21 Jan 2012 22:28:41
Lets end all this Southampton are bigger than Celtic nonsense now shall we. Coming from a saints fan, Celtic are clearly the bigger team both in past and present and would boast a very potent Championship/bottom half Premier League team. Southampton on the other hand are exceeding expectations and I would be extremely happy with a play off position come the end of the season if you think where we were last year. The Hooper deal has been put to bed and that's the end of that. I also think there is no substance in the Rhodes rumour floating about. One would expect another striker to bolster the squad this January and maybe some defensive cover if Fonte's injury is longer than expected. Regarding Puncheon, I think it would be ridiculous to sell him to a rival promotion chasing team and think we should offload to any team in another division willing to pay 750k plus - or he will come back and haunt us like a bad penny.
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21 Jan 2012 22:27:16
I find the arguments between the fans of Southampton and my own club Celtic amusing. The best line on there was someone refering to both sets of supporters acting "Billy Big Balls", made me laugh. The truth is Southampton are a good club who, from the outside, seem to be very well run and look to be going places having climbed through the leagues. A few years in the doldrums has seen them regroup and they appear to have gained some financial stability and put in place a fantastic youth set up and look capable of making the top tier.
Celtic are also a good club,(great in my biased eyes) who are well run, financially stable (considering poor tv revenue and away gates etc.) and have also set in place an amazing academy/youth set up at Lennoxtown to try and nurture homegrown talent. We may play in what is considered a "2 team league" but look at the EPL and La Liga, they have been pridomenantly dominated by 2 teams for a long time. All you can do is beat what is put in front of you. Trying to be the voice of reason, but both clubs are competing in markets which have very diffirent financial backdrops. I disagree with your views on the SPL and our clubs achievements but you are entitled to your opinion. I think they all ill-informed but there you go. What I can say for definite is that nobody on here knows the outcome of how our teams would fair if pitted head to head in the same league, you are all just making assumptions so the whole "I know for a fact" nonsense doesn't really state any facts. Have a beer dudes and relax, it's Saturday.
I am a true saint, and i congratulate you on your honest and level headed view here. If it was not for the fact that you have an excellent player in Mr G Hooper, that Nigel Adkins would love to bring to our club, then this SFC V GCFC AND EPL V SPL rubbish would not keep coming up.
I personnaly would love to see Celtic and Rangers plying their trades in the English leagues Maybe only then we could put this inane banter to bed.
Both teams are poor pub crap teams at best.
If Southhampton had met celtics valuation, then petty Ssints fans wouldnt now be moaning about our tin pot league and hoopers lack of ambition, and general slurs against scottish football!! you pay the money you get the player, £8-10m would have to be the price for our top striker to leave midway through a championship they are leading!
21 Jan 2012 22:12:34
would love to see joe allen at sol his passing today was outstanding. swansea are a pleasure to watch we needed 2 class goals to beat them hope both sides keep the performances going would look forward to swansea visiting next season
21 Jan 2012 22:01:39
Andy Carroll to sign on at Crystal Palace on a 3 month loan deal....He will fit in great with the current Strikers!
Will they take Adam and downing as well ?
21 Jan 2012 21:32:03
Lionel Messi is set to be offered to Liverpool in a swap deal for on form reds striker Andy Carroll.
Better swapping Carroll with N gog.
21 Jan 2012 21:21:39
I love it when I ere stoke fans saying we are signing so and so and this player and that it is true that reanuary is bad time for transfers traditionally you only have look at andy carrol and fernado torres as prime examples big money transfers and no time to settle in where as signing the players in summer means managers and coaches have all summer to work with them if anything Tony Pulis will get some of the older players out and just tweek the squad ere and there.
Tweek the squad? more like open heart surgery.
21 Jan 2012 21:25:15
What I think the Championship table will look like at the end of the season.
1 West Ham United
2 Middlesbrough
3 Southampton
4 Birmingham City
5 Leeds United
6 Cardiff City
7 Reading
8 Burnley
9 Hull City
10 Blackpool
11 Derby County
12 Crystal Palace
13 Leicester City
14 Peterborough United
15 Brighton & Hove Albion
16 Portsmouth
17 Ipswich Town
18 Barnsley
19 Nottingham Forest
20 Millwall
21 Watford
22 Bristol City
23 Coventry City
24 Doncaster Rovers
This table has no legs.
