CB Fry

A wise move on the club's part.

He's a handful, that Parkin. Stick it right up Johnny Premier League Foreigner. Get him in.

Being that you said you "so hope we go out in the group stage" surely chucking in an apparently unfocused Lallana into the team is a perfect little hand grenade to ensure that happens?

Interesting stuff. My faith in the Leibherrs to do right by us remains in place. Hope their reticence on the next manager suggests an imminent appointment. I expect it to be the end of this week ideally.

Not sure the football puritans on here will allow us to wade in with big money and steal Danny Ings away from the club that has developed him into a top player. Pretty sure that kind of thing is simply awful and all that is wrong with the modern game and it makes me sick and what's the point and they are all self centred ***** and disloyal scum and Burnley should show some balls and put the shutters up and I'm disgusted and I wa nk myself to tears every night and kill me kill me kill me now.

What are you going on about? It's pretty obvious what "move on" means, it is painful reading your tortured analysis. And far from being unhelpful, Blackmore ' s tweets are a pretty decent indicator of what is happening at SMS. Probably not all of it but a decent bet. Lallana wants to go, and it is highly likely he will. Pleased that its looking like we'll have him as a Saints player for the WC, though.

Lallana handing in a transfer request changes the game slightly. I'd prefer we took 26m early than drag it out all through August for the hope of another million.

Fair enough. We're forcing him to say that, and that's all we can do. Now just get as much as we can, which won't be much more than the 25 mil on the table.

Moyes would be amazing but really can't see it. I would think he would want a bit more time off than this.

This must be a pi ss take, although a bit too close to reality to be actually funny. A bit like a Rory Bremner sketch.

The sweet taste of the corporate takeover, although owned by Molson/Coors for a while.

Durham - by - numbers, although I have no doubt that assorted forum idiots will take it as proof of anti - Saints bias in the media.

We're keeping Gaston, then?

Textbook Alpine by numbers. Whine about lack of affection... ....clear evidence of affection. .. ....greeted with utter contempt... Solid Alpine gold.

If they do you will go effing mental. Just like your perennial "hope we don't qualify" routine combined with going apes hit every time we drop a point in qualification.

Correct. "They're not answering my calls" is just a proxy for "they won't let me leave". It's an easy card to play, and true enough some fans have swallowed it whole.

Not really. For all you know AL could have called the club six times yesterday with variations on the same question "have you sorted it yet", with the club answering the first four times then not bothering after that, if the answer basically hasn't changed and the club making it clear that "we will tell you when something changes". Footballer then goes whinging to the press. The club would be acting in a perfectly proper way. As usual, typical lack of insight and perspective from some on the forum.

I can imagine the "ohh, he's so butch" rapture that would have greeted the news that Cortese was playing hardball with a wantaway star player. Now, apparently, it's inexcusable. Come on then board, a player wants to go, let him go before he gets all upset and stuff.

How about no to that.

"Classic" Franko. Nice pious know-it-all-tone to make out that his arse aching rambling is not "myth" and "speculation". Perish the thought. That's what the others on the forum do. No our learned friend. He's, like, so clever. Anyone read all of it?

Actually, it's by far the most common reason given by people on all sides of the debate on this forum. So just you wrong this time.

Looking like these clowns couldn't run an asset strip to save their lives. Useless. Pull your fingers out and get on with the fire sale we've been promised.

It's not the only stat that counts, obviously. That's a reference to our returning forum hero Glasgow. Have fun dancing in the streets if Christian Gross gets appointed. Let Sky Sports News know when you do, they might want a quick vox pop with you to get an "alternative view".

Worst asset strip ever.