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Well this is absolutely fucking predictable. You can't trust Saints.

Unimpressed Newcastle fans labelling him Hologramsdale at least raised a chuckle.

This, but unironically. Not sure how he possibly qualifies for a British work permit under the current regulations.

All we can do is take care of our own business. We've got 33 more points available - that takes us to 86. No-one's missing out on the play offs with 80 points.

And if the "since Tonda took over" trend continued, the table would end up pretty much like this: Coventry: 91pts Middlesbrough: 85 Ipswich: 84 Hull: 80 Millwall: 80 Wrexham: 75 Saints: 72 Birmingham: 67 Bristol City: 66 Derby: 66 Watford: 65 Preston: 64 So we probably need to be sensational over the final 12 or so games - 9 wins, perhaps - or someone has to absolutely collapse down the home straight. That someone could be us, of course...

Give Jander a rest. He's on a booking and pretty off the pace lately. Not surprisingly. They only play 34 games in Germany - plus a winter break. We're on match week 34 already, in February. That's quite an adjustment to make, physically.

How has he managed to spell Kyle wrong? That doesn't auger well.

Wouldn't get a work permit. So if we are in for him, it's with the immediate intent to loan him out (probably to Goztepe) to a stronger league until he earns enough points to qualify for a WP - as happened with Matsuki.

Alejandro Rodriguez gets his first senior goal for Lyon in the Europa League, aged 17. Think he'll be a better player than Ballard over the longer term. Not for us, of course. Don't be silly.

He's supposedly about to join Inter and be loaned back to Hajduk Split for the rest of the season. Barcelona have also been sniffing around. I mean, he might've grown up with posters of Florin Gardos on his wall, and be an active participant in the West Quay facebook community, but even then I doubt joining one of the weaker Championship sides would be top of his destination preferences. That being said, he's a very decent prospect. Big lad, but athletic, strong in the air, physical, aggressive, moves pretty well, comfortable on the ball, good positional sense for his age. None of that sounds like a Saints player.

Don't see why not. In a classic 4-3-3, before everyone went all double-pivot, Downes sits and Jander and Charles play as 8s supporting defence and attack. Gives us more presence and workrate in the centre of the park than having to carry Azaz as the ghostly 10 who may or may not turn up sporadically, depending on if he feels like it.

Didn't know Princewill had returned from his loan. Didn't he have a problem with his arse or something? 6' 3" striker, though, so maybe we can find a use for him in some capacity. Busted arse notwithstanding.

Birmingham in for August Priske for £6m. Along with Robin Roefs and Younes Ebnoutalib, clearly other clubs are heeding my renowned scouting expertise (absolute shite suggestions in my post history are obviously due to being hacked), but not Saints. It's almost like they don't want to succeed.

Fuck it. Go young. We've tried everything else. Let's see what the likes of Dobson-Ventura, Sanda, Sesay, Bragg, Robinson, and Oyekunle are all about. The worst that can happen is we'll be shit and lose. That's happening anyway.

Only if the leagues are out of sequence, I believe. For example, the MLS new season doesn't start until February. He could theoretically join them. But three European teams in a season? Nope.