SW5 SAINT

Be interesting to assess the respective merits of Vestegaarde and Gibson...........

It appears Burnley are signing Gibson from Middlesbrough for around £13m. I thought we were quoted £25m for the same player.....?

Usually with World Cup bids, new stadiums are built and old ones refurbished. So hopefully if previous countries histories of staging WC's is anything to go by, we could end up with some spectacular new builds and rebuilds - including SMS

I hope don't just roll over and let them have him for some ridiculously cheap fee. Particularly if the stories of them playing hard ball over a fee for Gibson are true.....

And yet France are still world champions for the second time in 20 years. Whilst most people over here blame the fact that we have too many "foreigners" in the EPL, hampers England doing better.....

Strange, I thought Dijon would have been mustard........

Spot on, stockpiling average players on huge salaries will destroy club of Southampton's size and resources as a PL force.......

brilliant.....

Thats a fair point regarding the Silva settlement. Silva obviously rates the guy as well, so Everton are backing the manager. I seem to remember we did that once as well, paying well over the odds for a player the manager rated....

What's wrong with bringing in the best from abroad if it benefits SFC, if they come from Scotland, Wales or Ireland it isn't going to benefit England. SFC is a football club set up for the benefit of Southampton FC, not England.......

If he wants to play again, someone is going to have to pay the Chinese a transfer fee. I reckon Wham should be made to pay it back.......

Buying yet another crocked striker! Will they ever learn......

That's some wage bill............

I think it's unlikely ever to open again in this way, for lets face it an average team to reach the final. That's Croatia now beneficiaries of that. Don't forget Croatia were even runners up to Iceland in the qualifiers. Iceland probably thinking what might have been.

Indeed, I support a strong Man City too. Not just Liverpool but ManU, Tottenham all less likely to win the league........

Maybe it's a straight swap with Forster........

I wonder if he is any better than Carillo....?

Peter Osgood and Charlie George failed to live up to expectations too...........

Many stars playing in so called glamour sides never experience that, Gerrard and all the rest of the Liverpool crew of the last three decades........

The most predictable 0-0 draw ever.......

How long is he though....?

Has he signed yet.......?

That looks like that guy in Coronation St or is it Emmerdale...........?

I didn't think we did release clauses....?

I haven't been this disappointed on losing out to Leicester since Matt Elliott...........