Dman

Is that one a goer!? I had that filed under “tabloid nonsense” when I saw it. Wouldn’t come cheap, would signal serious intent if we pulled it off. thought he was holding off for AC Milan.

Besides the quality of football, It’s the soccer aid esq crowd which is the biggest turn off for me.

Was probably playing a lot of golf last season. That or made a ton from ‘insurance’ betting.

£6m seems an absolute steal and a no brainier for a player with European experience. Especially when you consider he had a low buy out clause and we’ve just paid £12m for a young lad who’s not played a first team game. Well done all involved.

Good player, good signing. Probably the only player we’ll have, other than Armstrong, that will allow us to play a genuine 4222 with two genuine 10’s. £10m a bit of a steal in this market. Good business.

Managed to get a sneak peak of the 3rd kit this morning, I won’t give too much away but imo it’s one of the best we’ve had in recent memory. Not sure when it’s going to be announced but I think they have it, so would assume it will be soon.

In fairness though place were a better team than us last season, especially in the final 3rd. Not saying I disagree, but I do suspect Armstrong would have scored more there than he did here.

The ignore function on here is a little like ‘gym selfies’ and working for the NHS. If you haven’t told everyone about it, has it really happened?

Funny enough, I’m the opposite. Had one for as long as I can remember, dating back to the dell etc. But I gave it up a couple of seasons back (for a variety of reasons), and I don’t think I’d ever get one again. Not in the PL anyway.

What, absolutely fucking rubbish?

In which case…. buy him and loan him to derby

Unless JWP is off, we don’t need him. More than happy with our business so far, hoping we’ve got a bit of budget left for some real game changers up the top of the field.

If we wanted to be a real modern progressive club, we could have used the stripes to our advantage and had a Rainbow flag’d shirt, especially with it being pride month, that really would have got a few likes on the bird app. However, this does present an opportunity for us to show our progressiveness on the Terraces, in the form of a new song. Rule Southampton, our new shirt has the waves. We love non-genders, bisexuals and gays. I’m sure @Turkish would approve.

The thing is, if he goes to Newcastle on 7k a week for 3 years + sign of fee’s etc., then he’s pretty much set for life, regardless of what happens (providing he doesn’t spunk it all) He could easily stay here on presumably half or less than half of that, and pick up a career ending injury and/or never make the first team. I don’t think you can blame him, to be honest.

West Ham is my bet. Can’t seeing him coming back, especially if those 2 are interested.

To be fair, so is Kante, but he wears 7. But agreed, 8 is probably the ‘right’ number for him, but 7 holds a bit of prestige for us and you’d have to say he’s probably the most influential player for us.. seems a natural fit. Although; Like someone else said, if he wanted it I’m sure he would have been given it.

JWP for me, should he want it, of course.

Yep, kinda how I see it. Im sure I saw somewhere that we would look to bring in experience along with youth. We’ve not seen much in terms of experience with the links I’ve seen, which is a worry. If we’re in the shit come Christmas time, which could easily happen, I’d fear that a team full of kids might not have the know how or savvy to get us out. Time will tell.

Yes and no. He could also go to Newcastle, earn enough money to basically be set for life and in 4 years time break into a side who are competing for the title. If he doesn’t, then he’d likely still get a PL move anyway.

If true, which I’m not doubting, then why aren’t we offering him what Newcastle are (or even more). If he’s in and around the first team, he’s worth 7k a week as a premier league player. Especially when you consider we have Theo who’s not gonna get a sniff on c60k a week.

As poor as they may be, a 16 year old (unless a total freak I.e Rooney) would be way below the level of them.

Was Slatery also supposed to be the next big thing. What even happened to him in the end?

I’d be genuinely interested to know if the likes of Chelsea, city etc. Make or lose money on their academy players. Yes they pay a lot, but they also then tend to sell them on which seems to help fund their first team. I’m not saying we will or should, but if we were to match the big boys in terms of salary (6k in the grand scheme of things is a drop in the ocean), it might mean down the line we don’t need to sale first team players.. That being said, they’re selling to the likes of us, so I don’t know who we’d sell the ones we don’t want to

You could also add Ake, Wilson and Bundia to that list… there has been loads. Such a stupid sweeping statement.

And isn’t the place better as a result ✅✅