lickierambert

Chelsea Man City Arsenal Man Utd Burnley, West Brom and Hull to go down Norwich, Wigan and Derby to come up. Random predictions: Blackpool relegated with fewer than 10 points after administration, Pochettino to not last the season and Liverpool to finish bottom of their CL group.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28210975 We were linked at some point weren't we?

Saints have just tweeted happy birthday to Lovren. This might be the most credible evidence to say that Dejan hasn't crossed the picket line

Diaz for Chile looks quality, plays for FC Basel

Good luck Luke. I hope Utd realise just how good he could be. Potentially the world's best left back

feel so sorry for Lambert

2 things that are obvious: 1. Shaw and Lallana are used to playing with a target man (Lambert) 2. Shaw and Lallana are used to playing with more intelligent, less selfish players (not Sturridge, etc)

Do you know what I kept thinking throughout this game? England could really do with Schneiderlin. I know he's french, but someone as a 'stopper' who then calmly distributes the ball is a heck of a lot better than the cowardly, quarterback Gerrard. Schneiderlin would have stopped the first goal at it's source, before it got to Cavani. Watching England has, once again, made me appreciate what we have at Saints even more.

Could I also thank K Billy for the tip off last week?-that looks set to pay for my World Cup beer stash. Thank you sir

I'm guessing he'll sign a contract, say hi to the staff, do a few interviews and do a photoshoot. So a few hours until the announcement I'd think?

Am I in a parallel universe? I swear I watched Luke play 45 minutes of that game!

When were they on at the same time before? My mind has gone blank

Is this the first time Lambert and Lallana have been on at the same time for England?

I don't think he's gonna get the opportunity to have a mare to be honest

Jesus Christ

That can't be far away from the starting XI vs Italy

Gazzaniga Butterfield, Roger Johnson, Hooiveld, Targett Dean Hammond, Gary Jones, Les Reed Gallagher, Mackail Smith, Guly Managed by Phil Brown Bring it on!

It's fake, from a fake twitter source which has now been deleted. Nothing to see here

For those touting Laudrup, there's some absolute horror stories going round about him at Swansea and previous jobs. His attitude wouldn't work

Sounds like Jackson is massively covering his back.

Good god no thanks. Moody, selfish and vastly overrated. Everything this squad isn't.

The Secret Footballer is widely thought to be Dave Kitson, although there's a school of thought which says it might be a number of people contributing articles

I'm just working off the Neymar/Oxlade Chamberlain examples. Nevertheless, Luke stands to make a heck of a lot of money playing for arguably the biggest club on the planet. I would love him to play here as I think he could become the best left back in the world in a couple of years, but taking my Saints-tinted glasses off I would go, and I shan't begrudge him the move if he decides to leave.

Plus the money from Ramirez and Osvaldo, I think we're looking at about 70 mill. If we keep Pochettino, I think we could go places with that

Unfortunately, I think that's clutching at straws. Imagine doing a job you love, then being offered the same job at a different organisation for four times the salary. You'd take it wouldn't you? Imagine making that decision at 18, especially with your parents in your ear who no doubt stand to make a few quid. I'm coming round to the idea that if we can get circa 32 million I'd take it and rebuild.