adrian lord

Lama sound more like a pillock with every revelation...

I got a sneaking feeling we'll have the last laugh in all this...

Both Lama and Shaw can feck off.

A new Era begins today. From what I read about Koeman, he's seems the perfect fit for this tricky task of rebuilding. The enthusiasm for bringing on youth from the academy in particular. Be interested how we mitigate the impending losses of Lovren and Morgan. I guess Cork/Wanyama and this new midfielder Tadic will be part of the answer. Also, can Osvaldo be rehabilitated? And what of Gaston? I'd actually like to see us keep both and see if the new regime can bring them both a fresh slate.

This is an excellent point.

Master Bates? Or Captain Pugwash?

Fans, who are by nature sentimentalists, will naturally feel deep disappointment at the break-up of what will, with time, be remembered as a legendary Saints team that rose from the depths of league one to tweak the noses of Giants. The players however, are professionals, and as such have little or no room for sentimentality, and cannot be castigated for moving to jobs with more prestige, more prospects, and more money. They'd be silly not to, and who here hasn't or wouldn't, do the same in their own careers? It is big business, but with a uniquely emotionally-involved customer base. This is the fundamental dissonance that exists in the weird business that is football in the modern era. We will rebuild, re-invent and move on with a new team to love.

Tika-taka was always pretty to behold for a short while but rapidly became dull and tedious as a spectacle. Few are lamenting it's demise.

Why don't we abandon the first team and literally just be an Academy, feeding directly into the CL clubs? St Mary's can be sold off for redevelopment into yuppie flats. Bingo, loads of ££££££ for the Board.

As we speak, we don't have a single serviceable striker.

Christ, I just woke to find my mattress sodden with ****.

The trouble with human bites is that medically they are worse than a dog bite for infection risk if the skin is broken. The video clearly shows a voluntary additional neck extension and biting action, not merely a passive bumping of teeth and shoulder. Then, realising the foolishness of his actions, after a split but distinct second, he feigns tooth pain... The chap's a psychopath. God only knows what his poor wife has to suffer behind closed doors.

Gaston tried to stop Cellini demonstrating the bite marks to the ref and TV cameras..

Fifa - I have no confidence in them doing the right thing.

Half time was the good bit....

Futility. The single word that sums up being an England fan.

Anyone that thinks changing the bloody anthem will turn our meatheads into world-beaters on the pitch is ****ing deluded...

Well the WC so far won't have increased Lallana's value one iota, if anything reduced it due to showcasing alternative talent available.

We need an anthem that is "inclusive", and speaks to the Muslims.

I am appalled at the treasonous tone of the majority of posts in this thread.

Watch Roy play all the Saints (and Lambo) as starters for the what will be by then a dead rubber against Costa Rica....

Bless them, now they can get back to their WAGS, Kahn Range Rovers, Lambos, diamond-encrusted watches and elevated garden 5 a side pitches.

It'll be 50 years of hurt in a couple of years, for the Euros.

Hart is an arrogant **** and sadly, too many in the England set up seem to listen to his own hype.

Adam spraying the ball about now