Dan Johnson

The club has previous with this to be fair, in refusing Schneiderlin the chance to leave last summer. Koeman (Presumably with the backing of the board) has stated categorically no one will leave this transfer window, just as they said no one else would leave after the sales last year (referring to Jrod & Schneiderlin) for me, they haven’t given me any reason to doubt them. I agree that the club commenting earlier in the summer that the chances of Alderweireld signing & Clyne staying were good, wasn’t great PR. However, I don’t think you can draw comparisons between them saying something WON’T happen and something may happen. The openness between board and fans (that I assume) the original poster is requesting from Krueger (and what is generally the SFC policy) has then been used as a stick to beat them with. I can only assume that after our record breaking last season, the above statement refers solely to this season & 3 results in the premier league (and possibly 1 in the Europa league?) I think it’s incredibly dangerous to make anyone accountable after just 3/4 results! Especially when you could argue that there is only 1 really poor result (the home result to Everton) Drawing 2-2 to Newcastle (who spent heavily and have a new manager), Drawing to the champions of Denmark, Drawing away to a Watford side who are really an unknown at this stage, why maybe disappointing is no reason to reach for the pitch forks just yet. The season is 38 games long, it’s always judged at the end. Les Reed has come out and said we did all we could to sign Alderweireld, those that are critical of him wont believe him, those that are fans of his will defend him. What none of us know is the ins & outs of any deal between Saints & Athletico or between Tottenham & Athletico. We don’t know what Toby said to Saints, what he promised us or what Tottenham promised us. The fact of the matter is he went to Tottenham, Tottenham at this stage of the season have the same amount of points as us. Stoke were widely applauded on this site for having the right transfer policy this summer, showing ambition and signing the right players… they also have the same amount of points as us. We don’t know what the end of the transfer window may bring, I would rather we wait until the last day of the window to sign a player we feel is the right fit than sign a player that is available. As Louis Van Gaal says “it’s a process” it’s not just a case of signing a player that’s available & there’s any number of mitigating circumstances outside of our control that contribute to the length of time it takes to sign a player. We needed a CB last summer, Alderweireld signed on the last day of the transfer window… likelihood being that he was keeping his options open until the last minute in the hope that someone or something better would come along. It worked in our favour last summer, it worked against us when he signed for spurs. Such is life For me, the grip should be with the modern game & the media coverage of transfers and transfer rumours. We see all the time (with sterling, now with berhino) and with our players last & this summer than it effects them, it effects the team. There’s very little the bored can do to stop that, other than shutting players off from all media outlets until the window is closed! For me, the transfer window should close a week before the season starts and open once the season has finished. If your squads not deep enough… tough, you better hope you have a good academy to coup.

I'd imagine both clasie and bertrand are aiming for the games after the international break

Great pedigree for a young player, could be a shrewd.

I stopped singing in the Northam because of musical differences like this, I'm thinking about starting my own stand where we have the creative freedom to make our own chants that aren't dictated by the industry, ****ing bureaucrats! I'm thinking about some kind of alternative jazz inspired bhangra fusion chants

Jack Wheelchair

It would be interesting to see how comparible that is to their income. Based on nothing at all, I'd say percentage wise on a debt vs turnover comparison that it would be similair

Thought he came across really well in that interview

Daily star reporting VVD interest from us, as well as the Vitesse non EU players struggling with their passports http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/456358/Southampton-face-Europa-League-chaos-boost-chase-Celtic-ace

Daily star reporting that Vitesse Non EU players have struggled to get passport clearance http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/456358/Southampton-face-Europa-League-chaos-boost-chase-Celtic-ace

Agreed, I think the darkest day for me was when we lost 0-3 at home to Watford the season we got relegated to League one. I left early that game, it's the only time I have!! To be in the Europe League & a strong, established mid table premier league side has been some journey!!

Going to Everton. He's waiting for the John Stones transfer to play out as he knows he's first choice to replace him, he's keeping his options open at the moment, especially while Celtic are still in the champions league and not keen to sell. He'll be on bigger wages at a bigger club. I don't expect us to sign him unless the stones transfer doesn't go ahead.

Whats his spouse up to these days...

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I purchased online this morning, took me about 40 minutes in the online queue to get to the booking form.

5, you missed out Gaston Ramirez... Although I suppose thats understandable :-)

Tommy Svindal Larsen??

Fans often wrongly describe their club as a laughing stock when players leave, I think in Villas case after Delph publically committing last week only to move today it is probably justified! I'd hate to be a villa fan, how embarrassing! Delphs move must be linked to Benteke leaving, he must feel or even know they're lacking ambition, probably reluctant to reinvest that money! I think a takeover fell through earlier in the week too. That's a proper meltdown

Outs & replacements Clyne - Soares is his replacement Morgan – To replace Toby – To replace Elia – Jrod back in his place Djricic – Gaston back in his place Foster long term Injury – Steklenberg cover Additions remaining from last years squad depth Midfielder to replace corks absence & additional fixtures Midfielder to replace Morgan (Claise likely) Center back to replace Toby Striker – Juanmi acquired. Full back cover – Martina acquired. After we get replace Morgan and Toby, I’d say we will probably be up an additional 3 on head count, 4 when fraser returns from injury. Juanmi (additional Striker) Martina (full back cover) Additional Midfielder (additional Midfielder) Steklenberg (goal Keeper cover) In summary, I think we will see 3 more transfers. 2 x midfielders 1 x center back.

That was last Season. I'd suggest with our additional fixtures & squad changes that we will be competeing against the following next year for those 4th-10th spots Tottenham Liverpool Swansea Stoke Everton West Ham We also dont know how Sunderland & Newcastle will perform with new managers

Remember being massively impressed with Clasie during the world cup, who would have thought when we were in the never regions of league 1 we would be signing a player of this quaility! Really excited by this transfer!!

I'm going for "Judge our business at the end of the transfer window" or he is annoucing the signing of Wesley Sneijder as morgans replacement alongside Jordy Clasie

I do hate being a selling club :-(

Eh? - We signed Cederic before we sold Clyne - Schnderlin hasnt left yet so we may well sign a replacement before he leaves - Toby wasnt our player, we were trying to sign him, why would we try and sign someone else before Toby made his decision who he was signing for?