Paine: Ex-Saint could be Roy's secret weapon (From Daily Echo)

Shame he's not there as a Saint, we were one year out in his case. No matter how good our academy and no matter how much we spend on it you won't see his quality come through often.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Shame he's not there as a Saint, we were one year out in his case. No matter how good our academy and no matter how much we spend on it you won't see his quality come through often.

It proved to be the right move for him, even though most, me included thought other wise.
It's a feather in our academies hat and there will be others, we are churning out more players so law of percentages proves we have a greater chance of unveiling more gems!

The hit and miss nature of our academy production is inefficient and entirely unneccessary in this modern age.

Don't spread the word, but I have written to Nicola suggesting that we spot talent much earlier and put things on a more scientific basis.

If, as I expect, my idea is taken up then soon you will see the opening of the Saints Soccer Sperm Bank.

The club will pay world class players such as Messi, Rooney and Lambert for a 25 cubic mm sample of the old John Thomas yoghurt which will then be frozen and banked. It will then be used to fertilize eggs bought from leading female athletes/tennis players etc.

Before long the exciting future of our club will be on full view in a large St Marys laboratory displaying hundreds of test tubes each containing an embryonic cloned saints star.

Of course sperm and eggs will be carefully matched to produce ideal players best equipped for various positions eg Jos Hooiveld/Fatima Whitbread for big strong centre backs (no doubt you can imagine your own ideal combinations).

I've not yet had a reply from Nicola so he's obviously not back from his holiday yet.

I dont know about other Saints fans but I'm getting really p****d off to keep reading about this kid in the echo, get over it he got off the bus, therefore of no more interest to us.

According to the Evening News he is a Portsmouth ace. We have a slightly better claim than them. England will not win this tournament (without a big run of luck), but it would be good if players like Theo and Alex get a chance to show their potential for the World Cup.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Shame he's not there as a Saint, we were one year out in his case. No matter how good our academy and no matter how much we spend on it you won't see his quality come through often.

I can understand your feelings, but would he have stayed if we had been promoted a year earlier?

Arsenal's top players have gone to Man City because of the lure of big money and international recognition.

Sadly I don't think we will ever hang onto great prospects until e can fill a large stadium and be consistently in the top six.

England managers won't pick players from the lower reaches of the premier league and clubs below the top six can't pay the wages to keep their home grown players. Sad. The Bosman ruling deregulated football in favour of the rich clubs and the best players.

Scarce resources (large amounts of money) acquire scarce resources (highly talented players).

Confucious wrote:
The hit and miss nature of our academy production is inefficient and entirely unneccessary in this modern age.

Don't spread the word, but I have written to Nicola suggesting that we spot talent much earlier and put things on a more scientific basis.

If, as I expect, my idea is taken up then soon you will see the opening of the Saints Soccer Sperm Bank.

The club will pay world class players such as Messi, Rooney and Lambert for a 25 cubic mm sample of the old John Thomas yoghurt which will then be frozen and banked. It will then be used to fertilize eggs bought from leading female athletes/tennis players etc.

Before long the exciting future of our club will be on full view in a large St Marys laboratory displaying hundreds of test tubes each containing an embryonic cloned saints star.

Of course sperm and eggs will be carefully matched to produce ideal players best equipped for various positions eg Jos Hooiveld/Fatima Whitbread for big strong centre backs (no doubt you can imagine your own ideal combinations).

I've not yet had a reply from Nicola so he's obviously not back from his holiday yet.

How about Peter Crouch with Janette Tough of the Krankies. This would give us a small midfield player with very long legs. He could run over the top of opponents without having to change his stride or move to the left or right of them. A huge advantage.

Ronnie Corbett and Paula Radcliffe would give a similar result. Or any combination of those four people would give very interesting results. Male and female combinations that is.

Difficult to compare players from different eras and maybe it is a rose tinted view from my youth but I don’t see AOC being half the player TP was. All the same I wish him well and all the England team. Best of luck boys.

Saintsincethe60s wrote:
I dont know about other Saints fans but I'm getting really p****d off to keep reading about this kid in the echo, get over it he got off the bus, therefore of no more interest to us.

It's of interest to me as it helps advertise just how good our academy is and will go along way towards encouraging talented young players to sign up for us, knowing that if they have the ability, we will bring it out.
It is also of interest as there may well be more money due to us, as a condition of the sale to Arsenal, based on England international appearances.

george chivers wrote:

Confucious wrote:
The hit and miss nature of our academy production is inefficient and entirely unneccessary in this modern age.

Don't spread the word, but I have written to Nicola suggesting that we spot talent much earlier and put things on a more scientific basis.

If, as I expect, my idea is taken up then soon you will see the opening of the Saints Soccer Sperm Bank.

The club will pay world class players such as Messi, Rooney and Lambert for a 25 cubic mm sample of the old John Thomas yoghurt which will then be frozen and banked. It will then be used to fertilize eggs bought from leading female athletes/tennis players etc.

Before long the exciting future of our club will be on full view in a large St Marys laboratory displaying hundreds of test tubes each containing an embryonic cloned saints star.

