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'Grannying'? Is this about Wayne Rooney? 😉

I hope we're sounding out Eddie Howe before Staveley's West Ham nab him. Can't help feeling the FA will want to go all billy big balls against little old Southampton and amidst the general witch huntery surrounding Infantino and the village cricket cheating scandal. Thought it would be 6 games ban but if it's 10 what would stop us getting Howe in as short term coach/advisor, in a perfect world? Fantasyish I know but just a thought

Classy guy, Charlie Austin. Austin was found guilty of assault in 2013 after he punched a man who had accused him of taking drugs in a Swindon nightclub toilet cubicle.[77] He was fined £1,801 and ordered to pay £1,320 in costs.[77][78]

My bet is they will suspend Tonda today for up to 6 games. ie a touchline ban. If only we had committed widespread fraud for decades we would have got away with it. But a boy in a tree is a lynchable offence.

Charlie Austin saying he should be suspended on Talksport. 'They really need to hammer this home'. Wanker.

Thought we bought him for £20m? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9wwm4l8j21o

Seems to quite like changing his identity...

As ever, it depends on whether the player wants the move or not. If he does, I suspect we would take that. Perhaps even 20. There is the lure of London, and playing in a team that appears like it is gunning for immediate promotion, whereas the uncertainty around our own manager's position may also be a little unsettling for some. We need to offer him more money if the rumours about his weekly wage are true. Or at least offer big goal bonuses...

Possibly. But I think the statement said we were standing by him? Which suggests we would just see out the ban. I hope so.

If it IS to be a ban, would it be a touchline ban? Ie free to manage the team for all but the 90 mins from the dugout? Would have thought that isn't that bad. Get him an earpiece. And a phone...

The world's gone fucking mad. Total blindness to big clubs deaing with dogdy cash, laundering, cheating and large scale fraud and we get a ton of bricks on our head for a boy with a phone. Pathetic.

News on Tonda being released at 10am, says Talksport. Eek

Also, those Patrick boots were the best ever

Many, many moons ago I was at a Bobby Charlton soccer school (actually might have been the Kevin Keegan soccer school, come to that) in Southampton with a bunch other kids. News quickly got out that Kevin Keegan was training with the club nearby. Then as soon as you would know it a massive queue of keen kids formed up a stair way and over the other side, with Keegan taking time with each kid (there must have been over 100) to sign an autograph, me included. I was struck then by what a great guy he was. So kind with his time. And that seems to have been a consistent factor across his life. It also coincided with him in THAT team, in my view the best ever, with England players everywhere. Happy memories. Keegan was a one-off and I have been strangely emotionally hit by his death.

100% agree. Scienza is very good. Will be surprised if we manage to keep him.