Southampton F.C.

[Ceasefire]

Real credit to them. What a remarkable transformation in the last 12 months since their 9-0 home drubbing by Leicester. Credit to them for sticking with their manager. A club that always plays fast free-flowing attractive football despite having to sell its best players frequently to financially stay solvent.
A role model for us to follow but it truly saddens me to say but they are light years ahead of us at the moment.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

The team that finished two places below us a few months ago are light-years ahead of us?

Okay.

 

[Dan Emery]

Arguably on the pitch they are I'm afraid (right now at this moment)

 

[Foody]

Southampton are in such a different place to us in terms of infrastructure. They have a top class academy, top class training facilities and have spent the majority of the last 20 years in the Premier league. Their wagr structure and commercial income is way beyond our own. I don't want to play the 'look where we were 4 years ago' card, but off the pitch we've a hell of a lot of catching up to do.

 

[HD8 Blades]

We’re light years ahead of where we were a few years ago. That’s the only thing you can really gauge us against.

 

[robbiez666]

The Southampton who were 4:0 up and let it slip to 4:3?

They're a good club with some good players and a good set-up but seems strange to single them out for praise. We did, after all, finish above them last season..

 

[Yogi]

We’re light years ahead of where we were a few years ago. That’s the only thing you can really gauge us against.

Could gauge us against teams that came up with us that year from league 1 who were similar sized clubs with similar infrastructure and yeah we come out looking pretty good

 

[BushBlade]

How much have Villa spent? Fucking track and trace is better value for money.

 

[Pedro Verde]

Southampton are in such a different place to us in terms of infrastructure. They have a top class academy, top class training facilities and have spent the majority of the last 20 years in the Premier league. Their wagr structure and commercial income is way beyond our own. I don't want to play the 'look where we were 4 years ago' card, but off the pitch we've a hell of a lot of catching up to do.

They have had lot of the PL millions for as you say possibly 20 years
We are playing catch up, I would say with all the money they have had they should be way in front of us but they finished below us last season. This season who knows but they do have a very big advantage over us in income earned over the last 10 years

 

[Killamarshblades]

They got promoted in 2012. Shows the importance of staying in league if you want to grow and develop a club

 

[COME BACK CHED]

Thats Nigel Adkins for ya .

 

[8lade]

It's a good comparison in terms of club size but as has been pointed out (unless you have the income of a Big 6 team) it's important to get EPL money.

 

[biggey blade]

The Southampton who were 4:0 up and let it slip to 4:3?

We will be lucky to put 4 past anyone this season never mind let it slip. They still won the match so hardly let it slip.

 

[hidesbehindapseudonym]

Can we borrow their strip?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Take Danny Ings out of that team and they are bottom 6 candidates.

 

[pommpey]

Take Danny Ings out of that team and they are bottom 6 candidates.

Danny Ings doesn't score every goal on his tod.

He has some decent playmakers behind him and is building a good partnership with Adams, himself a good chance maker

We have none of that

pommpey

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Danny Ings doesn't score every goal on his tod.

He has some decent playmakers behind him and is building a good partnership with Adams, himself a good chance maker

We have none of that

pommpey

True but take his 20 odd goals away and they aren't the same.

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

Hassenhuntl is one of the best managers in the league that's why


Bit of a Joke the Fat Frank Ole the PE teacher and Lego man at Arsenal who have achieved nothing in there careers have 3 of the biggest jobs in the league