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

Hairy Arsenal almost hijacked that deal

I thought he'd go to Hairdrieonians FC. Or maybe Wigan.

Not sure we will have Scienza for that for long tbh

Is he really for shale though?

Bit surprised that Spitfires didn't get a look in on the old heritage front

Spurs are suddenly paying silly money on wages too. Will be contenders next season I think. Sadly.

Saw that and immediately thought that it means the Shea Charles deal has gone through or is near enough deffo. Or is two and two making five here?

All true and well put. The difficult thing for us is that we will have trouble replacing someone of his ability and 'embeddedness' for £20m. But that's football, I guess. Better to take that now rather than risk losing him for free. Hope we play reasonably hard ball - take a leaf out of Brighton's book

Lionel Messi. Tiny. So shit.

Sure. But faced with someone who does give a toss about Southampton FC based on his lived experience and someone who doesn't care about the club, it's a pretty obvious choice. Someone is bound to reinterpret this as wanting JWP back - probably someone who swore he would never leave 😉 - but that would be the work of a dork. Personally think Bragg is very good and more than capable covering in the midfield.

Caught a bit of Northern Ireland v France last night. I think we will be lucky to hold on to Shea Charles, not just because he played pretty well but also because he is getting 'eyeballs'. An offer from a Prem club will surely come. So I hope Saints have their eyes on replacements. Don't think that is JWP personally but he certainly cares about the club, which counts for something. Would be very good free transfer... 😉

That is one of the weirdest forms of journalism I've seen. Story based on a journalist in another media outlet urging the club to buy player x. As tenuous as it comes. Bizarre.

Amazingly good and surprising news. Well done Saints. The foundation of our success, and will be huge for us next season. A decent keeper is so important and the thought of Baz returning was making me think we'd be relegation candidates. Hope this leads to Larin and others following suit. Finally some good news whilst the world carries on trying to bash us. Fuck them.

The same Alan Pardew who once said on Match of the Day that Chelsea's Michael Essien 'raped' Ched Evans in a tackle. Such a nice man. Have always thought he was an unutterable prick and an absolute charlatan in management. Emperor's new clothes. Very evident in his 'punditry'