And woodworm
You,ve forgot to take pompey,s 10 pts off
Middlesbrough have just lost there last 3 games and saints are returning to form I doubt boro would finish above them
is this the guy thast said blackpool and brum to be relagated!
funny guy! west ham, soton , cardiff !
the rest play-offs !
maximus
Cardiff 6th place with their home record and performances this season they will be biggest threat to west ham and southampton for automatic promotion they will be 3rd place at least and that's from a big west ham fan who knows and loves my football
21 Jan 2012 20:38:00
EPL best league in the world? i dont think so! How many EPL players made the FIFA team of the year? yes thats right, 1! and he isnt even english. the best league is clearly the liga BBVA. besides the only reason the EPL is good (well overrated) is beacause of all the foreign stars, not these (well overated) english players. And to remind you some of the biggest clubs are managed by SCOTS, and if you think about how much money the SPL can afford to the EPL obviously the OLD FIRM would find it difficult but within a few years (receiving the same money as EPL clubs) they would be up there competing for the EPL title, FACT!
For crying out loud,PLEASE give it a rest,it's getting really boring now.
Mr.Roller Coaster
Blah blah blah.
2 actually mate. How many Spl players made it in?
Scots twisting what a set of babies, enjoy your two horse race every season, celtic and rangers are getting really boring now, your top striker could only cut it in the championship and your other one stokes cudn't even score in the premier league
Look the EPL might be second to la liga only but the SPL will never even match the EPL..... end of discussion
Steven fletcher wolves has how many this season? charlie adam rangers reject, plays for top 6 club, j mcarthy, j mcarthur, gary caldwell all play in EPL, darren fletcher man u first pick when fit,as well as allan hutton and cristophe berra. all scots in EPL
Morrison and Dorrans scored for WBA yesterday to.Hope Dorrans keeps his place now.A.M
21 Jan 2012 19:17:58
Can I just say well done to the baggies a good win against probably the strongest stoke team for some time its safe to say tony pulis as done a great job with stoke but we beat u today see you lot next hopefully we can go 20 odd years beating u like u have us I think stoke are the top midlands side by far
^^Stoke fan!
21 Jan 2012 18:52:11
With apparent funds coming in to reading fc for the Jan transfer window, who do you think reading will buy/rumoured to buy?
21 Jan 2012 18:50:04
I wonder if the bitter Portsmouth fan who was happy to see his team lose to the Hammers last week, is equally happy tonight?
21 Jan 2012 18:30:31
Southampton are the second biggest club in Bournemouth...... Up the hoops
Yes....right up them!
21 Jan 2012 18:29:11
Lianl messi on a day loan deal to watford for the friday game against spurs
21 Jan 2012 17:52:09
Call it what you like! Daylight robbery, smash and grab we dont care! The Argyle are out of the relegation zone! COYG COYG Bryher Pilgrim.
21 Jan 2012 17:48:37
Whats with all the Celtic disagreement on here of course Town can look at a player Celtic are looking at. There's less difference between teams of Swindons standard and than in the Scottish Prem, remember how chuffed Aberdeen were to get Ifill and how not bothered we were for letting him go Celtic mid table Championship at best.
A celtic reject Paul Caddis is Swindons best player and Captain im sure! lol
Lol I love how delusional these Swindon fans are. YOU ARE A LEAGUE 2 TEAM lol Paul Caddis who?
21 Jan 2012 17:35:02
Sounds true to me puncheon is a great player would love to have him at norwich infact get in ther lambert! also vaz te good talent saw him at oakwell last season.
No you didn't see Vaz te last season cause we only signed him in the summer
Puncheon is a great player though. You should bid at least £5M
21 Jan 2012 17:26:03
The greatest league in the world! Grow up you clowns. Richest, maybe so, but certainly not the best best! Get real!
How many players even playing in England neverr mind English players got into the top 16 european team voted a few weeks ago! Go and have a look! 1! Hardly a sign of the host of the best league in the world.....And as far as Southampton being bigger r than Celtic Idiots!
Who cares if Southampton are bigger than 'Celtic Idiots'
21 Jan 2012 17:22:28
I am glad in a way that Cardiff beat us today, they are only a point behind those scummers now, However We were unlucky today by the sounds of it, Keep the faith Pompey PUP PPU
Hey Bryher, another true Pompey fan. More concerned about Saints winning promotion than their own demise/relegation.
Keep the faith???....in what?....cheating your way to success...failing to pay local suppliers?...withholding charity payments?....You took the glory and now take the pain......COYRs
21 Jan 2012 17:09:48
Do you think If anyone would notice if we sent Darren Bent back to LA and kept Robbie Keane? What a finish for the winner! What was the score today Roger Johnson? also thanks Karl!
21 Jan 2012 17:08:19
Is Match of the Day on at 5 2 10 later ?
21 Jan 2012 17:06:16
Stoke are rubbish, you cant have Chris Foy everyweek saving you. Your such a big club you aint even got your own banter page on here!
spurs guvnor
Even Norwich are catching them.....useless Pulis
21 Jan 2012 17:05:05
Lots of Norwich fans jump hastily on Norwich city posts especially those regarding paper links for Holt to Rangers. I am a 10 year season ticket holder for NCFC and guys you have to think, for a 30 year old striker, if Rangers where to offer an amount of around 4M, are we in a position to turn that down? Money could be used on a player like Jay Rodriguez too. I just think for an ageing player we cannot discard high bids.
Get it right his not worth 10 p
Who would pay £4m for a 30 year old? and rangers dont have 40p nevermind 4m last 2 signings sone aluko (aluko paid his fee) and Mervan Celik was a free transfer!!
21 Jan 2012 16:40:23
Portsmouth could be plunged into financial problems once more after it was announced the only candidate to buy the club has pulled out.
It was also announced on BBC Solent pre-game that Portsmouth have missed tax payments for December and January totalling over £1.3M
21 Jan 2012 13:48:12
can anyone tell me the real reason why the redevelopment at wolves has stopped? back in october i was told that it would be put on hold as steel etc has gone up adding about £8m to the overall cost. also a lack of labour isnt helping things
It,s because all you in breds in turniptown all have 6 fingers and no thumbs and cant hold a spanner.
Ha ha ha!
21 Jan 2012 13:12:54
Harry refussing to do business until the last couple of hours of the transfer window to annoy the f@ck out of everyone
21 Jan 2012 13:09:30
I'm a saints fan and I can say cortese is too stinge to buy any good players someone need to take that money and spend a safe amount on some back up players because
We lost kelvin Davis to injury balkowski covered and was rubbish
We lost lambert to ban and played s**te again
We need good players
You talk s**te. Bart played well at Coventry and we've won both games since Lambert's suspension.
Are you sure you are watching the same team mate biakowski had a great game agaInst man u last season and he's had one bad game and people say he's useless, we've been great without lambert, we offered 6 mil for hooper but Celtic just did not want to sell
21 Jan 2012 12:45:26
to the norwich fans talking tosh about jay rod ! you will not get him for 3.7 million ! we rejected 5 million from saints for him ! would have to be nearer 6million and deluas scones are crap
21 Jan 2012 12:07:35
The fact Rangers are interested in Holt shows how well he's performed. As a Norwich fan, it would be great if he played his career out here but Rangers are a massive club, and for those who question the quality of them and Celtic. They are huge clubs who have beaten the top English sides in European competition recently. Holt could get champions league football at Rangers! It says a lot for Norwich if he want's to stay.
Actually, no-one will be getting any european football at rangers as they haven't had their licence granted for failing to submit audited accounts by 31st december
21 Jan 2012 11:26:15
Fleetwood Town are a disgrace to football. Darlington have only 9 players to choose from and Fleetwood have contacted league to Block any loans from Newcastle,Sunderland and Middlesbrough who have all offered Darlo young players to help them put a squad together. Fleetwood i hope your season goes T**s up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok post again , rules are rules !
why change the rules for a team that have broken them and are skint!
why the fans turn out at last minute !
credit to the loyal fans , but let it go !
if the chairman and directors and no one will back you , reform like other teams have , and dont point the finger at other clubs!
maximus
21 Jan 2012 11:10:56
Pele says Messi can only be ranked alongside him when he has won 3 world cups and scored 1283 goals! Put Messi into a national side like Brazil were and he would surpass that feat, put him into the 5th rate Brazilian league and he would have well over a thousand goals now at 24 years old. No doubting Pele was world class,so were Cruyff,Van Basten,Marradona and many more BUT Lionel Messi is THE GREATEST footballer ever and he still has 10 years at the top.
George best
Messi has always played among the best players in the best teams. He cannot be named greatest ever because he doesn't perform when lesser players are around him just like when he plays for Argentinia. Players like pele and marradona could play with donkeys and still win the game. Until messi does this he will not be ranked alongside them
21 Jan 2012 10:53:00
time to go to the heart of english football ,
"yes" bloomfield rd , palace up here today,
i have a bad feeling , lualua isnt playing injured.
actully looking more forward to next weeks fa cup match with sheff weds, think we have a great chance of getting through ! who knows!
good luck all teams today in mighty England.
maximus
If I want to watch Scotland.I will do it at Hampden Maximus.Where there not in those fruity shirts.And a in Blue and White and red.A.M
Cough , cough , splutter , splutter !
what does that mean!
anyway the queen came down to bloomfield today , unhappy palace tonite!
one off them games when pool tried to pass it to much!
well done rangers , the only rangers beating wigan!
maximus
21 Jan 2012 10:29:52
Someone was asking why "hail hail" we Celtic fans sing "hail hail the Celts are here" and as a football fan, "if you knew your history" you would have known that , maximus your small team goes with your small mind, I am Scottish but as I am a Celtic fan we hold out the hand of friendship to every body, even anti scottish people like you hail hail Timalloy
So why do you post comments full of hate on the rangers site
21 Jan 2012 10:21:20
Well didn't stoke stuff spurs 2.1 not bad for a rugby team we stoke city and we play how we want
We turned up to play football not rugby. against 12 men im not surprised we lost.
21 Jan 2012 10:13:27
I just wish Southampton would sign someone we have all heard of to finish all this s**te. I thought the juke would have been a good buy, but maybe I am not ambitious enough!
21 Jan 2012 09:29:54
ed can you please up date the arsenal forum {Ed013's Note - No probs mate}
21 Jan 2012 09:28:18
As long as Carlisle keep the current squad then we will be fine. The reasons why Lee miller can score goal, make goals and take the pressure of defence.this means Zoko can play of him allowing him to be better in the attack. Mcgovern is a good play-maker who is getting back to his best
21 Jan 2012 08:42:39
Portsmouth to sign Minus Ten-ish by the end of january !
21 Jan 2012 08:21:45
Morison has always had ambition and littlr sentiment. Villa or the north east, i think he will have left norwich by july. Stevenage fan.
21 Jan 2012 09:09:34
Adkins has said he celtic are not prepared to sell Hooper so thats the end of it, i think we should all take his view point and try to find a striker that actually wants to come to saints
I would try hooper from celtic he hates it there!
maximus
Hooper hates all those chances to score goals,and chances to win medals?Aye it must be tough for him.Just a shame they never counted Berwick as Scotland.Or he would be in our international squad.His Grand Father was born there.And according to him,saw him self as Scottish.A.M
21 Jan 2012 09:06:13
First time I have been on this site and what a laugh really cheered up my morning, as a Stoke fan I have been pleased with were the club has cone from and a few of the players we have signed, I know that we have a lot of money that others don't realise as for Sunderland moaning we owe them 4,5 million for jones who really cares we pay monthly that's your problem, if we couldn't afford we would we sign crouch and palacious so go cry somewhere else or have him back he's a lazy toss striker u were right about that, as for Baines and Cahill really can't see them joining us we got to finish in top half of table before footballers of that quality would join, then Defoe can't see this either unless tottenham are buying at least 2 forwards and let's be honest would he really be interested? Best thing to do Stoke fans stay quiet and on deadline day when we make signings like usual then brag about it, cause at the minute the players your talking about your making us all look stupid, come on Stoke let's beat west brom AGAIN today lol {Ed013's Note - Welcome}
21 Jan 2012 09:00:29
Nigel Adkins has come out and admitted defeat in the bid to sign hooper ! Wonder who's on the radar now ? If hopper wants to stay in that mickey mouse league fair play to him ! I don't care wat anyone says hopper ain't worth no more than £5m . Yeah ok his goal scoring record is impressive , but come on look who he's up against every week .
