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Completely agree. Last year's spending wasn't an unsustainable spending rampage, was pretty much par for the course. When Snodgrass is eight mil, then it is highly likely we will bring in several ten million quid recruits, and pretty much guaranteed that at least one of them will turn out to be dogs hit.

Still trying to have that argument, I see. I am one of the most optimistic and supportive of the new regime but even I can see it is pretty obvious that the team that steps out in August will be weaker than the one that trooped off the pitch in May. Doesn't mean we can't do well, and it certainly doesn't need you painfully posturing to make a pitifully weak point. Can we buy buy a decent left back? Yes. Is our whole team/squad in day one of next season going to start weaker than the one that finished last season? 99.9% yes. Even if Tadic becomes player of the season, it's unlikely he is going to fly immediately.

Only a complete moron can't understand what Lovren is trying to achieve. Thankfully, as has been proved plenty of times, you are that moron.

That's clearly not a "flat rejection" is it?

Reheated waffle, again desperate to make the point that these players would never ever have even considered doubling/tripling their wages and playing Champions league if only the club had made a slightly different statement at a slightly different time. And I like the new "why didn't they say" grizzle around our ambitions to play in Europe. Because Les Reed ruined all the bed wetters fun by actually saying it, Prof now is reduced to saying he needs to have said it "more forcefully". Okay then. And no, we had no financial need to sell the players. That has been stated before. Pretty forcefully too. What's the betting the next time Les makes a statement, you'll tear into it?

Probably got that from here.

So if Burnley stated an ambition to be Champions league, Lovren would be desperate for a move there then?

Great news, Steve, thanks. Let's start rebuilding.

Stones has played about 20 games for Everton. We haven't sold anyone remotely comparable. If Stones has a Shaw like season next season, he'll be gone next summer. And let's see come September on Barkley.

There is nonsense on all sides of the debate, but you're right TDD. The team that starts in August will not be as strong as the one that finished in May. Just how it is frankly.

What?

Have a couple of Toblerones to cheer yourself up.

Absolutely this. The Eric Djemba Djemba conundrum - anyone who is sh it for Man U will be good for a team lower down the table, otherwise he wouldn't have been at Man U in the first place. Lets sign him up. Nope, he's just sh it.

I'm sure Hernandez would have been desperate to sign for Saints if only we still had global superstars like Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana still at the club.

Clubcall are full of it, so great to read it in there. Click bait.

You might not be overly happy, but a few footballers, their agents and bigger football clubs than us couldn't give a stuff about that.

Some people believe professional ambitious footballers knowing they can double or treble their wages and play for the biggest teams on the planet put in one polite transfer request, get told no and then forget all about it, looking forward to another thrilling season of mid table football on fifty grand a week. "No means no, boss. Okay, fine. Never liked Liverpool and having a six figure salary. Fair enough, I'm just happy to be paid an obscene amount here - any more would be a waste. Can't wait for the new season because I really believe in our vision to maybe play Champions League because I'd love to that. Just not next season for a club definitely in the champions league. No, at Saints some time." No means no. LOLZZZZ.

Except, of course, those top end numbers are just completely made up and no one in the club ever said that's what we would get. If we had got forty million for Shaw the forum intellegensia would be grizzling how we failed to get fifty. World record for a teenager.

Well, I always thought you were a good contributor to the forum, one of the few I have tended to agree with most of the time. But in recent times you do seem to be posting furious rants that are a bit nuts, combined with "I'll tell you all later" promises. I'd happily hear what you know, but as you have probably worked out, I am more than happy to let this close season play out before losing it.

Cloaked asset strip. Jesus.

It's a sad day when the last season's once proud European mega giants Southampton are now being potentially beaten to the signing of a new player by tiny inconsequential minnows like Everton. Leibherr woman out.

They are pretty strong quotes but the solution is easy, very easy. We say to Lovren, no means no and that's that. Lovren then starts preparing for another season at the mighty Saints. The thing I don't get is we obviously haven't said no to him yet, so why is he making this fuss?

Funny how heavily linked he was with Milan throughout the time he was here, now he is free and single the clamour seems less so. For a man with a record of not sanctioning transfers out - loads of times he did it, loads - it's amazing no one has scooped him up yet.

When we were in L1 we were signing players from the league above. And players for million pound plus. We were the richest club in that division and probably the one above. We were the attractive proposition for players at that level - we were the Man United. So, it's you making up scenarios, just like Richmond - what were all these offers that Cortese refused to sanction. So scrap the 20 mil threshold - just any examples you like. Any at all. Hit me.