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Some of them seem to think there's some big conspiracy behind the "undisclosed" transfer fee

Last seen in Norway in 2010.... http://www.yachtspotter.com/ysp2_ycard.php?foo=20051213

Good read - cheers. I particularly liked this bit... "The most striking statistic of Pochettino's spell in charge relates to possession - or rather the restriction of it. In all 16 games that Pochettino has presided over at Southampton, his team has ensured that their opponents enjoyed a below-average level of possession in the contest. While Chelsea and Tottenham did manage to achieve this for 10-game sequences, no team in the Premier League could come close to such a remarkable run. Indeed, in the top-five European leagues, only three sides managed to better it"

No.4 not wearing any pants?

http://www.cml.org.uk/cml/media/press/3586

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RIP Lee Rigby

Thanks. Any news on whether the pope is catholic or not...?

Just watching the second part of that interview where he talks about the 'deal' with Tesco. He's saying that PFC don't have anything tangible to sell to Tesco as part of the supermarket build proposal but what they are selling to Tesco is PFC's cooperation with the planning process and Tesco are making a 'substantial' payment to PFC to buy this "cooperation". Hall then goes on to say the alternative would be for PFC to not accept the money from Tesco and instead contest the planning process. He said there's no point the club doing that as they would end up with nothing and Tesco would win in the end anyway. Not sure if any of that is new information or not but first time I've heard it articulated in those terms. What doesn't seem to add up is that if Hall is publicly saying that there would be no point PFC contesting Tesco's planning request then why would Tesco feel the need to give PFC a "substantial" sum of money to buy their cooperation? All sounds a tad contrived to me....

For those nutjobs with Saints Player login IDs... http://www.player.portsmouthfc.co.uk/latest-news/article/3235247/date/20130711174200/page/0/name/MICAH-HALL-EXCLUSIVE:-PART-ONE http://www.player.portsmouthfc.co.uk/latest-news/article/3235288/date/20130711181300/page/0/name/MICAH-HALL-EXCLUSIVE:-PART-TWO Hall's a very eloquent chap. Gotta give him that.

Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC18s Goodbye Southampton! #saintsfc #preseasonuncovered https://vine.co/v/hZaUxBnlb7p

Banega running from his incoming flight to catch them up?

Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC8m The #SaintsFC First Team are off to Spain for the first part of their pre-season training camp! #preseasonuncovered pic.twitter.com/I6uzNcCstN

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@alex_crook: Well done to @kristemple and his BBC colleagues for saying next to nothing re Wanyama until deal was done. Cutting edge journalism @jamiefisk7: @alex_crook @kristemple now now! Handbags away. Lets see who gets next signing correct. I'm going with Alex. @kristemple: @jamiefisk7 @alex_crook many bullets make light work Jamie

Ok.

@MichKatami: @VictorWanyama's move to #EPL to #Southampton is a breakthrough for Kenyan football.. Massive move,

I'm just off to check how many times my broken clock has been right this week. Will report back soonish.

How many losers has Pochettino brought in so far? I've lost count...

How do we know what the fees were/ are? What makes one assumption on the fees any more valid than another?

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@MichKatami: @VictorWanyama just called me to rely the message that he's finally signed for Saints...He is so happy ..

Cool. I'm with you on this one. The signs were obvious to me too