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This is exactly what we should be asking . If VVD is soo disillusioned with the club then its possible many others are as well . The glaring lack of quality in key areas and with Puel being signed last season is a change in direction . The seemed lack of interest in strengthening the team is concerning also . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Really just wish we would sell and move on . Les Reed has marketed Saints as a stepping stone club and this is the end result . Maybe players realize that we are not building anything anymore , its just a business, a cynical marketing excersise. Selling isnt the end of the world . Starting the season without strengthening in key areas is unforgivable though . Possibly another reason for our better players wanting to leave . Just sell and replace with an actual quality player and move on . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

If he wasn't from our accademy would many really care if he made the first team or not ? Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

I agree he was declining . In fact I was abused by the usual suspects for mentioning it before last season . His form at a new club is irrelevant though . Many on here state that you need at least a season to settle in to a new club ? Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Oh do shut up , you're boring . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

While Fonte was fading he was still much better than Yoshida and Stephens . If Reed hadn't ballsed up the Fonte transfer Stephens wouldn't even have been getting game time . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Tbh I wouldn't call Long honest . Consistently looks for contact and always makes a fuss pretending to be injured . There is a reason he doesn't get awarded many free kicks . He has his uses but it depends on how he is played . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Its sad to think we have ended up with Yoshida or Stephens as 1st choice CB's partnering VVD . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Sad to see him go , don't blame him . A season under Puel was the final nail in the coffin Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

4th ? With Puel ?? Comedy gold ? Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

48 games for the U21 side . Depending on the quality of the current U21 national side that means little . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Odd one this . Makes you wonder why we have bought this guy if no one can identify a single stand out skill . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

I look forward to this being done . Its boring . We will sell and for much less than the quoted figures . Reed talks us up as a selling club . He will sell . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Im hopeful , we are hearing mostly the right things although Reeds comments of ' small tweaks ' are concerning . Possibly another season of not really investing in the squad . Will see what happens for us in the transfer window . Not bothered if VVD leaves as long as all the funds are invested in quality replacements . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Tbh I feel the same about Poch . He was special Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Well hopefully the new manager can use our players way more effectively and we can really see what they are capable of . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

I agree that very few of the names are exciting and I have little faith in Les Reed but it could be argued that with the destruction of our style of play and negative football that this was a season that took us backwards . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

You hate everyone who isn't Puel . Why the obsession with him . You know why he was sacked yet you continue saying the same thing over and over . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

At least Les Reed can 'claim' he did all he could whilst taking all of Pools money . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Tbh its probably more to do with a journalist asking him a question , Giggs answers and it becomes a news article to fill column space . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

To be fair Les Reed would never sign Tuchel as he wouldn't be the lap dog/yes man Reed craves . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Glad he has gone . Maybe I can actually stay awake for an entire game now . Excited for next season Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Agree with this . Still a quality player that could get back on form if he was used properly by a decent manager . Don't blame him for getting frustrated. Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Puel improved their technical skills ? You sure about that ? Gotta say I disagree Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk

Do you in all honesty think that part of signing that contract was the assurance that if a decent offer came in that we would sell ? If Vvd thought Saints would hold him for 5 of those 6 years he would have never signed . All in my humble opinion of course . Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk