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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.

To be fair, he hadn't been born.

40 goals conceded gives us the joint second worst defence in the division. So many defensive players who are "fine for this league" as well. I don't blame the manager - he's just as ineffective as his predecessors. The rot set in long before he came here. Should've nuked the site from space in the summer and rebuilt from scratch. Losers permeate every nook and cranny of the club. Until they're gone, there's no hope of moving forwards.

Everton, West Ham, and Leeds have been linked, and quoted £31m, supposedly. I mean, he might prefer 15th in the Championship, but persuading AZ to accept shirt buttons and a season pass to SeaCity Museum is a long shot.

A goal every 13.5 games. We've only got 20 games left. Big and strong might be handy if we were looking for a bouncer. Everyone over 5' 7" and 10 stone causes havoc against us. I think that's more of an us thing than an indicator of their quality.

You said he was a "proven top championship player." Based on half a season at a Championship club who were 15th when he joined, 15th when he left, and conceded more goals with him in the side than out of it. He might go on to be a world beater. But then so could literally anyone, if that hypothetical scenario doesn't require any supporting evidence.