Of course sperm and eggs will be carefully matched to produce ideal players best equipped for various positions eg Jos Hooiveld/Fatima Whitbread for big strong centre backs (no doubt you can imagine your own ideal combinations).

I've not yet had a reply from Nicola so he's obviously not back from his holiday yet.

How about Peter Crouch with Janette Tough of the Krankies. This would give us a small midfield player with very long legs. He could run over the top of opponents without having to change his stride or move to the left or right of them. A huge advantage.

Ronnie Corbett and Paula Radcliffe would give a similar result. Or any combination of those four people would give very interesting results. Male and female combinations that is.

Nice idea - would also be unnervingly unpredictable. Suspect Nocola will be on to the Krankies' agent when he gets back.

franiow wrote:
According to the Evening News he is a Portsmouth ace. We have a slightly better claim than them. England will not win this tournament (without a big run of luck), but it would be good if players like Theo and Alex get a chance to show their potential for the World Cup.

Don't remember the Portsmouth News running stories about that Southampton ace, Darren Anderton.

Costa Baz wrote:

franiow wrote:
According to the Evening News he is a Portsmouth ace. We have a slightly better claim than them. England will not win this tournament (without a big run of luck), but it would be good if players like Theo and Alex get a chance to show their potential for the World Cup.

Don't remember the Portsmouth News running stories about that Southampton ace, Darren Anderton.

Good points, both of you.

The ox just needs to Get his head down and do his thing if he plays the occasion like theo did 4 years ago he will be poor but if he is just his normal sparky self he will be a joy to watch and could be the difference.

#FARMHOUSEPUB

Confucious wrote:

george chivers wrote:

Confucious wrote:
The hit and miss nature of our academy production is inefficient and entirely unneccessary in this modern age.

Don't spread the word, but I have written to Nicola suggesting that we spot talent much earlier and put things on a more scientific basis.

If, as I expect, my idea is taken up then soon you will see the opening of the Saints Soccer Sperm Bank.

The club will pay world class players such as Messi, Rooney and Lambert for a 25 cubic mm sample of the old John Thomas yoghurt which will then be frozen and banked. It will then be used to fertilize eggs bought from leading female athletes/tennis players etc.

Before long the exciting future of our club will be on full view in a large St Marys laboratory displaying hundreds of test tubes each containing an embryonic cloned saints star.

Of course sperm and eggs will be carefully matched to produce ideal players best equipped for various positions eg Jos Hooiveld/Fatima Whitbread for big strong centre backs (no doubt you can imagine your own ideal combinations).

I've not yet had a reply from Nicola so he's obviously not back from his holiday yet.

How about Peter Crouch with Janette Tough of the Krankies. This would give us a small midfield player with very long legs. He could run over the top of opponents without having to change his stride or move to the left or right of them. A huge advantage.

Ronnie Corbett and Paula Radcliffe would give a similar result. Or any combination of those four people would give very interesting results. Male and female combinations that is.

Nice idea - would also be unnervingly unpredictable. Suspect Nocola will be on to the Krankies' agent when he gets back.

Would it be possible to cross Le God with Catherine Zeta-Jones? Or would there be a risk of creating a rather ugly boy who's carp at footy and whose sole contribution to the world is to look after the elderly whilst saying things like, 'there, there, Michael ma boya, gizza a liddle cwtch fer comfy sake; aw me Duw, you look well in that, inn'it?'

Careful what you wish for!

and the worst possible intervention in JayRod signing....Everton are tryying to get him, and if he can stay up north , I think he will go there.

Peter Schmeichel and Maria Sharapova would produce a goalie of undeniable class that would scream orders at the defence in decibels off the Richter scale.
Shame we can’t fast track the old John Thomas yoghurt regenerating process in time for next season, no offence Kasper.

rocketone wrote:
and the worst possible intervention in JayRod signing....Everton are tryying to get him, and if he can stay up north , I think he will go there.

That story is one of the "thinner" ones I've read.

http://www.mirror.co
.uk/sport/football/t
ransfer-news/everton
-target-jay-rodrigue
z-the-burnley-867931


Sounds to me like the kind of story an agent might plant to increase pressure on NA to give better terms.

And all the worries about his not having sealed the deal yet; JR only got back from Mexico on Thursday and spent two days in Southampton since then, which suggests he's hardly being dragged here against his will. (That news is from the BBC website).

As for all the people saying he won't want to move south...I'm from the Yorkshire branch of Cloggieland and it didn't take much to get me to move here to the subtropical paradise that is Southampton. Given the choice between that or Liversoddingpool, it's no contest.

I predict that we'll get him. And I'm NEVER wrong. Just ask my wife.

Just seen the premiership league table, must do better, we're only 13th in the league at the moment

Velleity wrote:

rocketone wrote:
and the worst possible intervention in JayRod signing....Everton are tryying to get him, and if he can stay up north , I think he will go there.

That story is one of the "thinner" ones I've read.

http://www.mirror.co

.uk/sport/football/t

ransfer-news/everton

-target-jay-rodrigue

z-the-burnley-867931



Sounds to me like the kind of story an agent might plant to increase pressure on NA to give better terms.

