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The Only Way Is SO14 ‏@OnlyWayIsSO14 The #saintsfc stadium tours that were due to take place this evening have been cancelled and fans kept away from Itchen stand.

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Both were not out

No surprise re: Forren

"Embarrassing" spelling you've got there sir...

Who knows? How do we know for sure that the original bid was for £12m? Maybe Cardiff upped their bid and we edged ours up a bit to see them off? Maybe its a way of the agent getting his cut indirectly? I guess we'll never know...

"The Celtic midfielder’s £12.5million switch looked dead after his agent Rob Moore asked for a £1m golden handshake. But Saints chairman Nicola Cortese refused to cough up and Moore backed down when a switch to Cardiff also fell through."

Jordan Sibley ‏@jordansibley The new @SouthamptonFC Official Team Coach has arrived @ St Mary's. Looking forward to travelling on it this season!

Anyone know what time this will be announced today? Thanks

Albeit a dead one...

Calling all ITKs (and Glasgow Saint)... Any idea what time this will be announced today? (If indeed it is today) Thanks

Ok. I've been wrong before and will endeavour to keep up this poor track record for years to come.

I tend to look at it this way... How much does it cost the cinema company to show one film? How much does it cost for a premier league club to host a game of football? The best comparison to me is not the face value of tickets for different forms of entertain but instead to compare the 'mark up' each is making on the tickets. Ok, I know the come back on that one will be that Saints are able to offset most of their costs from the TV money but looking at it purely from the 'cost per game' angle you may well find that the cinema makes more profit per screening than Saints do per game. I could be completely wide of the mark and missing the point but there's a reason one form of entertainment costs more than others.

Hartson is right when he says that Saints are a step down in terms of the "size" of the club but he doesn't seem to be able to deduce or rationalise why one of the "big" clubs didn't come in for him. Maybe, John, that's because they don't think he's as good as you do and that a smaller club like Southampton is actually a better match for developing his talents at this moment in time. Just a hunch... Edit: ...and if Wanyama is as good as Hartson says he is then surely he'll help turn Southampton from a "bottom 6" side into a team competing in the top half. You can't have it both ways John me ok' mucka....

No. My (and i assume St Marco's) thoughts aren't evidence based. It's simply a hunch that he has backed down. Could be right, could be wrong. Who knows.

Not bad! For a "defensive midfielder" he seems to spend quite a lot of time in the opposition's half (going by that video)

Correct. Just reading between the lines.

Cheers. Best guess on what time of day this will be announced by the club tomorrow?

"The Chairman looks to have won his battle with the agents" That's the most important aspect of this drawn out signing to me. Hopefully it paves the way for other chairmen to follow suit.

You're also mistaking me for someone who has thought this through....

Now on Saints Player.... I think the gaffer tape look could catch on.... http://www.player.saintsfc.co.uk/latest-news/article/3234126/date/20130710161700/page/0/name/Highlights:-Sholing-1-4-Saints-U21s

Just need a willy twitcher now and we've got the full set...