An ode to Will Smallbone

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

Mar 2, 2024

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February 2024

We've been rumbled.

Pressing Southampton is a viable tactic now.

Feb 24, 2024

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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

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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

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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

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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