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Generous marks for Steve de Ridder
KELVIN DAVIS (5/10) started the season in goal and anyone
with half a brain could see that he wasn’t good enough. Nigel Adkins seemed to have some sort of
blindspot which is strange considering he was a keeper himself. The defending in the opening matches was
shambolic and aside from saving a couple of penalties, Superkelv did not have
the greatest of times regarding organization and crosses and all that good
stuff. In truth he was not helped by Fox
and Hooiveld having mares, Fonte finding his feet at this level and Clyne being
new. He lost his place after a 6-1
defeat to Arsenal to the only other keeper we had on the books in 20 year old
rookie PAOLO GAZZANIGA (5/10) who had signed as ‘one for the future’ from
Gillingham in the summer and we gave them Tommy Dismal Forecast on loan as part
of the deal. Superkelv played second
fiddle whilst Gazza improved things without truly looking comfortable and
making a couple of high profile mistakes including presenting an equalizer to
Swansea through trying to be too clever instead of just wellying it up the
pitch and coming flying out into no-mans-land to claim a cross he was never going
to get near and allowing a simple header into an empty net at QPR. I put it down to his rat pony-tail thing. Hard living, hard drinking, chain smoking (all allegedly) ARTUR BORUC (8/10) was brought in as a more
experienced alternative but he looked like he’d been eating pies all summer and
soon found himself out of the team courtesy of getting annoyed at fans
barracking him in his first home game and lobbing a water bottle in their
general direction. Thanks to that (well
done the fans... he said sarcastically), we ended up with Gazza and then Kelvin
flapping about back in goal and the problem of us not having a reliable keeper
was not going away. Thankfully, Nigel
Adkins saw sense and recalled a now slimmed-down Boruc for a home game against
Arsenal where he started poorly but then grew into the game and he’s been
undroppable ever since. He hasn’t made a
massive number of flash saves (last minute penalty save at Norwich aside) but
he’s caught more or less everything that needed to be caught and though he is
undoubtedly a nutter, has brought a calmness to proceeding which wasn’t there
in the first half of the season. He’s
the first goalkeeper since Antii Niemi who I’ve had total confidence in and
it’s brilliant that he’s signed a 2 year contract, at the end of which he’ll
only be 35. More surprising was that
Kelvin was handed a 2 year extension which takes him up to the age of 63. I strongly believe that we would have gone
down if we’d continued with Kelvin or Gazza in goal and the signing of Artur
Boruc is therefore one of the pivotal moments of the season.
NATHANIEL CLYNE (8/10) signed from Palace at the start of
the season and was always going to be first choice. In initially he struggled a bit but he didn’t
look too bad because everyone else in the defence was struggling more. After that initial few months, he eradicated
the tendency to slip over on his arse whenever the ball was crossed from our
left to the right. He’s been different
class for the majority of the season and if life was fair and that idiot
Hodgson picked players from outside the top 6 clubs, he’d be getting a run out
for the national side soon. Hardly ever
beaten in a 1v1 scenario and gets forward well too though I wanted to kill him
when he missed that chance at Tottenham.
He had no real rivals for the right back berth this season so next
season, someone needs to step up from the academy or someone needs to be signed
to at least make him think about his place in the side.
LUKE SHAW (8/10) was much talked about before the season
started and was (according to the website wankers) off to Arsenal and Chelsea,
the graveyard of any young English player.
Thankfully not though and he got given a chance in the first team after
Nigel Adkins lost patience with Danny Fox after the debacle of West Brom away. Throwing a 17 year old kid in to a faltering
defence is not usually the answer but this time it certainly helped stem the
flow of goals that were flying past whoever was in goal. Quick, positionally very good, decent going
forward and strong in the tackle, Shaw proved to be the perfect match for Clyne
on the other side. Gets niggles
occasionally and misses the odd game which can be attributed to his age and we
were noticeably more dodgy when he wasn’t in the side. Turns 18 in the summer, at which point he can
sign a full professional contract and until he does, despite verbally
committing, expect the media to use that to sell him to every club under the
sun. No one is trying to sell DANNY FOX
(5/10) to other clubs, not ones near the Champions League places anyhow. Fox is a decent Championship player who was
never intended to be first choice this year but even in the Championship,
defensively he looked a bit short at times.
