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Foster and Watson have been together with England as well.

Could be worse, but I wouldn't pay £10m for her.

Not really. He saw out his three year contract with Feyenoord in full.

Were not after Martinez, we're after Tadic.

Not really. The fee is agreed. Presumably Tadic is wanting to see if Schalke matches Twente's price

He's just pleased to see you

Is it next to the "Don't let clowns convince you fairydust is real" one?

Fair point about additional striker re Rodriguez. I was focussing more on what we needed to do to replace those we've lost. I agree we need more signings to address weaknesses in some positions and in squad depth if we are to improve, or to replace any future departures.

Agree about the need to complete Tadic and Pelle - if those deals fall apart we might start to struggle to attract new signings. Conversely if they happen everything is going to become easier and less pressurised. Besides them we only need perhaps one more key player, depending on any more departures.

Thanks, its like being criticised by Forrest Gump, reassuring.

your whole point is based on a wrong assumption. MALI was a hobby, a plaything, like Saints. It was closed down because it lost money and had always lost money.

And those excellent players were transferred from the Dutch league, like Tadic.

I'm not in anyway saying its a good or desirable situation. We would likely have been stronger if all the players had wanted to stay. My point was that given a bad situation the board have done pretty well in terms of maximising the fees. The idea from some that we could force players to stay or let them rot in the reserves is comic book stuff that doesn't work in modern football. When clubs have so much money tied up in players as assets they simply cant afford to pay their wages and see their asset depreciate in order to make a point. I agree Saints record of making good big money signings is poor. I hope we can break that trend this close season.

Anther hoary old cliche. The Dutch league doesnt have much depth . The top three or four clubs are excellent. Saints wouldnt beat Ajax, PSV or Feyenoord.

but not as much about Banega - the underperforming midfielder Valencia had to loan back to a struggling Argentine league club and is available for a cut price £5.5m - less than Tadic.

no, for being a ****wit

Exactly - not flawless managerial history, who has, but three Dutch titles, CL quarter finalists, Copa del Rey. More than Mopo.

This is the post that definitively identifies you as utterly clueless.

It effectively preserves the status quo and prevents any new boys like Manchester City buying their ticket to the top table - even if they can sustain that position 'fairly' once they get there.

We could end up with better players overall, and the team understanding will come in time.

So he's demanding a transfer to Liverpool because Saints sold key players and that demonstrates lack of ambition. Suarez? "erm yes, but um, thats different". So isn't it right they are refusing to sell you because you're a key player as well? "erm yes, but um, thats different"

GCSE level stuff 'Prof'. The players wanted to go to double and quintuple in one case their wages. In the modern game you cant stop that. The board did what they could, which was to maximise income - a world record fee and an inflated fee. That is good work and we will be able to strengthen the team for less than we spent. Everything else is ****ing in the wind.

Probably centres on not telling them a lot of made up pony in order to get them to sign and then scarpering when the chickens come home to roost.

Dad is a cu nt. seems a bit strong.