Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[brian green]

And one who will encourage him to go again.

[Brazilian Villain]

Whatever happened to the abbreviation Soton? I don't think I've noticed WBA either, probably a good thing West Brom looks half arsed.

I've always wondered why QPR is the only football abbreviation we use when we speak. We say
West Brom not WBA
Preston not PNE
Brighton not BHA
West Ham not WHU
Queen of the South not QOTS etc.

Is it simply that their name is comprised of 2 Scottish teams names?

[AsTallAsLions]

Whatever happened to the abbreviation Soton? I don't think I've noticed WBA either, probably a good thing West Brom looks half arsed.

I've always wondered why QPR is the only football abbreviation we use when we speak. We say
West Brom not WBA
Preston not PNE
Brighton not BHA
West Ham not WHU
Queen of the South not QOTS etc.

Is it simply that their name is comprised of 2 Scottish teams names?

Simple - it's what they refer to themselves as. They style themselves as an acronym and the others dont.

[MoetVillan]

 I have always referred to Preston North End as Pee Enn Eee?

[ASHTONVILLA]

I have always referred to Preston North End as Pee Enn Eee?

I live in Preston, fans here Usually refer to them as PNE or North End.

And to Blackpool as Donkey Lashers

[Dave]

I have always referred to Preston North End as Pee Enn Eee?

We have quite a lot of those flowers in our garden.

[Hinckley Dave]

As a fellow gardener I found that very amusing Dave...I might be the only one but very good

[AsTallAsLions]

I don't think you need to be a gardener to know what a peony is...

[Steve67]

Now Huddersfield's takeover has gone through and their new Chairman installed, I hope we push through with the Kangolo transfer.  He seems to be a very decent player.

[Steve67]

I don't think you need to be a gardener to know what a peony is...

Yeah, those small horses are really cute!

[DrGonzo]

I don't think you need to be a gardener to know what a peony is...

Its a football club in the North West of England.  I used to live about 300 yards fom the stadium...

[brentastonb6]

Southampton fans seem to be taking delight selling us their rejects. Let's send them to the Championship.

Too bloody right! I just read this (yes I know it's Twatter but coming from a team I'd forgotten which league they were in)..

Villa buying our deadwood. Tossers.

Most of the Southampton fans I have had the misfortune to speak to over the years have been a bit backward. 

I've never met a Southampton fan. There's a pointless fact.

I think I have only ever met one. A guy who worked with one of my best mates. My mate nicknamed him 'Saints'.  Our mate pointed him out to us once when he was in the same Indian restaurant as us late on a Saturday night. 'Saints' was so drunk he was missing his mouth when attempting to shovel as much food as he could into it.

One of my best mates is a Southampton fan. If you'd said 'Jaegerbombs' instead of 'food', I'd be sure we were talking about the same fella. I love him dearly.

It’s hardly an onslaught from our country cousins is it? There’s only about 6 passed a comment .

I'm not sure what your point is, but I'd defend like Aly Cissokho your right to make it.

I thank you good Sir,

[Damo70]

I don't know any Southampton fans by the way.

My mother in law is a proud Saints fan, as is most of her part of the family. I am very lucky having such a cool mother in law, she is a huge football fan, a fountain of knowledge, and also brought up a rather fantastic daughter. Her sister was in the final of mastermind this year, so I’m guessing they are not all simpletons!

I read an article a year or two back and the Premier League club with the most season ticket holders outside of the area postcode wasn't Manure or Liverpool but Southampton. Also, apparently pound for pound Southampton fans were richer than any other fans in the top flight.

[Sexual Ealing]

Southampton fans seem to be taking delight selling us their rejects. Let's send them to the Championship.

Too bloody right! I just read this (yes I know it's Twatter but coming from a team I'd forgotten which league they were in)..

Villa buying our deadwood. Tossers.

Most of the Southampton fans I have had the misfortune to speak to over the years have been a bit backward. 

I've never met a Southampton fan. There's a pointless fact.

I think I have only ever met one. A guy who worked with one of my best mates. My mate nicknamed him 'Saints'.  Our mate pointed him out to us once when he was in the same Indian restaurant as us late on a Saturday night. 'Saints' was so drunk he was missing his mouth when attempting to shovel as much food as he could into it.

One of my best mates is a Southampton fan. If you'd said 'Jaegerbombs' instead of 'food', I'd be sure we were talking about the same fella. I love him dearly.

It’s hardly an onslaught from our country cousins is it? There’s only about 6 passed a comment .

I'm not sure what your point is, but I'd defend like Aly Cissokho your right to make it.

I thank you good Sir,

Thanks for getting back to me on this brentaston. I mainly contribute fuck all on this site apart from lame, unsuccessful attempts to be funny, and this was, in my arrogant opinion, my finest work. Haterz gonna hate. Inddefferenterz gonna indifferent.

[Percy McCarthy]

Being a bit hard on yourself there SE. Your lame attempts at being funny aren’t always unsuccessful. I’m a fan anyway, at least.