Charlie Wayman

Not helped by the fact that nobody has a clue which eleven players will still be on our books to start the match. Dean Hammond is still pretty keen on Saints, maybe we can get him up to match fitness in time?

That's what scares the bejeebies out of me, that we lose Livramento & KWP, now that would be a serious blow. Most of us probably think one or the other to go but not both. Surely we can't let everyone leave? Bree is awful from what we have seen so far. A backline of Bree, Bednarek, Stephens, Manning is the stuff of nightmares.

Everyone off to Saudi Arabia. How long before their league surpasses the Premier League as the "best league in the world". The way it's going it will be awash with money against which Sky might find it impossible to compete. At the moment only second rate players are going their often at the end of their careers but momentum is building and once a few world class stars go there it may be game over for the European leagues.

You said that for the clicks!

More importantly it suggests that SR are sticking to their guns on valuations and will be just as happy to keep the players they want to keep. Could explain also why interest in our star players is waning at least in the sense that there are few rumours about imminent departures at the moment. The pick-up on this might be that under SR the word is out that we are not a selling club. Don't be surprised if JWP, Sailsu and JWP remain Saints players for this season. Being stuck with Stephens & Adam Armstrong is though a real cause for concern.

My day would not be the same without a visit to this thread to read the daily slagging off of Gavin Bazanu. I expect he enjoys reading it a s well. Keep it up lads

…and so say all of us but it won't be easy to move on players on lengthy contracts who have no offers from elsewhere. We can't just pay off those contracts. Incidentally has anyone else noticed all the arms around shoulders love-ins going on with Prowsey, Sailsu and the coaching staff? Is that the beginning of the new process and Wilcox making sure everything possible is being done to persuade these two lads to stay?

Music to the ears. 'Alignment' may be the new buzz word but Ralph's playbook was introduced at all levels in the Club so there's nothing new there really. Singing from the same hymn sheet clearly is not the be-all and end-all of successful football management. Hopefully Jason Wilcox has nouse that can't be translated into words emanating from his many years along side Pep and his team. In the end it comes down to people and often individuals who just know the right way of doing things.

Bad as many perceive him to be Lyanco is still light years better than Stephens. People forget very quickly how awful Stephens is. If we end up with him as first choice alongside Bednarek we can kiss goodbye to any promotion hopes this season

It isn't and it will take time. Obviously the players are trying to get used to the idea of one touch passing but at the moment it is painfully slow and that surely is obvious to all. Player 1 looks around for colleague in good safe position - passes slowly and carefully - player 2 receives ball - looks around - cogs whirring - passes slowly and carefully to another colleague in a good safe position and so on. One hopes in time it will be an automatic process with players always aware where their colleagues are and the manoeuvres executed at pace. To be fair it must be a challenging time for the coaching staff to try to teach this system to players many of whom probably won't be here much longer. So not only is it in part wasted effort but the wannaways and misfits are probably more than a tad half hearted and disinterested in making the whole shebang work anyway. They'll go along with it whilst they are here if only to get their fitness and sharpness levels up to snuff so they are ready to challenge at their new clubs. As soon as possible Martin must decide who he wants to stay and who will have to go and importantly who will leave for PL clubs. When he has this information then he can better select teams more representative of the XI that will take the field against The Owls. Ideally he should do this before the Reading game but certainly before the home friendlies at St Mary's. It'll take guts to tell players where they stand especially those that he perceives as having no future here but the nettle must be grasped urgently.

It will be the mid-weekers on a cold and blustery November evening that will sort it out. Especially if we are not setting the division alight I can see only about 15,000 hardy souls bothering to turn out.

Could be a smoke screen or more likely an indication that JWP is pretty low on their list of priorities. If the latter then I can't see much of a future for the lad there. Bloody insulting really. Then again it might have been all agent talk from the start.

Nice try! If we had had a clause in Adams' contract that he couldn't leave until he'd scored 30 goal for us, we'd end up having to pay his pension.

You really are a very unpleasant individual with a warped mind.

The fact that we have not said openly that "Tella is not for sale!" suggests to me that he is for sale but the price must be right. It also tends to confirm that the player wants to leave as Martin will have had that conversation with him from the get-go. If the Bindippers won't pay what we want for Lavia then the player stays. He looks happy here so probably not that bothered one way or t'other. Better get used to that up there on the Merseyside.

The Eagle eyed amongst you will notice that this pic is back to front. Wonder if the AI image software was programmed incorrectly?

"KWP is a tremendous player and one of the best RBs in the UK." - austsaint No doubt about that at all. AT ALL! Presumably 'though it's one or t'other in the selling stakes, perhaps depending on the highest offer received? If we get a bigger offer for Livramento than for Walker-Peters then maybe Tino goes and we hang onto Kyle. In any case the way Livramento was wandering around the pitch yesterday in what appeared to be a free ranging role then there would appear to be room for both, keep Kyle at RB and move Tino to attacking midfield. A midfield of Charles, Livramento & Ward Prowse should be good enough and the lad from Tottenham looks a very worthy back-up.

Keep up!

So far our passing accuracy is way up on last year. Stephens is a liability just get rid. Some of our kids look to be the real deal. JWP looks interested, reckon he's staying. Bree is not first choice RB hopefully. McCarthy is a dead loss, just get rid.

Certainly lifted spirits on here.

Did anybody catch the piece on Radio Solent this morning in which Adam Blackmore was interviewed about his lifelong weight problem and associated worries about self worth Compelling and moving, Adam laid bare his real life beyond the radio mic and his emotional problems stemming from childhood with acceptance and bullying because of his body weight and hair colour. If you didn't catch it then try to find a link through BBC Sounds. It is simultaneously fascinating and harrowing but should not be missed by any Saints fan. I promise you you will see Adam Blackmore from now on in an entirely different light.

Do we know if this means live TV or just a radio broadcast by Adam & Co? TV is usually referred to as streaming. Broadcast suggests radio.

Because he is a bloody good Clubman that's why and will not want to see Saints ripped off by a bunch of wide boy Eastenders who know the value of nothing and want everything for nothing. Too old at 28 my arse! They've got £100m to play FFS! Anyway, there's no hurry, if we are top of the league at the end of August, James might think he has a better and more lucrative future here. Let 'em wait, let 'em sweat. They'll crack first.

So, is the green our contribution to environmental sustainability? Only veggie dyes used in this product?

Is that the strong squad that did so well for us at the end of last season?