Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

Welcome Guido. Really hope your Saints career is a successful one. Word of warning: we're expecting you to be the Argentinian Harry Kane, just not as thick.

Just need him to post that his head is in Southampton and it's as good as done...

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. So that would be hawking him out to one of 17 other clubs??

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/lazar-markovic-could-finally-leave-14197270.amp Spartak are after Liverpool winger Lazar Markovic. Could this be the catalyst for Promes to then head elsewhere? Maybe even us? You can imagine the hilarious Scouse banter now, if signing Markovic allows Promes to come to SMS...

Exactly. Rather than parading new signings around the pitch on deadline day, when they can have no influence on the game against Brighton, how about getting them in a bit earlier, so they can help do something about our poor performance??

I reckon it was Les and Ralph testing the water to see if the fanbase were still excited about potential new signings. If there was no excitement or interest, they could happily park transfers for January and concentrate on securing our small club status.

Must be a technical issue. Nothing released yet. I mean, if it's not a technical issue, what else could be causing the hold up??

I've been lucky enough to be passed a snippet of Les' press release ahead of the 3pm announcement: "Mauricio has decided he's taken us as far as he can and has stepped down. As Marco Silva happened to be walking by St Mary's at the time, we've offered him the role of manager, which he's accepted. Here are the 3 new signings we'd held back so Mauricio couldn't train their abilities out of them."

Good. That's this afternoon's work priorities sorted out now. F5, F5, F5, F5...

Nathan Redmond reminds me of Thierry Henry. Uncanny really.

I guess even if he was playing in a friendly today, the club could still be talking to his agent. Come on Promesy, you know it makes sense!

Well, given Promes played in a friendly in Dubai earlier today, I’d give it a few hours...

Source? Well someone had to ask...

I suspect even Pellegrino doesn't want to get his hopes up knowing Les is in charge of negotiations...

Ok thanks. So we're still at the hoping stage then...

Any transfer nuggets from Pellegrino after the game?

Let's hope we continue with the positive bits of play from the 1st half, in the 2nd half, and Mauricio doesn't give his usual half time managerial masterclass.

I wonder if he will be at the game tomorrow then? What will scare him off first - the performance or the booing of the manager?

When is the chump's press conference? Quite like to find out where those 2 new players are actually...

Perfect for us then...

So any clues on the incomings yet or should we surmise Theo & Carrillo?

Boy, are they going to be miffed when someone comes in and bids £4,000,002 now...

Or he realises he should've closed the deal by now & now someone else has beaten him to the punch?

Did our managerial maestro have anything to say about any incomings at his press conference earlier? Especially given we appear to have wasted a week before a vital winnable match to bring someone in.

He’s done well at Nice. Maybe he’s calmed down a bit. Certainly talented & knows where the goal is.