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Kelvin Davis signs new Saints deal
5:05pm Thursday 7th March 2013 in Sport
Kelvin Davis signs new Saints deal
Saints have extended the contract of club captain Kelvin Davis until 2016, it has been announced.
The 36-year-old keeper's previous deal had been due to run through to the summer of 2014, but, despite having lost his position as the number one stopper at St Mary's, he has been given another two years.
Davis joined Saints from Sunderland in July 2006, for a fee of £1m, and has gone on to make 283 appearances for the club.
His updated contract will extend his period of service at Saints to a decade, taking him through to his testimonial season.
Davis has made it clear for some time that he wants to see out his playing days at St Mary's, and with his new deal taking him up to within a few months of his 40th birthday, it looks like he may be granted his wish.
Comments(66)
mushrooms
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5:19pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Portswood
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5:19pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Now, Echo sports picture editor. Would you *please* ditch the above photo which clearly came after a goal had just been conceded, and replace it with a happy, smiling Kelvin & fans!
Ta.
redduke
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5:26pm Thu 7 Mar 13
PTID1898
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5:37pm Thu 7 Mar 13
SUMMER LIGHTNING
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5:49pm Thu 7 Mar 13
PTID1898 wrote:typical comment from a demorilsed skunt
He has only signed because he knows he will be 1st choice in the championship, and get games and know one else will take him, PUP
shirley-bill
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5:51pm Thu 7 Mar 13
st1halo
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5:59pm Thu 7 Mar 13
PTID1898 wrote:It must be strange for you seeing someone sign a contract for more than a month!
He has only signed because he knows he will be 1st choice in the championship, and get games and know one else will take him, PUP
Where will you be in 2016?
*deafening silence*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HA
STID
Well done Kelv!
slugger
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6:14pm Thu 7 Mar 13
MGRA
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6:17pm Thu 7 Mar 13
redduke wrote:you are not reading between the lines on this buddy..... this is clearly all part of the now essential 'plan B'
Sorry, no room for sentiment from me. The goalkeeping dept. needs a clear out at the end of the season, what's the point of keeping KD who is clearly past his best now. Appreciate his loyalty but this to me seems a backward step.
Northam Block 40
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6:20pm Thu 7 Mar 13
saint Compo
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6:24pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Seriously though, he's obviously seen as an important part of the squad whether playing or just showing leadership as club captain. I don't get the feeling that NC is a softie so he must regard Kelvin as worth keeping on. Maybe his role will include bringing on the youngsters like Gazza and Crocker and it will help him become a coach (and perhaps like Nigel, a full blown manager!) in due course.
COYR
saint Compo
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6:32pm Thu 7 Mar 13
shirley-bill wrote:PTID should stick with Poopey who, I reckon are well on their way to playing in Europe the season after next. Dover are 3rd in the Conference South and stand a good chance of promotion to the Conference Premier.
Welcome to PTID , it would seem you have dumped the rubbish down the M27 and joined the best team in the south.Now take off that blue dog RAG and wear the red and white with the rest of Hampshire.... COYR
COYR
PS. I presume PTID stands for Pompey till it dies.
saintkenny
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6:34pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Nemesisaint
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6:47pm Thu 7 Mar 13
MGRA wrote:I assume that is a reference to Southampton Football Club being relegated? You are a very tiresome individual, not at all what I would expect from a Saints fan. Each to their own I suppose. I welcome this move as it show Nicola Cortese in a slightly better light.
redduke wrote:you are not reading between the lines on this buddy..... this is clearly all part of the now essential 'plan B'
Sorry, no room for sentiment from me. The goalkeeping dept. needs a clear out at the end of the season, what's the point of keeping KD who is clearly past his best now. Appreciate his loyalty but this to me seems a backward step.
slugger
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6:52pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Nemesisaint wrote:MGRA is just a bit bitter and twisted , he'll come round when we win a couple , just watch .
MGRA wrote:I assume that is a reference to Southampton Football Club being relegated? You are a very tiresome individual, not at all what I would expect from a Saints fan. Each to their own I suppose. I welcome this move as it show Nicola Cortese in a slightly better light.
redduke wrote:you are not reading between the lines on this buddy..... this is clearly all part of the now essential 'plan B'
Sorry, no room for sentiment from me. The goalkeeping dept. needs a clear out at the end of the season, what's the point of keeping KD who is clearly past his best now. Appreciate his loyalty but this to me seems a backward step.
Confucious
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6:54pm Thu 7 Mar 13
slugger wrote:Looks that way - but no doubt Kelvin's also seen as a real asset to the club with a wider role than one of the senior squad goalkeepers.
I could be wrong but it would appear that Nicola does indeed reward loyalty , nice one Kelvin , our next goalkeeping coach ?
Kelvin stuck with us through some bad times as well as the good and I'm delighted he's staying around.
I've still got that Leeds match stored on my Skybox and revisit it whenever my belief in miracles begins to wane.
Tirau Dan
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7:15pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Nice one Kelv :)
MGRA
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7:32pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Nemesisaint wrote:only total muppets would run a football club without a plan B..... I take it your are not a general in the armed forces.....
MGRA wrote:I assume that is a reference to Southampton Football Club being relegated? You are a very tiresome individual, not at all what I would expect from a Saints fan. Each to their own I suppose. I welcome this move as it show Nicola Cortese in a slightly better light.
redduke wrote:you are not reading between the lines on this buddy..... this is clearly all part of the now essential 'plan B'
Sorry, no room for sentiment from me. The goalkeeping dept. needs a clear out at the end of the season, what's the point of keeping KD who is clearly past his best now. Appreciate his loyalty but this to me seems a backward step.
MGRA
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7:33pm Thu 7 Mar 13
slugger wrote:love your irony Slugger....
I could be wrong but it would appear that Nicola does indeed reward loyalty , nice one Kelvin , our next goalkeeping coach ?
manchester exiled Saint
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7:35pm Thu 7 Mar 13
MGRA
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7:35pm Thu 7 Mar 13
slugger wrote:you are joking surely... I am round.... signing Kelvin is superb. A sign that we are covering all the bases..... he is not good enough as a Prem keeper according to 95% on here so obviously to those people he would be out of his depth coaching goal keeping at a Prem club.... No this makes good sense, he for me is borderline 1st choice anyway.... bravo....
Nemesisaint wrote:MGRA is just a bit bitter and twisted , he'll come round when we win a couple , just watch .
MGRA wrote:I assume that is a reference to Southampton Football Club being relegated? You are a very tiresome individual, not at all what I would expect from a Saints fan. Each to their own I suppose. I welcome this move as it show Nicola Cortese in a slightly better light.
redduke wrote:you are not reading between the lines on this buddy..... this is clearly all part of the now essential 'plan B'
Sorry, no room for sentiment from me. The goalkeeping dept. needs a clear out at the end of the season, what's the point of keeping KD who is clearly past his best now. Appreciate his loyalty but this to me seems a backward step.
Folkestone Saint
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7:40pm Thu 7 Mar 13
saint Compo wrote:Living 7 miles away I quite often go to the Crabble and have to say they play good honest footy, oh apart from new-years day they would have made poopey look good they were that bad
shirley-bill wrote:PTID should stick with Poopey who, I reckon are well on their way to playing in Europe the season after next. Dover are 3rd in the Conference South and stand a good chance of promotion to the Conference Premier.
Welcome to PTID , it would seem you have dumped the rubbish down the M27 and joined the best team in the south.Now take off that blue dog RAG and wear the red and white with the rest of Hampshire.... COYR
COYR
PS. I presume PTID stands for Pompey till it dies.
thomasupton
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7:57pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Harry Bong
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8:01pm Thu 7 Mar 13
saint Compo wrote:More likely they will be travelling overseas sooner than that away to Newport in the Wessex league
shirley-bill wrote:PTID should stick with Poopey who, I reckon are well on their way to playing in Europe the season after next. Dover are 3rd in the Conference South and stand a good chance of promotion to the Conference Premier.
Welcome to PTID , it would seem you have dumped the rubbish down the M27 and joined the best team in the south.Now take off that blue dog RAG and wear the red and white with the rest of Hampshire.... COYR
COYR
PS. I presume PTID stands for Pompey till it dies.
Clever Dick
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8:09pm Thu 7 Mar 13
PTID1898 wrote:Pay up pledges. :-)
He has only signed because he knows he will be 1st choice in the championship, and get games and know one else will take him, PUP
saintkenny
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8:11pm Thu 7 Mar 13
MGRA wrote:i agree lets remember in 2 seasons kelvin kept 39 clean sheets in league one and the championship .this is a thankyou and the best way do it
slugger wrote:you are joking surely... I am round.... signing Kelvin is superb. A sign that we are covering all the bases..... he is not good enough as a Prem keeper according to 95% on here so obviously to those people he would be out of his depth coaching goal keeping at a Prem club.... No this makes good sense, he for me is borderline 1st choice anyway.... bravo....
Nemesisaint wrote:MGRA is just a bit bitter and twisted , he'll come round when we win a couple , just watch .
MGRA wrote:I assume that is a reference to Southampton Football Club being relegated? You are a very tiresome individual, not at all what I would expect from a Saints fan. Each to their own I suppose. I welcome this move as it show Nicola Cortese in a slightly better light.
redduke wrote:you are not reading between the lines on this buddy..... this is clearly all part of the now essential 'plan B'
Sorry, no room for sentiment from me. The goalkeeping dept. needs a clear out at the end of the season, what's the point of keeping KD who is clearly past his best now. Appreciate his loyalty but this to me seems a backward step.
OSPREYSAINT
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8:11pm Thu 7 Mar 13
OSPREYSAINT
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8:22pm Thu 7 Mar 13
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Of course it was Bale, and also true to form he was later booked for simulation.
Spuds are 1 up, guess who?
OSPREYSAINT
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8:30pm Thu 7 Mar 13
slugger wrote:I think that was a bit harsh, however MGRA please read this on the OS and say what you feel about Kelvins comments, thanks
Nemesisaint wrote:MGRA is just a bit bitter and twisted , he'll come round when we win a couple , just watch .
MGRA wrote:I assume that is a reference to Southampton Football Club being relegated? You are a very tiresome individual, not at all what I would expect from a Saints fan. Each to their own I suppose. I welcome this move as it show Nicola Cortese in a slightly better light.
redduke wrote:you are not reading between the lines on this buddy..... this is clearly all part of the now essential 'plan B'
Sorry, no room for sentiment from me. The goalkeeping dept. needs a clear out at the end of the season, what's the point of keeping KD who is clearly past his best now. Appreciate his loyalty but this to me seems a backward step.
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OSPREYSAINT
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8:47pm Thu 7 Mar 13
slugger
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9:03pm Thu 7 Mar 13
MGRA wrote:Yeah yeah ....... whataknob .
slugger wrote:you are joking surely... I am round.... signing Kelvin is superb. A sign that we are covering all the bases..... he is not good enough as a Prem keeper according to 95% on here so obviously to those people he would be out of his depth coaching goal keeping at a Prem club.... No this makes good sense, he for me is borderline 1st choice anyway.... bravo....
Nemesisaint wrote:MGRA is just a bit bitter and twisted , he'll come round when we win a couple , just watch .
MGRA wrote:I assume that is a reference to Southampton Football Club being relegated? You are a very tiresome individual, not at all what I would expect from a Saints fan. Each to their own I suppose. I welcome this move as it show Nicola Cortese in a slightly better light.
redduke wrote:you are not reading between the lines on this buddy..... this is clearly all part of the now essential 'plan B'
Sorry, no room for sentiment from me. The goalkeeping dept. needs a clear out at the end of the season, what's the point of keeping KD who is clearly past his best now. Appreciate his loyalty but this to me seems a backward step.
