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FYI: anyone who wanted a men's shirt with Starling rather than Rollbit, they are now available on the club's online shop

We had a scout at Stevenage v Coventry the other night. Ben Sheaf maybe? One of the best combative/deeper midfielders in the Champ and surprisingly quiet about him moving on... his profile fits on paper, too

That would be a really good loan move for him IMO, but also, you'd assume we absolutely have to add another DM in that case (which might be good, as I wasn't that confident in Charles picking that role up just yet)

In financial terms it's a pretty shrewd signing too. For £7m and the sort of salary he is on, if he has one good scoring season he becomes great value and would sell for 2/3 times that amount - and if things go the other way and we go down, he's the sort of player (like Arma) who can help get you back up without too much threat of losing him (unless he has a great season)

Agree, I expect we’ll sign five more. There’s enough rumours and positions being discussed at the moment to hit that mark, especially with the loan market given we’ve not used any loan slots yet

FT: Montpellier 1-3 Saints

He threw himself down because he didn't get the throw-in, incredibly

To be fair to Sekou, he scored a penalty the other day and the other club folded so he was probably feeling guilty about doing it again

Sekou Mara with one of the worst penalties I have ever seen

Penalty to Saints again, Sam Amo taken down this time

Another set of subs on Saints team - 63 mins: McCarthy; Bree, Harwood-Bellis, Wood, Manning; Alcaraz, Charles, O'Brien-Whitmash; Amo-Ameyaw, Mara, Robinson

3-1 THB

Flynn Downes booked, meaning he has now been shown a yellow card in both of the training camp games

Saints - second half: McCarthy; Sugawara, Harwood-Bellis, Wood, Taylor; Smallbone, Downes, Aribo; Amo-Ameyaw, Mara, Edozie

I remember when they put that out at the time. Usually I watch that sort of thing with a new coach and sell myself on them, even if I didn't love the appointment. After that I just thought the guy made me think of a school PE teacher. Pretty surprised they actually put it out

Ronnie Edwards with a THB style ball over the top

HT: Montpellier 0-2 Saints

2-0 Dibling

Smallbone, Downes, Aribo all playing well, some really nice stuff. Unfortunately the wide forwards seem to kill the moves as soon as they get involved and there’s no natural striker