Doctoroncall

That was black box version 1 with too much CEO weighting.

What does the balance sheet look like when you consider other transfers and agreements... Tommy Forecast, the Bale renegotiation, SCW saga etc. Perhaps it's best left in the past and time to move on and hope the academy and scouting system continues to unearth so great talent which we can get up to six seasons worth of progress.

Any one know of any decent championship players? The FL I play includes these players... looking for goal scorers (especially from midfield) and tight defences!

Maybe not, I wonder what compensation we will be getting assuming the contract with AM was all correct, £4-5m maybe?

Guardian reporting he will not go for less than £27m and wanting to do the deal sooner rather than later.

I haven't seen it. Only the one where AM didn't cancel the agreement in time (costing £1.5M), so they have left themselves open to be sued. I wonder where Toby prefers to go?

Saints need to grow in terms of support and income, at the moment it's hard as we are seen to produce good players which will always interest those clubs we are trying to usurp and not big enough to get the international recognition. So the club will need to try and carry on producing better and better players to compete, gain European competition experience and the club needs to grow it's brand here and more so abroad to get the additional commercial income. So I would guess the five year plan will hope to address these issues, let's see where we are then.

Must be a domestic cup game you're thinking about then.

Forget about earlobes, That's quite the elbow Boris has there.

I thought it was in line with his suspension of 8 games so about 6 weeks of wages blown, hence why he hasn't been seen at the club since if there has been no contrition on his part.

Being reported here updated bid from Liverpool for Clyne only an extra £0.5m with a possible £2m through additional achievements.

Their midfield controlled the game and was the source of Portugal’s strength with William Carvalho, who was hugely impressive, shutting down Tom Carroll while JWP was unable to have the same effect on Bernardo Silva at the other end of Portugal’s midfield diamond. Portugal should do well in the tournament.

I loved the lack of player analysis, what sort of character he is, how he fits into the team etc. but at least he's brought a buzz to the club lol.

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One option is a loan move as a replacement... http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/16/southampton-carl-jenkinson-nathaniel-clyne

Don't forget we have Gallagher back from injury and other troubles... unless the club are looking to loan him out.

An early signing, an excellent and exciting prospect and a steal at £5m. Well done Saints.

Giving Statisticians a bad name... A Physicist, a Biologist, and a Statistician see two people enter a house, and then after some time, they see three people leave the house. The Physicist concludes, "My initial observation must have been incorrect." The Biologist concludes, "Clearly, the two reproduced..." The Statistician concludes, "Well, if one more person enters the house, then there will be no-one in the house!"

Shirley he'll be in a psych. ward by now?

I think that if the club can maximise the fee of the player then it can negate the loss by buying a similar but cheaper replacement while the academy player continues to develop and pocket the extra cash, unless the academy player is able to step up. It means the players contracts need to be a minimum four years and never get less than two years before negotiating an extension to maximise the price if the players wants to leave, otherwise we get into the Clyne situation. So as we have seen in these past two years and should continue to see, the quality of player will slowly rise and maybe also hanging on to the academy players will occur as the club can compete at the higher end of the table rather than the survival situation we're been used to before relegation from the PL. It's pressure on the scouting department to identify the youngsters and those older players ready for the first team to get it right but there seems to be a good framework in place to deliver it... (as long as it's followed... cough Osvaldo cough).

Ravanelli did well at Boro... 20 years ago!

I'm fed up with the politicians and Dyke banging on about the Qatar WC, currently there is no reason to strip Qatar of its tournament and they should stay silent, until there is evidence of a corrupt vote. I'm happy for it not to take place there from the perspective of it's a stupid place to hold it and the countless deaths that have occurred and will no doubt continue in building the infrastructure. Also, it's worth remembering the gifts the England FA gave to the FIFA executive wives and the fact Dyke has accepted not one but six watches during his time as FA chairman.

At most it would be ~£7m with all three teams bouncing back in the first season, highly unlikely, so not a revenue stream to count on.

Need to also consider Les Reed's comments on strengthening the first team so A replacement to any important players leaving (so thinking first team players). I cannot imagine a youngster like Reed being lined up to replace Schneiderlin, whereas Osvaldo I can see that happening too with Gallagher.

It would unbalance the side greatly if he were to leave. Six million would not buy an equivalent player with regards to stature with the club and players. Very unlikely he'd move, where else would be better.... That would need him?