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No. Tried in the first half against St Etienne and it simply doesn't work. Yes, they know how to score, but need service. They won't create for each other. Gabbiadini is streets ahead as a single striker. Mobile, anticipates well, pulls defenders away. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Genius. I hereby appoint you overlord of the return to sensible football. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Or, after a poor first half, Saints began to look far more coherent and threatening, showing encouraging progression through the warm-up games. Playing for a new manager in a new style, but beginning to look good, especially with VVD, Cedric and Redmond still missing. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

But it's not just attacking flair. It's the ability to link play, play the incisive pass, keep possession and do the simple thing when necessary, and be a goal threat. In most of those, JWP is now the best option, and he'll grow in the role. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

It's an unpopular view, but I stand by my opinion that he is crucial to this team. Not spectacular, but he is often the link that lets others express themselves. If he can show a bit more aggression both in pressing and in getting into scoring positions, he'll be the automatic choice at 10. Before long, he's going to be the player we're trying to hang on to. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

I'd rather see Stephens or Yoshida ahead of Winner. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

I confess to having doubted you before and apologize, as you were proved right. If you're right again, I will be extremely happy. [emoji3] Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Looks like Morgan having a decent game, not so sure about Cuco. And Rooney's playing. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Not going that well for Everton tonight. Would be so sad if they don't make the competition proper. [emoji3] Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Hi Virgil. I think we need to talk. I'm really not quite sure how we got into this mess. Less than 12 months ago you were well on the way to being a Saints hero and legend, signing up for six years, team captain, saying how Southampton was a team on the up, and how much you wanted to win things with them. The fans loved you. Strange thing is, it's reported that you now want to leave to get just those things with another club, who actually haven't won anything recently. I don't know what vision of that club you've been sold, but there's no doubt you've been badly advised and conned. If you really want to move on, a bit of patience will see you at a proper top club, and I'm pretty sure most Saints fans would wish you well at Barcelona, Real Madrid or even Chelsea. But at the moment, it's all going a bit pear-shaped, isn't it? You've certainly upset plenty of us Saints fans. You've been really badly advised, letting yourself be talked into meeting a certain gentleman from Liverpool and so getting him and his club into trouble and really messing up any chance of you moving there, if that's what you actually want. And where's this attitude thing come from. Agent told you to do it? Not working, is it? Liverpool have to back off because of the way they behaved earlier, so no matter how many of their pals say they expect you to go there, it ain't going to happen unless Saints want it, which they keep reminding you they don't. This refusing to play is really going to help your career. I notice there haven't been any offers or enquiries about you. Probably because you made too much noise about only wanting one club, and a lot of clubs will think twice about going in for someone who hasn't played for six months, may or may not be injured and is showing a serious attitude problem. If a player's in the habit of striking, do we want him? Will he do it to us next? I'm sure you won't read this, Virgil, but you need to do some thinking and get your head straight. There's a right and wrong way of getting a move, and you've got it seriously wrong. I don't know if you will get a move - looks unlikely to me, and if not, how you're going to win Saints fans back over. One thing is certain: if you eventually want to get the big move, you're going to have to show a bit of commitment and loyalty and demonstrate what a brilliant player you are. And remember, you want to win things with Saints - you said it - so now's your chance. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

But, like Virgil, they can swap agents after they arrive. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

That's totally wrong. They're pointing out how Saints have successfully delayed departures, and suggesting they will do it again with VVD. Really no idea how you think this is prepping the way for him leaving, unless you've only read the headline, not the article. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Not alone. I rank Pearson as the best motivator of players we've had. Adkins and Poch close, yes, but he had a passion that saved us from relegation before he was ridiculously sacked. But you can't manage a top PL team on passion alone. What he does do is generate a great team spirit, which possibly was the basis of Leicester's success. He did it with us, but the Dutch duo killed it. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

The only way he can be reintegrated is if he can tell his agent to p!ss off until next summer, forget about a move until then, realise there's nothing to be gained from sulking and tune back in to Saints. At the moment he's convinced he's moving (thanks to lowlife of an agent) so he's got no focus whatsoever on a season with Saints. I'm not sure he can do it, but he has to rewind and commit to performing as he can with an agreement that we won't stand in his way next summer, when Barcelona, PSG or Real Madrid come calling. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

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I hope he's better connected than some of our ITKs and he's right, but I won't believe anything until it's signed sealed and delivered. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Dream on. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Yep. Like Ramirez or Osvaldo or even Delgado. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

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This. If all the players who have left Saints to win trophies, and have almost totally failed to do so, had stayed, they'd be winning trophies with Saints now. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Get us to another Wembley final, avoid being stamped on by Vardy, win a trophy. Help us qualify for Europe again. Then, when we get there, score a couple of goals instead of missing them. [emoji6] Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Do you infer that the agents won't get anything unless Virgil moves? Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

And he'll lose his loyalty bonus, correctly so. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

And the Liverpool Echo exaggerate a non-story even further. VVD believes he will be a Liverpool player because a source close to him says he might be, despite nothing having changed. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/van-dijk-coutinho-keita-liverpool-13386149 Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Morgan had a good season. Wanyama was awful Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk