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Definitely some poker going on. His agent piping up with that bit of pro-Saints flannel the other day was also part of the game: make it look like RK is begging to come here, so if it falls through the club look like they blew it. I would think RK doesn't come cheap, and may well be making silly demands of us, which we may be correct to push back on. Let's hope it all resolves itself soon.

I've seen the schedule for the 16-7 year olds course. Looks brilliant. Week four of the course is a lovely singing competition between all the kids involved. The final is on Thursday, with the three winning kids taken away on Friday to have hot wax poured into their eyes before being sent off out into Gunwharf Quay with a cardboard sign and a song in their heart.

Toshack has always spoken very highly of Gerry Francis, so that's probably were that link has come from.

What? The topic is what you would do if you were a player. I've answered it, I'd want to play for Saints but if I was good enough I'd want to player higher up. If I wasn't good enough for Saints I wouldn't jack in football, I'd sign for Reading, or Yeovil or whoever. You seem to be saying if you were a footballer you'd only play for Saints or no one else, which is ridiculous. At some point you are likely to go up or down. There are very few Jason Dodds, and he wasn't a fan anyway. In the real world I support Saints and couldn't care less if we finished top four, in fact I like it just fine that we don't.

I think wanting to play at the very highest level (I'd go to Arsenal or Chelsea too, Arsenal would be my first choice) is hardly showing "lack of ambition". Thinking you can single handedly elevate Saints is not ambition, it's a bit dopey.

I've heard that too. Took QPR to fifth in the Premier League and has a great track record of developing young flair players like Andy Sinton. I'd have him in a heartbeat.

Alpine: in no way a one trick pony.

If I was good enough to play for Saints, then I would want to play for them. But if Man United offered me £100k a week and all the Hollyoaks slags I could nail, then I'd be off like a shot. Once you've done a few seasons at Saints and, say, finished eighth, what else is there to do? Move on. You'd be mental just to stay for the sake of loyalty. All I would do is make sure I leave with enough goodwill to come back either in the twilight of my playing career, or as manager, or a nice plum role on the old pre match dinners.

This is a bit of an overreaction on a thread about some footballers standing behind a banner, supporting their own country.

I think we have covered why people don't want Tim Sherwood as manager in the other thread. So what exactly is this a counter balance to?

Why are people suddenly talking about John Toshack?

Only Frank is allowed to speculate, as he does in every single one of his arse - aching rambles. Baseless, pointless guesswork speculation in every single post. Only he manages to skillfully weave in his trade mark pompous denunciation of everyone else speculating like the hypocritical arse he is. Note the tour de force of speculation laying into verbatim statements from club officials. Masterful.

Never heard of them, but at least their twitter feed isn't a complete sh it-at-the-wall random rumour generator. So slight chance it is true. But not worried yet.

The club said, specifically, and on the record that they "inherited a difficult financial situation". Not Turkish. Not me. Not "too many" people on here saying "from what I have heard". The club said it. "Fact", "evidence" and all the other "proof" you like to squinny about when people say things like you don't like. Looks like the only idle speculation and unsubstantiated rumours is coming from you. Anyway this is a thread about the training ground development, not your pi ss weak attempts to win long lost arguments.

What is true, is that he quit.

This story could easily have come from the club. Helps quash the "it's an asset strip" bulls hit. Ambitious player wanted by gigantic club wants to go to gigantic club. We've got to get used to it.

He was the only one in the running of the football club with any knowledge about football for the five years previously as well.

Basically nothing then apart from stuff people on here get upset about.

We have two key players in Miami for a start. Why aren't we doing all we can to keep them FFS. Oh. Maybe we are.

We're all looking forward to seeing Pochettino be a roaring success at every club he ever manages for the rest of his career.

Which is fine by you, right? Because you "so want us to go out in the group stage", don't you? So if we do something that goes towards achieving that thing you "so want", you won't need to complain, right? In fact for someone giving it the "I've always been anti-England, me" routine the other day, it's funny you went to a live England friendly. I can only assume you went dressesd as a Kamikaze pilot waving a Japanese flag.

He was asked a specific question by a Saints fan. Roy praising our academy every single time he ever mentions Saints is going to keep Lallana here is it? I'd say whatever Roy says or doesn't say in press conferences/fans forums will have zero bearing on our transfer dealings. Zero bearing. Man up, son.

No faux outrage from me, mush. Just giggling at the desperation that we need praise every single time a high profile figure mentions us.

Jesus Christ. Are you suggesting Roy Hodgson has never "drawn attention to our strengths" in "youth development"? Seriously? Forum effing gold.