Chez

Walcott signed a deal with us, subsequently earning us £10m in transfer fees, when by all accounts he could have snubbed us and signed directly for Arsenal. How true that is I don't know, but I'm willing to cut him some slack because of that. On the flip side the Ox (and specifically his Dad) was clearly tapped up and couldn't get out quick enough. Not sure you could blame him as he wasn't to know we'd go straight through the Championship, and can you really turn down Arsenal? He said all the right things after he left, but talk is cheap and I'm therefore not sure he deserves great plaudits from the fans either - each to their own.

you've probably all read this, but just in case you missed it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24537173 a Southampton connection there too.

he'll go, but will Roy play him and not stick him out of the wing?

I thank you for reminding me of this again. Still my best moment at a game ever, possibly...

there is a difference here though. The footballers only practice for a couple of hours a day, four or five days a week...

it was 3, but Traore makes it 4. You can't loan more than once from the same Prem club, as Cardiff have found out when trying to bring in Zaha and Fabio

It's just set up nicely for us to win, coming from behind and suddenly we will be on a massive cup run...

Long trip as always, but with no tv coverage there is one less excuse not to go. This is the game that will ignite the season. Can not wait.

Brighton away or a trip to Charlton. Always a decent atmosphere in that away end under that massive roof.

thank god. It pains me to see a Saints hero like him in their colours.

bring me sunshine

Especially as Fox is not highly regarded.

You are right head butting a team mate is well out of order, but I don't think it's possible to conclude that the players want him out of the club. They may well do, but the only people saying it are fans that know very little about the incident. I just think some fans calling for him to be booted out are saying it because things haven't gone quite as well as they hoped on the pitch.

Not sure I understand the hostility towards Osvaldo. Would he be getting dogs abuse and told to **** off home if he had 10 goals in 13 rather than 3? The fans ought to let the dust settle and see how quickly the players forgive before hounding him out of town.

They are a half decent striker loan signing away from promotion and with the money their owners have they could continue to rise once in the premiership. Two Europeans cups gives them a place in history.

At current market prices, yes he is worth that much. This is an 18 year old that already looks good enough to play at the very highest level. It will be a world record fee for a left back to get him IMO.

Me he would, but he is injured? Still can't quite work out why no one signed Morgan and shaw last summer.

Is it? A pacey left back that is strong,good in the air, has a great touch, solid in defence and decent going forward isn't the easiest thing to find. If it was then why spend £30m on ours? This sort of thing is exactly what was said when Bridge was replaced by Le Saux. It was a terrible deal and one that saw us far far weaker after Wayne had gone. I seem to recall the same thing was said of Bale, "too much money to turn down and we can use that cash to strengthen the squad", but his sale took us from promotion candidates to relegation fodder. A left back can and currently does make our side tick. When Shaw is not in the side, we don't just concede more goals but we also struggle to create chances. I agree he is likely to leave, the kind of wages man city, united and Chelsea can offer would turn anyone's heads, but don't think for a second that all that cash will make it easy to replace him.

Their academy hasn't been too shabby over the last ten years and they have one or two very decent youngsters again such as Lascelles and Paterson. Darlow is a good young keeper and Landsbury has finally started to fulfill the talent he promised at Arsenal. They just need to buy the right striker in the window.

Their owner is absolutely minted.

He will be Nottingham Forrest chairman before you know it so I am told

and it only seems like five minutes since you were posting "...our play off hopes are now hanging by a thread".

good point and Lovren has arguably been our player of the season

a change in policy in terms of % of wages we are willing to pay perhaps?

In a Wenger-style moan, we could have bloody loaned Barnard to a 4th division side that hadn't stuffed the skates twice already.