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https://theathletic.com/live-blogs/transfer-news-deadline-day-latest-updates/Xx2FTZkPU2Lo/QEelcaGCuLV8/ Does this allow Genk to use some kind of similar deal to bring back TP? I am no way ITK…

Ideally, it would be get a T-P for twice the price…

What did he do to stand out? Likely to be a starter pretty soon?

With one cb definitely gone, and another seemingly on the way out (possibly with another couple following), is it likely that the next incoming player will be a cb too? which potential players have there been rumours about? The younger ball playing kid (I’ve forgotten his name) sounds like it would be a coup if the club could pull it off…

This might depend on the ability to ‘get him up to speed’. He is such a tall man that I’m not sure he will ever have the fitness or mobility needed for a retention based system… He could offer an alternative approach, but I can’t see the side being one to get the ball out wide to cross into the box. Are there any direct sides that need a goal scorer?

RM was appointed 5 weeks ago today… a. What does everyone think regarding progress with implementing a new style and developing the squad? I feel that there has been definite progress in terms of patterns of play, but he (RM), and everyone else would have hoped for there to have been more player movement at this stage. The side still feel like a temporary one as we wait for players to leave… b. Doesn’t this make a mockery of the lack of progress made during the World Cup mid season break? I can’t remember how many weeks players had between the appointment of Jones, and the first game, but I can remember the result being a shambles. What a waste…

To me, it sounds like RM is well aware of this. As others have said, before new players can be recruited, we need to move some on…

Scoring a lot of goals would be good to watch though. It has been a while…

Might Aribo be someone who looks better using the new, possession based approach? (Knowing that he couldn’t look much worse than a lot of last season’s performances…)

https://twitter.com/southamptonfc/status/1678825505988964370?s=46&t=ESjYeidejMA4NjYUr0sDMg looks like he has signed…

With Mount having moved, and Rice on his way for big bucks, there will be a lot of cash about. I hope that the club hold out for £50m, accepting that it is likely to be a structured deal over at least 3 years +… it would still be a good investment.

I was thinking the same thing. I am hoping that we might see some football that is pleasing on the eye. Ralphball was good at helping to level up against the bigger clubs, but it has been a while since the team were actually exciting to watch…

Although the details of when players/anyone else will be back/start work, it feels like it might be soon. It now looks like the club have recruited some key staff, which is a step in the right direction. I thought that it might be useful to collate pre-season related goings on in one place…

What he said… Our incoming Head of Recruitment has a job on his hands. Signing the right players (rather than the biggest name players) will be so important. Hopefully we will have some money to spend, but there will be a lot of players that need to be recruited. Having the right players for the manager will be key. For too long, that has not been the case for SFC

I think I feel quite optimistic. we have been pretty terrible in terms of implementing possession based tactics for an age now, but the last 3 coaches (at least) have had an out of possession based game. If the information available from the interweb is to be believed, the coaching of a possession based game will be better, so actually be effective… It can’t be any worse than what we have been watching this season, so anything to bring some enjoyment back has got to be a good thing…