Reality-man
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9:10pm Thu 7 Mar 13
OSPREYSAINT
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9:15pm Thu 7 Mar 13
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Spuds 3 up now.
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Of course it was Bale, and also true to form he was later booked for simulation.
Spuds are 1 up, guess who?
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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9:40pm Thu 7 Mar 13
MGRA
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9:43pm Thu 7 Mar 13
slugger wrote:I disagree, i don't think he is a knob, I think he should still be our first choice keeper....call him a knob if you want but I rate him...
MGRA wrote:Yeah yeah ....... whataknob .
slugger wrote:you are joking surely... I am round.... signing Kelvin is superb. A sign that we are covering all the bases..... he is not good enough as a Prem keeper according to 95% on here so obviously to those people he would be out of his depth coaching goal keeping at a Prem club.... No this makes good sense, he for me is borderline 1st choice anyway.... bravo....
Nemesisaint wrote:MGRA is just a bit bitter and twisted , he'll come round when we win a couple , just watch .
MGRA wrote:I assume that is a reference to Southampton Football Club being relegated? You are a very tiresome individual, not at all what I would expect from a Saints fan. Each to their own I suppose. I welcome this move as it show Nicola Cortese in a slightly better light.
redduke wrote:you are not reading between the lines on this buddy..... this is clearly all part of the now essential 'plan B'
Sorry, no room for sentiment from me. The goalkeeping dept. needs a clear out at the end of the season, what's the point of keeping KD who is clearly past his best now. Appreciate his loyalty but this to me seems a backward step.
MGRA
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9:45pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Reality-man wrote:yes here here for the club not turning their back on a loyal servant !!! ( is this for real ) !?!? is this the part where someone in a blue dress takes a pill and gets to large for the house they are sat it ?
Who says there is no room for sentiment? I'm very pleased our club hasn't turned it's back on a man (the ONLY man) who didn't turn his back on us in troubles times. Well done Nicola, and well done super Kelvin
Baddesley Bill
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9:51pm Thu 7 Mar 13
...Kelv will be a massive influence on our young squad for years to come.
MGRA
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9:54pm Thu 7 Mar 13
OSPREYSAINT
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10:03pm Thu 7 Mar 13
MGRA wrote:Predictable as the weather, WUM status confirmed, no further need to comment.
Kelvin is a solid player, despite all the cr@p posted on here about him not being good enough for the prem and his "near post",,,, blah blah blah.... he was and is a good keeper... very happy he remains and be it prem or champ It would not surprise me if he is back as number 1 next season. But I am sorry, the club is not rewarding loyalty, because they simply do not do that. There is no such concept in our brave new world.... ;-) I have suspicion that in training kelvin turned out to be a pretty good centre half !
chappers73
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10:05pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Velleity
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10:08pm Thu 7 Mar 13
MGRA wrote:You do love the sound of your own voice, these days don't you? Clearly you think there are people out here who are interested in what you say...
Kelvin is a solid player, despite all the cr@p posted on here about him not being good enough for the prem and his "near post",,,, blah blah blah.... he was and is a good keeper... very happy he remains and be it prem or champ It would not surprise me if he is back as number 1 next season. But I am sorry, the club is not rewarding loyalty, because they simply do not do that. There is no such concept in our brave new world.... ;-) I have suspicion that in training kelvin turned out to be a pretty good centre half !
Why don't you go away for a while and come back when you have something (however slightly so) positive to say about the club.
angus mc coatup
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10:09pm Thu 7 Mar 13
MGRA
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10:10pm Thu 7 Mar 13
OSPREYSAINT wrote:so you don't reckon he should be our 1st choice then ??? you sung along with the rest saying he was not good enough for the prem ??? then how can he coach at that level ??? For me he is good enough and should have been our first choice from day 1. The fact that he is now being kept on because we need to cover all bases is irrelevant. I am only a wind-up-merchant to the over sensitive that hate the truth. to all the kelvin-bashers on here this is a bolt-out-of-the blue... to your mini-club its "great" but you have not got the faintest idea why !!!
