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Was it Ince who Holloway had a meltdown about us trying to buy and then Blackpool accused Saints of tapping up?

Clearly the marketing team are better at knowing their decades

Agree. The shirt is pretty loud in isolation, but as a full kit laid out, it looks pretty nice and I think it'll look good from the stands/on TV as well

Away kit in full

Yeah agree, thought the same re: height. It needs lowering because it's way too close to the number. I'm guessing they've done that so the logo can't be obscured if a player tucks their shirt in

Neil Danns was another one back in the day where it seemed like he was coming and then he wasn't. Palace were trying to balance the books, it was a year on from us signing Jose Fonte from them and he chose to go to Leicester instead as he had family in the Midlands and came from Liverpool, I think I read Neil Warnock's autobiography a while ago and he mentions being told by Simon Jordan (I think) that they'd had to accept a bid from Southampton for Neil Danns, but then it ended up being that he chose Leicester instead

I think that other CB you're on about was Kaspars Gorkss? The Latvian CB from Queens Park Rangers, ended up going to Reading instead, just a week before the deadline. That would make sense as it lines up with Hooiveld being a late grab as the window was closing after missing out on Fontaine and Gorkss

Fernandes has the same agent as Nuno too, so that's something to watch out for

It was Matsuki for the penalty I think

https://twitter.com/africafoot_com/status/1945195410026578368?s=46&t=f0hgNyKSvvOD5qjGLJhsXQ

Rob Dorsett of Sky saying it’s now expected to be a 9pt deduction for Leicester

Has told the Daily Echo after today's game that he intends to stay at Saints and prove himself to the fans by winning promotion

I see Sugawara has told the Daily Echo today that he wants to stay at Saints and prove himself to the fans by winning promotion If so, that removes our need for a RB. Unless Bree goes... does he only have one year left on his deal now?

First 60 minutes: Ramsdale; Bree, Stephens, Quarshie, Welington; Downes, Smallbone; Armstrong (Dibling, 30), Fraser, Robinson; Archer. Second 60 minutes: Bazunu; Sugawara, Wood, Taylor, Manning (Kayi Sanda, 45); Matsuki, Charles; Edozie, Dibling (Aribo, 15), Brereton Diaz; Stewart.

KWP to Besiktas on a 3yr deal worth approx £70k per week Flying to Istanbul on Wednesday according to Turkish media

Confirmed by Will Still to be rehabbing from his ankle surgery after injury at Everton away in May - back available around opening games of the season: "The next two or three weeks are going to be about building up his fitness levels and getting his foot where it needs to be. He will be back in full training at the early stages of August, and hopefully back for match situations in the first week or two of August."

I assumed Manning would stay but he's clearly been training but wasn't involved at all today - could just be that he's got a knock and nobody asked about it, but...

The back will look much better when printed with names and numbers in red, I think. Saw a couple of fan shirts from the store and they immediately looked better

So the second half team will presumably be… Bazunu; Sugawara, Quarshie, Wood, Welington; Downes, Matsuki; Robinson, Dibling, Edozie; Archer That leaves Moore, Sesay, Ballard as subs to get a few minutes late on

Had ankle surgery at the end of the season, last we saw of him was limping off at Goodison I think

Don't think THB is anywhere near game action yet, every photo we see of him he seems to be working alone and wearing trainers rather than boots

Should get a first look at Quarshie, he's been back in since the first day I think