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McCarthy in goal. Why bother? we are fucking shit. Zero defending. Giving the ball away. Pathetic.

This. I think JWP will end up going to West Ham for £30m and Lavia to Liverpool for £40m. Which will be a very good outcome if we can plough that into a decent keeper and striker to replace Che who will go for about £10m

I think we should buy Bassey. He could live in Shirley.

that third kit has now been officially launched. still think it looks like someone's sneezed on it. home kit awful. away kit i now kind of like. oh for the days of good adidas.

I wouldn’t worry about that piece. Classic bit of fan writing. Not an ounce of journalism in it. Like something from the Ugly Inside. All puff and opinion linked together with Googled happenstance. Tosh.

Che to Bournemouth or anywhere else for that matter is good news. Get money in. Terrible striker out. Spend it on one who can actually score. Still have nightmares about those sitters.

Conceding two to Reading. Hmmm. Really need a solid defence to mount a challenge in the Championship. Not seeing it.

In other news, The Russell Martin Academy U15 team (who my kids played for) are 3-0 up in the final of the Gothia Cup. (World club championship). Augurs well. Sort of. Kids streaming it from our holiday gaff

WTAF is that? Dear oh dear. Looks like he’s sneezed on it. Ridiculous

Agreed. Decent outcome especially as his injury might recurr/make him not the player he was. Think all that Ings stuff is balls though.

I think we'll end up getting less than that TBH. Unless we can play hardball re the Rice cash burning a hole in their pocket. But apparently the West Ham lot are very scattergun and unprofessional in their financial dealings (know someone who knows) compared to most. Think Downes would be a good outcome, esp given Martin's connection. Hope the remainder cash goes on Piroe. And someone who can call themselves a keeper.

Klopp talking to player pre transfer? A la van Dijk? Horrible the way that man does business. He'll be amazing for them and sickening that all the Saints history will be erased by the pundits. Ah well. We move on. No thanks to Henderson. He'll be off to pocket some Saudi cash too though, no doubt. Had a few flickers of doubt over Martinball and the probably more sensible strategy of getting quality in to tighten up at the back. So I hope a good keeper is on the list and we can shift McCarthy out once and for all. Also hope the rumours of certain older CBs coming in are true too. That's how you mount a serious challenge: by being hard to beat first.

McCarthy in ‘still fucking useless’ shock

He's definitely staying though

Wow. Good work Saints. Right out of the blue. Be great to get a good keeper next. Come back, Fraser.

Also, wait 'til she hears about away matches...

Fingers crossed!

Bit worried about us having shit goalkeepers. And now not many of them.

Obsessed with Diallos

to be fair, off road is pretty prickish

Loving the noises coming out of the club today. Fonte with a view to playing and presumably managing one day, Jonny Evans still absolute class, Shea looking like a profit on Lavia. Someone knows what they're doing and I hope it is the new Wilcox influence, and maybe even Martin too.

Totally agree, but fear he is a 'never go back' merchant, despite his links to the city. Worth a go though. Makes Che's finishing look like...well, there's no comparison really. How Che has got to where he has is amazing. PS don't buy this thing that is cropping up that players who were useless at scoring in the Prem will be amazing in the Champ, just because they scored a few goals once upon a time. Not sure it works like that. Hope we can get the Swansea lad Piroe.

I suspect we're pretending we're not until the big players are shifted out for max dosh. We know clubs want Lavia because he is mustard, JWP slightly less so. Both will go, late on. Then we'll be in for Downes and Piroe, would be my guess. All brinkmanship until then.

On the face of it, sensible. Unless it goes down to something ludicrous like £10m plus Downes. Guess that would be a downes payment... 😉

Liverpool's bid (for Lavia) of £30m is pretty insulting. He's a £50m player and will only get better. Bit like how Van Dyke (once they went more upfront and less Blackpool hotel room) buy is now viewed as a snip, given it totally transformed that club. They are showing little honour in both recognising their illegal approach back then (by a few more millions on the offer) and also evaluating his true worth and what it will do to their midfield. I hope other clubs come in an raise the price. So sad we only got to see him for a bit of one season.