MGRA wrote:Predictable as the weather, WUM status confirmed, no further need to comment.
Kelvin is a solid player, despite all the cr@p posted on here about him not being good enough for the prem and his "near post",,,, blah blah blah.... he was and is a good keeper... very happy he remains and be it prem or champ It would not surprise me if he is back as number 1 next season. But I am sorry, the club is not rewarding loyalty, because they simply do not do that. There is no such concept in our brave new world.... ;-) I have suspicion that in training kelvin turned out to be a pretty good centre half !
MGRA
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10:13pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Velleity wrote:kelvin.... 1st choice for you or not ? for me he was and still should be so its positive for me.... if its not positive for you then thats your problem....
MGRA wrote:You do love the sound of your own voice, these days don't you? Clearly you think there are people out here who are interested in what you say...
Kelvin is a solid player, despite all the cr@p posted on here about him not being good enough for the prem and his "near post",,,, blah blah blah.... he was and is a good keeper... very happy he remains and be it prem or champ It would not surprise me if he is back as number 1 next season. But I am sorry, the club is not rewarding loyalty, because they simply do not do that. There is no such concept in our brave new world.... ;-) I have suspicion that in training kelvin turned out to be a pretty good centre half !
Why don't you go away for a while and come back when you have something (however slightly so) positive to say about the club.
MGRA
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10:14pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Velleity wrote:just re-read this... do you SERIOUSLY read your own posts out loud...?? because most people dont !!! did you not know that !! :0)
MGRA wrote:You do love the sound of your own voice, these days don't you? Clearly you think there are people out here who are interested in what you say...
Kelvin is a solid player, despite all the cr@p posted on here about him not being good enough for the prem and his "near post",,,, blah blah blah.... he was and is a good keeper... very happy he remains and be it prem or champ It would not surprise me if he is back as number 1 next season. But I am sorry, the club is not rewarding loyalty, because they simply do not do that. There is no such concept in our brave new world.... ;-) I have suspicion that in training kelvin turned out to be a pretty good centre half !
Why don't you go away for a while and come back when you have something (however slightly so) positive to say about the club.
Velleity
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10:15pm Thu 7 Mar 13
MGRA wrote:"you sung along with the rest saying he was not good enough for the prem ??? then how can he coach at that level ???"
OSPREYSAINT wrote:so you don't reckon he should be our 1st choice then ??? you sung along with the rest saying he was not good enough for the prem ??? then how can he coach at that level ??? For me he is good enough and should have been our first choice from day 1. The fact that he is now being kept on because we need to cover all bases is irrelevant. I am only a wind-up-merchant to the over sensitive that hate the truth. to all the kelvin-bashers on here this is a bolt-out-of-the blue... to your mini-club its "great" but you have not got the faintest idea why !!!
MGRA wrote:Predictable as the weather, WUM status confirmed, no further need to comment.
Kelvin is a solid player, despite all the cr@p posted on here about him not being good enough for the prem and his "near post",,,, blah blah blah.... he was and is a good keeper... very happy he remains and be it prem or champ It would not surprise me if he is back as number 1 next season. But I am sorry, the club is not rewarding loyalty, because they simply do not do that. There is no such concept in our brave new world.... ;-) I have suspicion that in training kelvin turned out to be a pretty good centre half !
Your logic is "if you're not good enough to play Prem football, you're not good enough to coach it".
Thank that through for ten seconds then defend it.
Velleity
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10:16pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Velleity
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10:23pm Thu 7 Mar 13
MGRA wrote:The problem I was highlighting with your post was that you seem unable just mention the Kelvin decision (of which I happen to approve, as we need a second keeper to back up Boruc). No, you manage to throw in a needless and arbitrary dig about there being a "brave new world" at the club.
