Charlie Wayman

I tend to agree with you; not deluding myself into thinking that our best interests are in safe hands. The whole bunch of them were out at Totton t'other night casting an eye over the U21's no doubt working out how much they could get for Dibling & Ballard before the window closes

Seeing as nobody was really interested in him, what other options did he have? He's no JWP and will struggle to get a starting place with Downes, Charles, 2 x Armstrongs and Alacaraz around. Maybe he can play full back?

Its a shame this thread has salivated at the scuttlebuck instead of focusing on Saints Women's table topping 4-0 demolition of Lewes.

Maybe take a look at the bottom of this year's PL table for guidance

Before you hail the arrival of the new Messi, most of Downes passes were short and safe, square and back.

Let's hope Saints have inserted a sell-on clause for Tella. If he has a successful season with BL and scores 15 goals, he will be hailed as the next Jude B Bellingham and the big clubs will be in for him. Start the bidding at £60m with Arsenal & Chelsea interested…. We need a share of that! On a different note, seems RM's optimism of players changing their minds about leaving since the changeover of coaching staff and style of play was a bit premature. As far as can be told only Stuart Armstrong & KWP might be in that group but judging by his post match hand shakes all round on Saturday, my suspicion is that KWP will be off this week as well. Hmmm!

I can see a new forum whipping boy emerging here. Why do these new posters come on here to create divide and unrest where non exists.

Nothing like that in real life at St Mary's. You should try it sometime.

Lots of passing mostly sideways and zero creativity about sums up our Saints this afternoon. Still relying on moments of individual inspiration for our goals, both of which were outstanding. Also the usual stupid errors in defence and gift goals. Manning, I think shoulders the blame for today's cock-up Downes looked useful rather than talented but did what he had to do. Fraser very busy and impatient to make things happen. Good to see. Colgate seems to have lucked in with Steven's injury. The absence of Tella and Adams speaks volumes, not a trace of Perraud either who was probably on the car ferry back to France. More worryingly, at the end of the match KWP was shaking hands with everyone on the staff including the tea lady. Defo looked like a farewell. Doubt we will see him again in a Saints shirt. All in all not a brilliant display but a win's a win even if we had to dig it out rather than stroll to victory.

Of course they will be, they're still Saints players.

Don't worry Russ says he has a very good character and Russ should know 'cos he knows him and has played with him. In my book that's a recipe for him getting away with murder. Still, so long as we do not lose Tella or Edozie, welcome on board ship Ryan.

Martin has got himself on a hook by putting his name to this alleged new contract offer. Most PL clubs are not stupid, Adams was the main striker for the team that ended up bottom of the PL last season. That surely tells them something and likely giving them very serious pause for thought. For clubs likely to be in the relegation fight this season signing Adams and relying on him to come up trumps with 20 goals would be a huge gamble and it is looking increasingly unlikely that any of them are prepared to take that level of risk. If he stays, gets an attractive new contract and then ends up scoring only 5 goals all season for us then Martin's judgement will be under serious scrutiny and we could be stuck with another player that isn't good enough and nobody else wants. At least if he stays without a new contract and he doesn't deliver this season we can get rid next. Of course the new contract offer could be all bluff and bluster to pacify fans, with no new striker even on the horizon let alone heading into port.

Waiting on Martin's PC when we should get an update on Smallbone. Can't see him making the squad this week as no picture of him in training. Agree, suddenly we seem to have a plethora of promising midfield options which can only be good news for a promotion push.

He won't start Downes as he's nowhere near match fit. Food poisoning will have knocked him sideways for a couple of weeks at least. I doubt he will start Alcaraz either, still in rehab. Both will need time to get up to speed. Probably give both of them 10 minutes later on. It'll be the same midfield as last week, he won't change a winning team. 4-0 to Saints looks attainable.

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Reminds me very much of Lyanco

The answer to all rhetorical questions is "No", In this case a resounding "No"!!!

Our cat. She loves it. We call her Elyopoussi. Welcome to the Premier League Express, Flynn. if you're only three times better than JWP that'll be just fine for me.

They expected him to be at least as good as Perraud in case Perraud left. As things stand, the Frenchman is still here and all things being equal* will easily displace Manning. * Favouritism may come into play, we don't really know how open-minded and neutral Martin will be on these things.

Do Everton understand that 'though? More importantly does Adams understand that? Perhaps the Toffees are preparing for life in the Championship. Time to call time on him in my view and start a clean page with a new striker. Too much sentiment building around the idea of a prolific Che Adams that never existed in reality and never will.

Amazing that a player for long considered on here as a WoS is now regarded as indispensable to our efforts to regain PL status. You couldn't make it up.

We made harder work of that than we should have done. Much better second half but we still need a creative midfielder who can turn all that effort into clear goal scoring chances. AA looks better in midfield than up front. Charles deserves a shout out, we won't hang onto him for long that's for sure. Defence looked a bit better but weren't really tested by a poor Plymouth attack.

Amongst all the doom and gloom of what if's and maybe's it's worth remembering another comment made by Martin on Tuesday night, that certain players who wanted out after relegation have changed their minds and are happy to stay. He didn't name them but there were lots of smiles at SMS on Wednesday from SArmstrong, Adams, Tella and Alcaraz. 🤞

Quite; alleged interest in Smallbone seems to have evaporated at the time his injury was announced.

Managers always say that but 'Phil' is calling the shots and no way will he resist a sale or encourage expenditure. He's an out and out bean counter and beans is all he cares about. Don't be too disappointed when Adams leaves and nobody comes in. That has been and seemingly always will be the Saints way. You read it here first.