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He won't go to Manchester United in this window as Manchester United will not be willing to pay the asking price, which is likely to be around the £40m mark. The last time Cortese sold a valued player was in the third division, and that player was a kid with no high level experience -£15 million with strangulation clauses. Lallana is the current captain of a top half Premier League side, 25 approaching peak, and a current England international. Just imagine the terms of any transfer, imagine...

Luxury signing, would be impressive again, but right now we need solid cover across the back line. If we've got £20m in this window that will buy us what we need...

Well done Adam and Alan...

The positives far outweigh the negatives. When this side is fit and clicking we can beat any team in the division. The current hangover is due to the weak squad (as many of us have been pointing out for a year), which in itself is due to our unexpectedly rapid progress over the past three seasons and necessary turnover / non-turnover of playing staff. Two decent windows should sort this, we have much to look forward too. I wonder if 2014 will be the year that the WUMs / Skate plants, finally **** off...

Excellent, it would be lovely to see them drop out of the football league. Stumbled across a sports report on Radio Solent the other day and with idiotic reporting you'd have thought they were in the same league as Saints. All being well they will be in the same league as Aldershot next season, and we can forget about them for a generation...

Passion and lack of talent is printed in red ink at the top of their Scouting Report Sheets, preferably with the IQ of a tennis racquet!...

We need to stay positive and bide our time, if Lallana and Shaw establish themselves in the England side you could see them making the 100 in the coming years. If the list was 'The Top Hundred Sh*ttest Players in the World' Skate Scum Community Care Club would have fifteen in the top twenty - and those c*nts would celebrate it!...

'Premier League Minnows...!?' He's at f*cking Rennes! We must be seen as Premier League Chubb, at the very least for the analogy to be correct!...

Has he bought them so he can get a game?!...

This, for me, is the crux of the matter. I would settle for another 2003 season, with a reverse result in the final and aftermath...

I'd have really liked to have had a good go at the League Cup this year to get some silverware in the trophy cabinet as much as anything else, something we have been deprived of at SFC over the years. When you think that the League Cup is the only trophy that Spurs (for instance) have won in the last 22 seasons it suggests that you should get it when you can! The 'roll' that followed the FA Cup final win in 1976 lasted right up until McMenemy left - part of Saints increasing the fan base has to be wins at Wembley...

My Preciousssssshhh...

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Loving the Skate player values on that link! Who writes this stuff J R R Tolkien? The whole club is valued at about £250k and most of that is gardening equipment on hp!...

It's common knowledge that he is on a retainer of £162k per year, he also does translation for the UN and Javier Bardem...

Good post which raises some interesting points. If we do lose a top young player before we are 'ready' it will be for a record fee and the fee will be reinvested. There are a lot of people who get hard ons when the likes of United or Chelsea are mentioned, and even the 2008 League Cup winners, Spurs. Saints are perhaps four players away from having a squad that can seriously challenge in the top quarter of the Premier League, rejoice in that and f*ck the uncontrollables (which includes 'cap doffing' and 'auto-reverence' to 'big' clubs)...

The optimism and positivity surrounding Portsmouth FC is infectious...

I know it's Manchester United, but can you imagine the cost? Can you imagine Cortese's starting point? Not one key player will leave in the January window, you watch...

Such a shame as we have been a force against the best the division has to offer - this is purely down to squad depth and gaps in the transfer policy that the majority of posters on here have identified for months...

We seem to have had a few months worth of bad luck in a fortnight, thankfully in consecutive games we weren't expected to get anything from! What is apparent is that we have not got the squad depth to allow us to stay competitive if we lose key players, not that much of a surprise as this is only our second season back in the top flight, but we need better quality options if top five is a realistic target for the Board...

Lol! Bazza is the Mary Whitehouse of football...

It is indeed, Pearce and Lawrenson are the Laurel and Hardy of football journalism...

Bursting with pride, prefer this to a League Cup win...

Boruc looks haunted and a bit of a mincer in the official photo. I'm worried about his confidence...

It's really nice and uses Climaxcool. I wear it both to Zumba and the cinema - it's that versatile!...