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Our lords and masters seem intent to buy third rate European clubs and traffick humans - sorry players - around them. Is that the plan? It feels like Poundland Abramovich. Can we start investing some of the money we will doubtless get for JWP or is it all playing poker time with clubs like West Ham readying themselves to similarly spend their Rice cash (but afraid people will raise their prices)? Maybe we have great irons in the fire (not those irons). Hope so. But it feels a bit quiet on the quality incomings front in key positions (most notably CB and keeper)

I missed the borderline miracle by watching seemingly endless losses and lacklustre performances caused by blundering inadequacies in game management and bewildering team selections.

I think he’ll be a good manager. Would have liked him to replace Ralph. Ah well.

Risk of getting Pied. Jeremy Pied.

More the principle than the numbers. ok 60.

Or TV news behemoths #noandrewmarred Which is why I think we should bite the bullet but make sure that a) we get as near to 100m as possible for our captain and England international with years on his contract but b) we replace him (and other positions) with the money. If the club's answer is Harry Winks it is very depressing indeed.

Agree. 100% (as they say on Love Island)

Or the makers of Lemsip #nocoldsbarred

Bissouma to Spurs for 25m might mean we're marginally safer of JWP going there but wouldn't rule it out

What a completely massive bag of shit that would be.

Start looking at Championship venues, guys Southampton are ‘among the clubs’ following Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks - if captain James Ward-Prowse departs this summer #saintsfc @garyjacob

#noholdsbarred

Families are pretty resilient. The other one is distance. Most footballers put up with a lot (one week in two) for cash. Even training an hour away in a fast car isn’t much. But yeah. Reckon the spurs thing might be too strong. Won’t be coming our way. (If only)

Funny feeling Danny Ings will end up at Brighton and bang in lots of goals for them. Not sure he'd want to come back. Have we signed the Man City keeper Bazunu yet? Hope so

Southgate starting JWP tonight must mean he knows he’s off 😉

I think he’ll go and it’s just about the price. And spending some of that before it gets out (or risk inflated prices). Reckon he’ll go to Spurs. 70m isn’t enough. But will be around that. If they throw in Winks or offer something silly plus Winks it’s all over.

Hello agent!

Ralph’s first choice apparently. Might he be the new manager ultimately?

Official: Southampton appoint 38-year-old Ruben Selles as First Team Lead coach, the Spaniard was assistant at league-winning FC Copenhagen last season #saintsfc

Very good. I always thought Fraser looked like Desperate Dan

That would be Emmanuel Dennis the Menace *gets coat*

Never lose an opportunity for a dig, eh?

Very good player. Doubt we'll get him.

Bazunu told he's number one apparently. talksport i think

Perhaps he disliked Ralph's seeming inability to notice a terrible goalkeeper compared to an alright one whose inclusion in the team corresponded with a jump in form. Just saying. I fear this blindness is replicated in how bad players have to get before he takes them off and playing players in their wrong positions. Still maintain that we should have bitten the bullet and gone for a different strategy. Because this one is too rigid. (unless we get a very good number two in the way that i hope the new keeper is a new number '2' (ie 1).