Charlie Wayman

Martin seems to prefer old cast off journeymen to raw young highly gifted players, which rather explodes the myth that he excels at developing players. Losing Alcaraz will be a body blow to our hopes of building a team capable of staying in the PL more than one season, if we ever get there.

It's been a crap window but then most of them are so what's different?

Bowl? …and while we are at it, why didn't ST holders get first dibs for their own seats for the Cup replay on Tuesday night???

If Fraser is unfit will SAA get a start over Mara?

….but why have Bournemouth let him go if he is as good as people on here think?

It was only 20 odd years ago

Without KWP we are total garbage.

If Carlsberg did inquests, this lot would be hung at HT

Worst Saints performance this year so far. Pedestrian. No wonder Martin ducked the PC, who picked this bunch of comedians?

My bad, I assumed the game was today! It's been a long week…...

Because it is SFC you are dealing with!

It's audio only, no video because it crosses the 3pm threshold black-out.

Deserves a custodial sentence.

I am not in the least concerned about either. Only Adams could leave and that will be no great loss.

Adams is Marmite it seems. We should end this chapter of his career for his and our benefit and relief. His epitaph will read " full of promise that was never fulfilled". No more lumbering Oxen please Mr Wilcox.

Weird substitutions today. Mara a spectator, Rothwell not ready for first team duties and * Stephens (*expletives redacted). Are they deliberately trying to piss Alcaraz off?

Good call chum! Smallbone MotM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bloody Calamity Stephens, useless, totally disrupted the team once he came on and almost gifted them two goals . THB even on a yellow is less of a risk than this cretin. Get him out of St Mary's before he costs us promotion. Brilliant first half saved our blushes but we should have had 5 or 6 by HT.

Manchester United winger Amad Diallo, 21, is set to turn down any Championship loans in January, with the Ivory Coast international wanted by Michael Carrick at Middlesbrough. (Fabrizio Romano)

No question about that at all which is why it is very doubtful that he will leave anytime soon through choice or coercion. If ever a player was indispensable! As Martin said recently not a single player has been beating down his door wanting out this winter. Very evidently KWP is loving every minute of the role he has here under Martin and the success it is bringing, he looks very settled indeed.

Best to stick with Occam's Razor.

What about Terry Paine's 816 appearance in a Saints shirt or are you too young to remember him? Will never be surpassed ever. We old timers worshiped the lad and he is still around and kicking even if we don't see him at St Mary's much these days. Absolutely the ONLY true Saints legend!

Not rational as you say but clearly there is still a lot of mileage in the Fraser engine and the other mechanicals seem to be working just fine. Age is just a number; he may be 30 yo but seems have the energy and physical condition of a 25 yo. On that basis I would take a chance on him, 2 year contract in the summer and we have a far more than competent back-up to the fast developing Edozie & Sulemana, what's to lose?

Another management distraction from a poor January transfer window?

Wrong thread! If you determined to have a pop at Cortese then have the decency to do it on the Cortese thread where people can respond.