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actually just about every Liverpool fan new the job Alonso did before he left, and a growing number of Saints fans are know what Morgan offers us.

perhaps he dropped to £20k a week in Turkey (by all accounts its £0 a week at the moment), and maybe he will drop to £10k a week in Soton? Pure speculation of course, the question is, is he even worth that these days? He was a 1 goal every 5 games at the top level, would that become 1 in 2 in the third tier? I was never all that impressed by him, but League 1 is a long long way short of the Premiership so perhaps he would look outstanding.

he's both. First touch is not quite good enough at the top level, but his work rate and tenanacity is excellent. Much prefer him to Wotton. Pardew kept playing him at the front of the diamond in preseason and he looked lost there. No idea why AP thought that was his best position (perhaps he was concerned about the quality of his first touch so didn't want him sat in front of th eback four where a poor touch can be very costly) but it was clear from the Ajax game that his days were numbered.

there was mention of £50k transfer fee in the Mirror a while back, I thought that was low, but a free contract? Well I guess it removes a wage, but I'd of thought a player of his age playing in the Championship within a contract was worth £100,000 surely?

I must have missed something, what exactly is it that tells us he is on a huge wage? The fact he plays for a Turkish club, or the fact they don't have enough to pay him? Neither are conclusive. As for relevancy of being paid or not, well if you have no income then you are going to take the highest offer available, if that is nowhere near what you got in the past you can sit on your hands earning squat waiting for an offer down the line, or you can lower the lowest amount you are willing to get out of bed for. I dare say a reasonable offer from us rising based on goals, games and promotions might interest.

I wish I could post with such maturity. A quick look on the first page of this thread would tell you where we stand.

According to the article in When Saturday Comes Vassel's Turkish club hasn't paid him recently or possibly at all since he went there. He has been quoted as saying he loves the fans so much that he is willing to stay despite the problems - how long that lovin lasts is going to depend on how quick they are to get some money into their club.

he will be in London on Saturday watching the skates lose to Fulham...not sure I understand your joke?

if you are reading this thread Antonio, let me just say that Lallana apart, I haven't enjoyed watching a player as much as as I have you for a very long time. I love your directness, love your pace, love the fact that you are willing to just kick it in front of you and chase after it - brilliantly simple and a tactic I've suggested countless times before, I love the `not quite under control but don't care I'll still keep charging in the right direction with defenders literaly bouncing off me' forward runs, and what I love most is seeing someone get to the byeline. Keep it up lad, the way you turned the game around at Leyton Orient was a joy to behold. The way you beat yourself and five MK Dons players without ever having the ball under control was the funniest thing I've seen at SMS for a long time. Tremendous effort and will to win. Keep working on your touch mate, the rest will look after itself.

it didn't, but we can still agree to allow him to leave for nothing if we wanted to.

you posted them on SWF, so they are yours.

if that happens and some fan is put forward to the board was a representative of the trust ould they then become liable (as a company director) should the club be found to be trading when insolvent?

Can I suggest you write to the club immediately with full details and perhaps enclosing photoscopies of your booking details. This will be a very good test of the club's fan friendly nature under the new regime - which to date has not shown through one iota. As much as Lowe was hated, when it came to getting refunds on STs etc. he put his money where his mouth was if any fan was not happy. This is not quite the same, but the club may possibly give you free seats for the game if not hotel costs. Good luck and let me know how you got on.

not excited at all as it was always on the cards, but I am pleased though as when coming off the bench he has been tremendous in my book, changing games for us such as at Leyton Orient. For those that can't stand him try to put to one side the less than top notch first touch and focus on his confidence and powerful running to the byeline. We've needed and pretty much all called for someone to run to the byeline for about 8 years now and at last we have one. Yes sometimes the cross is terrible, sometimes average and sometimes cut out, but at least he makes their fullback work.

if you are asking why the big difference between the two overall attendances rather than away attendances that is easy. The Exeter game was on boxing day, a popular football day, it was a league match meaning 13k tickets are sold before you even start (ST holders) and many tickets were sold on the back of decent form. The FA cup game is not part of the season ticket, so many ST holders don't go...

never want to hear that song again. Ever.

We all love leeds, we all love leeds.

Yesterday, apart from Snodgrass not starting, they had pretty much their full starting line up, so what you saw is what you will see week in week out. Against us Snodgrass was their best player going forward so you can see we were up against it. On that day we were without Schneiderlin and some might say Trottman (some might not). In my eyes the loss of Schneiderlin was hugely significant as we simply did not compete in the middle. I'm not just talking about tackles and headers, although I think Schneiderlin does more than his fair share these days, but more the desire to get on the ball and pass it through the middle, rather than long balls down the channels as we did. They played it short all day, enabling them to take charge of the game, we didn't and we then left to feed off scraps. I thought the centre midfield was where we came up short the most and was the key difference between the two sides on the day. Everywhere else we competed well. Up front Lambert was no where near the threat that Beckford offered, but Lambert has scored goals this season that Beckford could only dream of, so there is swings and round abouts. If I'm really honest 1-0 was kind to us, and on another day it could have been two or three. The problem though is they look to have got stronger since playing us and we haev got weaker.

I was never a huge fan and said as mch on here time afte time, but even I never doubted his comitment. He worked reasonably hard IMO. I just thought he wasn't all that great.

makes me laugh the idiots who were on here aftre the game at Elland Road suggesting Beckford was pants. He showed the same electric pace against us and on a different day could have had a hatrick. He will score goals for fun in the CCC. I'm not convinced he's a premiership striker, but at this level he's the most dangerous I've seen.

he was three seasons ago, but he looked a little past it when we played them.

he's no hero of mine. Laziest player ever to where the shirt. **** him. Happy with the draw. Ipswich have turned things around recently so it is going to be a very tough game, but if we can rekindle the form of a month or so ago we can win.

scored six goals in the last eight games for Forrest. Who'd want a player in that sort of form?

we bought Wotton and the Plymouth fans idolise him. It can work both ways.

the Gillett loan deal was extended as it ended on 12th December so I imagine that will run out on 12 Jan. Maybe an announcement will be made on the 12th.