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Granted their recent management has not been the best, however Everton have been in the top flight continuously for 70 years, a record bettered only by Arsenal! They have a fantastic new stadium under construction. So to lump them in the perennial yo yo clubs is a tad unfair.

Granted their recent management has not been the best, however Everton have been in the top flight continuously for 70 years, a record bettered only by Arsenal! They have a fantastic new stadium under construction. So to lump them in the perennial yo yo clubs is a tad unfair.

As pompeys match went on about 15 minutes longer than all the rest yesterday, was anyone else praying that bottom of the table Cheltenham would hang on and deny Pompey chance to go top…..?

Lol - I was there for that game too…

Lol - As if Liverpool hadn’t been buying success over the years…..

I don’t think either the Chelsea or Liverpool hierarchy will be accepting of it taking 2 or 3 seasons for their players to gel….

The new host of GSS addressed Paul Merson just as Merson on Saturday afternoon..!

Oh dear Pompey 0 - 1 Rovers….

Well apparently Armstrong scored……

I don’t think anybody from the League One play off final from Sheffield Weds starting line up that day, is starting tonight…..?

If they manage that, they will be doing better than Saints ever have at stopping leaks….

Mismanaged from day one. I’m sure there is a very good player in there somewhere…

I wonder how his salary at Monaco compares to the offer Saints made awhile back, but he refused to sign…? Because he believed he was too good for us….!

Probably the only difference being the UK deal to include freedom of movement with India, whilst the one the EU negotiates will not….

That doesn’t alter the OP’s opinion that the transfer was a painfully bad piece of business from a Southampton perspective….

If Lavia were to stay next season and City didn’t exercise their buy back clause, we’d all probably think it was a result……

It would appear the £50m is based on the guaranteed £40m promised by Man City for next summer. I’m not sure that someone at Lavia’s developmental stage is going to throw his toys out the pram. Might find there is a lot less interest in him next summer if that was the case……

I would have thought FIFA regulations would preclude anything like that….!

Perhaps we inserted a sell on clause and will receive a percentage of the €400…..!

I see Tadic has been released by Ajax, perhaps we could persuade him to return too…..

He’s already got a three year deal on big money……

I grew up in South Coast Worthing and supported Saints, just based on visits to Southampton….!

Well yes, an EPL title and FA Cup in the lat 7 years - that’s fantasy land…..

Would appear we dodged a bullet there. Rumours were that we offered £30m for him……!?

The one fixture everyone will be hoping Reading win…..