SambaMaverick

What a crap signing that would be

As would I

Time for the club to wake up and smell the coffee imo. Feel for them that they will never get full marks for the THB and Downes deals because we had them last season, but we desperately need more quality almost all over the pitch or we will be cannon fodder

Wouldn't be against Charles going, he'd do ok in Scotland. From what I've seen I don't think (my opinion) he has what it takes to make it in the PL, and certainly would be swimming against the tide if thrown in this season. Would give us a chance to get a decent upgrade and then have good cover for Downes.

Because our attack as a whole is incredibly weak.

Decent signing but if he's our first choice striker we could well be fucked

Tonic like Lemina-de new captain at Wolves - wtf?

To be fair, I think McKenna is a lot better manager than Kompany. I can see them staying up, he knows how to be pragmatic (not a dig at RM).

No-one is going to take him, realistically. If he can't prove himself fit before September then we'll have to take our medicine and maybe ship Mara out.

Christ I forgot about Stewart. Feels like a decision needs to be made about whether we can actually count on him this season before the window closes, to be honest.

Still think we need one more striker even if we get BBD, working on the assumption Tall Paul will be out

Nat Boot I believe, he's passed it brilliantly

Shocking from Lis and whoever that was with the lazy leg at the back post

Passing not a problem for my eyes but seems to take a long time to get it under control and can't shift it around as well as I'd expected. Could be the pitch

Yep also the difference between him and THB on the ball is night and day, I'd say even Bednarek looks more assured. Plenty of time for Wood to get up to speed yet though

Wood looks like much more of a unit than I was expecting, and probably not in a good way

Beautiful goal from SAA

Could work a lot better if we're going with three at the back, but someone of Manning's quality will be hopeless in there

Manning playing very inverted so far

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/video/live-pre-season-friendly-bordeaux-vs-saints

That scorpion kick and backflip is absolutely insane. Unfortunately, he is not suited to the Premier League in any way and even less so to what RM is trying to do. I can't see any way he stays.

Seriously dodgy deal, one in a series with Man City including Charles, possibly Edozie and less so Bazunu. Thank fuck we managed to get Lavia.

Good luck and thank you Che. Our best striker in recent years, even if that is a low bar. A hard worker and a lot more technical than given credit for.

Wages probably. He's been there for a while so has no doubt negotiated a few juicy increases in that time, could even still be on first-choice wages.

Che and Brereton-Diaz or Callum Wilson in an ideal world