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Ryan signed because Chelsea wanted to sell to us. Toby hasnt yet because AM want to see other options. We were never in a position to buy him in January. If we were, i would put my house on us doing so.

Sounds like he is very similar to Mane, which makes a lot of sense to me. I can see us rotating between the two of them early on in the season to cover the Europa league, maybe Juanmi playing on the thursday and Mane playing on the sunday. Will help with his integration into the rigours of the Premier League and will mean we don't have to keep changing our playing style/formation every other game. Clever clever purchase imho.

'Going for the same ball' is the one that gets me!

Interesting that he tagged @movetocure in his tweet. I wonder why Saints are not doing his rehab??

I am assuming that he will be starting on the bench. Surely Lee Camp deserves the right to keep his spot in the team without having a new signing come straight in and take it! That would be sooooo unfair !!!

Is this not his profile on the os ? http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/team/player-profile/sadio-man-/10

I guess its a case of picking your fights! They may have seen that being strong with Morgan would get the best results for SFC (i.e. him staying) whereas picking a fight with Lovren probably would have had him on strike and causing all manner of problems for us.

Yes it was. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

Depends on Punch. It was obvious that his attitude changed dramatically once Ox took his place in the side. I am under the impression he can be pretty negative once his place in the starting 11 is not secure. If we keep him, we have to play him. He could cause us problems in the dressing room if he is second choice.

Watching the latest press conference it is very noticeable that MP seems to be understanding the questions in english as he is reacting to what the journo is asking at the time. He also corrected the translator whilst he was mid way through giving MPs answer which seems to indicate he is does have a pretty good handle of English. Maybe its just the speaking that he is not comfortable with. I don't think it will be long before he conducts his PC's in english.

Would Nigel have said Guly was injured 2 days before a game?

Did he not confirm Forrens signing at the time, then said no more were likely to come in?

Over the last 2 years we have had to get used to never hearing anything from within saints regarding pretty much anything at all. No transfer news. No injury news. No team news. Nothing. Nada. I always assumed this was 'The Club'. It does now seem to me to have been Nigel's way! From the V man giving us team news 5 hours before kick off, too hearing 2 days before kick off that Guly is out, Fonte is out and Adam may be back. Are we entering a new era of transparency ?

Or most football fans support their team, not the manager. I am dissapointed he hss been sacked but he is not family and not a mate. If MP wins games for saints then i will be happy. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

Gutted for Adkins, but getting hostile in SMS will really not help. We need to get behind THE TEAM! They are still with us.

Martin will be going even if this doesn't happen. I can Seabourne back out on loan. Jos will be staying. 4 cbs will leave us sorted in that area I reckon.

Jon Obi Mikel might just beat it (£21m)

Great. So we would be back to the signings before the committee. N'Guesson anyone? At least he is the managers pick! The most important thing here is that whoever is bought, the decision to play him must be down to the manager. That is clearly the case as is proven with Mayuka. Although of course Mayuka could not be NC's signing as we did not get him from Italy!

Obviously not, which is why the transfer committee works. He does not need to be an expert on who is doing well for Bologna, or Cagliari, or any other european teams? Thats what the scouting network is for. So much fuss has been made of Graham Carr's influence on Newcastle, bringing in Cisse, Tiote , Carbaye and Santon. No one seemed to be saying how awful it is that Pardew has no say in transfers and that these are all Ashleys signings. Still, if it makes you happy to slate the fact we are buying such quality, you fill your boots. I cannot imagine a scenario where you are actually happy supporting saints.

Rumours this morning are that Liverpool are set to listen to offers for Coates and Carraghers days are well behind him. Could be some truth to it. I would not mind Coates here myself. Would help Gaston settle as well!

I agree, we should back our players regardless of what mistake they make. Not the case though is it. Individuals will always shout abuse if a player screws up. You can hear the audible groan when Guly misplaces a pass. Surely it is up to the professional sportsman to not react to it? And when they do react, would it hurt to apologise afterwards?

In that case please allow me to apologise on behalf of those 2 and i shall endeavour to spur my team on by singing songs about a team 2 divisions below us. That should see us right.

No, as i said, one or two got upset, they may have shouted something out, he then threw the bottle. The reason for throwing the bottle was because he got the arse with people daring to suggest he might have done a touch better. The problem came when he started to offer out the fans. Acceptable behaviour? There will always be one or two in the crowd that get the hump when we concede. Other than the Northam, of course.

Just for the record, no one in the Chapel Boo'd Boruc until AFTER he threw the water bottle at the crowd. One or two then got upset, and he started to goad the supporters. He then got boo'd. Love how this has now turned into the Chapels fault. I wonder what would have happened if he had goaded the Uber fans in the Northam?

With our fans? Are you really suprised. One mistake which they will make and they will be slaughtered. Reckon they are being protected from us. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2