Careful Barry … another trap methinks
Bletch … poor mentoring 
1 Like
Do all taxpayers have to chip in to buy Defoe for West Ham or was the stadium a one-off?
13 Likes
Sky Sports News HQ @ SkySportsNewsHQ 17m17 minutes ago
BREAKING: @ StokeCity sign goalkeeper Lee Grant from @ dcfcofficial on permanent deal for £1.3m. More here: http://skysports.tv/VgcvKm # SSNHQ
Mike Dean permanently transfered to Spurs official, he is set to referee the Fa Cup game this weekend!!
1 Like
Ha ha ha brilliant.
If they do let him go, what sort of message does this give out to their fans. It says we are going down. This is the reason I do not think we will get rid of any first team players in this window.
Sorry that should have gone in the other sport an hobbies thread.
Bazza Baiting
2 Likes
At least the authorities have stopped gassing them…
There’s all sorts of rumours flying about on SWF. Quite interesting to catch up with a bit is he/isnt he ITK bullshit.
1 Like
VFTT used to post on here too. Not heard from him for a while.
Don’t really want to sign in. Do you have the lowdown?
This is what VFTT wrote earlier today… http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?57732-From-What-I-ve-Been-Told-Today#.WG1bUVWLTIU
The can take or leave what you’re about to read as bull or not I’m just simply passing on what I’ve been told.
I have no contacts at Saints, none, they all retired long ago, but I do have friends that work at PL clubs in the Midlands and NW, in non playing/coaching roles but involved with players to a lesser or greater extent. It’s from them this comes. Their record is good as they told me, and I posted on here, weeks in advance, of the Shaw amd Morgan deals.
I’m guessing gossip travels quickly around clubs as players tend to mix in tight circles.
There was, apparently, a huge bust up after the WBA game, in which senior pros let rip at both Puel and Black, accusing them of being clueless and not up to the job. It almost came to punches being thrown.
Some senior pros have told the club, either sort it out, which I assume means get rid of Puel, or the players will leave and some have already instructed agents to see what’s available elsewhere. This is perhaps where the Long to WBA or Long to WHU stuff has come from that’s been in the press, but I’m just guessing at that.
As a result the Chairman had to speak to the players en-mass before the Everton game (I don’t know if this means on the day of the game or before they travelled).
During and after the Everton game players ignored the manager and Black was told, in no uncertain terms, where to get off by 2 internationals in the changing room. All this in the presence of the chairman.
Now I cannot say for certain this is what has happened only that it’s the gossip doing the rounds up here.
I’m not one for changing managers mid-season but if even some of what has been said is true then Puel is in trouble.
As I’ve said, take it or leave it, call it bull, but it’s what I’ve been told today.
3 Likes
And then 10 mins some chap called AR-10, who some consider ITK, wrote this…
There is a heck of a lot of of over-shooting here (no pun intend…obviously good grief.)
This is my last post as I’m maxed out today and I have nothing more to add.
I do not believe Claude Puel HIMSELF has lost the dressing room, I think his job is being made infinitely
harder by having “a no2” whom more than one player don’t particularly like.I’m not going to name players, but I can tell you Shane Long isn’t one of the more vocal ones.
One HAS been mentioned on this thread and has had dust ups with Black before, which was mis-reported as
being Dusan Tadic.As per this:
"Some senior pros have told the club, either sort it out, which I assume means get rid of Puel, or the
players will leave and some have already instructed agents to see what’s available elsewhere."^ that also confirms everything I know, seen and have heard to be true, though NOT aimed at Claude Puel.
Let’s just get things into a bit of perspective, Claude Puel is not a bad manager, he just needs time and under the
right environment…
3 Likes
Three days ago, this AR-10 made this post (he seems to have it in for Eric Black)
Eric Black for me is the issue here.
I’m sticking my neck out a bit, but we have Eric Black, that has come from a club as toxic as Villa was
to here…and let’s face it, I’m being extremely candid here, he shouldn’t be here.When there was talk of Black coming, it was brushed off by pretty much everyone I know, NOBODY believed
it would happen, I’m TOLD the players themselves only found out about Black 2 days before the guy arrived.(at the club, not before it was announced).
Nobody knew.
And it was a shock then and it’s still hard to wire together now, the guy wasn’t massively
liked at Villa to start with, which was not footballs biggest secret.I think, and I say this as a fan , equally disappointed, even p**ssed off with what’s happened, but I just think,
if we take Black out of the picture and let Puel do his thing and then see.For me, I just look at Villa last season and I look at us now, there isn’t a great deal of difference,
with one common denominator.Puel might not speak with the greatest clarity but he is fluent enough, which was as I understand it, the motivating
factor and logic behind Black being recruited.He should have gone with the recent scandle and it was “nailed on” that he was gone.
For me, I think it was a HUGE gamble bringing in Black.
It really was. It was a massive gamble.
2 Likes
Originally posted by @Fatso
This is what VFTT wrote earlier today… http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?57732-From-What-I-ve-Been-Told-Today#.WG1bUVWLTIU
The can take or leave what you’re about to read as bull or not I’m just simply passing on what I’ve been told.
I have no contacts at Saints, none, they all retired long ago, but I do have friends that work at PL clubs in the Midlands and NW, in non playing/coaching roles but involved with players to a lesser or greater extent. It’s from them this comes. Their record is good as they told me, and I posted on here, weeks in advance, of the Shaw amd Morgan deals.
I’m guessing gossip travels quickly around clubs as players tend to mix in tight circles.
There was, apparently, a huge bust up after the WBA game, in which senior pros let rip at both Puel and Black, accusing them of being clueless and not up to the job. It almost came to punches being thrown.
Some senior pros have told the club, either sort it out, which I assume means get rid of Puel, or the players will leave and some have already instructed agents to see what’s available elsewhere. This is perhaps where the Long to WBA or Long to WHU stuff has come from that’s been in the press, but I’m just guessing at that.
As a result the Chairman had to speak to the players en-mass before the Everton game (I don’t know if this means on the day of the game or before they travelled).
During and after the Everton game players ignored the manager and Black was told, in no uncertain terms, where to get off by 2 internationals in the changing room. All this in the presence of the chairman.
Now I cannot say for certain this is what has happened only that it’s the gossip doing the rounds up here.
I’m not one for changing managers mid-season but if even some of what has been said is true then Puel is in trouble.
As I’ve said, take it or leave it, call it bull, but it’s what I’ve been told today.
Ha ha ha - same old.
I’m lost I though Ronald lost the players and dressing room. He did a much better job on the field of losing the dressing room.
It’s not something I can cope a lot with, but it was a refreshing change, going back to SWF and seeing some different people writing different things (rather than the normal tedious crud that the usual suspects eject from their cyber a-holes)
Typical brexit racism blaming Black.
Who the fuck is Black? Fuck I am out of touch - its relying on this place for news… need to get out more.
Should I be worried about Black, Shlong, Puel?
Did someone sleep with Black’s wife?
1 Like