Lee On Solent Saint

He's a lot better than what we have already.

Am just going to pass my phone around to my lad and Dad, can't be doing with all this transfer arse.

Aribo

He was pretty average in our relegation season, be interesting to see if he gets a better handle on it this season. Assuming he stays that is.

Maybe not. But still outrageous. Especially when KWP is probably sitting on half that.

Absolutely.

That's fuckin laughable. Aribo as a top earner. Criminal.

I'd quite happily move both Smallbone and Aribo on to accommodate JWP.

Southgate was never going to pick him. I wonder who advised him?

Adz? Seriously?

Revolution beat me to it. Pretty sure Koeman can pick out a decent player. I thought he was a good player for us.

You don't become a regular Portuguese international player by being shit.

Shit arguement fella. Think you'll find that Dyer never started a game for Leicester that season, Cedric was a regular starter for Portgual.

Really? What do you base that on? Fonte was a Euro Champion winner too. Was he awful as well?

Not sure I agree with that. Cedric was decent.

Am not a Baz fan, but if he was playing, we probably wouldn't have conceded a goal like yesterday's. If he was as good with his hands as is feet, he'd be a top keeper.

This just shows how far we have fallen as a club. I know they've just got a massive fee for Solanke, but if you said ten or twelve years ago that Bournemouth's record fee for a transfer would be nearly double ours, I would have not been able to stop laughing. It's embarrassing.

But surely your reference to them as an awful club in itself promotes some kind of rivalry? I work in a very heavy PO zone. The rivalry matters to those of a blue persuasion. Even people who have no interest in football hate all things Southampton.

Yet possibly as many as six of that eleven may start at Newcastle on Saturday.

Wasn't impressed with them at St Mary's when they beat us. With better game management we would have beaten them at their place.

Bit odd that it comes out now. Wasn't picked up by PSV last season.

Probably to be expected. A kind draw and you never know though.

Draw for the 2nd round this evening. Any preferences to who we get? Hoping for a home tie at the very least. Would like us to take this competition seriously this year, the cups might offer us the only excitement.

Is he this seasons Harry Winks? Remember most on here turning noses up at him.

Not a player, but Koeman joining as manager was pretty high up there. Massive player, huge profile. I was really pissed off when he left as I genuinely thought we were going to challenge with him.