St Chalet

Or we are using this to pressure Ings / Burnley

How much of the £10m will i have to pay personally? Yep nothing. He isnt a marquee signing, but he is a big upgrade on Isgrove and if Pelle doesnt fire I cant see anywhere else goals will come from.

As the 12th man parody of Tony Grieg once said, "a grudge is just somewhere to park your car" I must confess that Koeman is coming out as hard as nails. Players have been crying out for clarity and leadership and shouldn't grumble if they get it.

Feck me Glasgow, you were hiding being a decent poster all these years.

Kelvin's only real crime last year was being injured at the same time as Boruc. Gazzaniga however.......

Please keep your insults to yourself.

Think that is a really poor decision. I really hope Boruc is ok with it or we are back to square one, safe to assume this will be his last season with us as I doubt he will sign a new deal.

[Awaits] William Hill's Youtube montage, FM2014 stats and Alpine moaning he isn't a CB

Think it confirms it albeit on a different day, the assumption is we had concerns at said medical. "Florin Guard was in England during the day Saturday, where he conducted medical examination for Southampton"

I didn't wear socks yesterday, therefore it is officially uncool.

We are a CB, Wide Player and a Striker away from being competitive.

I suspect: Boruc Clyne Yoshida Fonte Bertrand Wanyama Taider Tadic S Davis Ramirez Pelle if Schneiderlin is fit physically and mentally he'll come in for Taider. Not sure I'd blood a new centre back in this fixture although we do need one.

Its somewhere between a 2012/13 and 2013/14 season for me. We are in better shape than when we came up but not as good as the start of last season. that said, we'll be facing a Liverpool side with a good few changes as well.

Can we play the lights 12 hours of Talksport? Guaranteed they will be dimmer as a result.

I am hoping that part of any contract we offer young Jack includes a gagging clause on Alan 'tyro league pushy dad type' Cork.

We missed Lallana's creativity and fluidity today, appreciate that might not be a popular opinion.

He defended well, passed badly.

Certainly reasons to be cheerful. Defensively ok although Yoshida constantly gave the ball away. Attacking, some of the same flair from last year without the understanding. so to the new boys. Betrand, solid defensively and did get forward but didn't push on much into the final third. He's quick and should be good enough. If you like Clyne on the right, you'll be ok with him. Tadic, the fella looks utter class. Touches, vision and delivery are there to see. Once everyone gets on his wavelength he should be very productive. Held position on the right (and on the left for last 30) a lot more than Lallana. Pelle, he's huge. Touch is ok but didn't show anything to suggest he's going to get 15 goals this term without a strike partner or exceptional service. Taïder, bit of a cameo, looked bright and busy and probably did more than JWP. The others. Boruc, not much to do, decent distribution with one poor kick Clyne, solid Fonte, getting better with age and responsibilty Yoshida, stopper at best, gives away possession to easily Wanyama, strolled it, huge difference when he plays JWP, a little bit missing for me. S Davis, solid shift as always Isgrove, has pace and gets in good positions, looks a bit lightweight and make bad decisions for this level right now. Ramirez, lots of effort. Does the difficult things well, ****s up the simple things. Cork, ususal solid performance Mayuka, pacey but ****e use of promising situations, this generations Jonno Quick. We'll be ok this year, Koeman has them trying to attack quicker and not as much emphasis on ball retention or pressing, a bit long ball if anything, they need a few games to gel and we haven't got a prayer at Anfield without Schneiderlin.

If Spurs had / do put in a decent bid we will sell him. £10m is way below his value. I don't think we should be bullied into to selling him for a cut price fee given he has 3 years left on his deal.

The Great Escape

I understand some fans made a virtual donation to the fund to secure the last 20%

Snatch Never say never again the colour of money gone in 60 seconds the thin red line

Back to topic, I hope Urug Gaston Ramirez does well for us this year.

Nope, but definitely a Saint. Having just sorted out his user account.