We tried to sign Alexander Buttner who ended up at Man United in the
summer and so Fox started the season and he started it poorly, providing the
assist for Manchester City’s winner at the Etihad by heading a cross from a
position of no danger, straight to Carlos Tevez in front of the goal. In other games, crosses rained in from our
left hand side as he only seemed to defend the penalty area and not the full
width of the pitch until the emergence of Shaw confined him to the bench. He played the odd game when Shaw was missing
and did better as a stop gap than as a starter until he played in the abysmal
home defeat against West Brom and got sent off when the game was already lost, for a horrible two footed lunge. He
hasn’t played since but managed to get recalled by Scotland so the two footed
drop kick must have impressed Gordon Strachan.
He’s ok as a cover player, playing about 5-10 games a season but you
really wouldn’t want him in the side for any prolonged period of time. What we have missed this year is his
excellent delivery from set pieces as none of the regular starters this year
have delivered a ball into the box as well as Fox does, hence our almost
complete lack of set piece goals.
The season started with JOSE FONTE (6.5/10) and JOS HOOIVELD
(6/10) as the centre back partnership, then it was Fonte and MAYA YOSHIDA
(7/10), then Hooiveld and Yoshida and then back to Fonte and Hooiveld as we
went full circle. The fact that we
started the season with Fonte and Hooiveld and the only back up was League 1
standard Desperate Dan Seaborne, was a major failing of the summer transfer
window. With neither having played in
the Premier League before and others struggling around them, it was no wonder
that they looked all at sea and we shipped goals at an alarming rate. Jose looked like a rabbit in the headlights
and Jos looked like a slightly bigger, more clumsy rabbit in the headlights, having
set the tone for the start of the season with a thumping own goal in a French
pre-season friendly. He gave a penalty
away trashing Tevez at City in the opening league match and in the 3rd
game, did similar against Van Persie.
After a calamitous performance at home to Fulham when he slammed one
into the top corner of his own net, Jos was out of the side and replaced with
Japanese International Maya Yoshida who joined in what looked like a panic buy,
from VVV Venlo in Holland. After a
wince-inducing debut at Arsenal in a 6-1 defeat, Maya settled down and Jose
looked much more comfortable with him rather than the big Dutchman. The Japanese is the best reader of the game
out of the three and is comfortable in either the right or left channel and his
inclusion made Jose become the ‘first knock’ centre half and with the inclusion
of Shaw at left back, the defence suddenly got tighter. Jose’s unfortunate injury in the Chelsea
can’t-be-bothered FA Cup game let Jos back into the side and whilst the Saints
fans collectively groaned at the prospect, the Big Man also looked much better
alongside Maya than alongside his partner from last season as the defence, now
augmented by Artur Boruc, continued to keep the goals against column pretty
low. Towards the end of the season, Maya
had a tendency to struggle against the more physical strikers, having a mare
against Carroll (West Ham) and Lukaku (West Brom) but he wasn’t alone as Big
Jos seemed to revert to his early season form of own goals and clumsy
challenges, prompting Mauricio to reunite the original starting combination of
Fonte and Hooiveld for the last few games.
Overall, I feel we just about got by in central defence without ever really looking convincing. All three players had good games and shockers
and even though there weren’t that many goals against in the second half of the
season, the ones we did let in were often as the result of individual mistakes
in this area. Expect to see one or two
centre backs arrive in the summer. Oh
yeah, please see Vegard Forren in the ‘Also rans’ section.
JACK CORK (8.5/10) gave an interview in the second half of
the season in which he said that playing in midfield in Pochettino’s system
required you to have two hearts.
