CamSaint

Well, Oliver Holt in last week's Mail on Sunday had Saints down to be relegated along with Fulham and West Brom! 🤣 Interesting that Ralph said in the week that the team were not as fit as when they came back after lockdown and I think that that edge in fitness played a key role in our performances at the end of last season. Hopefully that sharpness will return soon.

According to Dan Sheldon on the Total Saints Podcast this is a fixture for the U-23s and there 'may' be another game for the main squad at the weekend but nothing has been finalised.

From Lemina's perspective, it is his best chance of securing another lucrative contract. Play well, make himself 'undroppable' and help keep them up and he gets a contract at Fulham. Even if they offered him a 3 year contract then it would be 2 years more on PL-level money than he'll get at Saints. Blow it and he'll go out on loan somewhere in Europe for the final year of his contract with Saints and after that he'll have to take the best that's on offer wherever he can - but it is very unlikely to be PL-level money. He clearly has no future at Saints - Ralph at least tried to re-integrate the skills Boufal has to offer into the squad, but Lemina has not been considered. I assume that Saints wouldn't be able to overturn the 'obligation to buy' even if Lemina did have a storming season with Fulham.