‘I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men.’
As I type, Transfer Deadline Day is in full swing. Having gotten used to the monotony of the last handful of windows, where few have spent large, Manchester United have gone full on Brewster’s Millions.
You’ll probably not remember but at the end of last season, I’d written a column called ‘Moneyball: The art of winning at an unfair disadvantage’. It was about how teams like Southampton cope with their success and try and rebuild after the big clubs inevitably come calling for their best talent. I’d finished off that particular piece with something about how the club would react in the wake of all the departures and that those actions would define it. Going by this season’s events to date, Saints’ board deserve a knighthood.
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