Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

£5 million buys his quiff. The rest costs more... The idea of getting Austin was to supplement our existing forward options not replace them, surely? Unless Jay Rod is nearer fitness than we think our we're planning another new arrival?

http://www.kenyan-post.com/2016/01/victor-wanyama-is-now-ready-to-sign-new.html?m=1 The Kenyan Post seems confident about a deal too!

How about the extremely simplistic: Charlie Austin, Charlie Austin, Charlie Austin, Charlie Austin ...to the Tom Hark tune by the Piranhas. No chance of forgetting the words there! Does unfortunately conjure up memories of the Harry & Jim era...

Based on the assumptions that all 4 of our central forwards will one day be fit at the same time and we continue to play 1 up top with Mane behind him, which of these 4 would you select as our main striker? For me, given the amount of chances we've spurned this year, I'd have to go with Austin as the most natural finisher of the four.

I think there's a good player there in Townsend but not at £14m. Would rather get Matt Phillips for half that.

Interestingly on the OS, Ronald also says he spoke to Austin 2 weeks ago so Saints did really well to keep the deal under wraps right until the end.

With Charlie Austin coming in, this must push Juanmi even further down the pecking order & maybe even off the bench, if all our forwards are fit. Maybe we should loan him back to Spain, for the rest of the season to get game time & rebuild his confidence, & then see if he can step up to replace Mane next season having had some time to familiarise himself with the club already. There's definitely a talented player in there; no way Spain would've called him up if there wasn't.

Really excited by this one. Could be a phenomenal bargain (yes, really Porn Kings)... Also enjoyed reading the reactions of fans of other clubs here (apologies if already posted somewhere): http://talksport.com/football/charlie-austin-southampton-chelsea-manchester-united-and-tottenham-fans-react-saints-ps4m

Plus there's the Caulker-related saving too. Maybe we've knocked some of the loan fee off any deal for Austin?

Agreed. It's the K,Billy thumbs up which intrigues me....

So is this looking likely then? Seen the K,Billy hint, just need Guan to come and finalise it, I guess! Had seen some hints at a West Ham move for him but I wonder if he'd still fancy going there after this back in August... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-3205031/Charlie-Austin-hits-outrageous-slur-West-Ham-chairman-David-Sullivan-questioned-QPR-star-s-physical-condition.html

An excellent player on his day but Romeu's back up for the moment...

The win was essential but the performance gives hope for the immediate future too. Another good finisher & these wins could be turned into thrashings. An excellent response from the chaps.

He could join us as part of his Civic duty.

It'll also be interesting to hear if there are any imminent incomings, particularly with others below us beginning to strengthen, and whether the plan has shifted beyond just signing a single striker.

Interesting to see what Ronald says in his press conference because I'm sure he said the plan was to keep Caulker for the rest of the season. Clearly, he didn't play well in his sporadic appearances for us but it must be hard integrating into a back 4 consistently when you only play once in a while, sometimes only for a few minutes at a time. It will be interesting to see if he gets any game time at Liverpool, even with their injury crisis.

The whispers as to potential signings are almost non-existent. Either we're playing our cards even more closely to our chest than usual or there just isn't anything pending, which would be worrying. Or maybe the single signing RK mentioned is being rapidly reassessed internally given our woeful run of form and targets are still being identified never mind sounded out with their club.

If I were him, I'd be trying to get it tied up as soon as I could. Hell of a payout with just under 5 years on a deal left, if sacked, because results didn't improve.

Nearly as big a loss as Eva Carneiro at Chelsea IMO. Look at what happened to them when she left!!

Bournemouth strengthening despite being on a reasonable run. We are on an atrocious run & it looks like we can't be a*sed. One striker? It's not enough.

Juventus have apparently turned down bids from us and West Ham for Stefano Sturaro. http://gazzettaworld.gazzetta.it/news/transfer-market/juventus-west-ham-southampton-sturaro/

Another ex Saint in Arron Davies on now...

Looks like ex-Saints Paul Tisdale & Lee Holmes could be guiding Exeter to a surprise win over the Scousers if the half time score is anything to go by!

Maybe we get a discount as compensation for having Caulker?

Maybe, maybe not. Who truly knows the extent of the footballer ego?