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If Ward-Prowse is sold in the summer, which seems likely, Alex McCarthy will be our top earner unless we can get rid of him but who would want him?

The second highest earner at Southampton is, according to the Echo: McCarthy's Southampton deal reportedly made him second-highest earner | Daily Echo

Yes, according to Transfermarkt, although his market valuation never rose above £1 mill, the fee we paid was £4 mill. Thierry Small - Player profile 22/23 | Transfermarkt:

He's in the Championship Team of the Season: EFL Team of the Season line-ups revealed - News - EFL Official Website

I remember when Grimsby beat Notts County in the playoffs last season. It was a brilliant game and the Grimsby away fans created a tremendous atmosphere. Notts County are a bit of a nothing team with lukewarm support. I wouln't feel too sorry for them.

Today's League One results mean that any mathematical chance Pompey had of making the playoffs has now gone, so next season will be their 24th in the lower leagues.

7-0 would be good.

Real Madrid did the same to Man City last season. Would any English team have done any better against a Spanish team? They have a passion and 'never say die' fighting spirit that our teams can't match.

Even he would have more chance of scoring than our strikers.

Had that been Bazunu, there wouldn't have been any saves.

We are currently being operated like a farm team: a feeder team whose role is to provide experience and training for young players, with an agreement that any successful players can move on. You simply can't survive in the Premier League like that. Having a 21-year-old goalkeeper at this level is ridiculous. Whether we can even survive like that in the Championship remains to be seen. Even the big clubs' U21 teams lose to League One and League Two teams in the EFL Trophy.

Yes, he's the second youngest after Bazunu. He's only just turned 23. Top flight goalkeepers are usually in their late 20s and early 30s because that's when they reach their peak. People who run successful Premier League clubs are aware of facts like this.

This must have been the game they were at that finally convinced our scouts he would be a good fit for the Southampton Way:

That £90 mill club debt could well be up to £150 mill now. I guess a fresh injection of cash was needed to pay the interest on it. (I'm talking about the Club's debt, not Solak's debt).

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His 23rd goal of the season. Surely, he deserves a place on the first team subs bench before the end of the season. He's obviously too young to be a regular but it would be good to see him come on for the last 10 minutes of a game when we need a goal. It's not as if we've got anyone in the first team who'd be any more likely to score.

There seems to be a lot of debt getting moved around. Isn't the club itself also more than £90 mill in debt? Southampton file financial accounts with pre-tax loss of £6million | Daily Echo

Gazzaniga and Romeu's Girona team drew 0-0 away to Barcelona. Barcelona 0-0 Girona: Xavi's side held at home but extend La Liga lead to 13 points - BBC Sport

I used to find it quite amusing watching Kenzie Benali tottering around the pitch in her high heels, especially after heavy rain, but now she has those big white trainers that all the 'hip' on-pitch commentators wear, even that 'entertainment' has been taken away. The kids' relay race was OK but it could definitely be improved if they accompanied it with the Benny Hill theme tune. There again, so could many of Saints' performances this season,such as the last quarter of yesterday's game when Saints' players were chasing after City players like Benny Hill used to chase after scantily dressed young women without any real hope of catching them.

They started that 'purple zone' thing 14 minutes into half-time. The players were lined up in the tunnel waiting to come out. What a shambles it was.

You hope. I remember the last time we got relegated to the Championship.

Chloe Kelly has a harder shot than any of our forwards.

We'd have a better chance persuading Jose Fonte to come here and I think he is going to be a very good manager if he retires as a player at the end of this season. He's been a tremendous captain for both Saints and Lille and he's helped develop so many youngsters who've played alongside him: Lovren, Alderweireld, van Dijk, Gabriel, Botman etc. I'm sure he'd do the same as a manager. He's also highly respected in Europe and would be able attract good players here, especially from Portugal and France.

Yes, I flew back from the Middle East just for this game. I had to buy a half season ticket in order to get my ticket for the match. I gave the season ticket to a mate before I flew back. I remember the Liverpool fans seemed quite intimidated by us after the game. We were all singing 'Southerners' in the tube station on the way back and the Liverpool fans kept very quiet. Of course, they wouldn't be today.

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