Faz

I blame Les

I'd say that's a winner.

I remember seeing him play for Burnley at SMS and he was sharp with great movement. Everyone is saying he's fit, and on that basis I welcome him, and back him to get 10-12 goals. We will finish 12th

I bet Ings makes five times the contribution of the touch line waddler

We will finish 12th. Fact. Lump on.

It depends. The piece makes clear that where there is a synergy with Chinese football the position is likely to be more benign. If Gao is setting out his stall to set up soccer centres and bring Saints on Pre-season tours then that may be sufficient. Mind you, as none of us know the plan, or the precise nature of the financial restrictions I could be a million miles away

Wow. Bad day? How does receiving a bid on a player equate to trying to sell him? How does it square with Hughes saying he wants to keep the younger players until Jan to try and give them playing time? The sky is not falling on your head ………..

I have to say, at £14/15m (which makes the £10m JWP bid even more of a joke) I'd let him go. If we're persisting with 3 at the back, as seems to be the case, then he won't offer enough going forward. Whilst defensively not as sound, McQueen is the more natural winger, and provides decent cover.

Having read through all the recent posts on here, and taking them as evidence of the truth, my conclusion is Cedric is unable to find another club because he had stomach ache (and he's too short). Other than that he'd be gone and is, therefore, automatically rubbish.

Each to his own. All he ever had was pace, and Everton massively overpaid imo for a player with 9 goals in 90 PL games - £25m was a lot of money all the way back in 2016. Clearly his injury has had a massive impact, and that is sad. Bolasie #2???

In the current climate, £10m is a stupidly low amount of money. If he was playing regularly in the championship for Norwich, they'd have to pay £25m to get him. As it is he has what, 160/70 PL games under his belt at 23/24?? Mad. Plus he is the poster-boy for the pathway - the only reason to sell is if he wants to leave.

Who says?

Shuhurely some mistake. Saints are the only team the make poor signings.

Perhaps the "usual type of audience" is more in keeping with our "usual type of fan". If only they could see what we can see, eh?

Seriously guys, stop winding each other up - or down. I suggest you look at every 25 man squad from Burnley down and ask yourselves how many of those players wuld make a huge difference to our team. For sure each squad will have one or two players you would pick, but the same could easily be said of ours. The challenge is that all teams below the top 6 are much of a muchness until you get to teams like Cardiff, Huddersfield, and one or two more. Momentum and belief will be key. I at least have confidence that this season the players will undertsand what is expected of them, and will be playing to a plan. I also expect us to be much more aggressive in outlook which, of course, you don't get to see in pre-season. I think we will score more, but also concede more. Should be better than the sterile rubbish of the last two seasons.

If I recall correctly, even Levy agreed they'd wasted the Bale money. It was part of the reason they brought in Pochetino to develop and promote from within, and Mithcell to find better value targets. They have been successful at that, but they certainly wasted the opportunity immediately post-Bale.

My guess is all of them. It’s just we dont know the minutia of every other club

Which of the promoted Clubs have blown us out of the water on spending?

Unlike you to be critical of the club

Excellent. Citeh never pay anything under £50m these days.

Dalek #2

Just curious, what could have happened to convince you he will stay fit?

I thought we bought because Charlie was injured

I thought that’s what happened on here???

I'm sure you can swing anything arou d so it's the Club's fault..... It's what you do, right? Although not quite sure what we're supposed to be "renegading" on