Amusingly, this got reported as ‘two lungs’ which as far as I’m aware,
most people have. On the subject of
hearts, Jack Cork was our heartbeat this season, being ideally suited to the
pressing game and winning the ball back high up the pitch which he does using
intelligence and speed of thought. He’s
a very modern midfielder who barely commits any fouls and therefore barely gets
booked. Another thing he barely does of
course is to get shots on target and there have been a few lucky Corky lottery
winners this year who have had to dive for cover as he shoots into the seats,
usually around Row 25. Injured at the
start of the season and his arrival in the team coincided with Nigel Adkins
picking him and Schneiderlin as our midfield screen and sorting his formation
out. He was another massive contributing
factor to our relative defensive solidity as the season wore on. Should be on the fringes of the England squad
by now and of course, should have been called up for the end of season
friendlies but Jack Rodwell is obviously a better bet having played 5 games all
season for Man City. As mentioned, the
other defensive midfielder was MORGAN SCHNEIDERLIN (9/10) who has had the best
season of his career, playing at the highest level. He used to get lost in the scuffle of League
1 but as we’ve moved up the leagues, so his level of performance has risen. Out of nowhere this season he started
chipping in with goals as well, notching 6 in all competitions and therefore
beating his club total for the previous 4 years combined. Unlike Corky he does throw himself into
tackles a bit and managed to dodge suspension this year with a masterly piece
of avoidance by reaching 5 bookings about half an hour after the deadline and
then ending the season on 9. He has
controlled games this season and like Corky, I wonder how he’s not in his full
international squad yet, that being the French one. As long as he stays, I see him as the long
term captain of the club. As a pair,
these two have been superb, never more so than in a losing cause at Manchester
United when they dominated Carrick and Jones from start to finish. We were lucky that the two of them stayed
more or less 100% available for the rest of the season once Corky returned and
it wouldn’t surprise me to see more competition brought in for this area of the
team in the summer.
STEVEN DAVIS (7/10) joined in the summer from the Ashes of
Glasgow Rangers when the Scottish FA treated them as they deserved to be
treated and dumped them at the arse end of the bottom division in almost a
direct opposite of what the hardline English FA did with Portsmouth. Was in and out of the team a bit at the start
and when we switched to 4-2-3-1 found himself on the bench more often than
not. His early season averageness was
put down to a nagging groin injury and once he got into the side around
February, became a fixture and performed well in just about every match. He gets forward well but also fills in to
help out Corky and Morgan, winning possession and keeping it and always being
on the move. The one thing he needs to
add is a bit more confidence in front of goal as he seems to have at least one
decent chance every match and always looks like he’d rather be anywhere else
then taking responsibility for scoring a goal.
Playing a similar way is JAMES WARD-PROWSE (5/10) who should possibly be
in the ‘also ran’ section but made enough cameo appearances to warrant being in
the main squad for this review. Another
tidy player who helps to close down games by keeping possession or one who can
create something up front as he did in the 1-1 draw at Sunderland. I feel that he has been a bit under used this
season but I’m sure that if you’d offered him the amount of games he has played
at the age of 18, he’d have been quite happy.
With the new signings that will doubtlessly arrive in the summer, I
don’t expect him to start next year in the first team but he’ll be trusted more
and should make progressively more appearances as the season goes on. JWP’s average performance has been more of a
7/10 level but he’s only played a few games, hence a low mark.
JASON PUNCHEON (7/10) was expected to be a benchwarmer at
best this season but did well in pre-season and started off in the team. His rehabilitation following his seasons out
on loan and rant against the Don appeared to be complete as he became one of
the first names on the team sheet and rattled in enough goals to put him second
to Sir Rickie in the goalscoring stakes.
Scored what was probably the most wildly celebrated goal of the season
when he volleyed the equalizer in the 2-2 draw at Chelsea and provided laugh of
the season in Mauricio’s first match when he had to go off for a shite in the
middle of the game. His next goal at SMS
was celebrated with a bum wiping goal celebration which I thought was hilarious
until I saw one of my Under 9’s team doing the same thing when he scored. It's all about role models isn't it but all good fun I guess. Got awarded a much deserved new contract and
then lost his place for some reason and had to make do with bench patrol for
the rest of the season which annoyed me a bit as we misfired and limped our way
to the end of the season with a distinct lack of goals and creativity coming
from the attacking midfield players on the pitch. His last contribution was to confirm our
safety with the equalizer at Sunderland about 2 minutes after coming on.
GULY DO PRADO (5/10) should possibly be in the ‘also ran’
section but he started a few games so here he is. Gets slaughtered by those sit the Moron
sections at St.Mary’s, mainly due to his languid playing style and his lack of
goals. People forget that he scored lots
of goals in League 1 and a few in the Championship because he was playing as an
out and out striker whereas now he’s put on the wing when he does play and this
is for his defensive capabilities and tracking back. He’s changed his game to suit the English way
of playing and should be applauded for this and not vilified and seeing him
doing the hard yards racing back towards his own goal is not something you
would have expected when we first saw him play.
Sure he missed the Stoke sitter which wouldn’t have won the Saints FC
‘Miss of the Season’ competition but if it’s just about scoring goals then I
reckon that given the same amount of appearances that he wouldn’t score less
than some of the others who play in those wide attacking midfield
positions.
