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Maybe, but we have to be realistic at the same time. All these young players aren't joining us to play together for Southampton for the next 10 years.

Really happy with this window so far. Get a CB in and it's about as good as we could expect. This summer feels like a reset in terms of our transfer policy - signing a whole bunch of talented youngsters who we can potentially sell in a couple years time for anywhere between £20-40million, at which point we'll be able to reinvest at the level we were spending before (but just spending it more wisely than on the likes of Hoedt, Carillo, Lemina etc!).

I seem to remember they wanted a million quid for him at the time which we weren't prepared to pay...remember we were in league one at the time, that amount of money got us Rickie Lambert, spending the same amount on a young player that had been good to average up to that point wouldn't have been justifiable (at the time!).

Brilliant article for those of us who have no idea who he is, doesn't even mention what position he plays.

You'd like to think our starting players in those positions would be two of Armstrong, Djenepo and Tella anyway, but Ralph seems adamant that Tella should be used up front now annoyingly.

Let's not forget that we don't actually need him to be the level of VVD or Aldeweireld to make progress. All our CBs are lower Prem quality, so someone who is good enough for top half would be an improvement.

Having two fullbacks each side that could potentially do a job in the first team means we can rotate more which means we can maintain our high intensity game for longer.

That's mental. Neither of them should be offered new contracts and so their willingness to sign should be irrelevant to who plays.

Now there is a shout, tell them Redmond is available they'll probably lap it up. No idea why he is so highly rated by the rest of the football world. I'd take anything over £10million for him. Let Ralph pick another young player to snap up for the future.

Forster at least makes saves you don't expect him to every now and then, he knows how to position himself when facing a shot to give himself the best chance of blocking it by virtue of his size. He also likes playing the ball out quicker which could be handy with the pace and direct runners we have. There is not a single part of the game that McCarthy is better at.

Part of me wishes we'd conceded from that mental moment when he was crawling around on all fours on his goal line while Salisu blocked the shot. It would have made pundits etc highlight him and possibly force Ralph to admit he's fucking useless. What on earth is happening in training that makes him not pick Forster!

If we continue with the high line you NEED a keeper that can confidently and capably rush out and collect balls that drop anywhere in the box. McCarthy doesn't have the confidence and Forster is too slow.

He's a weird one, last two seasons he's had times where he came into the team and looked outstanding and then his performances just drop and he starts making stupid mistakes again. Maybe he just gets comfortable?

Unless someone is paying £20million or more for him - unlikely - we should not be looking to sell, at all.

I'd like to see us play mostly our first choice team, only changes I'd make are Adams for Tella or Broja, JWP for Diallo (or S. Armstrong if he's fit) and Walcott for Elyounoussi. All the others you'd think of resting - Tino, A. Armstrong, Djenepo, Perraud and the CB pairing - could all use as much game time as possible.

KWP and Tino on the right, Perraud and Stuart Armstrong on the left sounds as good as we've had down the wings for a long time.

I feel a wantaway KWP saga around the corner...

To be fair Ings has never missed a single one on one chance in his entire life.

Pogba you cunt, that was intending to hurt him.

Should still be able to hit it forward with the outside of his right foot.

Adams was in behind the defence there but KWP bottled it and cut back inside to play it backwards. Fuck sake.

Indeed, need to be working on near post flick ons and pacy corners to the edge of the box.

Romeu shit himself there and played the pass too early.

My bad, my missus said it was Tella coming on 🤦🏼‍♂️