Dman

Fuck me, i've seen some thick as fuck things on this site, but this is well up there.

It doesn't mention fire sale at any point. Its titled "Southamptons summer window: Busy' Then summarises (mostly all of what we've previously seen) players likely to leave / interest elsewhere and players we might be interested in. It's a pretty fair article all be it nothing new.

I honestly think he's exactly that. Never looked like he had the composure to be a top flight forward. He's scored a few in the championship granted, but then so did Adam Armstrong. at £18-£20m it would be a no brainer for us to sell.

a front 4 of; Tella Alcaraz Sulemana Striker (Adams ideally although unrealistically) Is ridiculously strong in the championship.

In fairness, a lot need to go. We've a massively bloated squad, most of which are a load of shit. Just because of contract status alone, its obvious we'll lose 6-7, that's not factoring in the 2 or 3 decent players who people might want. I genuinely suspect that SR have expected this summer to be one of overhaul since the day they came in - I guess the only difference is now we'll need to look at different targets.

I wouldn't be too disappointed if they all went (other than notable exceptions of Alcaraz and Tino), with the expectation that JWP & Lavia will be off. These are players who have failed season upon season. Packed it in and bottled it every time the going got tough. I'm genuinely excited by the thought of a rebuild of practically the whole squad, although I do think it means that we wont go up this year as a result.

In fairness, it is probably lost in translation a bit.

yeah, reasonable shout tbh.

Hi Saint Rob, put yourself in the firing line, expect to get shot. Its nothing too personal, you're just a bit of a div. Regards, Middle Aged Man

I saw a stat, on twitter so a massive pinch of salt needed, that since his return to the dutch league, Tadic has won player of the season every single year. There were genuinely idiots that support our club who didn't rate him.

He's clearly having second thoughts and this 'contract' is just a smokescreen. No way would Swansea be arseholes like this, especially when a championship powerhouse like us come knocking. Stinks of Leicester tapping him up imo.

Dawson is incredible at holding down an end. Certainly not the best spinner in the world, but a 7/10 every time he bowls. I wonder if he'll get a sniff in the ashes squad now that Leach is out, for that very reason...

As far as 'stripes' go, this is probably just about perfect. Always preferred when we've used white as the base with red stripes, rather than red with white.. if that makes sense.

They can't play at a club who's not had an offer accepted though, can they. Naive to think someone would demand to only play for the might Saints.

I was hopeful that us being utter shite on the pitch would lead to a bit of hostility in the crowd, like the 'glory' days of Championship relegation, which would lead to a few of these muppets getting a clobbering.

What will be the result when we go hand in cup back to Swansea trying to sign Grimes and Piroe? If I was them, I'd tell us to get stuffed and only sell them to a Leicester or Leeds.

You'd be surprised. I'm hearing that Ankerson's spreadsheet suggests that players who live within the SO post code have 0.00000000001% increase in performance.

what an absolute pleb, that Andrew is. He's coming from Swansea, which is a 3 hour drive away, not fucking Sao Paulo. Even if he doesn't want to move his family down just yet (which is more than understandable), he could literally come down, take some photos holding a shirt, do a 20 minute interview and fuck off back home. All in one day... Crazy. These Twitter bods that follow the club really are a bunch of clowns.

Which leaves us without a manager (I know hes not yet technically our manager yet). Cutting off your nose to spite your face imo. I'd rather we walk away, but that's my heart speaking over my head as I don't think Martin is the right man for us. It's not the sensible thing to do though if we've highlighted him as the man to take us forward.

Looks like Adam Lallana (off wish), over his left shoulder...

Lets start with the obvious.. "“My future is not in my hands, we don’t know what the future holds. " I mean the future couldn't be anymore in his hands. He obviously wants to go, if he can.

Why would we walk away over peanuts. Martin is clearly the bloke we want, he wants to come here - everything is agreed other than a minor sticking point between the 2 clubs. Unless someone better (in the clubs view - thinking Potter or that chap from City) suddenly become available, walking away would be a stupid idea. Again, Swansea know that. Our hand isn't very strong in these negotiations.

In that case it would be one for the lawyers to resolve, I'd imagine. It would open up a huge can of worms around tapping up and all that jazz, as well.

If reports are to be believed, the initial approach / agreement was made before the Liverpool game, when there was absolutely no doubt we were (or at least pretended to be) a PL club.

Not arrogant, just stupid.