GASTON RAMIREZ (6/10) arrived after a protracted transfer
and we all drooled at the prospect having seen him play superbly for Uruguay in
the Olympics in London. He obviously has
an amazing amount of skill but the problems were always going to be of
acclimatization. By the time we finished
pissing about with the transfer, the season had already started and Gaston
showed great promise and provided one of the best individual performances from
a Saints player in recent years in the home demolition of Villa before getting
injured for 6 weeks. Post Christmas,
he’s struggled with lasting the pace and the radar has been off beam on a few
occasions where it looked like he didn’t know what kit we were playing in. Regardless of acclimatization problems, there
is no excuse for taking set piece after set piece and repeatedly putting it
into the wrong areas, usually about 10 foot over everyone – the ball is round,
the players you are aiming at aren’t 12 feet tall and the goals are the same
height whatever country you play in.
Always a goal threat though and aside from Punch, always looked the most
likely to hit the net out of the midfield players. There have been countless rumours about him
returning to Italy and countless fans saying we should get rid but hang on,
he’s 21 and has now had a season. We
have to at least see what he performs like next season before making a decision
like that. If he doesn’t do it and
Italian or Spanish clubs are offering us our money back next summer then maybe
it’s time to go but not now.
ADAM LALLANA (6/10) is a bit of a mystery, wrapped inside a
conundrum, encased in an enigma. He’s a
brilliant footballer with fabulous technical ability but... and we all know the
but... 3 goals all season tells you the story.
The amount of times he gets into position for a free shot at goal and
either scuffs it or balloons it or backpasses it is ridiculous. Winner of this years ‘Miss of the Season’ for
his sidefoot over an empty goal against Norwich and that was just the tip of the
iceberg regarding finding new ways to not score. It’s so frustrating because he has enough
ability to play for England – there is the usual opening for a player who is
comfortable on the left hand side and if he could score the 10-12 goals a
season that he’s capable of, even the idiot Hodgson would have to look past the
club that he plays for. I can see why
Nigel Adkins made him the captain of the side even though he’s not the most
natural candidate we have though in my opinion, the captain should be a centre
back or a central midfielder.
Personally, I’d give it to someone else to give Adam free reign to
concentrate on his own game to work on sticking the ball in the net rather than
missing the target or bobbling it through to the keeper. I don’t think Mauricio is 100% convinced by
him either as though he’s been selected to start most game, he has invariably
been the first player substituted quite a few times around the 70 minute mark.
JAY RODRIGUEZ (6/10) arrived from Burnley for a fee which
was universally judged as being too high and at the start of the season he set
about proving that the naysayers were right.
He’d do good work, make a position for himself and either smash it
straight at the keeper or at the moon.
There didn’t seem to be a position for him in the 4-3-3 that Adkins was
playing which begged the question why we paid £7million for a striker who was
spending all his time chasing back towards his own left back. He was eventually dropped and played the odd
game here and there before he scored a good goal in the FA Cup game against
Chelsea which was the only good thing to come out of it. Back in the side where he remained when
Pochettino came in, he started to produce, hitting a little purple patch of 3
goals in 3 games and finally looking the part before tailing off again at the
end of the season. Like Adam Lallana,
the worst part of his game is his finishing where his unerring accuracy in
hitting the goalkeeper from any position is quite remarkable. One of his best goals this year was at home
to Liverpool where he picked it up on halfway and drove towards the penalty
area before finding himself 1v1 against the keeper – needless to say, his shot
was straight at him but luckily it was parried straight back to him and he
stuck it in the net. Scored about 9
goals this season but with a bit more confidence in himself could have been up
near double that.
SIR RICKIE LAMBERT (8.5/10) is the focal point of the team
and has been for 4 years and it was plain enough to see in the half hour after
he had to go off against Swansea, how reliant we are on him for our way of
playing to have a chance of success. 15
goals in your first season in the Premier League and finishing as the top
scoring Englishman are magnificent achievements for a man who thinks he should
have got more goals, a statement I’m inclined to agree with. He also of course, created more goals for
others than any other player. When we
were in the lower leagues it was generally thought that his lack of pace meant
he couldn’t play up front on his own and Adkins obviously had his doubts as
well as he preferred Guly up front in the opening game of the season. Once he got started though there was no
question that he could adapt and complete the transition to being a genuine
effective Premier League centre forward.
