Back to work for Saints stars (From Daily Echo)

What an intriguing choice of photo! Care to explain what's going on here, Mr Picture Editor? Otherwise, you know what us readers are like. We'll come up with our own imaginative takes...

Hopefully the players will arrive back with their new BMW 4x4's fully run in, huge Bose headphones fitted and their hair expensively sculptured (Chappers with a transplant of course). To look the part in the Prem they should also have taken advantage of the break to get their arms and necks fully tattooed with very meaningful images requiring a Beckham sized intellect to fully comprehend. Some of our players finished last season with no tattoos at all, let alone ones which have satisfyingly unintelligible answers to insoluble mysteries.

Hopefully the pre-season programme will include some top-flight drama training. They will need to know exactly how, in a convincing manner, to collapse in agony clutching a severely injured head after suffering a gentle accidental finger flicks from an opposing player - and how, once inside penalty areas, to fly through the air as if they have been hit by the blast from a large military shell.

There's so more to the Prem than just passing, shooting and tackling.

Here goes!

Can't wait!

Best ever father Day present...tickets to Evian for 3 days. Brill...thanks Kids

Oh I forgot you also need me to drive the hire car around ..lol

Confucious wrote:
Hopefully the players will arrive back with their new BMW 4x4's fully run in, huge Bose headphones fitted and their hair expensively sculptured (Chappers with a transplant of course). To look the part in the Prem they should also have taken advantage of the break to get their arms and necks fully tattooed with very meaningful images requiring a Beckham sized intellect to fully comprehend. Some of our players finished last season with no tattoos at all, let alone ones which have satisfyingly unintelligible answers to insoluble mysteries. Hopefully the pre-season programme will include some top-flight drama training. They will need to know exactly how, in a convincing manner, to collapse in agony clutching a severely injured head after suffering a gentle accidental finger flicks from an opposing player - and how, once inside penalty areas, to fly through the air as if they have been hit by the blast from a large military shell. There's so more to the Prem than just passing, shooting and tackling.

If they watched last nights Euro Semi, They,d have picked up PLENTY of "useful" skills ?? to practice............
..............

Confucious wrote:
Hopefully the players will arrive back with their new BMW 4x4's fully run in, huge Bose headphones fitted and their hair expensively sculptured (Chappers with a transplant of course). To look the part in the Prem they should also have taken advantage of the break to get their arms and necks fully tattooed with very meaningful images requiring a Beckham sized intellect to fully comprehend. Some of our players finished last season with no tattoos at all, let alone ones which have satisfyingly unintelligible answers to insoluble mysteries.

Hopefully the pre-season programme will include some top-flight drama training. They will need to know exactly how, in a convincing manner, to collapse in agony clutching a severely injured head after suffering a gentle accidental finger flicks from an opposing player - and how, once inside penalty areas, to fly through the air as if they have been hit by the blast from a large military shell.

There's so more to the Prem than just passing, shooting and tackling.

Agree with you there, have to say that's one aspect of prem football I'm not looking forward to. In general Nige and the boys have looked very honest in L1 and the championshp. Prem commentary too is very over dramtic. Perhaps we should take Kitson as director of infringement fabrication and gamplay creative interpretation?

Confucious wrote:
Hopefully the players will arrive back with their new BMW 4x4's fully run in, huge Bose headphones fitted and their hair expensively sculptured (Chappers with a transplant of course). To look the part in the Prem they should also have taken advantage of the break to get their arms and necks fully tattooed with very meaningful images requiring a Beckham sized intellect to fully comprehend. Some of our players finished last season with no tattoos at all, let alone ones which have satisfyingly unintelligible answers to insoluble mysteries.

Hopefully the pre-season programme will include some top-flight drama training. They will need to know exactly how, in a convincing manner, to collapse in agony clutching a severely injured head after suffering a gentle accidental finger flicks from an opposing player - and how, once inside penalty areas, to fly through the air as if they have been hit by the blast from a large military shell.

There's so more to the Prem than just passing, shooting and tackling.

Agree with you there, have to say that's one aspect of prem football I'm not looking forward to. In general Nige and the boys have looked very honest in L1 and the championshp. Prem commentary too is very over dramtic. Perhaps we should take Kitson as director of infringement fabrication and gamplay creative interpretation?