Velleity wrote:kelvin.... 1st choice for you or not ? for me he was and still should be so its positive for me.... if its not positive for you then thats your problem....
MGRA wrote:You do love the sound of your own voice, these days don't you? Clearly you think there are people out here who are interested in what you say...
Kelvin is a solid player, despite all the cr@p posted on here about him not being good enough for the prem and his "near post",,,, blah blah blah.... he was and is a good keeper... very happy he remains and be it prem or champ It would not surprise me if he is back as number 1 next season. But I am sorry, the club is not rewarding loyalty, because they simply do not do that. There is no such concept in our brave new world.... ;-) I have suspicion that in training kelvin turned out to be a pretty good centre half !
Why don't you go away for a while and come back when you have something (however slightly so) positive to say about the club.
You really do need to take a break from this forum as your ramblings are sounding more deranged by the day.
I'm being serious, you need to calm down, take a break and stop trying to force us to accept your black and white views.
By the way, please note that my comments here are about what you have said, not who you are. I know you're quite keen to see things as a personal attack, so I thought I'd be clear.
MGRA
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10:23pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Velleity wrote:ah... very good point... I think that some can coach above their playing level. And I also think that Kelvin is one capable of coaching at that level. My dig is at all those who called for him to be "thanked and let go" at the end of last season who are now clapping happily and saying bravo and using incredible phrases like "rewarding loyalty". My sarcasm may have been missed but hey-ho. so to summarise as I bit you goodnight, great strategic signing, my choice for 1st keeper, nothing to do with saints rewarding loyalty - that notion is pathetic, great for Kelvin who I think has a great buzz with the lads there, great for us in the prem or champ, and finally great for all those who love anything that sounds great...... rock on kelvin.... here's hoping you get a few more games in at least before the curtain goes up on your playing career.... seriously one of my favourites ( I sound like slugger ) of recent years....
MGRA wrote:"you sung along with the rest saying he was not good enough for the prem ??? then how can he coach at that level ???"
OSPREYSAINT wrote:so you don't reckon he should be our 1st choice then ??? you sung along with the rest saying he was not good enough for the prem ??? then how can he coach at that level ??? For me he is good enough and should have been our first choice from day 1. The fact that he is now being kept on because we need to cover all bases is irrelevant. I am only a wind-up-merchant to the over sensitive that hate the truth. to all the kelvin-bashers on here this is a bolt-out-of-the blue... to your mini-club its "great" but you have not got the faintest idea why !!!
MGRA wrote:Predictable as the weather, WUM status confirmed, no further need to comment.
Kelvin is a solid player, despite all the cr@p posted on here about him not being good enough for the prem and his "near post",,,, blah blah blah.... he was and is a good keeper... very happy he remains and be it prem or champ It would not surprise me if he is back as number 1 next season. But I am sorry, the club is not rewarding loyalty, because they simply do not do that. There is no such concept in our brave new world.... ;-) I have suspicion that in training kelvin turned out to be a pretty good centre half !
Your logic is "if you're not good enough to play Prem football, you're not good enough to coach it".
Thank that through for ten seconds then defend it.
MGRA
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10:29pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Velleity wrote:you misunderstand my stand point. I have no intention to want people to see black and white, but hypocracy is pathetic. To want Kelvin to "be thanked and let go" in the summer and now to applaud his signing is just hilarious.... you are not necessarily one of those ( I can't remember ) but loads were and then are now going to praise this signing to the skies. The irony is that i genuinely think its a good signing and I wanted him to stay last summer and remain as 1st choice so for me I sleep well on this.
MGRA wrote:The problem I was highlighting with your post was that you seem unable just mention the Kelvin decision (of which I happen to approve, as we need a second keeper to back up Boruc). No, you manage to throw in a needless and arbitrary dig about there being a "brave new world" at the club.
