http://saints.theoffside.com News from Southampton English Championship football team Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:41:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Normally Saints signing a promising young player, especially one interesting Premier League clubs, would be a cause for celebration. The player in question is Morgan Schneiderlin; an 18 year old midfielder from Strasbourg who is a France under 19 international. We'll have to wait till the new season to find ... http://saints.theoffside.com/transfers/pennies-found-down-back-of-ruperts-sofa.html The appalling state of Saint's finances led to some pretty extreme measures being announced on Friday the 13th. 3 of the 4 corners at St. Marys are to start the season closed, the gates are to open 15 minutes later on matchdays and Saints are seeking council approval to ... http://saints.theoffside.com/the-club/backed-into-a-corner.html At various stages during his first spell in charge at Saints Rupert Lowe appointed Stuart Gray, Steve Wigley and Clive Woodward (not as manager, but still). Each time there were rumours that the masterplan was to adopt a more continental-style structure without a traditional manager- just specialist coaches. Obviously his time ... http://saints.theoffside.com/managerial/new-managerial-menagerie-takes-over.html Time for the first ever "Saints @ The Offside Annual End of Season Awards thingy". Award for Best Player Start with an easy one. I know Andrew Davies won the official gong but for me the one player most responsible for us staying up, and thus the only possible receipient of this ... http://saints.theoffside.com/features/end-of-season-awards-part-1.html Well that didn't take long! No sooner had the NAMG possibility being suggested it has been pretty well debunked by some investigation over at The Saints Forum. Probably best to make your own minds up but it looks dubious to me. Thus far names like Dave Merrington and Graeme Souness are ... http://saints.theoffside.com/takeover-news/nope-just-lows.html Well, now the boring business on grass involving 22 men and a ball is out of the way SFC can return to what it does best - off the field power struggles. The EGM on Friday should see Rupert Lowe and Michael Wilde assume control of the football club once ... http://saints.theoffside.com/takeover-news/poised-for-a-week-of-highs-and-lowes.html Phew! A rollercoaster game to end a rollercoaster season saw Saints survive by the skin of their teeth. Why an extra 10,000 people suddenly felt the club was worth supporting for one day I don't know but Saints were glad they did at the atmosphere generated was the best ... http://saints.theoffside.com/match-reports/saints-3-sheffield-united-2.html If the Bristol City game showed why Saints should be challenging for promotion, then this defeat showed why we're battling relegation. Since relegation from the premiership I've lost count of the number of games which follow the same pattern: Saints dominate possession, opposition defend and hoof, we don't create any ... http://saints.theoffside.com/match-reports/saints-0-burnley-1.html Saints inched a further point towards safety in an open game against play-off contenders Charlton. Both sides went looking for the win initially and Saints got a bizarre lead when Charlton's young replacement keeper Randolph dropped a soft Stern John effort on to the back of defender McCarthy's head and ... http://saints.theoffside.com/match-reports/charlton-1-saints-1.html Saints saved their best performance of the season for the visit of league leaders Bristol City and won a vital three points. From the off Saints played a high-tempo direct passing game, playing to the strengths of Stern John and Bradley Wright-Phillips up front, and City couldn't handle it. ... http://saints.theoffside.com/match-reports/saints-2-bristol-city-0.html