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Lamptey is Everton bound, looks like that one is pretty much signed. Ings is interesting though, I can't imagine many taking a punt unless someone like Brentford fancy having him on the bench.

He's been quoted before saying he'd love to run the club (see link) but he won't throwaway his own money....

Just jumping on a couple of points. Firstly I work quite closely with farms and currently they are being offered quite hefty sums to build solar on farmland, money which really does smash the equivalent returns if it was used for rape, livestock etc. Secondly, climate change is very much real and it's causing us to change the way we farm. One particular family farm has recorded the weather every day going back to the 1800's, looking through the books you can see that whilst the yearly amount of rain we receive is pretty similar to 150 years ago we have less rainy days and when it does rain, we seem to get more than we used to. The daily temperatures certainly have ticked up and you can really notice the difference in the winter months compared to the turn of the last century. There is one bit of good news! I worked with a couple of large French Champagne companies who are buying up farmland within Hampshire, West Sussex, Kent etc because they believe on the current trend that the UK will be able to produce sparkling wines which really will be world class in the next 10-20 years.

Seems like St Mary's is quite a confusing place at the moment. We, for the first time in a while have a sporting director but we are currently managerless, with the club potentially up for sale too. I just have a rather horrible feeling it's going to be Rusk & Lallana as I can't see anyone like Rohl or Still wanting to join a club with so much uncertainty around it. Equally I'm going to mentally prepare for what is likely to be a very disappointing season in the Championship..

I've had a shocker there...

I tend to agree, I think Still would overall be a better fit for us and I have a feeling Rohl is Leipzig bound anyway..

I really can't predict what will happen next year, as mentioned I think we'll have a better idea once we have a new manager and know what the team will look like. I do however think Birmingham will win the league with Ipswich going up in second, which leaves us in the playoffs picture with a dozen or so other teams.

Some names there! Remember having the misfortune of a train journey back from Cardiff with badboysaint who was a complete weapon the whole time. The9 is still about, I play football with him and Rabbit (can't find orange text) now and again.

Lukas Jutkiewicz

Liam Delap...

Is your nephew Onyango? If so he was pretty impressive when I saw him earlier in the season!

The last kit designed by a saints fan...

I can only assume that's why RvN might stay? Financially it makes sense?

Did it work out for Farke? I mean last season that Leeds team should of been at least second and he got outplayed tactically by Martin. I agree Burnley did it right with Parker, but lets face it they'll be propping up the Premier League next season..

Steve Bracknell, give him the reigns! 😁

I like him and he's willing to adapt to win which is what we're all crying out for.

The Championship is a horrible league to get out of and even with parachute payments it doesn't mean you'll be up there. So for a lot of 'established' managers its just not worth the risk, why drop down when you can get a job in the top flight and challenge the best. Taking a job with 'less' money at someone like Wolves is far more attractive than us..

Agree. Also, I'm surprised that nobody uses the 'Delap' anymore. I remember Ben Foster speaking recently that the long throw is one of the hardest things to defend against, surely teams like us and Leicester could have a rare advantage by deploying a tactic like that.

Unique case, he was taking a huge salary from Newcastle and knew they'd return instantly with the team they had.

Nailed it. It was cringeworthy seeing the posts of 'Potter' & 'Moyes' after Martin left, which were often followed up by bemoaning SR for going for the 'cheap option'. As mentioned we're not going to be able to attract anyone of huge premier league experience and certainly not anyone of any real note, which means we'll get the dregs or someone who is relatively unproven. Rohl seems to have some potential but we'll see what happens if as reported Leipzig come in for him, Still is rising up the betting and again a young coach who could end up being good in the long run. After that, it's nobody of real note and one could argue Rusk & Lallana would be a better pairing than someone like Gerrard coming in..

I hope she does bloody well! Additionally I can't believe we have individuals doubting her talent because she's a woman? Christ 🙄...

Didn't he turn down Sunderland last summer though? Personally I don't think he wants a Championship gig...

Apparently because they are under sanctions and unable to export to the US, they weren't included in the list..

The obvious choice will be at right back, with KwP leaving and Sugawara likely to head off too all we're left with is Bree. Out wide will be another as players move on and again we're lacking upfront too.

Exactly that. The problem for us is that we had a large squad with a number back on premier league wages, Ipswich were in a slightly different position where they had a lower wage bill so they had a bit more wiggle room. Still, they certainly pushed as close as the PSR limit as they could get..