CB Fry

Why on earth would journalists be bothering to conjure names out of nowhere? We are talking about Southampton possibly signing a centre back or a left back. No journalist breathing air is that desperate for copy. What a world you live in.

It will drag on but I still think we're the only game in town at the moment. I don't think any other club want to spend as much as we do on this kid. And he seems to be happy to come to us too so it doesn't feel like the player is angling for a move somewhere else. Just a protracted negotiation with the selling club. Which we can sort out. I'm 90% confident.

Ten appearances for Ajax. Five million quid. Jees. We are definitely Premier League.

That's what the bloke who does the shirt printing in the shop told me too.

Too namby-pamby tippy tappy for me. We need someone who can put their foot through it.

Does sound amazing, although I still feel deep down we need a dog of war centre back to bring some steel and experience to the team. Maybe I'm just old school.

On now. All together now.

Get Channel Five on everyone. Beauty and The Beast is on. Our Gaston song will be on shortly. Start learning the tune. We'll take the roof off.

Convinced we will not sign a goalie. Convinced we will sign Ramirez. And we'll scrape in a centre back no one has ever heard of making the Cult of Cortese rejoice in "we do our business in private" orgasms. And we'll sign some teenage full back from Exeter or MK Dons or something. As long as the centre back we sign is excellent - Svensson standard - we'll be fine to stay up with these signings.

About three weeks ago some people on here were saying our current team is man for man better than the FA Cup final team.

This was back in the day when it was impossible to get tickets for home games though. People on here remember it so clearly.

You might want to stop making up fictional quotes to support entirely spurious arguments ranting against things that no one actually thinks in the first place though. Would help the rest of us, is all.

I think you all need to take a deep breath and re read everything LGTC is saying. Its absolutely positively crystal clear.

Last season Blackpool were playing us in the Championship. But besides that, what are you saying, it's better to start badly? When Hull stayed up they got off to a flyer which gave them enough points to keep them up. What about teams that start badly like Derby or Watford and then still go down? We're two games in and there is too much knee jerk nonsense going on. But people saying "Phew, at least we didn't get off to a flyer, that means certain relegation" is equally as dopey as any of the more routine wrist slitting.

How much time did Fonte have on the ball for the second goal?

Two games, replaced by Wigley not Gray. Adkins will get longer than Luggy at least.

So against Sunderland and Everton (not entirely sure how glamourous that one is as you claim we are bigger than Everton)....anyway...are we going to a) just about sell the 29k in the days leading up to the match day b) sell these tickets weeks in advance with tickets really hard to come by and massive demand because of the feel good factor and this is the greatest time ever to be a Saints fan and we've "maxed out" the stadium. Because lets remember people like me fully expect a) to happen. Fully expect. That happening won't start making you right so don't get any ideas of giving it the big one. It's b) that you've been banging on about all summer. How likely is that going to happen now?

That story is a actually less realistic than all that stuff about them signing Ronaldinho and finishing fourth a while back.

Gary Lineker tonight tweeting Le Tiss along lines of "shame to see so many empty seats".

Not really. I've been on this forum laughing at your horsesh it "inside info" for at least seven, eight, nine years. So nothing's changed son.

Yet another FC lecture about how the rest of us shouldn't comment on things. But you keep commenting General Franco. You're allowed.

Funny they haven't done it by buying Carlos Tevez or Michael Owen though....

Who said that then? Not me old chum.

First "it's all the fans fault" post of the season. Brilliant.