Velleity wrote:kelvin.... 1st choice for you or not ? for me he was and still should be so its positive for me.... if its not positive for you then thats your problem....
MGRA wrote:You do love the sound of your own voice, these days don't you? Clearly you think there are people out here who are interested in what you say...
Kelvin is a solid player, despite all the cr@p posted on here about him not being good enough for the prem and his "near post",,,, blah blah blah.... he was and is a good keeper... very happy he remains and be it prem or champ It would not surprise me if he is back as number 1 next season. But I am sorry, the club is not rewarding loyalty, because they simply do not do that. There is no such concept in our brave new world.... ;-) I have suspicion that in training kelvin turned out to be a pretty good centre half !
Why don't you go away for a while and come back when you have something (however slightly so) positive to say about the club.
You really do need to take a break from this forum as your ramblings are sounding more deranged by the day.
I'm being serious, you need to calm down, take a break and stop trying to force us to accept your black and white views.
By the way, please note that my comments here are about what you have said, not who you are. I know you're quite keen to see things as a personal attack, so I thought I'd be clear.
angus mc coatup
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10:34pm Thu 7 Mar 13
MGRA wrote:Do you spend a lot of time looking in the mirror.
Velleity wrote:ah... very good point... I think that some can coach above their playing level. And I also think that Kelvin is one capable of coaching at that level. My dig is at all those who called for him to be "thanked and let go" at the end of last season who are now clapping happily and saying bravo and using incredible phrases like "rewarding loyalty". My sarcasm may have been missed but hey-ho. so to summarise as I bit you goodnight, great strategic signing, my choice for 1st keeper, nothing to do with saints rewarding loyalty - that notion is pathetic, great for Kelvin who I think has a great buzz with the lads there, great for us in the prem or champ, and finally great for all those who love anything that sounds great...... rock on kelvin.... here's hoping you get a few more games in at least before the curtain goes up on your playing career.... seriously one of my favourites ( I sound like slugger ) of recent years....
MGRA wrote:"you sung along with the rest saying he was not good enough for the prem ??? then how can he coach at that level ???"
OSPREYSAINT wrote:so you don't reckon he should be our 1st choice then ??? you sung along with the rest saying he was not good enough for the prem ??? then how can he coach at that level ??? For me he is good enough and should have been our first choice from day 1. The fact that he is now being kept on because we need to cover all bases is irrelevant. I am only a wind-up-merchant to the over sensitive that hate the truth. to all the kelvin-bashers on here this is a bolt-out-of-the blue... to your mini-club its "great" but you have not got the faintest idea why !!!
MGRA wrote:Predictable as the weather, WUM status confirmed, no further need to comment.
Kelvin is a solid player, despite all the cr@p posted on here about him not being good enough for the prem and his "near post",,,, blah blah blah.... he was and is a good keeper... very happy he remains and be it prem or champ It would not surprise me if he is back as number 1 next season. But I am sorry, the club is not rewarding loyalty, because they simply do not do that. There is no such concept in our brave new world.... ;-) I have suspicion that in training kelvin turned out to be a pretty good centre half !
Your logic is "if you're not good enough to play Prem football, you're not good enough to coach it".
Thank that through for ten seconds then defend it.
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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11:17pm Thu 7 Mar 13
OX18 Saint
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12:06am Fri 8 Mar 13
ben dover
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12:07am Fri 8 Mar 13
saintshorse101
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12:30am Fri 8 Mar 13
I think its good to keep kelv on the books AB`s contract is up in the summer and unless he has signed a new one that I haven't heard about that means he could be off, so we then need a new keeper and to still have kelv as `back up` makes total sense to me.
st1halo
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1:06am Fri 8 Mar 13
Confucious wrote:Me too!
slugger wrote:Looks that way - but no doubt Kelvin's also seen as a real asset to the club with a wider role than one of the senior squad goalkeepers.
