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Yeah I always rated him and was surprised he dropped down the pecking order so much.

Agree - they just take on as much talent as possible now as the costs are relatively low for the potential rewards. They dont care if for every 10 that fail one makes it but I wonder whether more would if they stuck to their original clubs. Jimmy Jay Morgan is a good example - left us and went to Chelsea, did nothing now succeding at WBA. Probably should have stayed with us

Spoke to Suganawa in the casino last night. Club don't want him to stay and he is off..... hardly any surprise.

I guess I am counted as one of these? If it helps, regarding the settlers, I wish the IDF would apply the same tactics to them ie shoot the fucking cunts.

LLoyd-George, Gladstone, Peel

Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss

Evan Ferguson is still looking for a home as Brighton under Hurzeler doesn't seem to be willing to use him. If he's fit he'd be a step up for us and we'd be a stepping stone for him.

Oh it’s objective posts you are after? Sounds like you might to lighten up

Why is it that we had to give up our satellite academy in Bath to placate the clubs in that region, but it's ok for Chelsea and Man City hoovering up all the prospects in Hampshire? Another instance of Saints simply surrendering to the EFL (and PL).

Gazump

They just show the normal decline in quality after one of my posts, which was eight posts back. 😀

Frankly this is all waffle that makes some posters feel good. I probably wouldn’t vote for Reform but out of interest, what was the objective in the past 7 posts?

Offer

Noticed that too. Lucas is the BBC Radio Stoke main presenter/commentator so he sees plenty of Stoke. He hasn't disclosed who he supports and I don't think he's actually a Stoke fan so his opinion is probably fairly balanced as someone who isn't a fan but watches all of the games in a professional capacity These were his comments for what it's worth, for anyone who didn't hear them: Feel like I can talk on this one having seen the bloke play for half of last season. He had a horror injury against QPR in January and then we didn't really see him in a Stoke City shirt after that. But early signs of Divin Mubama, really exciting for the Southampton fans. He's clearly a player with talent and quality. He showed it in glimpses, I would say, at Stoke City. I think once again he is an example of, and this is coming from someone who gets frustrated by Stoke having to bring in players on loan who've not had a lot or any Championship experience previously, but I think he proved that. He was sort of raw but he clearly knew where the net was. I think in a thriving, exciting team that can create lots of chances, he will find the back of the net. I think sometimes he had a habit of a bit of overthinking when it comes to wanting to make a good impression on what was his first senior loan. He clicked really well and found a really nice partnership with Sorba Thomas off the left and Million Manhoef from the right. So I wonder if gametime will be important for him in a Southampton shirt. But I think he's going to be better for having had that season, or half a season, in Championship football. When Stoke were a fit and firing team, they were a better team with him in it. I think the next thing for him is what he does when he's off the ball as well as when he's in chances that he could potentially score from. But I think there's no doubt about it, Divin Mubama is a really good pickup for a side like Southampton that will create lots of chances for a season.

We could loan him in a couple of years 👀

We gave £22m to Rennes for Kamaldeen Sulemana so they owe us one with this James deal, send him our way!

Depressing…and he’ll never get a look in at City.

Jordan James? Joining Wolves.

I wonder if players (their agents) would be so desperate to go to Chelsea or Man City if they weren't able to leapfrog other clubs in terms of wages. Certainly they would continue to have a massive draw due to their status, but an academy-level salary cap could go some way to level the playing field here.

I’d keep THB.

I actually think clubs should be limited to how many players they have in total for each 'team' or age group in the unders. Chelsea still have a ridiculous volume of players and them and Man City seem to be the worst for hoovering up all the talent from everyone else. It just means more talent gets forgotten about. It would flow downwards, if clubs were limited to say 16-20 kids per age group (of the right age), then those deemed "not good enough" at the best clubs would flow down to other clubs, say Southampton or Coventry, then Oldham or Exeter etc. Gives the kids more chances to play and develop rather than sit in HUGE pools of players thinking they've already made it as they're at Man City. Simplistic view maybe, but something needs to change.

At 8 million we’d be better off long term chucking the 10 million to get Justin James!

Polling has closed in Clacton and nobody is expecting anything other than a win for Farage. To anyone in Clacton who still believes he has the best interests of your constituency at heart and has been out and voted for him today, I have one question... What the fuck is wrong with you?

Fair point, and we did take Stephens from Plymouth academy I think so not like we’re not also guilty of it. Just seems to be getting worse and they are going at such a young age we never even get to see them play for Saints which is a real shame. Same for the lad that went to Lyon.

if a club like Everton or Villa come in for THB this summer he will be off - but I'd hope we wouldn't lose him to a Coventry or Hull. But money talks and I thought it was said we needed to raise about £50M this summer. if it came to selling 2 of Scienza, THB or Jander who would you keep?