy.
...ok hang on, i'be googled them and found what league they are in. The league goes like this : Premier Div One Div two Div three Premier has 14 teams Div 1 has a further 14 teams Div 2 is plit into 4 groups each of 14 teams - 56 teams Div 3 is then made up of 21 regions each containing 12 teams - 252 teams in total, Svarstad fall under one of these regional leagues (Vestfold) and they are currently only 8th in this. .....they basically are a pub team. I can't believe we are playing teams of such low calibre, and that we are happy we scored ONLY 12 goals against them. They fall somewhere between 84-336th in their countries league standings...probably around the 210th mark...and i'm being more than fair to them.
It's about fitness and morale at the moment, whats the point of playing teams that will spank us?
These games will help build up morale and fitness and are essential preperation for our Lazio friendly and the domestic friendlies and then the start of the season.
john Owl, malmo sweden says...
1:40pm Tue 17 Jul 07
uptheowls, Sheffield says...
1:45pm Tue 17 Jul 07
How would that dent your ambitions?
hedge end saint, hedge end says...
2:10pm Tue 17 Jul 07
uptheowls wrote:Dent!!
All the rumours circulating suggest Gregorz Rasiak will be joining Sheffield Wednesday this week. How would that dent your ambitions?
It would greatly increase our ambitions, the Lazy Pole has the worst touch i have seen (and remember James Beattie played for saints) he does no work for the side what so ever and another striker would have scored as many goals if not more and we'd have conceded less if someone would have defended from the front
good luck to you sir
Dave, the pub says...
3:04pm Tue 17 Jul 07
Wazza wrote:..yeah sorry, need a drink. makes you wonder about the standard of the pitch and how many lumps we kicked out of the team though.
Dave wrote: ...ok hang on, i'be googled them and found what league they are in. The league goes like this : Premier Div One Div two Div three Premier has 14 teams Div 1 has a further 14 teams Div 2 is plit into 4 groups each of 14 teams - 56 teams Div 3 is then made up of 21 regions each containing 12 teams - 252 teams in total, Svarstad fall under one of these regional leagues (Vestfold) and they are currently only 8th in this. .....they basically are a pub team. I can't believe we are playing teams of such low calibre, and that we are happy we scored ONLY 12 goals against them. They fall somewhere between 84-336th in their countries league standings...probably around the 210th mark...and i'm being more than fair to them.They're only warming up Dave, go easy. It's about fitness and morale at the moment, whats the point of playing teams that will spank us? These games will help build up morale and fitness and are essential preperation for our Lazio friendly and the domestic friendlies and then the start of the season.
TFLS, Southampton says...
4:19pm Tue 17 Jul 07
We would simply do a Juventus and bounce straight back up and you would equal Sunderlands record points tally...
Wazza, says...
4:31pm Tue 17 Jul 07
TFLS wrote:Pompey compared to Juve, cut it out, my side is hurting
Pompey/Newcastle relegted - Westbrom promoted. Saints/Wolves play off for final spot = Pompey down Saints up! how glorious would that be We would simply do a Juventus and bounce straight back up and you would equal Sunderlands record points tally...
StPete, Heaven says...
4:34pm Tue 17 Jul 07
We would simply do a Juventus and bounce straight back up and you would equal Sunderlands record points tally...
Or TFLS you'd just keep plummeting down. As 'big' as Pompey are, wouldn't quite use them in the same sentence as Juventus. Could this be the end for the blue half of Hampshire? It's all very exciting
stuart o'dell, millbrook says...
7:28pm Tue 17 Jul 07
uptheowls wrote:if your club is willing to pay 2mill for him then we willsend him to you gift wraped,jones is a much better player.
All the rumours circulating suggest Gregorz Rasiak will be joining Sheffield Wednesday this week. How would that dent your ambitions?
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Billy bob, says...
8:20am Tue 17 Jul 07
My particular thought is, 'hope he gets life in camp x-ray'.
If you type 'define: karma' into google you get one definition: "the idea that the good and evil a person does will return either in this life or in a later one"
I.e. he came up the road, screwed us over, shrug of the shoulders, 'oh well tried my best' back down the road again.
For years to come if you type define: karma and you'll get a picture of twitchy old 'arry, probably in an orange jump suit.
It's a beautiful day!