Looked tired at the end of the season, as he did the season before but
is forced to play every game due to the lack of a serious alternative in our
squad which is something we need to sort out and at the end was even rumoured
to be playing despite a back injury. It
seems to have been decided by the idiot Hodgson that he’s not good enough
and/or too old to play for his country.
The only way he’s going to get in the England side is if he rattles in
20-25 goals next season and Hodgson realizes that Brazil 2014 is in a months’
time and the fact that Sir Rickie is 32 really doesn’t matter when you’re a
month before a tournament. He’s still
improving and I see no reason why even at the age of 31, he won’t improve even
more next season.
FRAZER RICHARDSON saw Nathaniel Clyne brought in last summer
and saw himself consigned to the role of back up. Made a few appearances but just when it
looked like he may get a run in the side with Clyne moved to the left, he got
injured and by the time he was fit again, Luke Shaw had emerged on the left and
Frazer was then left on the bench at best.
A very good player at Championship level and it remains to be seen
whether he’ll be happy to remain another season as back up or will want to move
on. Personally, I wouldn’t be too
unhappy for him to stay though having said that, the out of position Yoshida
and Cork have been used this year in preference to giving Frazer a run. UPDATE: Moving on - will do a great job for someone.
DANNY BUTTERFIELD got
a years extension to his contract last summer which must have been based on him
reaching an agreed number of appearances in the Championship. If it wasn’t then it was odd considering he
had about as much chance as I did of playing in the Premier League this season. Went out on loan to Bolton in January and was
there during their charge up the league which ended with them finishing just
outside the playoff places. Did a job
for us in League 1 and the Championship but will now no doubt be moving on. UPDATE: Moving on....
RYAN DICKSON’s main contribution to the season is the
profile picture of his girlfriend on Twitter, where she is defying
gravity. He on the other hand didn’t
play a minute in the Championship (when he really should have done) and matched
that in the Premier League. Had a loan
spell at League 2 Bradford and then got injured. I think he’s out of contract now so will be
on his way in the summer and will be a decent acquisition for someone, maybe
Yeovil who are defying gravity themselves by starting next year in the Championship. UPDATE: moving on... check out the gravity defying girlfriend though... can she stay?
VEGARD FORREN – Now here’s a strange one. Signed on the day that Adkins left and
Pochettino arrived for £3million plus, his arrival got buried somewhere whilst
the manager story was breaking.... and he’s remained buried ever since. A few appearances on the bench but never
actually made it onto the pitch. There
have been a few rumours kicking about regarding him being saved for next season
and acclimatization and all that but you have to feel that it’s bullshtt as no
one is ever given a 5 month acclimatisation period, not even players who arrive
from South America having never set foot outside their native land and not
speaking a word of the language. I’ve
never heard of a Norwegian who doesn’t speak English and of course, there’s no
track record of Norwegian internationals doing well in the Premier League. Caps for Norway doesn’t necessarily make you
a good player (anyone remember Mikkel Nilsson - who was actually Swedish but you get my drift) but surely we should have seen
him in action by now.
AARON MARTIN was loaned out to Palace at the start of the
season and started the season but was soon dropped and found himself not
playing which is not the idea of going out on loan. Eventually ended up on loan again at Coventry
in League 1. He may in time develop into
a central defender in the mould of Big Jos (hopefully without the own goals)
but long term, I can’t see it being with us.
I see the local boy being shipped out for another Championship loan
spell next season where hopefully he’ll prove he has what it takes at that
level.
DAN SEABORNE is a player who at times, didn’t look good
enough for League 1 and a three year contract and promotion bonuses meant that
he was as far out of his depth this season as you could possibly be unless you
were chained to the bottom of the English Channel. He was our only cover in central defence as
the season started which was a shocking state of affairs and managed a couple
of Capital One Cup appearances before being loaned out to Charlton and then to
Bournemouth where he enjoyed another League 1 to Championship promotion. Out of contract so will be leaving and if he
gets himself a team in the Championship then he’ll have done very well for
himself. UPDATE: Bye...
JACK STEPHENS is another who needs to kick on next season
having been given a new contract. Is
obviously well thought of at SMS but hasn’t as yet pushed on to be anywhere
near the first team. Assuming that that
remains the case next season, he could probably benefit from a short loan spell
in League 1 or the Championship. He also
doesn’t appear to have settled on being a centre back or a right back as yet.
RICHARD CHAPLOW and DEAN HAMMOND are two players who could
well have done a job in some games in the Premier League this season but with
our intention to have a pathway through to the first team for the academy
graduates, it makes no sense to have these guys blocking the way. Hence Deano went out on loan to Brighton for
the season and Bald Psycho made a few appearances here and there but eventually
went out on loan to Millwall before getting injured. Both players were instrumental in our rise up
the leagues and would both be excellent acquisitions for Championship
clubs. I can see Deano being either back
at Brighton or maybe at Reading next year and Chappers could be anywhere as
he’s out of contract and a Northerner at heart.
It would have been nice this season on occasion to have got Chappers on the pitch to
kick someone like Nasri or Nani up in the air.
BEN REEVES got a few minutes on the pitch at the start of
the season before going out on loan to Southend. At 22 I can’t see him improving sufficiently
to become a regular in the Premier League so it’s probably best for all
concerned that he moves on. I’m not
falling into the trap of saying he’s too small for the Premier League but when
you’re not allowed to be the mascot dog because the suit is too big for you,
then I think the writing’s on the wall. UPDATE: Sammy Saint's job is safe.
STEVE DE RIDDER – It’s fashionable to have a player from
Belgium at the moment. Off the top of my
head, in the Premier league you have Mignolet, Kompany, Vermaelen, Vertonghen,
Hazard, Fellaini, Dembele, Mirallas, Lukaku and Benteke – all superb
international players. How did we manage
to get the only Belgian import who can’t even make the bench. Made the odd sub appearance here and there
this season when he wasn’t away on a months spectacularly unsuccessful loan to
Bolton. I think it’s time to look at the
facts that he barely played in the Championship and three managers this season
(Adkins, Pochettino and Dougie Freedman) haven’t been sufficiently impressed to
want him in the first team.
CALUM CHAMBERS, LLOYD ISGROVE and SAM HOSKINS are all kids
out of the academy looking to be the next Luke Shaw or JWP and make it into the
first team picture. My limited exposure
to these players (Highlights on Saints Player) leads me to believe that all
three are decent. Of the three, the one
I particularly like the look of is Calum Chambers who seems to play Right back,
centre back, right wing and central midfield.
Isgrove is a tricky and quick left winger and Hoskins a striker who was
loaned out to Stevenage this season where he scored a few goals. UPDATE: Hoskins released... ah well.
Little African bloke, EMMANUEL MAYUKA has done nothing in
his year with us to convince me that he’s not a complete waste of space. He’s quick in a straight line but appears to
have no trick, not much strength and the first touch of a poor park
player. In his defence it’s his first
year in a new country, he’s young and people who know considerably more than me
about the beautiful game have seen something in him that made it worth shelling
out £3m quid for. Playing with one
striker like we do though, it’s hard to see how he’ll fit in unless we turn him
into a wide player as he’s totally unsuited for playing up front on his own. With the little African bloke’s lack of
impact, it makes you wonder if TADANARI LEE would have been any better. Scoring the 4th goal in a 4-0 in
the Championship does not make you an exceptional player no matter how good a
goal it was and getting caught speeding three times in six months does not make
you the sharpest tool in the box but at least Lee can play wide on the left and
let’s face it, he couldn’t have contributed less.
Then of course there’s BILLY SHARP who was the star of
pre-season before finding himself on the bench and then loaned out to Nottingham
Forest for the season where he rattled in his usual quota of goals despite
finding himself on the bench when they changed manager mid-season and brought
back that horrible little anti-football shtt, Billy Davies. Sharp was used to being a lone striker when
he was at Doncaster and could well have provided useful backup for Sir Rickie
at the end of the season when the big man had a back injury – certainly he
would have been better than the Little African Bloke.
We have two other strikers but they are the
forgotten men, so much so that I actually forgot them myself until I looked
through the squad list. LEE BARNARD
spent the season out on loan at Bournemouth and Oldham and as far as I know,
didn’t get in any rucks, break any bones in his hand or get arrested which is
an improvement on his contribution from the previous season. Barney did contribute well in the League 1
promotion season but JONATHAN FORTE who has graced the pitches of Notts County
and Crawley this season, will only be remembered for one game in a Saints
shirt, when he scored twice in 5 minutes against MK Dons. Surely they’ll be gone by the time September
rolls around.
I think I remembered everyone...