And all the worries about his not having sealed the deal yet; JR only got back from Mexico on Thursday and spent two days in Southampton since then, which suggests he's hardly being dragged here against his will. (That news is from the BBC website).

As for all the people saying he won't want to move south...I'm from the Yorkshire branch of Cloggieland and it didn't take much to get me to move here to the subtropical paradise that is Southampton. Given the choice between that or Liversoddingpool, it's no contest.

I predict that we'll get him. And I'm NEVER wrong. Just ask my wife.

Eveton, Newcastle, Celtic and saints are in a battle to sign him, interesting to see Adkins has been chasing him longer, way back last year. All those managers can't be wrong and he must be worth it, and burnley fans singing his praises too. Fingers crossed we get our man.

Should this piece not be headed:

Ex-Saint: Ex Saint could be Roy's secret weapon.

ghk230473 wrote:

Velleity wrote:

rocketone wrote:
and the worst possible intervention in JayRod signing....Everton are tryying to get him, and if he can stay up north , I think he will go there.

That story is one of the "thinner" ones I've read.

http://www.mirror.co


.uk/sport/football/t


ransfer-news/everton


-target-jay-rodrigue


z-the-burnley-867931




Sounds to me like the kind of story an agent might plant to increase pressure on NA to give better terms.

And all the worries about his not having sealed the deal yet; JR only got back from Mexico on Thursday and spent two days in Southampton since then, which suggests he's hardly being dragged here against his will. (That news is from the BBC website).

As for all the people saying he won't want to move south...I'm from the Yorkshire branch of Cloggieland and it didn't take much to get me to move here to the subtropical paradise that is Southampton. Given the choice between that or Liversoddingpool, it's no contest.

I predict that we'll get him. And I'm NEVER wrong. Just ask my wife.

Eveton, Newcastle, Celtic and saints are in a battle to sign him, interesting to see Adkins has been chasing him longer, way back last year. All those managers can't be wrong and he must be worth it, and burnley fans singing his praises too. Fingers crossed we get our man.

might sound daft but happy if jr comes to us,and happy if he do,nt cos if he does it means he wants to and if he does,nt and goes elsewere it means he not 100% and i would welcome his move elsewere......

stormus troupias the 1st wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

Velleity wrote:

rocketone wrote:
and the worst possible intervention in JayRod signing....Everton are tryying to get him, and if he can stay up north , I think he will go there.

That story is one of the "thinner" ones I've read.

http://www.mirror.co



.uk/sport/football/t



ransfer-news/everton



-target-jay-rodrigue



z-the-burnley-867931





Sounds to me like the kind of story an agent might plant to increase pressure on NA to give better terms.

And all the worries about his not having sealed the deal yet; JR only got back from Mexico on Thursday and spent two days in Southampton since then, which suggests he's hardly being dragged here against his will. (That news is from the BBC website).

As for all the people saying he won't want to move south...I'm from the Yorkshire branch of Cloggieland and it didn't take much to get me to move here to the subtropical paradise that is Southampton. Given the choice between that or Liversoddingpool, it's no contest.

I predict that we'll get him. And I'm NEVER wrong. Just ask my wife.

Eveton, Newcastle, Celtic and saints are in a battle to sign him, interesting to see Adkins has been chasing him longer, way back last year. All those managers can't be wrong and he must be worth it, and burnley fans singing his praises too. Fingers crossed we get our man.

might sound daft but happy if jr comes to us,and happy if he do,nt cos if he does it means he wants to and if he does,nt and goes elsewere it means he not 100% and i would welcome his move elsewere......

One door shuts and another 1 opens, it does mean we enter into an auction which is good for the selling club. There are plenty more fish in the sea, I hope we have enough bait n rods!

Has twitchy had his hands glued to his chair on match of the day? good to know he would have taken the England job, just a shame that he announced during his trial that he is an illiterate fool who struggles to organise his own life and financial affairs! (his own words). just the qualifications the F.A. were looking for! so did he talk his way out of court and out of the England job that he wanted? stat on the beeb, he has managed 1250 games for english teams! but they didnt say that he only won the F.A. cup promotion once with players his team couldnt afford!

Good luck to Oxo; things have gone well for him and we're well paid for him so win win. Just don't take any more baby skates into academy.. the slippery little fish swim up stream early and won't stay and wriggle for Saints.

I would like to start a rumour, please.
Frank Lampard to join Saints on the advise of junior Redknap.
He joins Saints to further his playing career and to take his coaching badges at a club with a genuine youth policy.
Yea I know , too far fetched ?

rocketone wrote:
I would like to start a rumour, please.
Frank Lampard to join Saints on the advise of junior Redknap.
He joins Saints to further his playing career and to take his coaching badges at a club with a genuine youth policy.
Yea I know , too far fetched ?

I certainly hope not!

Annoucment from Saints due at 5.30pm...whisper is that it is the JayRod signing...fingers crossed!

Baddesley Bill wrote:
Annoucment from Saints due at 5.30pm...whisper is that it is the JayRod signing...fingers crossed!

good shout