Saint Garrett

Loved having him. Had a few fantastic seasons under Koeman. Not the greatest footballer of all time, but deserves a huge amount of respect. Gave me probably my best moment as a saints fan. Best of luck in the future Shane, always will get a great reception. We’ve had better footballers who have been far worse than you.

He's still injured, hasn't returned to Staplewood yet. They're concerned he might not be fit for the start of the season.

He's not back yet...

Redmond, Armstrong also in videos today, so possibly all back now.

I think we probably need 2, and atleast 1 starting striker. Long way to go of this window though, but only 5 weeks til the first game of the season...

Don't think he's likely to be anywhere near as big as Wanyama, he was an absolutely wall.

Pretty sure there isn't much the club can do to keep them, they don't have contracts, they can go whereever they want. It just ends up at a tribunal if the clubs can't agree a deal I think. I don't think the club can just turn down offers from newcastle, as they dont have to make one.

Not uncommon for the kids who are highly rated, and tehrefore probably earn the most for their age, are they ones that don't apply themselves and disappear. I hope for Diblings sake, he can keep on the straight and narrow, becuase he's clearly a big talent.

Wasn’t Dibling on the bench a few times at the end of the season? Certainly was Brentford away. I wouldn’t want us to offer him that kind of money anyway, so if that’s what he’s in the game for then feel free to leave.

Shame

Newcastle rag reporting it is Dibling. https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-united-tracking-explosive-southampton-forward-tyler-dibling-3749913

Not sure why you'd bother going there as a youth player. Youth players wont be of interest for 5-10 years. It'll all be about making the first team capable of competing for Champs league places.

£10m with rumoured £50-60m buy back option...

First team squad definitely, not sure where it leaves Smallbone / Diallo. I'm expecting him to be first choice alongside JWP.

https://theathletic.com/news/southampton-close-to-completing-romeo-lavia-deal/JeEBru3A4gk4/

An alternative to Romeu ?

The more I look at it, the more I dislike it, too much white for sure.

Just lighting I think

It’s ok. Sponsor looks rubbish, and too much white for me, but on the flip side nice to have something a bit different. Don’t hate it, don’t love it,

We want him…

I don't even think we'd want him.

It’s cheerio and sorry it hasn’t worked out for me. But he ain’t good enough. Shane Long, at 65, offers more than Armstrong.

Yup, seems to line up with what I was told too.

He hasn’t for ages. I hear snippets. One of my contacts has recently left the club though. He’s been unhappy for quite a while, hasn’t settled down here, and his missus wants to move back up north. Middlesbrough would make the most sense.