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Surprised how one sided this is so far! Another vote for FF

It’s not a dick move at all. Surprising certainly, but we accepted a bid, he decided to sign. I wish him well in 36 games next season!

Oh did he! Whoops ha! Thanks for the response

Is McCarthy injured? I prefer Fraser myself anyway but not sure if McCarty has featured at all this preseason?

It's only point would be from a PR perspective. Saints can say it's £40mish, whereas Chelsea can say it's £25mish. Both look better that way and like I say it would explain the different figures being banded about. Tbh I would have thought it's easier to draft from a legal perspective. The sell on clause applies no matter what so no need to draft exclusion.

Pure speculation on my part but I suspect the buy back is £40m, with a 30% sell on clause for Chelsea, which would in effect mean it would cost them £28m to get him back. This would explain the different buy back clauses being mooted, albeit it may be the sell on clause doesn't apply in a buy back situation.

Tbf even without the incentives you’d want to sign with City or Chelsea... The players they’ve produced in recent years put our supposedly great academy to shame. Albeit part of that will because they hoover up all the best talent anyway. On the flip side our best youth prospect was released by Arsenal and therefore not really developed by us... Seems to me that gifted young players are looking at the likes of Sancho and deciding they’re best taking the great coaching on offer at these clubs then moving on in their late teens to get first team football.

Long has been a bargain for us. Yes you could reasonably argue we shouldn’t have extended his contract last year but his contribution before that shows he’s been worth the money we paid for him. He can’t shoot but under Koeman he was a great player, and anyone watching live will never forget his goal against Liverpool

When did MLT join Saintsweb??

On paper a bit of a coup for them! Will be interesting to see how he does in the PL

I’m very grateful this post isn’t about something MLT said on Twitter!!

Let’s not point score on this one... anyone reading just a small sample of the threads on this board will know we have plenty of racist dickheads in our fanbase, same as every other team

Playing sh*te appears to have been a good move by Vince! He’s back in the England squad!! Albeit only because of others testing positive for COVID

Anyone know why Northeast has gone? Did he have the hump as he was dropped from the T20 games? Or something else?

He had a good rep when he joined and seemed to be a good bit of business at the time, much like Gunn in fact. Good for all concerned that he’s moved on though

Lingard had a great 8 weeks... but he tailed off quite badly by the end of the season. I really don’t see what he offers England that others don’t personally

Unless Henderson gets a new injury we’re stuck with him now. Big gamble from GS though

It’s been politicised by those on both sides of the argument, but that doesn’t change the fact that the gesture is about ending discrimination against black people. The only people who cannot see that are those who don’t want to see it...

If JV goes then I hope we’re looking at Ajer from Celtic as a replacement. Available for £6m according to the press, and we’ve had a great return from all the players we’ve signed from Celtic over the years (I know some with disagree re FF!!]

A lot may depend on how fit Henderson & Philips are by the weekend. If they aren’t recovering well then we need a CM. Rice has a knock as well apparently. That said Lingard is better further forward and we have a wealth of talent there so would have to be jwp I would think

Signing for Leicester is a weird one. He’s going from being first choice at Saints to a bit part player. I can’t imagine Leicester are paying a huge amount more than we would be, and also I would have thought it’s a longer commute, given he allegedly lives in Surrey! Still, I hope he does well

No.... but Ings wouldn’t be the first player to lose form due to stuff going on off the pitch

Nah he’s been off form the last 6 months.... coincidentally since he was linked with spuds. Hopefully it is a coincidence because otherwise he’s let it blow what’s probably his last chance to make the England squad

Leaning quite heavily towards the get rid camp now.... I’d be happy with any of Potter, Gerrard or Lampard, or I’d even be happy to get Adkins back albeit he’s only recently taken a job. Whether they’re feasible I dunno It not the poor form but the lack of character shown by the team that bothers me. They just give up far too easily and if Ralph was capable of addressing that he would have done so by now

For me it was the semi final against Leicester when we just didn’t show up.... As good a position to win the FA Cup as we would ever likely to be with City, Utd & Liverpool out. Leicester were pretty crap on the day as well and were there for the taking. Otherwise we’ve had a comfortable season. We could have lost every game in 2021 and still stayed up - so I’m not sure any individual league game was important like say Swansea away was a few years ago