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Is the 17 year old Sutton lad the big news?

Wouldn't be unhappy with Pope. And without the chuckle brothers as coaches he might even improve.

Seville want him. Thank god

Been saying this for a while. I can see JWP at Spurs too. With his mate and our song

Obvious softener for JWP

Tottenham are thought to want around £20million for Winks (26), but are prepared to be open-minded about the package of a deal, & could settle for a lower fee plus add-ons – Southampton, Leicester & Newcastle are interested #saintsfc @Dan_KP seriously saints. Use your eyes.

Southampton are interested in Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks, but the reported £20-25million price-tag could be prohibitive as they prioritise other positions in this summer’s transfer market #saintsfc @TomBarclay_ another issue is that he is shit

Would be an excellent move. Such an important position. Should be willing to pay big bucks here. And on a new goalie.

Southampton defender Mohammed Salisu is happy at the club and is open to discussing a new contract #saintsfc @BenjyNurick good news. Like him. Hooray.

Sh. You can't be realistic/ambitious on here. It's a new golden era with free-spending owners, brilliant tacticians and no sales of key players, donchaknow?

Not a bad idea, that. Would love to see him back. Not sure we could attract him back but would be shrewd. Has the defensive nous we need, and could probably still actually cut it on the field

All this ‘looking for players in almost every position’ must be predicated on selling JWP for big bucks

That valuation

God I hope this doesn’t happen. Massively overrated player. And clearly part of opening discussions about JWP. Avoid. Awful.

Could do a lot worse

Who do you want, with a realistic (as in, given we're skint) hat on?

This. Extraordinary. And very Saintsy. Rewarding averageness. Probably good at putting cones out though

What’s John Terry up to?

They could just watch his gaffs videos

It doesn’t really solve lack of in-game nous/tactical obstinacy from Ralph. So not enough for me.

Good riddance to bad rubbish. They somehow managed to take good players and leach quality out of them. Hope new blood improves it (as long as good coaches) and that will definitely expose Ralph’s aptitude. Wonder if they appoint a number two who clearly has the propensity to step up…

Read somewhere he's off to Bournemouth ahead of us. Hope not. That would be a really telling sign of our draw potential

It’s taken us years to realise Kelvin Davis and Dave Watson are shit.

Very much hope this is true but option one is more sensible. Hassenhuttl does indeed claim the credit for wins and hangs out individual players for losses so wouldn’t be surprised if this has contributed to him losing the dressing room, as it were, and hence spiral of defeats. Not sure why getting rid of him necessarily means the fundamental change in tactics across the whole club though. It is completely possible to employ a pressing game with different personnel. Lot of BS written about this as if it is rocket science that only certain managers can employ. Hey, players, work hard in getting the ball back by letting the oppo have less time and space. There.

Guess we're stuck with Ralph then given the Austrian tour and his son (aw! sweet!) so can only now really hope that there's change in getting some decent coaches in rather than failed keepers/tactical bozos. In other words, Saints are going to be in trouble.