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Any Saints fans out in Doha these days?

VVD needs to be boo-ed if picked. Fans need to show manager/board they are not happy with the situation. We are far too soft as a club. IF VVD had come back, apologised and was playing well that would be a different matter. But he has publicly stated he has no regrets - and is not performing. Bin him off, let him stew in reserves. Play the future CB's of the club - and keep Stephens involved (on the bench at least) -the guy has done nothing wrong.

Anyone know what is up with him - seems strange

His safety first approach means that we won't be in danger of a relegation battle despite losing Koeman, Mane and Pelle. So that is his first objective complete The football is terrible though I would give him to the end of the season then move on

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so is the consensus that these will make it to members - or sell out to s/t holders?

A. Delgado R. Skacel D. Hirst J. Clasie

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Tickets are never an issue in Milan. I went there years ago to see Leeds play - the away end was sold out well in advance. Several thousand Leeds fans bought tickets in the home end - but as soon as you came out the metro near the ground all English fans were herded together then marched in the away end. Tickets were irrelevant

As the title suggests - any advice appreciated

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I see this summer as a huge one for Saints. Next season in the premier league is going to be tough. If the top 4 remain the same, Leicester & Spurs will suddenly be awash with Champions League money and look to strengthen. The Leicester owners also seem ambitious. Arsenal will always be there or there about (with or without Arsene) and City will be splashing the cash to keep Pep happy. United, Chelsea and Liverpool will be looking for great improvement after disappointing seasons. So where do Saints fit in – I feel Everton are going to make some big strides now they have a huge investment coming in (possibly bringing a new manager & certainly new players) & West Ham are constantly improving under Bilic & seem willing to pay big transfer fees & wages. The same goes for Stoke. Will Saints try and keep up with all these teams – or we will be happy being the best of the rest. Obviously I know that there are no guarantees all the teams mentioned will all do well – and a few could well have a bad season – but I think we are at a crossroads. We can no longer rely on our academy to produce ready made Premier League players – and it seems inevitable one or two of our big name players will leave this summer (Wanyama & Mane, hopefully not Forster/Betrand!) I feel we will really need to spend quite big to keep up – not buying clubs from relegated clubs but maybe some established premier league players. There are going to be huge changes at Chelsea/City/Liverpool & a lot of players will be surplus to requirements – so maybe a few good players knocking around there for example. Will the board sanction big singings with Koeman only a year left on his contract? Can we survive another transfer window as the only club not making a net positive outlay on transfers?

interesting stuff - who is likely to be the next big thing? seem to be a lot of false dawns - Reed, Hasketh etc Anyone go any ideas of who will cut the mustard

An interesting article - and good to see a different take on things. We can't all keep reading the same old rubbish articles on BBC/Sky etc - it is good to see people using stats in a different way & not just using traditional methods of analysing football.

as thing stand we would just need City to win the league cup & one of the to 6 to win the FA cup Not unlikely