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10 subs for Saints. Only Vestergaard still on. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

With Adams and Redmond looking dangerous as a front two, Ings is almost redundant. Shame Djenepo isn't on the bench as a replacement. If Romeu were fit, and if this was a real game, I'd be tempted to take Ings off, push JWP forward to #10 and put Romeu alongside Hojbjerg. Maybe Reed or Smallbone could do the job too. We certainly need more protector for the back three - they're getting cut open by through balls all the time. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Was just going to say exactly that. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Every attack, at either end looks like a goal. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Equaliser. Cut open too easily. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Looking good in attack, leaky in defence. Redmond and Bertrand tearing them apart. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Koeman in the crowd. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Team announced. Very much what I expect as first choice as long as we need three CBs Gunn Valery Vestergaard Yoshida Bednarek Bertrand Hojbjerg JWP Adams Redmond Ings Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

The Tories agreed to a referendum on PR, which was held, with Tories and Labour campaigning against it, obviously. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

It's on the club's FB and Twitter feeds. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

If only we could stop Monday, and especially Friday night games. TV have far too much power. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

I've seen him and witnessed occasional moments of brilliance interspersed with hours of disappointing failure and lack of awareness of any other team members. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

It's an appalling Cabinet chosen just to give unquestioning allegiance to Johnson. But his appointments will come to haunt him. He'll get things through Cabinet as it's full of Yes men (and one or two women) but he's failed to keep his enemies close and created a strong opposition within his own party. With no working majority, he'll struggle to get anything done and will lose a vote of confidence in the near future. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

If this thread consisted only of verified news, rather than speculation, rumours and a bit of dreaming, if would be very short and very boring. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Spurs last season disprove this. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

It can be argued our decline started when we started to spend more. And your examples just prove my point. Big spending doesn't guarantee success and you can be successful through development and coaching. Shrewd spending at any level helps. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

I despair of Saints fans who still don't understand the Saints business model. We develop our own players and/or buy young players with potential, who we accept we'll sell on, hopefully at a profit, when they're ready to move on. We don't buy into the media/agent hyped myth that simply spending more on players has merit in itself. It amazes me how gullible fans can be. The "values" put on some players are ridiculous. How much did Fulham spend last season? What good did it do them? I seem to recall that Spurs spent nothing, finished top four and reached a European final. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

You're probably right, but Alderweireld, Van Djik and even Lovren wanted European football and trophies and a couple of years at Saints playing rather than an earlier move to a big club to sit on the bench didn't do them any harm. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

She had my vote. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Don't think it's in the mindset of modern players to do anything but grab maximum money. Oh for Kevin Keegan Mk II Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

[emoji23][emoji23]As long as it isn't Shakhtar Donetsk. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

I'm sure it won't. But a bit of dreaming would be more fun than what we've had on this thread for the last week or two. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Damn. You got there before my edit. [emoji23][emoji23] Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Apparently Gareth Bale has said he's leaving Real Madrid and his agent is in talks with a "surprising club". Just sayin' Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

I think this is duplicating the transfer thread. Upamecano is several classes above both of these and would be a fantastic, if unlikely, catch. Klarer has a long way to go to prove anything and I doubt Fry is better than Stephens. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk