Bewildered

Seems feasible given that KBSS is hinting at Austin coming in.

Looks like the club's hand has been forced by J-Rod's injury situation.

How much do we get from Adidas?

I heard this rumour from someone the other day, he told me it was going to be worth 10m a season or something.

Good performance so far, but finishing leaves a lot to be desired.

5-3-2 according to Adam Blackmore, Bertrand at CB.

http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/swanseacity/forum/162505/shelvey-to-newcastle-%EF%BF%BD12-million/#97 Swansea fans sound absolutely devastated that Shelvey is on his way out.

The rumour that we bid 17m euros for Sturaro was in Italy's biggest Sports newspaper a few days ago http://gazzettaworld.gazzetta.it/news/transfer-market/juventus-west-ham-southampton-sturaro/ The talk that we will go back with an increased offer is new, although according to original Gazetta piece Juvntus have no interest in selling the player.

The usual performance with the usual outcome. Blame lies at the club as a collective from the players right through to the manager and board. In the summer with the new TV deal we need to spend that extra money in addition to what we make from Wanyama and Mané. However, after the summer of recruitment we have seen from Les Reed, Ross Wilson and Ronald Koeman would you trust them to spend it wisely?

Sounds like the exact same performance saints have been putting out for the last couple of months. No doubt we'll see no real response as the team are mentally weak and lack any team spirit. Only thing we can do is send Tadic and Juanmi on during second half.

3-5-2?

http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/southampton-send-delegation-for-forward-spanish-club-keen-to-sell 22 year old Romanian CF Florin Andone of Cordoba being watched.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/crystal-palace/12084979/Crystal-Palace-target-move-for-QPR-defender-Steven-Caulker.html Palace linked with Caulker again. Unfortunately the story also states there is no option to cancel the loan in the original deal which may complicate getting rid of him.

Turns out the quotes are made up/distorted.

Absolutely. None of the players we signed have been particularly impressive, OK is about the best thing you can say about the better ones. Stekelenberg - OK I guess. VVD - Looks good some games, but also looks prone to moments of stupidity Cedric - Looks a poor signing to me, the coupling of his physical limitations and his tactical limitations has meant Koeman doesn't fully trust him. Not very good going forward for an attacking RB either. Martina - Not fantastic, but I'd have him at RB over Yoshida. Caulker - Waste of time. iWould rather see Stephens, Turnbull or McCarthy take his place in the squad. Romeu - He's been a decent addition as a squad player, too prone to getting carded and lacks the mobility to be a starter Clasie - Started to show some good passing, but really struggles physically. I guess he might come good next season. Juanmi - Not been given much of a chance to be fair, but when he does get on the field he contributes nothing. To be honest the Squad needs a lot of work in the summer and with the prospect of clubs having 10s of millions extra in TV money to play with, competing for the good signings (for teams at the level we are competing) will be very tough if the club resolves to spending only what it brings in for Mane, Wanyama and whoever else.

Wanyama let us down with poor on pitch discipline and Mane let us down with poor off field discipline. Having said that I feel Koeman waited way too long to bring Mane on, should have been given longer than he was as it was clear our attacking threat was non existent. All in all our play is just so slow and predictable at the moment.

Not looked much of a threat, but Long should have put us 1-0 up.

Mane benched because he showed up late to team meeting

Roma will be over the moon if they can recoup what they paid for Iturbe.

He hasn't been total crap, he has been average. Basically he has looked like a mid-table PL player playing in what is a mid to lower mid table at PL team this season.

http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/southampton-7m-midfielder-transfer-on-cards According to AS, Celta Vigo want Romeu and the player is interested in the move because he isn't playing as much as he had hoped.

No end product and no competent defending, sums up why results have gone down the toilet.

No real positives to the overall performance besides Gazzaniga. Setting up defensively only works when the players chosen can actually defend. Bertrand stood out as particularly poor today, did practically nothing right. Wanyama, Fonte and Yoshida were all abysmal too.

With the players we have we should be using them to keep other sides pinned back, not benching them to make way for extra average defensive players or ones that can't be bothered.

Opening 44 seconds, we were brilliant. The 44:16 afterwards, we were an embarrassment.