Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd

You 'except' that he never goes to a match???

Well said! :-)

Same here. Always felt they were very similar to ourselves, particularly when we were still at The Dell.

Why is it nonsense? What makes you so sure??? Who says he would have to play through the middle? Why not play him in a front two with Mane or Juanmi? It gives us something different to Pelle. Let's be honest, Pelle had a good start with Saints but then our rivals quickly worked out what he was all about and he had a terrible run. Jay-Rod's finishing is far better. I'd rather have had Rickie back than Pelle up front.

Not too bothered whether we sell him or not. My concern is that he seems to be the first name on the team sheet every week yet we've got a far better option up front with Jay Rod. Even when we make a change during the game it's never him. I could understand this if he was a major threat but he really isn't. He's just average.

For once I'm inclined to agree with you. Lamela joined spurs for £25.8m. He isn't going to come to Saints as part of a swap deal for Wanyama. Oh, and there's a 'c' in *****.

Gut feeling is that he's done and that he'll be a Spuds player on Tuesday. I guess he couldn't announce how unhappy he was earlier in the transfer window as Spurs hadn't declared their interest at the time. Tosser! The best we can hope for is a couple of players in exchange as we certainly won't have a replacement lined up. Potentially this could also affect VvD's decision to come. I bet the club are kicking themselves for letting Cork go!

The right back we were originally linked with was Trippier. He would've been a far better option then Cedric. At least he had some Premiership experience. I don't know how serious we were. It's irrelevant anyway as Spurs snapped him up.

Everything I post on here is my genuine belief. If people choose to get wound up by my posts then that's their problem.

Probably not. As I've said before, this is a forum and everybody is entitled to their opinion.

Exactly! We've sent out completely the wrong message to players and fans. Having been through all this **** when RL was in charge you'd have thought that people at the club wouldn't want to make the same mistakes. As it stands, history looks like it could well repeat itself. Strachan got his coat because Lowe refused to invest and take the club to the next level. He wanted to do it on the cheap with home grown players. This lot have just sold, sold, sold and replaced on the cheap. The more recent players who've come through the ranks and shown any sign of quality are sold almost immediately. I look at the current youngsters and don't see anyone in the same class as, Walcott, Bale, Ox, Shaw, Lallana, or even Chambers which is slightly worrying. What happened to the statement the club made about playing regular European football with a team of homegrown talent??? It's all a bit sad really.

I'm not convinced VvD is coming to Saints at all. If he was and we were really that keen, why has the deal not been concluded? Surely it would make more sense to get it signed, sealed and delivered before the madness of deadline day? Am I the only one who thinks Les Reed is full of ****? "We're working very hard. I'm confident we'll get it sorted" Blah, Blah, Blah. I'm glad you're confident, Les, beacuse nobody else seems to be. I seem to recall that it was RK that ended up getting a couple of last season's transfers over the line and people on here were singing his praises and asking why Les even had a job with Saints.

I could see some kind of last minute deal where Vic goes to Spuds and we end up getting Townsend and Fazio.

I wondered the same thing. Koulibali looks set for Norwich of all places. I'm actually beginning to wonder why VvD would come to Saints? In fact, why would anybody want to come to Saints? We pay lower wages than every other Premiership club and sell our best players. We're not exactly sending out a positive message at the moment. Most players would be looking at us and thinking 'there's a club on a slippery slope'.

All of those players 'could' have gone. By the same token, the club 'could' have made them better offers that would have kept them at the club and shown our intent on moving forwards.

Without a doubt. A wasted opportunity. Something needs to change as this currently feels very similar to 2004 after Strachan left. It's like the Rupert Lowe era all over again. All I can think is that all the talk from the board about playing regular European football was just a load of hot air. As I've said before. Clubs who make it into Europe don't sell off their best players and try and replace on the cheap. It's not a business model that works. We need to focus on staying up. That £10 I've got on RK not lasting the season at 50-1 looks like a very good bet.

I just don't rate him.

I'm having money on RK walking before the end of the season. 50-1 is the best odds I've got so far. Most are offering 20-1.

Horrible racist bastards!!! http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/9968000/hampshire-police-investigate-fratton-park-chanting-claims

Fine, but we need some f'ing defenders and another defensive midfielder.

Well I hope the club get this one over the line as it looks like the other player we were linked with, Koulibali, is off to Norwich!!! Makes you wonder if we were ever in for him? If so, it's worrying that we're losing out on players to the likes of Norwich.

Stop trying to do things on the cheap. Pay the same money that our rivals seem prepared to pay and bring in quality players that will show our intent to progress. There's surely nothing worse than seeing your team mates leaving and being replaced by mediocrity. That's probably half the problem with Vic. He sees who's gone and looks and who's come in and thinks 'WTF'. How is this progression?

I totally agree & it was nice to hear Big Sam say what a lot of us are thinking. "You can't keep selling the best players & try to replace on the cheap. It's not good for the club or the fans." We'll just have to wait & see if tge club are true to their word. Out of interest, having watched our performances so far, how many of those who called myself and others bed wetters for saying we wouldn't finish top 10 still think we'll be up there? I stil don't think we've got a cat in hells chance. We're this year's Hull City. Personally, I don't even think Koeman will last the season.

What amazes me if Koeman's reluctance to substitute Pelle. If we played all night he'd probably be the only player than Koeman didn't sub. I just don't get it. He'll replace the supporting front players but rarely Pelle. I could understand this is he was a prolific goalscorer but he isn't. I'd much rather see Juanmi & Jay Rod or Mane & Jay Rod as a front pairing.

What a load of ****. He's hardly likely to say 'I'm not confident'. Next thing he'll be saying is, 'Time wasn't on our side, we worked hard but couldn't get 'it' across the line'. The man really doesn't inspire confidence at all. Get RK on the case. He seems to have more influence when it comes to persuading players to come onboard.