Baird of the land

Laughable. Must be a typo, missing the extra zero on the end.

Sky Sports obviously trying to take everyone's minds off the silly FA B league stuff with nonsense speculation. I am waiting for conformation that Man City, Chelsea and Spurs have made the remainder of our squad their priority purchases.

The idea that the likes of Chelsea will promote their youngsters to first team if they have a b team when they don't play the players they loan to the championship or even the likes of Lukaku who has had prem experience is bar my. Will just destroy lower leagues.

"We have had a lot of interest and enthusiasm from the big Premier League clubs about having B teams in a lower division. Liverpool, the Manchester clubs, Stoke, Tottenham have no problems in talking about it and recognise the problems they have got. They are spending lots of money on youth development but don't have anywhere for these players to play before the first team." ahh Stoke's youth players have been secretly blocked from emerging by the lack of a B team. Hmm smell a rat. Really sad that Dyke's is acting as the agent of these top clubs to destroy the league structure rather than challenging why they won't play the players in their 1st teams. Utter scum

Terrible idea that will destroy the football league. The only clubs that will benefit will be the top 4 who will be able to hoover up more and more talent and relocate them to their B teams who'll end up forcing their way into the championship. Won't do any benefit to Saints either, given our model is based on giving academy players opportunities in the 1st team and won't do anything for england team as these players still won't get opportunities in the prem.

Agree completely. Sounds like he is open to staying longer(on the proviso that the club shows ambition and tries to press to break into the cadre above). Hope that next year we will be aiming to emulate Everton and compete in the next band. Key summer coming up as to whether we want to be WBA or an Everton.

There can be some very inflated fees. key I think is to try and get the ones who's contracts are running down.

Of course he would have been interested in the move, hence why Everton rejected the bids and moved to give him a better contract.

Not accepting bids and a fat new contract.

He may force his way out. If he does shaw and several others will do likewise though, hence why I want the club to show some ambition. Everton could have clearly cashed in on baines but he was their captain and they knew the signal it would send so they've made sure he stayed put.

I was disappointed it all went so wrong for dyer at saints. Though at 26 I don't see it being worth paying a big fee for him. At a lower fee then sure.

Think if we let Adam leave, others will demand out. We need to stay firm and reject all bids like Liverpool did with Suarez.

I'll be interested to see the transfer policy. I think there are some good domestic options available and think we've swung too much away from it since Jrod purchase but too much of a swing the other way would be equally bad. As for rest I'm less bothered in stripes than most and whilst I like that he comes across well the proof will come in whether he can retain the manager and retain the key personnel rather than rolling over and letting the big boys scratch our stomachs.

Just read that Alex McCarthy is one of a number of reading players who have only a year left on their contracts. Hoping saints nip in and buy him before they get their ownership issues sorted.

Joint tie between Shaw and Lallana for me. Losing Shaw so young would hurt. Losing the captain Lallana would be a gut wrenching. I really want us to keep both and have a go at a higher finish & to do so we need both. I like Morgan a lot but cause there's actually already competition in his position his loss would be more bearable if painful.

Announced after the football league regular season has finished so there can't be protests. Convenient timing.

FA trying to destroy english league football rather than take on the premier league, shock horror. Soon we'll have chelsea and man u B playing in the championship like in Spain no doubt.

He's been a very good servant and i wish him the best. Think he'd be a decent option for any championship team on a free unless he's looking to head back to Brazil.

Have to say I struggle to understand why Lampard is going. Is he simply being picked because he's viewed to be a good influence/tourist within the squad.

Yes he is up to it. He's a young lad in the prem who's only had a handful of games & is playing often cos osvaldo is an idiot and Jrod is injured. Hope next season he get a few chances to play out wide in a Jrod type role and hopefully we'll have a non nutter attacking challenging Rickie for the up top role.

I'd like to give Stephens a chance to come through at centre back. Focus on a keeper for competition(McCarthy) Attacking mid/winger (holtby?) 20 goal striker (?)

I'd like us to bring in McCarthy from reading to compete with Boruc. He has been an excellent signing though.

Strong lineup for me, chance to finish within touching distance of Man U. Lambert in for Davis for me, just because i'd like to give both Cork and Morgan one last chance to impress international managers.

That second half sounded terrible but i don't care a jot as we got the vital winning goal. Another solid clean sheet too & didn't seem to be any injuries either. Hopefully we can finish on a high by beating Utd & then strengthen over the summer.

I was thinking before he went on his scoring run that he would be worth a cheeky bid as a cheaper option. Clearly always had talent, just moved too soon and hasn't played enough. His price has probably gone back up now he's got some goals and it also looks likely that Sunderland will stay up so less likely now.