Patrick Bateman

It's different though isn't it? They've won the league with Champions League football next year. We hadn't won the league and we didn't have any European football (although last year we could have had more). As much as we hate them, Lallana and Lovren wanted to move to a bigger club to play European football and get more money. Chambers wanted to go to Arsenal and Morgan and Shaw wanted to go to Man Utd - you can't turn those sort of clubs down, as annoying as it is. Vardy is 29 (?) and probably quite settled, he has Champions League football, he probably has now managed to negotiate a similar level of pay to what Arsenal were offering and for 4 more years, bank-rolled by income from the Champions League, income Saints don't have.

Because they aren't a 'home nation' in the same way that France aren't a 'home nation'.

Good luck to him - no ill feeling here, he wants to play for Pochettino again and in the Champions League, that's fair enough.

Boom!

More than likely. Allegedly ...

Why would anyone take that? (Apart from the money)

I don't think the mercenary players deserve it

Most players don't hang around long enough to have an 'original' song about them. With the transient nature of players, we have crap, generic, transient player chants.

That's a great post from Giordano. The Saints Forum IS the Black Box ... duh duh duuuuuuuuh

Mark Wright? Edit: Sorry didn't read the original post properly and didn't see him mentioned already.

Not playing on the left, no, I think the black box would rule his age out somewhat.

And an investment of £30m to refit it

I laughed at that too - spot the posters with young lads at home (although Ben & Holly is still my favourite)

How do they know that, have they asked everyone? I'd like FDB.

This.

Horrific.

His win %age alone is impressive especially at Roma. He was only sacked at Roma for no wins in 6 I think, after 2 or 3 years. Remind me what Koeman's win record was over that Nov/Dec/Jan period just gone?

Being born in 1976, my 'first' manager was obviously Lawrie, but the first manager I had an opinion on was Souness - really didn't want him after his dismantling of Dalglish's very good Liverpool team.

Maybe he knows who the manager could be as part of getting hi to join?

The internet is full of very needy people.

He hasn't gone yet, which makes me think he's not going anywhere.

+ all this whinging about booing Pochettino etc., I wish I could find quotes where he said it was poor form. Poor form because he knew his time would come ... t*t. Oh well, f**k him, he's gone, onwards and upwards (?)

I like Bertrand more and more each season, seems like a top bloke.

I for one, want to keep him around, even with his little strops when someone doesn't pass to him Not many players want to remain loyal to a club, we should keep those that want to be and still have something to offer, a no-brainer for me.

Especially as, and this is the crucial bit, he doesn't want to leave and we have a player who WANTS to stay ... !