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Bazunu is less likely then as he’s actually from Dublin, but Smallbone is from Basingstoke IIRC. Jon Daly got abuse from Celtic fans when he played for Rangers. Celtic is far more likely for RoI players but Mo Johnstone was the groundbreaker as a Catholic at Rangers.

100% I’d be drawing on that if I were his defence - huge crowds, hitting the car’s roof - and it caused a conflict flashback. The issue is why tailgate the ambulance into a highly restricted area - or what should have been - following that line of defence?

Mansfield IIRC. Won at Southend in round one. Bale got his debut under Burley much later that season. Walcott definitely featured under him though.

Rangers and Martin seem increasingly likely, Ancelotti Jr is off elsewhere I get the sense. New owners and investment and his style would work well for a dominant team in that league and in Europe. Would help Saints by him being off the payroll, and he might tempted to come in for Smallbone, maybe Bazunu. In turn, that would secure their places in the RoI squad better than staying at Saints as I don’t see them as Still players. Downes is too pricey for the SPL and Captain Jack only operates in the south/SW.

Blimey, that takes happy clapping and carrot-crunchingly unambitious to another level. 0.6% who were satisfied are on another planet as well.

Eddie Jack just took an early wicket for England A vs India A at Canterbury https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-226815 Interesting to see how Singh Dale and Hull go - latter got a wicket as well - as Sam Cook did ok v Zimbabwe but not sure he completed allayed any fears amongst the England management about not having sufficient mph to trouble international red ball batters. Cook will be a rotation option as suspect this summer to have another look but can’t see him on the plane for the Ashes. McKinney another to watch - Crawley and Pope safe for now but along with Bethell he is breathing down their necks.

Fancy a hoover or hand dryer at half price?

Have you been sending personal photos again?

Wonder if he sang PUP whilst he was ‘doing the deed’?

Gerrard rules out Rangers return so looks like Ancelotti Jr or Martin. Off the payroll shortly one way or another.

Agreed broadly although the fee was much lower to Chelsea so it was a net profit of around £20m even after a chunk sell on to Chelsea. The Delap margin by contrast is much more slender and if it’s 30% overall not the just the profit it’s break-even.

@Matthew Le God do you know the answer to this? I can’t recall seeing one, possible City has a % clause on the profit of any sale and a possibly a buyback.

Southampton seems to have an emerging craft beer scene so somebody should be able to put a range together with a bitter/pale/porter/non alc options.

EFL are peeved with them, but I’ll still believe it when I see it, Leicester have some good lawyers working for them.

If all of the above is true then I’d have to say Ipswich got their pants pulled down there when Delap performed so well. Could end up with small profit/break even on THB and did nowhere near as well as Delap. On that deal, wasn’t the one that got away.

Glad it’s not just me. Hope sincerely that this post gets reminded to me later on when he excels and is sold for £30m but this is classic SR again in the sense it’s a single transaction aimed purely at profit and not contributing a fully ready player in the spine of the team for the league we are playing in. Yes, really do not want to see three centre backs again, it vacated the midfield the whole season and ruined THB who was better in a back 4/central 2. You don’t often get Championship players who hit the ground running for League One fees and the club isn’t in a ‘one for the future’ place. If Wood is leaving as well Bednarek and possibly THB then as developmental back up it would make more sense. CBs with height and pace are rare but Blackburn had one in Tyler Magloire and he’s now out of contract at Northampton Town.

Beskitas allegedly interested in Nathan Wood too in addition to the above probable departures. Bednarek is a cert at £6m release fee.

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Fully agree and as others have added, it’s far from just this season, culmination of Semmens stating the the league table didn’t matter at a fans forum allied to Blackmore’s lucky to be in the PL (have a look at our history 1966-), Rasmus’s old garbage about breaking what wasn’t broken (although it was neglected under Gao), obsession about finding the next Tino or Lavia over actually building a team core and spine, Les Reed’s increasing cheapening of transfer fees and increased volume of them, and a diverse range of marketing gimmicks and slogans to disguise the decline from the Koeman high watermark and Puel’s League Cup Final. That environment isn’t going to recruit many winning player mentalities and the few it does find by fluke aren’t hanging around to wallow in staleness ignoring the club’s history.

Wanted us to sign him from Spurs. A couple of the promoted clubs might be sniffing but the fact they’re all in the north might help.

I bet you’re looking forward to toying with him (he was the toy salesman, wasnt he?)

The i running the front page more of the newspapers should be, echoing the IFS warnings during the GE, you’d really hope the public would have learned from the red bus and the NHS https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87j44rdjvzo

Lightning up the topic slightly, wonder if a customer who is also a football fan has shouted ‘Fuck VAR!’? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20q5q92y2yo

Hints of Ryan Seagar, and his injury at Crewe, hopefully a better outcome for Ballard.

Out of those, Bednarek 100% going, £6m release fee clubs will all over that overseas. Bazanu loan out again, take a hit on the wages, AM is fine for #2, isn’t Lumley ooc? Bazanu #2 for final year of contract if he really develops on during loan spell. ABK will go as long as he passes medical, but will be low fee eg £5m or less. Beskitas interested apparently in Nathan Wood. Ramsdale £25m release fee pays for new #1 keeper easily. THB not quite PL ready. The lbs will be hardest to shift. Martin might offer Saints a nominal for Manning if Still thinks Taylor is better suited. Larios see Bazanu but not returning as not suited to English football physically as a defender. Wellington and Taylor more than sufficient. Sugawara off even if it isn’t Napoli. CM Downes could go to Ipswich but they will struggle to pay what Saints want. Martin in the picture too. Aribo Turkey, one year left and higher earner, fee £5-8m. Plenty of prior links. Lallana retiring. Smallbone probably loan out as he’s not a Still player physically, Charles is. Dibling and Fernandes are coveted and gone. Edozie might be a Still player I’ve a feeling. Fraser - who knows?! BBD get fit and see. Sulemana gone I reckon but big loss on what Rasmus paid. Onachu Turkey, Trabzonspor to finally agree fee.