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Would be interested to know if he was like it with the Swans reporters at all and he just 'enjoys' the sparring with the media, definitely seen a few managers who like that side of it and get something out of it. Definitely seems that he isn't shy in letting Adam know if he ruffles his feathers

Atalanta have fifth bid rejected for Matt O'Riley according to Sky Italia

- didn't argue AMC's preseason mistakes - said he doesn't fret too much over preseason, it's preseason - felt AMC got better as preseason went on, better with the regular defence - when you get promoted, you naturally want to give opportunities to the guys who got you there - however you do have to balance that up with bringing in players that can make improvements to your team - we want players in many positions right now, we are trying to find the right deals for the right ones - if we sign a goalkeeper this month, then it will be because we believe they are the right person and they will come in and improve us

Pretty non-committal on Alex McCarthy there

Sky Sports reporting that Armel Bella-Kotchap has been given permission to undergo a medical with Hoffenheim tomorrow, after Saints accepted a bid of €15m

BILD saying Eintracht Frankfurt are interested in a deal for Armel Bella-Kotchap now, Hoffenheim also looking at Oumar Solet from RB Salzburg

Two weeks now until the first home game. Imagine the groundstaff are thankful for that. Probably could've done without two games in four days this week

In the spirit of keeping the thread updated...

Think it's WBA TBH

I hope you're right and generally agree with the perspective you've given. Also, if you're going to spend £27.5m and it's on someone who isn't Matt O'Riley that would probably play slightly strangely with the fanbase - and likely the manager, based on what we've heard

FT: Saints 0-0 Getafe

Honestly, you can almost see why Forest just signed all the players they wanted and then took the points deduction and tried to make some quick sales to tidy the books up for the next season

Fabio Carvalho going to Brentford for £20m + add-ons

That makes a lot more sense. Assumed with these officials that it was just raw incompetence

Fuck me, that is a criminal offside. Edozie plays it to Sugawara who is behind the play... and the flag goes up

Paul actually doing some work to hold the ball up and try to bring others into play but just getting totally wiped out by the Getafe lads after his first touch. Ref doing nothing about it, of course

Onuachu is playing!

KWP and BBD subbed off after 60 mins Saints: McCarthy; Harwood-Bellis, Stephens, Bednarek; Sugawara, Smallbone, Downes, Aribo, Taylor; Edozie, Armstrong

Ref needs to start treating this as a proper game to try and get Getafe to fall in line

No changes at the break

HT: Saints 0-0 Getafe

Sugawara is really good