I could be wrong but it would appear that Nicola does indeed reward loyalty , nice one Kelvin , our next goalkeeping coach ?
Kelvin stuck with us through some bad times as well as the good and I'm delighted he's staying around.
I've still got that Leeds match stored on my Skybox and revisit it whenever my belief in miracles begins to wane.
STID
st1halo
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1:47am Fri 8 Mar 13
saintshorse101 wrote:It makes total sense to most of us 101 but that is because we are blind muppets and too stupid to see the truth in Migraine's world
MRSA s now using any story on here to have a go at `the mindless masses` or NC. which is rather unfortunate. I don't recall many saying pre-season that kelv would be out of his depth in the prem, I do recall a few moaning about kelv after a few games when he was being caught out at his near post, yet most of those also said they had great respect for kelv and that the defence wasnt helping things. people are allowed to think that kelv is not NO.1 but a good NO.2. everything in mrsa`s world is either black or white.
I think its good to keep kelv on the books AB`s contract is up in the summer and unless he has signed a new one that I haven't heard about that means he could be off, so we then need a new keeper and to still have kelv as `back up` makes total sense to me.
We don't really understand the dark set-ups, conspiracies and smoke screens going on behind the scenes at SFC.
I particularly like it when anything that doesn't fit in with his view is 'spin'. Then he enlightens us with his own 'spin' thereby spinning the 'spin'. Personally I blame the Illuminati!
"Curtain call for Gonzo - 1 minute"
I better go now, we're doing a sketch on Specsavers!
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hedge end bob
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2:32am Fri 8 Mar 13
Wide Boy Arry
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5:19am Fri 8 Mar 13
Velleity wrote:Look who's talking!
MGRA wrote:You do love the sound of your own voice, these days don't you? Clearly you think there are people out here who are interested in what you say...
Kelvin is a solid player, despite all the cr@p posted on here about him not being good enough for the prem and his "near post",,,, blah blah blah.... he was and is a good keeper... very happy he remains and be it prem or champ It would not surprise me if he is back as number 1 next season. But I am sorry, the club is not rewarding loyalty, because they simply do not do that. There is no such concept in our brave new world.... ;-) I have suspicion that in training kelvin turned out to be a pretty good centre half !
Why don't you go away for a while and come back when you have something (however slightly so) positive to say about the club.
SFCSaint
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7:24am Fri 8 Mar 13
OSPREYSAINT
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8:27am Fri 8 Mar 13
"The Chairman has made promises that he's kept, and probably done even more than he's promised".
"There's a lot of trust between the team and that man, so we're all very happy to be Saints players and we all want to be part of our continued success.".
MGRA is hinting that KD is just saying that to keep his job, and that it is all untrue? One minute he is backing KD, the next he is calling him a liar, and he says that we are hypocritical.
I have searched for a post where I have said that KD is not good enough, I can't find it. It is however MPs job to pick the team I will leave it to him.
OSPREYSAINT
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8:30am Fri 8 Mar 13
SFCSaint wrote:You have to, in case it happens. Will it? In your own opinion.
planning for the championship:/
miltonarcher
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9:37am Fri 8 Mar 13
Beer Monster
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11:51am Fri 8 Mar 13
saint Compo wrote:This is what I was saying in the pub last night - NC clearly feels that he has the ability to drive the club forward in some capacity, and is happy to help him continue his career. Well deserved recognition in my eyes.
Good to have him on the bus for a bit longer. He'll get a free bus pass soon!
Seriously though, he's obviously seen as an important part of the squad whether playing or just showing leadership as club captain. I don't get the feeling that NC is a softie so he must regard Kelvin as worth keeping on. Maybe his role will include bringing on the youngsters like Gazza and Crocker and it will help him become a coach (and perhaps like Nigel, a full blown manager!) in due course.
COYR
andygoater1957
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8:15pm Fri 8 Mar 13
OSPREYSAINT says...
5:08pm Thu 7 Mar 13