Saint Garrett

Can't see it being transfer related. Odd time to put up an interview though.

Fox > Dickson > Harding. Harding has somehow stayed in contention, not sure how.

Any good ?

Seems very highly rated by the comments on that article and they also seem to have picked up onthe fact that we are getting linked with a lot of players from the Erdivisie.

Good news for Feyenoord: 'Fun' interest, but it is too early ' Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 12:45 Stefan de Vrij will evolve at Feyenoord, despite interest from Premier League club Southampton. The defender finds it too early for a change: "All well and good that Southampton are interested, but it is too early. I stay anyway," says The Free On Metro. If Ron Vlaar still leave, then the Free the new captain. "A great honor and of course it would also be good for my development. Hopefully that once, because it looks like that Ron continues. And that is not only important for me, but for the whole team." Ronald Koeman wants his defender going to take more responsibility. In that light comes aanvoerderschap therefore perhaps a bit too early. "I need more take the lead. That's different than working on your technique or application, you can be on train. But I assert is not really in me, so it is quite difficult. But it does belong in my position. "

What is the allocation likely to be ? I guess about the same as City so 2800?

Dutch u-21 and was included in the prelim dutch euros squad. Used to play as a CM so probably a 'passing' CB. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/de-vrij/profil/spieler_111196.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_de_Vrij

I think they'll go on general sale which means that less than say 1500 will be STH. I'll be massively ****ed off if I don't get a ticket for Arsenal, but don't really want to go to City and spend god knows how much money just to guarentee my ticket for Arsenal.

I have been to alot of away games in the last few years, but with it being 4pm, on SKY, 4 hours away, a ground I have already been to twice and £50 odd quid just for the ticket, It's a no from me. Just doesnt make financial sense, I'd rather go to a few new grounds this year, including Arsenal a few weeks later.

Agree 100% with this. Dorkish seems to feel the need to comment on absolutely everything whether he likes it or not. You can question things yes, but there is no reason to talk down to people or just argue with people for the sake of it. It's boring, it makes reading the useful posts long winded, and stops others from posting. You don't actually often come up with anything worth reading on this forum.

That Swansea kit looks like a Read Madrid shirt.

http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/story-16594363-detail/story.html Matt Oakley was all set to retire from professional football following his release by Leicester City in May, but after having his appetite for the game invigorated at Exeter City, the former Premier League playmaker is considering extending his career by a further year. Oakley has been a notable performer in Exeter's last two pre-season friendlies and the offer of a contract is not far away. All the 34-year-old has to do is prove he is over a long-standing ankle tendon injury and he will almost certainly be handed the number eight shirt that manager Paul Tisdale appears to have tantalisingly kept open for his former Southampton team-mate. ​Matt Oakley (right) holds Exeter City manager and former Southampton team-mate Paul Tisdale (left) in high esteem PICTURE: Phil Mingo/Pinnacle ​ ••.."He's done that on purpose to suck me in a little bit! If everything goes well, then I would love to come back," Oakley said. "I feel good. I had a bad injury, the tendon came away from the bone in my ankle, which is quite a nasty injury, so I have to make sure the muscles around it can handle dealing without that tendon. I have to do things in stages, so it's quite nice to play 45 minutes and not get to 65-70 minutes of a game. "I have to be patient, do it in my own time and not be silly. I have to be realistic, I am 35 next month and my body doesn't recover like it used to, but as long as I am taking the right steps. "Paul has been fantastic with me and is making sure that I'm not doing anything that I shouldn't be doing; he is being very cautious with me." However, it is not just Tisdale that is being cautious, but Oakley too. He was all set to retire after his release by Leicester, but when Tisdale came calling, Oakley was keen to take things further, hence the reason he has been on trial with Exeter for the past fortnight. Other clubs are sure to have shown interest, but for Oakley, it is Exeter or nothing as he reflects so fondly on a seven-game loan spell he had at the club last season. "I wasn't looking to carry on playing," Oakley said. "I have just moved back to London and my girls are going back to school there, so my mind has been on that. I had a bad injury, I had two years at Leicester that I didn't really enjoy and then a month where I really did enjoy my football down here. "I love the club, I love the way that it is progressing and the way that they play football, so it was a pretty simple conversation really between me and Paul to see where I was. It's a chance for me to see where I was fitness-wise. Paul asked me to come down and play a few games and then take it from there." During his 18-year playing career, Oakley has played under a number of different managers at the three clubs he has represented. They include the likes of Alan Ball, Graeme Souness, Glenn Hoddle, Gordon Strachan and Harry Redknapp at Southampton; Billy Davies and Paul Jewell at Derby and Nigel Pearson, Paulo Sousa and Sven-Goran Eriksson at Leicester. Some have been good and some bad, but one manager that he does hold in high esteem is Tisdale. "I have had 22 managers in my time and Paul is one of the best that I have seen," Oakley said. "I have never really looked at getting into coaching, but I will hopefully look at the best that I have been working with. "I have kept friendly with him for 15-20 years, since I played with him at Southampton, and watched him progress with his management and his style. "I have worked under some really poor managers and coaches. I have also worked with some good ones and Paul was fantastic when I came here last time, I liked his ideas and the way he was doing it, but I was only here for six weeks. This will give me more time to see what he's doing." Oakley added: "I was at a point where I just wasn't enjoying football at Leicester. It was a tough time, there was lots of changes at the club and I came down here and saw a different side to it. There was a lot of structure, a lot of progressive ideas and good young players trying to play in a nice way." One of my favourite players at Southampton, and always thought he was under appreciated here. Hope he can maximise his career and do a job for Exeter.

Sure I read somewhere that it's this week.

He's ****, no thanks.

My WHU mates seem to be pretty defensive about this when I mention it to them, however I think they'd be on the brink of admin had they not gone up. Their arguement is 'the owners are businessmen and west ham fans, they wouldnt let us go into admin, and all the high earners left anyway'...

This forum is quickly turning into just that.

You hope....!!!

If you havent seen it, theres some chat on the topic in this thread. http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?36684-Staplewood

Any facts they were heading for bankruptcy !?

We'll get Cat A status anyway I would have thought but there are a lot of teams who will get it. Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal, Man Utd, Spurs are all better than ours I think. I would assume Liverpool, Newcastle, Everton? are all better? Possibly Villa? West Ham? I'm not sure....

He blocked me ages ago when I rubbed it in after we beat them at St Marys.

Lets hope so, would be great to see them arrogant ******s go back down this season.

And the biggest 'mong' is Dorkish

If they pay anywhere near 20m for him then thats absolutely ridiculous. He is god awful. worth £10m max

I guess they must do. Maybe ours is Category A as it's the first game of the season?