Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

Yes, saw that too. Embarrassing.

It's definitely one Saints Voice have as an item to discuss with the club, both in terms of speed & quality of service & quality of the product on offer. .

I like Hughes but even I'm struggling with having 4 central midfielders on the bench.

Gutted. As I seem to find myself after most games now.

No, the lure of working with Dave Watson would still have been too great... From the Telegraph article: "The English presence was one of the primary attractions when Gunn was considering his options this summer. The 22-year-old will be working closely with Dave Watson, the goalkeeping coach who used to coach the goalkeepers in the England senior team. Watson’s encouragement, alongside Mark Hughes, was key in convincing Gunn to make the journey south."

So, when someone hinted at a player causing problems behind the scenes recently, it turns out to be Hoedt??? Oh my days...

The arrival of the long awaited Lemina baby maybe?

Willing to see where we are after 10-12 games before I make an assessment of how Hughes is progressing. During that time it should become clearer what formations suit us best & which players should form the basis of those teams. Some are staking clear claims already (Ings, Vestergaard, Macca), others are looking as poor as last season (Stephens, Hoedt, Austin). Hopefully more will be up to speed sooner rather than later and Elyounoussi will give us that creative spark we lack without Tadic. A win against Leicester would give us a good boost & having Moi & Jannik back will make a big difference.

Defeat at Everton is never a surprise but the spine of our midfield & defence is a worry. We will be better with Vestergaard & Moi back available. Positives: Ings Ings getting off the mark Combining Saints inevitable defeat at Everon with our inevitable defeat when I'm in Cornwall saves one game we can get points from Ings Negatives Hoedt Stephens Hoedt & Stephens together Centre midfield

You called? Noted chaps. We had our scene setting meet before the game today & this is absolutely something I can feed back on and will do. There is a real "supporter experience" focus for the group, amongst other things, and I'd agree that the service isn't great (I've given up trying to buy from there in recent times TBH).

I'd agree. Gallagher offers something different to Long or Ings & maybe it's time for him to be in the first team picture rather than Shane. I'm sure, over the course of a full season, he'd contirbute more than the 1 or 2 goals Long now does.

Another ITK win for K,billy... If he stays fit, could work out well for us. Good luck to him.

7 mins to get it done...

Mike Keegan from the Daily Mail tweeted this at 1.22pm: Maybe something has been in the offing all day, after all?

And as if by magic, KBS storms in to save deadline day. Or wind us up, which would be quite funny.

To be fair, we could probably sign Welbeck on a job share arrangement with Austin...

McQueen out to Brizzle City if Targett stays?

I guess we'd try to squeeze another year or two out of Steven Davis if JWP went. Would want more than £10m for him though.

Promes was linked when MoPe was manager. I wonder if Hughes didn't think he'd suit his 5-3-2 system? Or maybe we steered clear after his alleged off field 'issue'.

You up that tree again?? Is Prowsey there? Hopefully Hughes has gone to meet Welbeck...

I think he's saying 3 out at Arsenal. Perez is off to West Ham, Campbell must be off on another of his year long loans somewhere and maybe Welbeck is due at Staplewood. Here's hoping...

"So anyway, then I claimed I had the sh1ts and I got another week off on hols, still be in the team on Sunday. Sweet as..."

Brighton linked with a move to take Tammy Abraham on loan from Chelsea. They've brought in a lot of new faces but I can't work out whether they've upgraded their team or they're stockpiling mediocrity (like us?).

West Ham to complete the signing of Lucas Perez according to the BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45092232

Quite well at the moment!