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I am as sickened as any of you. But the only mitigating factor is that maybe the Millwall keeper had no intention to kick JPM, his intention was more to kick the ball. Look at the video again and I wonder if Mateta's shoulder barge/shove on the defender put himself into the kick path from the keeper. Timing. Or we can put a line through that mitigation, and say it was intentional, that the keeper wanted to kick Mateta in the face. Then why? Then we are into dark forces, aren't we.

Don't worry, he is due back in a couple of weeks. Which two weeks, starting from when, remains to be seen.

Scar tissue? Where have we heard that before?

It looks like we have but a £10M/€13M price tag on him and there is interest from Turkiye again. Although that seems like pocket change to us, the buyer is looking to pay in instalments or give us a player in PX. But it looks like he will be sold by the end of Jan. I'm hoping that means we can bring in a scoring 9.

Maybe we are hoping Russell Martin finds a new employer soon, and the new employer is prepared to pay £20M to Saints to buy his support staff?

So £8M a year? That's £150,000 a week, which is not much more than we are paying Ramsdale. And hopefully Potter won't get injured, so still able to do his job. And the manager should be getting more than those who report to him, in any employment role. It's not outrageous at first reading, but if Pep and Maresca are only on £5M a year, let's negotiate with Potter.

I think he clearly is a good choice. However, he is SO Man Utd, that I think he would decline any other EPL club. However, if he can get over that loyalty to MU, he would be on my shortlist.

We seem to have let Dom Ballard go on a season's loan to Blackpool. 😒

He would be a decent acquisition, I agree, if we can agree a Saints level wage with him.

I'll vote for @coalman - relatively new poster (2022), fresh opinions, calmly stated, and a cool avatar. He could of course be an old name poster going under a new name, but I like the cut of his jib.

What's the plan for Lis? If he comes back, then Baz, Lis and Lumley should be enough. However, if we're wooing a Plymouth GK, maybe Lis isn't coming back (yet).

I thought the same, so just went researching. I thought there was a buyback at 30M agreed, but I can't find any such reference in the 2020 article. Happy to be proven wrong if anyone can find a note?

I got it from the start, in the list of titles, and was chuckling as I opened it. I share your concern. My hipster son talks about XG, possession stats etc but back in my day it was all about trying to score goals and stop conceding goals. Possession is not a factor in itself - last night Millwall has just 27% possession and yet still beat Leicester. It's not how much you have, it's how you use it. Getting to your issue raised, I'm undecided, like many. I don't think his tactics would work in the Prem, and I fear they may not work next season in the Champo. But let's see what squad he has, as I fear we won't get up through the play-offs in the end.

Listening to it as I type this. I can't imagine all 6 episodes will be about Ali Dia. Surely 2 to 6 will be on different subjects. I'll know for sure within 50 minutes

I would assume it was 'a sprat to catch a mackerel' deal. We all know Juventus wouldn't fork out €40-50M to buy him outright, but if have the upper hand, hopefully we can get this Matthias Soule (sp) as part of a payment?

What a great piece of film, and how wonderful he is using his time and resources in such a positive way. Life after football, when the bright lights go out, has seen many ex-footballers struggle to find a purpose in life. Yet here Pedro Pele and his wife are using their time so well. And still in the Southampton area. That Theo looks a player too. Would hope the club see him as part of the scholars soon.

A warning as to what can happen if you don't go to win it provided by Ipswich and Leeds this afternoon. It's a dilemma - do we play first team and go out to win it? Or hold back, rest the luminaries and accept the consequences? Based on results today and the next round draw, I would probably play full strength, try to get 3 up and then rest players. But the decision will have been taken already, the players chosen and notified.

We should be 3-0 up and out of sight. Do we get pleasure in keeping the game open for the opposition to score? Unless we get the second soon, we run the risk of conceding and losing confidence.

And this guy plays both sides. When he plays, that is. Hasn't been played by his club this season so far, hence contract terminated. As a free agent, we could bring him in right now. But with talk of Ben Johnson as well, who stays, who goes. Wouldn't want KWP to go. We would have to give this some game time as well. Southampton Keen To Secure Signing Of £650K-Rated Star - The Real EFL According to TeamTalk, the club on the south coast are set to battle it out with promotion rivals Middlesbrough as well as Stoke City and Preston North End for free agent Matthew Sorinola over the coming weeks, who is currently valued at £650k, as per Transfermarkt. The former MK Dons youngster most recently spent last season with Martin at Swansea on loan from Belgian title contenders Union Saint-Gilloise but was made redundant upon returning as his contract was not renewed.

Miovski and Amad Diallo please. The latter, we have already received an answer in the affirmative. The former, Aberdeen won't want to let him go.

I believe we have agreement in principle with Man U to bring Amad Diallo in on loan. 14 goals for Sunderland last season when on loan there?

I would have HB as first choice, Stephens and Bedders alternating. But conscious Stephens is our captain, so he may get the nod. Whichever way, just hope those 3 get regular games. As a result, we can probably let the Everton loanee return in January.

Likewise. Bizarre that even when Maddison is out and Bellingham a doubt, he doesn't turn the best English playmaker around. He has proven his versatility with him West Ham performances. This is clearly incompetence from Southgate, or he has an issue with JWP.

He even looks a little like Lavia, so for that reason, its a yes from me. Southampton FC plotting another Man City transfer raid (footballleagueworld.co.uk)

Be even better when we have a regular goal scorer ... oh wait, its Ryan Fraser.