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Oh great 🚨 Breaking: Armel Bella-Kotchap’s proposed move to Hoffenheim is 100% OFF #saintsfc @Plettigoal

We are in for some, but face competition from Ipswich

Oh gawd. Further distance between us. Depressing. Where will our goals come from? And how can we stop them going in ? Not convinced we have a chance with Ramsdale or that he’d want to come. But really hope we haven’t got our shit keeper team on the lookout for a keeper even shitter than McCarthy to keep him happy what with that contract he was mystifyingly offered and signed. Come on Saints. Sort out the problem we have all seen (well, some of us) for a decade now

Get. A. Flipping. Keeper.

Only been saying this for like two fecking years

Good job none of us warned how McCarthy’s shitness will cost us countless points and that the club has a clear blind spot about decent keepers. Oh

Lesley Ugochukwu is also having his Southampton medical this morning — Saints hope to register him and Cameron Archer before midday, but are not rushing #saintsfc @SkySportsLyall may even feature tomorrow then?

Lesley - very shrewd signing. Good strong player who will protect the back four. Cameron - bit underwhelming but filing under ‘well I guess it COULD work’. Still very nervous about the dross we have in goal. Could be 4-0 or more tomorrow

I think we must be close to FFP limits. Otherwise why the caution? Suspect things may change once Alcaraz goes to Flammgo and Kotchap goes finally. Then we might be allowed to spend, with the risk of a points deduction or similar dwindling.

Calvin Phillips to Ipswich on loan. Pulling power of the manager apparently. I think they’ll be ok

100% this. Shit keeper, and the main reason we will get tonked in the early games and then confidence is shot. So remiss of the management not to rectify this. Was the main priority.

Oh crap Bella-Kotchap’s £12.8m move to Hoffenheim is at risk of collapsing, after issues arose during his medical — the deal is not 100% off at this stage, with all parties involved trying to find a solution #saintsfc @Plettigoal

Thought he’d stay for the pink kit

And Brendan Rodgers is a big fan. Apparently. So loan there could happen whatever MOR chooses

Suspect RM couldn’t wait to get shot of such a bad egg, even at cut price, and especially to allow purse strings to open immediately for a forward player and - god help us - a non- shit keeper

Kotchap money coming in, according to sauces. 😉

May as well prepare for Championship already then. Honestly, why do we have such a blind spot? Watch it cost us at least 10 points

Oof. Can’t promise they will be any good? Ie worse than what we have? Wow. Such a glaring blind spot (if that’s not a contradiction)

Stan Collymore has us finishing bottom. I think on current squad (glaring lack of scoring goals or keeping them out) he is right. Need to pull rabbits out of hat, which is harder as rivals suddenly get cash. But a decent keeper is essential (on repeat for last five years)

Really hope we spend whatever we have on a keeper. Johnstone I guess. Come on Saints. St James’ Park might be a horror story otherwise. Surely we don’t need to sell to get that done?

Looking forward to us taking two more weeks to go in with an offer of 35p and a packet of Twiglets for O’Riley. This low-balling approach looks like a half hearted attempt to say we have ambition without actually spending anything. Disappointing.

Agree. Grey shorts would have worked too. The pink shorts are horrid. Just a bit too Barbie. Otherwise not bad at all. Apart from the sponsor. Yellow badge not great

Oh look at you. Where did I say it was a fact? Almost all your posts just say that something on twitter or in a newspaper or on the actual news isn’t fact because you weren’t told it and it wasn’t about JWP not going anywhere-definitely-not-for sure-ever because you know some player’s uncle’s dog and it is all silly rumours in the press blah blah blah Journalists do get things right occasionally you know, and I’m allowed to say Bloody Brighton at seeing something that ‘looks’ on the face of it like we won’t get a good player. If that’s ok with you. Or do we have to listen to the ‘rumours are silly’ and you know better because of your connections (see above, and even on Che not leaving either) every time there is one?

Ha. 🚨 Brighton have held talks with Celtic over Southampton target Matt O’Riley and could offer Facundo Buonanotte on loan as part of a deal #saintsfc @GraemeBailey

Bloody Brighton