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People STILL thinking Davis should be in the starting XI

Why, how did that directly affect you. I couldnt give a monkeys how he did his business, it was what was going on on the pitch that was important. As someone else said, our ambition went the day Cortese left. When your club is based on a model that every part is interchangeable, and most players see it as a stepping stone (one good season and Im off) - then its hardly any wonder that we have lost all sense of The Southampton Way...whatever that was. We have no identity whatsoever, we are literally just a feeder club for "bigger" teams. It seems the club are happy to buy cheap and sell expensive...and just keep ticking along like that.

Weve got to be the only club where "New" investement....actually means "No" investment. Also, keeping hold of a contracted player is hardly a massive achivement.....he was under contract, we were hardly batting bids back left right and centre, and plenty of other clubs kept hold of players that wanted out - so I wont be slapping anyone at SFC on the back over that. Appreciate that keeping hold of players in the past has been tricky, but they shouldnt be applauded just becasue VVD didnt go. They also have spent 15m on a player who we probably didnt really need. 6/10 - Could have done so much better.

Bit dramatic, its VVD we are talking about, not Terry Waite! Also, him sitting out 20+ games this season is going to stitch him up more than it will SFC. We get 50m at the end of the season, instead of 70+ now.

Yes. but it appears it can be broken should Benfica wish to sell.

Yes. but it appears it can be broken should Benfica wish to sell.

We should be going for Talisca at Besiktas, saw quite a bit of him when he was playing in Portugal. Could be exactly what we need. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talisca

You understood your own made up assumption....?

If I was given the choice of keeping Forster or spending 20+m on a replacement, id rather keep the 20+m...as he is fine for our level. However, I would put him in that group of players such as Jack Wilshere and Luke Shaw, where their natural ability can only get them so far. They lack the intelligence to take on what is being asked of them by their coaches / manager.

You're absolutely correct. Id much rather have a massive bulging wallet and be in the Prem, than win a few things and spend a few seasons in other divisions.

Don't get the past few seasons confused with club ethos. I would say that their approach to filling up a trophy cabinet is substantially better than ours.

Do you get silverware for that?

What if our inept manager was only part of it, what if last season was exactly the season you would expect from that squad.

Indeed

If Everton are our benchmark, we've slipped behind them quite a bit. They have spent huge sums of money on superior players to what they already have (probably spending the ££££ they will get for Barkley and Lukaku) A few years ago, the top four was nailed on, just depended on what order. Now we are approaching a situation where the top 7 could be nailed on. Any other team gets investment, the starts spending the huge sums of money available, they will then make it a top 8...etc. The rest of the teams will be in a relegation scrap, do well in your relegation scrap, and you may end up 10th....do badly, and you're down.

If Everton are our benchmark, we've slipped behind them quite a bit. They have spent huge sums of money on superior players to what they already have (probably spending the ££££ they will get for Barkley and Lukaku) A few years ago, the top four was nailed on, just depended on what order. Now we are approaching a situation where the top 7 could be nailed on. Any other team gets investment, the starts spending the huge sums of money available, they will then make it a top 8...etc. The rest of the teams will be in a relegation scrap, do well in your relegation scrap, and you may end up 10th....do badly, and you're down.

That article is a rehash of the artlices they published when we appointed both Koemann and Puel. In fact, every time we appoint a new manager, or player....that report comes out. Almost word for word.

For your next trick, are you going to enlighten us as to why we are called the Saints, as none of us know. Cheers

Just seen Ross in Texaco garage, filling up his brand new Merc. Imagine the cash he is on for basically playing Football Manager! He gave me the look to say "I know, that you know, that I know...." and made a quick exit before I asked him how the Ronaldo meetings were going

Yeah, pretty much....selling club felt the fee we offered represented good business.

Some weird ctrl c ctrl v ****e going on there...!!!

This thread will come back and be hilarious in a year or 2.....but for completely the opposite reasons you give. Not sure he will be a massive sale for the club, when you can probably get someone a lot better (for half the price) from Europe. There is a reason why we were able to get him for 10m, and there is a reason why he wont be sold for much more than 15 - 20m...In a couple of seasons time, when hes demonstrated that circa 7 goals a season is his level. All gong and no dinner. That said, he would make a good impact sub, last 10 mins or so, against tired legs. this thread will come back and be hilarious in a year or 2this thread will come back and be hilarious in a year or 2

Redmond is just another... Shaun Wright-Phillips, Aaron Lennon, Theo Walcott, Andros Townsend, Wayne Routledge...etc....etc Speed is their only skill.

Sell Redmond, sign James Rodriguez and give him 16m in wages.

I cant see us making any decisions until we sort out who is making the decisions!