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Well he was 20 when he played for Burnley and 22 when he played for us in the Prem, Centre backs tend to peak in their mid to late 20s, Van Dijk didn't play in the premier league until he was 24 for example, 2 years with us before getting his big move. I think he'll go on to become a decent, solid premier league player, not top 6 level but definitely to early just to write him off as not good enough.

All that time on the training ground with Lee Barnard and Tandari Lee paying off

good point, he's also a bit too white, male and hetrosexual to really inspire anyone. Also did anyone notice the skin colour of the people who finished second and third? Typical racist FIFA giving it to the white guy.

Well deserved like you say a great role model

I think Saints fans are going to but put in a bubble for our own safety from the visiting Middlesbrough fans. Pick up points to be confirmed by the FAB

Any update on the security plans for this the Middlesbrough game? I was planning on going to this one but a bit scared so need an update please

He is an absolute clown, he's a joke figure.

Absolutely their team is shit in relation to how much they’ve spent. 2nd highest net spend last five years, wasted on average players

And he was brought in to fix that, arguably it’s got worse

There is something in this. Russ is too good for the jobs hes had. If a top club would give him a job with the top players you’d see how good he is

I actually don’t mind them, I know I’m in the minority but say what you like about Fergusons teams they were entertaining, had some great players and characters over the years, produced some exceptional talent and whatever anyone says Ferguson transformed them from top to bottom. some of their fans might have been arrogant but it was based on success rather than a Liverpools victim/delusion or massive foreign investment into clubs like Chelsea and a Man City. Plus their away support was always very good. And the whole Munich story adds a bit of romance and tragedy to the story. Of course I always wanted to beat them but couldn’t help admire them as a club in many ways

You’re probably right. The team Moyes inherited was poor by their standards, the days of them signing top quality players long gone.

Yes it was good that, so much wrong with that club. It’s incredible how far they’ve fallen since Ferguson left, especially considering we were once told that the Man United job is easy and anyone could win the league there.

Feel sorry for Carrick, good guy, loved him as a player shouldn’t have got the job in the first place and just the latest in the long line of disasters at Old Trafford. Jason’s Wilcox isn’t the genius he made himself out to be

Sam Fender has apparently got venues to drop prices for his tour next summer. It’s still pretty expensive IMO but Great to see these guys not letting fans be priced out