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Although I still think he'd have been useful under Jones/if Selles tried making us cross into him, he's the last player Russell Martin would want up top and would be horrific with our passing style of play. Still a good target man at Champ level/weak European leagues though.

Was also brilliant against United both games last season, but definitely best for a while.

You could have been saying that for years but we've had 3 different keeper coaches in the last 4 years, it's possible they're all terrible, or it might just be the keepers and what's in front of them.

No idea (not my page), though I think TEAMtalk might be one of those which report everything they hear without much filter for accuracy.

Dom and Kami have received their first England u19 call-ups.

I must say I've found his social media posts pretty entertaining the past few months. He's been training with Venezuela u16s, playing for England u16s and also being in Portugal u16s training camps. A very busy lad, and in demand both internationally and domestically. He will always grab headlines with his frankly ridiculous goal-scoring record, but the longer we keep quiet about Harrison Miles who is younger, yet plays regularly at u18, the better.

Just a loan for Lyanco, sadly.

He is definitely taller than 5'8. Watching him he looks longer limbed on the pitch than most players, and comparing heights I'd guess 6' to 6'1. Definitely not a short DM like wiki and other sites say - you'll see he's quite a bit bigger.

Small is incredibly gifted athletically and physically for his age (only turned 19 this month compared to someone like Simeu who is 22 this season), he's also pretty good technically when it comes to taking players on and finishing. His attitude and positional sense are lacking hugely which is why I don't understand why he's not permanently converted to an Adama Traore-type winger.

Simeu was never that highly rated and was never bought by us to become a senior figure but rather plug a gap in our academy for a season at CB. Whereas Tino was always one of the standouts from u16 up to u21 at Chelsea and was expected to go onto become a PL player/international.

Finnigan has always been tall. When he made his debut in the senior team in 20/21 he was about 6'2 or 6'3 looking and that was years ago when he was 17. Ralph always rated him very highly so interested to see what happens this season given he was a regular in League 2 end of last with Crewe.

Beginning a thread for SAA (which isn't transfer related from last summer) given he'll likely break through this season, and has been probably our best player in pre-season. What a brilliant talent he's looking, and for less than £1m. Got 8 goals and 5 assists last season in u21 football so end product might not yet be there, but struggle to see how any of our other wingers can keep him out.

Some more obscure ones from the past decade which haven't been listed: Mario Lemina at Galatasary Wesley Hoedt at Lazio Paulo Gazzaniga at Spurs Dani Osvaldo at Porto Rickie Lambert at Liverpool Martin Caceres at Juventus Jeremy Pied at Lille Kevin Danso at Lens (next season) Matt Targett at Newcastle (next season if there's injuries/rotation) There's also a bunch who have played CL qualifiers inc. Steve de Ridder, Vegard Forren, Moi Elyounoussi (on loan), Jordy Clasie, Eljero Elia, Artur Boruc.

Sam Edozie was very clearly never one of City's top academy prospects (and despite this was still better than our senior wide options last season). Borges, Medube, McAtee, Palmer, Kayky and Bobb were always all ahead of him at City - that's a lot of incredible talent to be up against. To compare, Lavia and Charles were consistent and key players in the heart of their title winning sides and at a younger age then Edozie was.

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/wilcox-appointed-director-of-football What more is there to say?

SkyBet: Leicester - 5/1 Leeds - 6/1 Southampton - 8/1 Middlesbrough - 10/1 You seem to have looked at the "Champions if not Leeds or Leicester" market

Sadly the real kit is apparently nothing like these I edited from Betis' in Photoshop. Prefer it with the red sleeves here:

That was just a fake headline

Was Burnley's HoR from Jan '17 window until Jan '21. Signings were almost exclusively British and 25+, seemingly the opposite of Southampton and Ankersen's approach? - Ben Gibson (25) £16m - Chris Wood (25) £16m - Robbie Brady (25) £15m - Matej Vydra (26) £12m - Josh Brownhill (24) £10m - Jay Rod (29) £10m - Jack Cork (28) £9m - Nahki Wells (27) £5m - Ashley Westwood (26) £5m - Jon Walters (33) £2m - Bailey Peacock-Farrell (22) £2m - Aaron Lennon (30) £1m - Dale Stephens (31) £1m - Phil Bardsley (32) £1m - Erik Pieters (30) £1m - Peter Crouuch (38) £0m - Charlie Taylor (23) £0m

While true, I think the divisions at u21 level are pretty useless given the massive turnover and promotion of youth players at every club, each season meaning players very rarely spend 2+ seasons in the same u21 teams. Obviously top teams (City, Utd, Chelsea) will tend to always have the best, but I wouldn't have put it past our u21s this season finishing near the top of PL2 Div 1 if they were in it and potentially even better next year when they're actually closer to that age group. Sadly for us, it was just a case of the previous generation not being good enough for Div 1. Also, Ballard and Doyle are very clearly two of the best in the country given their international callups and u18 (non division based) performances, so I don't think the step up is that much bigger for them.

1. Worst Player of the Season - Adam Armstrong 2. Worst Manager - Nathan Jones 3. Worst Team Performance of the Season - Forest (H) 4. Most Embarrassing Moment - Grimsby 5. Biggest Player Disappointment - Orsic 6. Who is responsible for this shit show - Ankersen, Semmens, Players