coalman

I, for one, welcome our new Canadian overlords striker

And yet Goztepe seem to be benefiting mightily from the multi club model under Rasmus' presidency. Us, not so much. I'd rather look at what people do rather than what they say. Sure Rasmus doesn't want to upset the Goztepe fans. But he's also done a great job funneling players from Saints to them. He may see them as a better option for getting to the Champions League than Southampton. They're currently sat 4th in the Super Lig with the champions and runners up going to qualification so they've got a shot at qualifying for European competition next year. Us, on the other hand....

And there's the answer to today's question - how could I despise Rasmus more?

Rasmus does need a replacement for Juan at Goztepe

Rasmus: "look how profitable I've made Goztepe since I became president"

Interesting to know. If that's the case then getting £7m is a good bit of business to remove him from the squad dynamic. If he's been harmful to the team culture I'd rather not have him there at all even if it means we're light on strikers.

I'd rather have Edozie on the wing than AA. AA doesn't win balls, doesn't beat his man and the team's pattern of play suffers when he is in the team. You want your wingers to stretch play. Yes Armstrong has 11 goals but, other than Charlton, he hasn't dictated play once this season (and then only for a half because they stood off him). Whereas Edozie is tricky enough that the other team might put two people on him as they know he is likely to have the first defender on toast. Same with Fellows and Scienza. Both of them stretch play and make space for others to play in. Armstrong will be around in the box for when the ball drops but he's dependent on other people getting the ball there for him to have a lash at it.

Are you sure you didn't get confused by his accent? He might have been saying "watching Aribo play is like being in hell"

There's also the consideration of dressing room harmony. If, and it's a big if, Armstrong is part of the problems Alfie House was talking about better to take the money and improve the squad cohesion. On Saturday they actually played like a team rather than a group of individuals strolling about. Sample size of one, I know, but we actually competed and made life hard for the Stoke players from start to finish.

I am very willing to eat some humble pie if he turns out to be mustard. Knowing Saints we'll let Feyenoord put an obligation to buy in the loan so we can add him to our stable of world class finishers to be loaned out in perpetuity.

Which turns into the portmanteau of "Canadillo"

Our scouts aren't trying to watch him to find out if he's good. We already know that.

To counter balance that... here's a video showing him be absolutely lethal from 3 yards

Most players get a YouTube highlights video that makes them look like Messi. This one looks like somebody managed to create a cross between Joe Aribo and BBD.