BRING IT ON WE ARE BACK.

COME ON YOU SAINTS LETS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING THE FANS ARE RIGHT BEHIND YOU.

(sorry guys exited again i can't wait for the start)

COYR

For those fans of the Russell Howard show - its simply Nigel auditioning for Kate Silvertons role

Is that Nigel's good lady wife behind him?

Portswood wrote:
What an intriguing choice of photo! Care to explain what's going on here, Mr Picture Editor? Otherwise, you know what us readers are like. We'll come up with our own imaginative takes...

Nigel, hands up for how many we will we put past City in the opening game

Confucious wrote:
Hopefully the players will arrive back with their new BMW 4x4's fully run in, huge Bose headphones fitted and their hair expensively sculptured (Chappers with a transplant of course). To look the part in the Prem they should also have taken advantage of the break to get their arms and necks fully tattooed with very meaningful images requiring a Beckham sized intellect to fully comprehend. Some of our players finished last season with no tattoos at all, let alone ones which have satisfyingly unintelligible answers to insoluble mysteries.

Hopefully the pre-season programme will include some top-flight drama training. They will need to know exactly how, in a convincing manner, to collapse in agony clutching a severely injured head after suffering a gentle accidental finger flicks from an opposing player - and how, once inside penalty areas, to fly through the air as if they have been hit by the blast from a large military shell.

There's so more to the Prem than just passing, shooting and tackling.

Yawn.

Saints Players are back to work. GREAT !!

The fixture list next Season has not been unkind to Saints IMO.

We should be ready to face and FIGHT AND WIN against any of the Teams in the Premier League Home and Away.

If we face manure and we find we are getting 'dicked' down the wings then put a BID IN NOW and strengthen the Defence.

Jose Fonte has got to DO BETTER this Season - so the hard work really starts for him.

We've got a good side - could do with adding more quality - but it is important that we don't pay over-inflated prices for Players. That said, arsenil were crying out for a keeper a few seasons ago and tightwad wenger didn't spend and it cost the club.

WE ARE NUMBER ONE IN THE SOUTH.

Southampton Legend quite rightly posted - that of course we are compared to brighton - the blue few and bore-mouth.

THE FACT IS :

arsenil and their fans run from Southampton. QPR and their fans are a joke ... LOL

So it is only wet spam and chelski that might try and kick off at St Mary's ... and they will be sent packing.

WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON.

RED ARMY. FIGHT AND WIN.
WE RULE THE SOUTH (UK)

Steven Davis is among the Rangers players absent from their first day of pre-season.

My Skate and Chelscum colleagues reacon Sir Rickie is too slow and fat to make it. I told them That we were runners up in L1 and the championship and this season I think we should go one better. COYR'S
Seriously I think 11th or better this season!

Just placed £50 at 7500/1 for Saints to win title. If I win I pay off the mortgage, if I lose the wife say's she'll kick me out ....win. win situation ;-)
Just can't wait for season to start.

Can see Fonte have Mario in his pocket in that first match!

Basics...start building from the back....step 1: Butland..

Basics...start building from the back....step 1: Butland..

WECOMING4U wrote:
Can see Fonte have Mario in his pocket in that first match!

Hopefully Nigel was watching! Gonna need to replace Fonte in all honesty, he looked a bit suspect last season so can't imagine a dramatic turn around in the Prem against world class strikers! I'd love him to make it in the prem with us but we'll see

Confucious wrote:
Hopefully the players will arrive back with their new BMW 4x4's fully run in, huge Bose headphones fitted and their hair expensively sculptured (Chappers with a transplant of course). To look the part in the Prem they should also have taken advantage of the break to get their arms and necks fully tattooed with very meaningful images requiring a Beckham sized intellect to fully comprehend. Some of our players finished last season with no tattoos at all, let alone ones which have satisfyingly unintelligible answers to insoluble mysteries.

Hopefully the pre-season programme will include some top-flight drama training. They will need to know exactly how, in a convincing manner, to collapse in agony clutching a severely injured head after suffering a gentle accidental finger flicks from an opposing player - and how, once inside penalty areas, to fly through the air as if they have been hit by the blast from a large military shell.

There's so more to the Prem than just passing, shooting and tackling.

As most of them have come up from League 1, hopefully they won't lose perspective and 'keep it real'.