Pass the Dutchie

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/26/southampton-sofiane-boufal-lille-close-signing

"So Southampton, for one, know how to get things done on time. Which makes the state of their frontline a bit of a puzzle."

Bas Dost to Sporting Portugal. We can scrap him off the list (if he was on it in the first place).

Zaza to West Ham for five years, according to La Gazetta della Sport: http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Juventus/24-08-2016/bye-bye-zaza-bianconero-vola-londra-west-ham-160912042148.shtml

"Brilliant"

I like the guy, and I'll miss him if he goes. He seems to have the right attitude and to feel happy to play for us. In a year like this one it wouldn't harm keeping him. But all the best to him, whatever the outcome.

Very decent half from us. Much better than expected. Just weak in front of the goal for a moment. So far this game is giving me hope, especially if indeed 1 or 2 more players would come in before deadline.

Still not likely we'll win this but based on the past 15 minutes you could at least see it's possible.

Who's our captain tonight?

http://www.feed4u.tv/watch/1644805/1/Manchester-United-vs-Southampton-FC.html

Good team. Bench?

I'm going for a surprisingly frustrating evening for Man Utd and a lucky goal for us. Redmond. 0-1.

He's pretty strong and a fighter. Good in the air. A little bit more pace than Austin, I'd say. Not very technical, and will need good support from the sides.

Wolfsburg may wanna get rid of Dost now that they've signed Gomez.

The Saintsweb way: Vague rumour on Twitter or from ‘a bloke who knows the guy who cuts the hair of…’ -> notorious bed wetters panic -> are ridiculed by most -> more concrete rumours -> more people start to panic -> the more optimistic forum members get more aggressively optimistic -> some media pick up on the rumours -> general panic except the most optimistic members -> official Saints statement: everything will be fine -> massive relief -> player leaves I love this club/forum. In all seriousness: I don't think Fonte and Austin will leave. One more player will be added hopefully, and we'll have a decent season.

He looked better than Mane in his first game for us.

Positives: -Højbjerg -We didn't lose -Second half very dominant -No action for Forster -Much better after substitutions -Promising moments from Pied -VVD -Fonte and Bertrand still to come -Extra motivation to get some transfers in

Yoshidahaha

Good goal though.

Ah sh*t

http://www.feed4u.tv/watch/1638073/2/Southampton-FC-vs-Watford-FC.html

The Guardian's season preview for Watford: https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/aug/11/premier-league-2016-17-preview-watford

I don't really disagree with that, but it also translates into "Even if you think you can improve something, don't try" and that'd be unfortunate.

First impression:

Curaçao is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and people born on Curaçao autmatically get Dutch citizenship. On top of that, Cuco was born in the Netherlands (but that doesn't really matter in this case).