Miltonaggro

Steve Moran, electric. One from left field is David Hughes who Alan Ball debuted in a friendly against Gothenberg, looked an absolute class above in that match...

Agreed. Think that the club has always had an eye for young players. Once he had been here for three or four years the McMenemy 'youth policy' was providing a large chunk of the first team squad, stars like Williams and solid pro's like Bambi Waldron and Graham Baker. The Nicholl side that reamed the 'best ever' Liverpool side had the last stream of this youth policy pulling the strings, grounded and nurtured brilliantly by Merrington. Crediting Lowe in this area is like crediting One Direction for inventing rock and roll...

Spot on...

Give the septic a break chaps, it is the offseason, FFS...

Yes. Can you be more specific?...

The push for Europe starts at Man City...

The Teflon Don, with Andy Oldknow as bridesmaid...

It's basically a carbon copy of Stoke City's chaps, every button. Theirs is slightly better because they play in red and white stripes...

Indeed, why not. A matter for the Board, but possibly the European ambition might have to gain context...

I think we will do a reverse Blackpool - baptism of fire, slow start and then pick up. If big investment is needed in the January window I reckon the owners are good for it...

My uncle used to have a car sales / garage off the Avenue in the mid 1970s and used to spend several afternoons a week at the Cowherds with the infamous Saints reprobates of that era (the post training sessions). I was about ten at the time, and saw the aftermath a couple of times. Love to have been in attendance with that lot!...

Good for Danny Fox, and for the club. Of course there is a danger of injury, but Saints players in international squads is a barometer of our improvement and ascendency...

It was always going to be the case that this Olympic appearance would determine Butland's value at this moment in time. On his showing, lots of potential, but nothing like the finished article, and worth £3-4 million tops from our transfer budget, and for those reasons I'm out. Time to get in an old sweat with Prem experience as cover for KD and mentoring for Gazza...

With Puncheon, the suit is so he is ready for an interview at one hour's notice...

I don't think we are likely to sign any 'been there, done that, old head' type players any time soon. I always thought of Bellamy as a spiky character, but he has got this young Olympic team together and his workrate for a 33 year old is superb...

The two players that have made an impression on me in the matches so far are Butland, who does look the real deal, and Bellamy who seems to be all over the park making a young side tick. Makes you wonder the effect a old wise head would have on the current Saints side, and what price Butland will finally go for...

To be fair I've always liked David Dickinson, though if he really cared he would organise a special Redknapp and Storrie celebrity cash in the attic...

If last season's momentum is worth anything, it's going to be in those first few games (I'm clutching too!). If we could get in a rock of a centre back and a real live wire forward / winger it will make things interesting...

On balance it might work out better to play the top sides at the start of the season than at the end. I think that we will see at least three, four, or even five new players before the close of window, including a keeper and an experienced centre half. In terms of trepidation, it feels just like the start of last season to me...

Agree with all of this. When he first signed after the crap we'd had to endure it was great to see a committed and able 'footballer' in the side. Good luck to him...

True, and within a few short seasons they will be playing each other in the league...

Mark Wright, cultured, composed with a bit of steel. The centre half that Alan Hansen could have been (if he was as good)...

Noddy club, Noddy fans, potential to become the MK Dons of the south...

Some of the 'thick round the middle' established sides could be in for a shock. The signings so far are very encouraging and if we add additional quality with the likes of Buttner or Lens there will be real strength in depth and the chance to mix it up. The way Saints are evolving is actually a new model, and not just PR. With this new model in a new league (for most of the side) who knows how well we will do - perhaps we will emulate Norwich and establish or do an Ipswich in their brilliant debut season in the Prem. Whatever happens I am really looking forward to it, and I genuinely feel that there is the potential to kick some fat overpaid complacent arses, starting with Allardyce and the pictures editor at the Express...

This player looks like the dogs...