I don't know, Holloway seems pretty thin-skinned to me. He got really upset about some Saints fans chanting "Premier League? you're having a laugh." when we were beating then-PL Blackpool in the FA Cup a couple of years back. So he does have form at being wound up by pretty harmless banter.
I'm not sure why Brighton fans feel insulted by the banner. Stadium naming rights, like shirt sponsorship of a generation ago is just a fact of financial life. It's not aesthetically pleasing but I understand why Brighton went for naming rights to offset some of the cost of building a new...
Might be just a personality clash, but it's a personality clash he seems to have everywhere he goes to. He'll be a great player to start with and some manager's going to think that he'll be the one to fix him, but then gets the sulk. That's why as far as I know the only offers have been loan...
I was always partial to a couple of team names in the Welsh Alliance League, Locomotive Llanberis and Penmaenmawr Phoenix. The Phoenix are still going on but Locos have dropped the name and now go by CPD Llanberis.
Agreed that the first pen should have been a free kick on the edge of the area. But unless you know what Taricco said to the ref how can you have an opinion on how harsh the red card was?
This. Personally, I don't have a problem with Gus but he is a wind up merchant. If he were manager of Saints I would love him for all the reasons you guys do.
Exactly right, a bit like our "rivalry" with Tottenham before Pompey got up to the Premier League. The banter's fun but ultimately meaningless compared to Saints/Pompey or I guess the Palace/Brighton rivalry(1).
Hopefully the Saints/Brighton banter can carry on a bit longer because that'll...
As a Southampton fan, I took a different view to Gus's comments. He's really setting the expectations so low that it can only be covering his own back. Brighton have got much more chance than Gus is making out.
Yes, Saints are on a good run at home, but it's bound to end sooner rather than...