Doctoroncall

There's a possibility of Vlaar coming straight into the side, nothing confirmed:

one of the Nick's stated it was on the Radio (although no station mentioned).

Depends on our line up, if we are missing Clyne and Ramirez I would take it but with only Lallana and Fonte missing we should be in with a decent chance of 3 points. Interesting stat for Chelsea - Home they have only won 2 out of 7, Away 6 out of 7 so a point there may be in reach!

Crikey - the news is all about old boys - Cotterill, Appy, Benjani. Reminiscing about 'happier' times and recounting the fond memories which usually occurs after something bad has happened. I should know with the death of my cat yesterday, maybe the bad news will come next week in court?

Yep. We have to start sourcing other positions to get to to the 50% academy to first team mark! Sent from my bonfire using smoke signals.

I think that is in year two after the takeover. Besides its not as if they need an academy as they don't use them!

That really sums up what they do, run the business on a promise rather than reality!

Richardson is OOC this summer.

Is that from experience Mr Negative?

So why let the player leave now? Something must be up! HNW running out of money, realisation that its better to save now before its too late, cheaper plays coming in???

West Ham United have been rebuffed in their attempts to secure Martin Olsson after Blackburn Rovers rejected an offer worth around £2m for the Sweden defender. A number of top-flight clubs are interested in the defender, who has been capped 14 times and featured in Sweden's 4-2 defeat of England in Stockholm last November, with the east London club first to make a move. Yet an initial offer has now been rejected with Rovers, who are 13th in the Championship and under the caretaker-management of Gary Bowyer, having apparently told West Ham that the player will not be sold. That resolve will be tested again before the end of the month, with Allardyce now considering an improved bid. West Ham have already added Joe Cole and Marouane Chamakh and are keen to strengthen their team as early as possible in the current window.

euros to pounds = 1.62m

I've been to see Basel a few times while away with work in Switzerland, mostly CL stuff as it's mid-week, then back to the same hotel the oppo are staying at! Otherwise I watch out for West Ham (family connection) and Cambridge U (local team) results.

1 - You highlighted most so expect a little drop in value, even though players will have gained PL experience. 2 - Depends on the player, if we'd signed a load of 30+ year old players then no, on large wages, again no. 3 - Depends on the fee paid and value of the player (e.g. Clyne vs Mayuka) 4 - Cortese is a good negotiator 5 - Depends on how much we need to claw back quickly

Oh yes! If Saints happen to get the two players being mentioned in their respective threads, it would go along way to help secure PL status but there will be quite a few players leaving if we go down as I don't think the likes of Gaston will be interested in Championship football. So the club will recoup most of the transfer cash, have the PPs but will have to start building a team again, although JWP, Chambers, Reeves et al are likely to get more games.

He'll be 27 next month, so at the top of his game. £4m is a good price, hope he does well - he helped get us up and seems a good lad.

It's better that he partners Yoshida than Fonte, that's for sure. Obviously has some talent with his time in Europe but I don't think we have seen close to it yet, hopefully we see it Saturday.

Thats good to know.

Dont say lie, that's negative, call it playing out a certain scenario ;-)

Really, you cannot extrapolate information? Ten games ago they were five points ahead and a better goal difference. Performances have been poor. With our difficult fixtures to the start of the season, every team was above us but that has changed.

It's like saying we'll hit 100 goals conceded in the season after the first five or six games. How are we doing in that respect TDD?

Ok, thought it was the phone as you can't turn an app off as such. Thought you'd be able to use your computer you're synced it with your phone or use Bluetooth.

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14 points from the last 10 games, better than all the bottom teams except Norwich who have the same!!!

As there isn't one yet! LINE-UPS- Southampton v Chelsea (1500 GMT) Southampton: Boruc, Cork, Fonte, Yoshida, Shaw, Puncheon, Steven Davis, Schneiderlin, Ward-Prowse, Do Prado, Rodriguez. Subs: Kelvin Davis, Hooiveld, Lambert, Lee, Mayuka, Reeves, De Ridder. Chelsea: Turnbull, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Cole, Ramires, Luiz, Mata, Hazard, Moses, Ba. Subs: Hilario, Lampard, Torres, Oscar, Ferreira, Marin, Bertrand. Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)