Dry your eyes kid, you lost out on a transfer target, Hoopers ambition to win a possible treble and play in europe next season might have been the lure to stay, and if he wants to go in the summer his value will have only increased, and remember your value = what a club will pay for you, ie £35m Andy Carroll, complete waste of funds!
21 Jan 2012 02:22:54
Adkins has said he has stopped chasing after Hooper, can we drop it now?
21 Jan 2012 01:51:32
I'm a Saints fan and I'm getting annoyed with all this Gary Hooper stuff. Lennon has always said he won't sell, and yesterday Adkins also said we'd stopped submitting bids. Maybe one day the deal will come about, but it won't be this January, so just stop the needless talk.
21 Jan 2012 01:09:08
I thought this was a rumour site. we didn't get Hooper. But the rumour was correct. We did put in a couple of bids. And that's what its all about not slaging each other off, no matter how outrageous the rumour is.
That's fair enough but have you read about any bids for the other 20+ players we've been linked with? Accept Falque on loan. 'You can't see the wood for the trees'.
21 Jan 2012 00:33:42
Newcastle have made a bid of 9 million for fc schalke centre back Benedikt H??wedes, the young german is seen as one of the most promising defenders to come out of the bundesliga in recent years, however schalke are holding our for their 12 million asking price so any deal looks a long way from completion
If newcastle fail to land howedes they may look to a deal for montpellier's french centre back mapou yanga mbiwa who is available for around 6.5 million and has already been strongly linked with a move to tyneside in january
21 Jan 2012 00:33:07
Got to say , all the joey barton haters, shut up!
I for one would have him at leeds in a flash, the next vinny jones, does what he believes and f~ck the outcome!! and no disrespect vinny, but joey can pass the ball lol!!!!!! come on joe, come to your first proper team!!! mot {Ed003's Note - Have you been out tonight? the guy is a thug who pretends to be clever with twatter}
There only one embarrassment and its joey barton am so glad that we got rid of him this child needs to grow up he is two much trouble for wat he even gives you on the pitch and he is the only person that is suffering from delusion as to think he even has the rights to talk about anyone in this manner when he canit even sort his life out {Ed001's Note - the guy is nothing but an animal with a well paid job, anyone that has respect for him needs to grow up.}
Barton is a typical prem footballer,the brains of a rocking horse venting his spleen and stabs everyone in the back,which is apt really because if he wasn't a footballer he would have stabbed someone for real by now. Bigger than my club barton.
Don't think he is bad as everyone makes out, people make mistakes but he doesn't help himself, calm down Joey keep a low profile and do your talking on the pitch
Leeds and joey barton both go well together both carp barton is nothing but a thug
21 Jan 2012 00:22:22
Official now! West ham to hold talks with jelavic for propose move $#it god help us
Source ssn
Jojo
21 Jan 2012 00:21:14
I'm a saints fan and always have been one and every transfer window we get rumoured with loads of these average players and we don't get one single player. Every transfer window the Southampton board seem to fail to bring any half decent Player in and with the money Southampton have got is a joke we won't finish top of the league without any backup for Lambert or guly.
Rubbish. Name one transfer window in the last 2 years when we have not brought players in to strengthen a squad which has taken us from bottom of league 1 to top of the Championship? Strikers now include Lambert, Guly, Connolly, Lee and Barnard not to mention the likes of Doble etc. We are obviously still trying to bring in another striker so be patient and stop being a glory-seeking whinger.
It s been pretty clear for the last few results that we need to strengthen and we ve not done it if we don t go up this year we will regret it adkins and cortese have had since august to know who they wanted or is he not going to spend also lee is totally unknown
We had a dip in form but have won our last 2 games. So far we have brought in 2 new players. Saints fans who criticise Adkins and Cortese sicken me but thankfully, Lee is not unknown to them. Watch him on YouTube and educate yourself, you ignorant, glory-seeking whinger.