Archive - State Mary's

An ode to Will Smallbone

When you do your work quietly, the critics are much easier to hear

Mar 2, 2024

February 2024

We've been rumbled.

Pressing Southampton is a viable tactic now.

Feb 24, 2024

September 2023

Quick one on Bazunu

I don't know the answer. But maybe goalkeeper is the one position Sport Republic would have done well to relax their youth-first transfer policy.

Sep 3, 2023

August 2023

A beginner's guide to Southampton FC Women: Summer 2023 review

Where they're at, where they're going, who they are, how they're doing and how to go.

Aug 12, 2023

June 2023

Starboy and the skipper: destinations in a midfield scramble

Bellingham! Rice! Lavia! Caicedo! JWP! It's hot girl summer! Except all the girls are ball-playing number sixes.

Jun 27, 2023

May 2023

11 exits on the 'Pompey Highway'

Reviewing all the opportunities Saints had to stay up.

May 13, 2023

April 2023

Why we just *might* keep Lavia this summer

Playing for a crap team in a crap league doesn't actually constitute a release clause

Apr 5, 2023

March 2023

Why is Bednarek back? And is he here to stay?

A short bit on the return of Jan Boomerang.

Mar 10, 2023

January 2023

Adam Armstrong can be the new Shane Long, but he needs his Pellè

Or a Tadić. The point is he's mismatched with our current squad.

Jan 28, 2023

Ings worked miracles for Saints, and that's why nostalgia about his return is misplaced

The Ings-carry-model kept us in the league but it wasn't exactly a golden era

Jan 21, 2023

James Ward-Prowse is statistically the best direct free kick taker in the world

So we can all stop debating it now and just be smug

Jan 16, 2023

A tale of two systems: Ralph, Nathan and the back three

Both this season's managers spent weeks rehearsing a back three behind closed doors. Neither did well.

Jan 7, 2023

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