Charlie Wayman

He has no future here under Ralph so the best advise is for him to leave. Apart from running fast, where are his special talents? Bull in a china shop is how I see him.

Therein lies the problem. They may have ben our best players but they didn't help us rise above being mostly crap. If they were our "best", then only "best" by a gnat's whisker. None of the leavers were better than mediocre. The training ground will be a much better place having rid ourselves of their self-centred surliness.

Well not quite. This is nowhere near our starting XI yet.

Bearing in mind that Saints were mostly crap last season and Ings, Bertrand & Vestergaard were part of us being mostly crap, getting rid of them all and starting again with young legs and young minds might not be quite the disaster that the headlines suggest it could be This guy was far too mistake prone for my liking so will not be missed from my point of view. The continued absence of Ward Prowse looks more and more ominous.........

Some years ago on business trip to Brazil, my host took me to the Maracana Stadium for a match and as a matter of routine found a young lad hanging around and gave him a huge tip to "watch my car". At the end of the match all was fine; my host explained, giving a tip to kids from the favela's was routine and the only way to ensure you still had a car to drive home in! Your prospects should be slightly better in Liverpool.

Tasteless nonsense. Shame on you.

Only time will Tella.

OED

pedant noun /ˈpednt/ /ˈpednt/ (disapproving) a person who is too concerned with small details or rules especially when learning or teaching A pedant will always insist that you ask for ‘fewer’ items rather than ‘less’. Fewer postings from you would be perfect, sir!

So how ironic will that be with Villa & Leicester fielding teams of ex-Saints. Do you think Bertie has had a word with his mate Vestergaard? Wonder if Ings & Targett are trying to get their Academy mate to join them?

Honestly, I do not think we are ready for this challenge whatever the locals are saying about their own team. It seems we have to make do and mend insofar as fielding a competitive team is concerned and it might be a few more weeks before we are fully back up to strength and fighting fit. Two key players gone, two more sidelined for one reason or another during pre-season and a trio of promising but relatively untested youngsters* almost guaranteed to be starters. By no means the best condition we have been in at the start of a new season. From what we have seen in the friendlies, for me the best team that can be put out next weekend will be :- Forster; Walker Peters - Stevens - Salisu* - Perraud*; Romeu - Diallo*; Armstrong - Armstrong - Redmond; Tella - Walcott. I am expecting a dour match and at best a goalless draw but more likely we will lose of 0-2. We might be living on our nerves a bit until this transfer window closes and potential wanna ways have to face reality and knuckle down for the fight.

Well, that's pretty much the end of pre-season and here is where we are, two of our best and most experience players have left, two more have not featured so far and will be nowhere near ready for PL action and one or two of our regulars like Bednarek are seemingly all at sea. We have brought in a couple of kids with potential and a full back and there is an outside chance of a striker coming in who will not be ready to slot into the side for a week or two. Could there be a worse possible situation for the toughest of starts? Navigating the weeks ahead will be a perilous journey for sure. Will the team have the character to recover if they start badly? Romeu as Captain can be relied on to fight to the end, Tella looks up for a scrap and maybe KWP, Armstrong and Redmond will give their all but who is there beyond that? Salisu and Diallo are relative novices in this league and will make mistakes as they settle in to starting roles. Djenepo and Adams are unreliable and Walcott's situation is puzzling. Carrying an injury? Whatever despite a new contract he didn't figure much in pre-season. The going is going to be tough. Based on what we have seen so far our best XI seems to be; Forster; Walker Peters - Stevens - Salisu - Perraud; Romeu - Diallo; Armstrong - Redmond; Tella - Walcott.

why not Walcott?

No knee jerk reaction from you thank goodness.

I have checked the ACB website but no indication of a stream or indeed on the SFC OS. Anybody out there with newer information? Fingers crossed🤞

Obviously he wasn't.

What is most telling is that even average PL players like Ings, Bertrand and likely Vestergaard and Poster Boy (apparently) want out even though they had been a huge part of creating the mess we find ourselves in. When the bigger rats leave with their suitcases you know the ship is about to founder. Why are they queuing up to leave? Perhaps they are fed up with having to follow the instructions of Watson, Davis & Co rather than Hasenhuttl? Placing our faith in youth is probably a misjudgement as we need to stay in the PL long enough for them to develop their full potential.

Can you buy a used striker and have it delivered to your door? Cazoo! Yes you can!

It was me! People laughed then.

What a save from Forster, world class.

Interesting that Elio is preferred to Theo tonight in what looks almost like our best XI at the moment. Guess they will shuffle things around for Saturday. Odd that the club will offer us access to Levante's stream but can't be arsed to do their own?

Ridiculous allegation.

Anybody know if the match is being streamed on the OS on Wednesday?

Are you completely insensitive and devoid of any empathatic human feelings towards others? This is one of the most crass and distressing posts I've ever seen on here. Shame on you

Frankly, total rubbish. Huffs and Puffs but not a demolition expert! £6m is a joke and not because it's too low.