Nordic Saint

Saint86 is spot on. The wrong people are getting blamed for the downgrading in quality of the squad. That's not the fault of the manager or the senior players who've stayed and watched their team mates sold off around them. Do you really think they wanted that? They've just had to get on with it and bear the brunt of the unfair criticism.

The latest is that the deal is for an initial 18 month loan. In exchange we have had to give them first option on Wanyama. This is all gleaned from the internet. I am not ITK. As the Norwich game is on January 1st, he probably won't be available for any of those 3 games.

A lot depends on whether Forster and Chambers are going to be available for the 2nd and 3rd of those games. But, if they are: Saints 0 Arsenal 3 West Ham 0 Saints 0 Norwich 0 Saints 0

It sounds like we are about to do our best bit of transfer business for a long time and bring back Calum Chambers.

Some Saints fans seem to be of the opinion that when we finish 7th or 8th, we're overachieving. If we are, it's not by much. However you measure the numbers, attendances or size of fan base on social media sites, SFC is about the 12th biggest club in the country. It would probably be a lot bigger if we won a trophy or two, as that's what really attracts large numbers of fans. There is an element among our fans who like to style us as a little club, but that's not what the numbers say. A mid-table position with an occasional top 6 finish and a cup win every now and then is what you'd expect from a club this size. It's certainly far from overachieving. We've got so used to underachieving that we've come to accept it as the norm.

Tonny Vilhena has not been a regular starter for Feyenoord this season. But, he is young so he may be one for the future. I wouldn't expect him to be ready for the Premier League this season. What we really need is someone who can come straight into the team in January.

Stekelenburg - 4 Cedric - 6 Martina - 2 Caulker -2 Van Dijk -6.5 Romeu - 5 Clasie - 3 Juanmi - 4

Davis, League Two. Please pay him off now Cedric, lower Premier League Yoshida, lower Premier League. Clasie, Dutch league Gardos, Romanian league Fonte, top Premier League Long, lower Premier League Davis, lower Premier League Rodriguez, Will he ever come back properly? Not knocking him. He was good before his injury. Mane, top Premier League Tadic, mid Premier League. Wanyama, top Premier League Romeu, mid Premier League Van Dijk, mid Premier League Martina, Dutch league James Ward Prowes, Championship (but young enough to improve) Harry Reed, Championship (but young enough to improve) Pelle, mid Premier League, but not for a whole season Juanmi, lower Premier League Bertrand, top Premier League Steckelenburg, Championship Ramirez, Argentine league Caulker, Championship.