adrian lord

The Champions' League.

precisely.

FFP has ironically raped little old Saints for the benefit of the Big Boys. Great...

We mugged Liverpool good and prop-er this window. Lallana will flop too.

Legend status beckons for Big Vic.

Welcome to the brave new world.

It is entirely plausible that the Football Club could become a relatively small appendage to a mighty, global Academy machine. It is certainly the way to go for Saints and indeed I hinted as much in some posts last week.

The whole club and us the fans need to close ranks and get behind the team. What's done is done. We need a bunker mentality now this season and lets show those revelling in our apparent implosion that we are not about to go away. The lads coming through the Academy now will make Shaw, Lallana and Chambers look like chumps before long.

LOL! I think they found a way this window to the tune of £100M!

First class post.

Jeez, if we hive off the Academy, we can be Reading at best.

The fightback starts here by the sound of it. I think he came across rather well.

Guaranteed for how long?

She was up for it last week!

Difference between VG and Moyes is the former isn't in awe of, or scared of big time charlie players....

Will we attract Arab money? Are there any Emirates, Sheiks or Gulf states left that are yet to buy a trophy club? Or will we be bought by an Eastern billionaire eccentric, a la Tan? American investors in 'soccer' have caught colds so I doubt we will see anyone from across the pond step in, but you never know...

I think he will go. The Cork/Clyne/Wanyama group now looking vulnerable too, although they will struggle to attract CL club interest but may be tempted into sideways moves for more ambitious clubs and higher wages - Everton, Newcastle et al.

When will J W-P and Cork get on the conveyor belt up the M3?

Twitter starting to link Ward-Prowse with Man City. The next layer - Cork/Clyne/Wanyama starting to look very vulnerable. This ain't over yet by a long chalk.

Not all going sweetly for the defectors: Judas has done his knee and now Shaw feels the wrath of van Gaal: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/10996925/Louis-van-Gaal-says-Luke-Shaw-not-fit-enough-to-meet-his-and-Manchester-Uniteds-demands-and-will-train-alone.html

Titanic.

Kl was never interested in the long haul and never shared her father's passion for football, let alone Saints. She is getting out at earliest opportunity that can offers a big pay day. This was clearly the agenda behind Cortese's ousting and some of us read the writing on the wall then, but were derided for posting.

Big Vic has been noticeably absent from transfer speculation - obviously he must be up to the job...

Are there any happy clappers left.....?????

Both - it was obviously gallows humour. He's gonna leave soon at this rate. The deal is all over the BBC website for Spurs.