Dan Johnson

They signed Rickie Lambert before they sold Suarez... he must be his replacement

Unless Chambers has asked to leave of course £16 million is allot for a player who hasn't played much first team football at all & is still 2nd choice. I think the board probably have blinked at the fee because realistically he's probably only worth at most 7-8 million & while he has shown great potential, it's still only potential & he may never progress. Each transfer should be judged in isolation which is hard to do when the overall picture is looking pretty grim at the moment (though I think it will improve) If Chambers was the only player to leave this summer at £16million we'd be saying what good business it was.

£130k a week, crazy money. If Chelsea cant afford to pay it then we don't have a chance. Rickie must be upwards of 70k at Liverpool and we know Lallana is on 100k, Lovern will be on the same. People can blame the board all they want, but we SIMPLY CAN NOT afford to pay this kind of money & players heads will be turned

From 3:45 "We know the players, we will have new player in that position, because we need 2 good ones, with marcos, with target we have one & we're looking for the other one" Pretty sure "we know the players" "We will have new players" "with Marcos" all but confirms Rojo :-)

I really can't see Lallana doing well for Liverpool, I think both he & Lambert will be fringe players. I think Lovern will establish himself though

Which is why I think (if he is sold) we accepted the fee, it's also a risk on our part to turn down that kind of money for a position we aren't struggling with. Cork can play right back too if required & again we don't know if he'll fulfil that potential. We don't know whats going on behind the scenes, whether we need money to facilitate incoming transfers. We can only really judge when the window closes, I like chambers though & will be sorry to see him leave.

All my non supporting Mates are laughing more at the prices paid than the amount of players sold

He's krocked ;-) we got out at the right time!

We can only really assess at the end of the transfer window, players may have to leave to facilitate the fees of those coming in. The order things are done are not important its the end result, I'll hold the board accountable if at the end of August we haven't replaced any or all of the players. Until then you just got to go with the flow.

£16 Million is a ridiculous fee for a Second Choice right back. I will be disappointed if he leaves, thought he'd progress to be a decent Center Back.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9395047/liverpools-adam-lallana-could-miss-start-of-premier-league-with-knee-injury

From what I have seen of Pelle he looks a marked improvement on Lambert. Very Similar in style but more effective, great support play but has the pace to join the attacks, very Mobile. I Like him, Targett looks good too. Isgroves working hard and took his goal well. Centre backs worry me a little, but I think its Inevitable we'll strengthen there. I'd bring in 2 CBs, another striker, a winger, a left back & a goalkeeper

The money is Southampton Football clubs, the Liebherrs own the club but it's a completely separate legal entity. Directors can of course take dividends payments but they have a legal obligation to ensure the business is run correctly, clubs don't pay transfer fees directly into the owners bank account

Pretty shocking that from Saints, we should be keeping Corks dad informed.

Didn't Guan say that he was concerned that the player we were targeting to replace Lovern was a little ambitious, could match up if its Rojo

Quailty football post on a Football forum shocker! Thanks mate

It's like the 2014 version of has Skacel Signed Yet... Has Lovern Gone Yet??

To be fair I thought that last year and made the mistake of putting ricky van wolfswinkel in my dream team. It's impossible to tell really until a ball is kicked who has done the best business. I thought Spurs signed genuine quality last summer yet it turns out they were all ineffective

1) Chelsea 2) Man City 3) Arsenal 4) Man Utd 5) Everton 6) Tottenham 7) Liverpool Newcastle 9) Southampton 10) West Ham 11) Hull 12) Stoke 13) QPR 14) Sunderland 15) Swansea 16) Aston Villa 17) Palace 18) Leciester 19) Burnley 20) West Brom

Where do they play? The kids go to braishfield school, assuming they use the green behind that?

Both Lallana & Lambert had at least 4 years of productive service each, both contributed massively to where we are now. We've had those 4 years to get to know their strengths and their weaknesses. Without a similar time frame it's impossible to judge, even after next season we won't know. If we stay in the premier league and pelle scores only 3 then everyone will say no, however if in the two seasons after that he contributes 20+ goals a season then it'll be a yes. I'm certain they'll both be better technically, they've both played at higher levels on a more consistent basis comparatively.

This, he said why would they trust another club to develop our younger players when we invest so heavily in it. He did say there were some circumstances where it could be beneficial and I suppose centre backs & goalkeepers benefit from competitive game time more than any other positions, however, may suggest he's not developed as they would have hoped.

Lovern posted a picture on his twitter yesterday in an airport so assume he's flying to meet us for pre season. He could have flown directly to Belgium and could be meeting the team out there? Looks like the door is open for him to stay. I know Koeman said "there's a contract in the table" pretty sure he was referring to the fact he needs to honour his exsisting contract but for me he needs to show commitment to us by signing a new contract and apologising in public if he is to stay

Remember when Matt Oakley was injured for ages, the longer he was out the better he became? Maybe that's the same with Jrod, I know it's close season but he's been out what, 3 months? Come Christmas he could be as good as Suarez, if we're bottom or struggling he might even be as good as Ronaldo!

Personally I've not seen enough of him to have an opinion. Thought he looked unfit in his championship season with us, despite scoring all those goals. Seem to remember reports at the time stating he wasn't up to the fitness standard expected at Saints For me his build doesn't look conducive to being a premier league footballer, his asset is clearly his strength when I think the premier league requires better mobility, however that's not to say he can't be a success and he'd earned his right for an opportunity in our first season. I think he was treated appallingly by the club, I know football is a harsh business and there's no room for sentiment but he moved his young family down here at a very tough time in their life personally after losing a child. After the goals he scored to get us into the premier league the club seemed to just cast him aside. Everyone deserved the opportunity to have a shot in the premier league, now unfortunately 2 seasons later everyone's expectations are considerably higher than they were in our first season, where survival was seen as an achievement. I'm sure he'd be the unwitting scapegoat if after being given his opportunity he had scored very little come Christmas time or worse still not scored at all. If he is given the chance I will give him my backing 100%