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Koeman changed his Facebook profile picture 5 hours ago. Keep up man!

I always get quite excited when there's a rumbling of ambivalence on here about 'average' players we sign in the c.£10m bracket. More often than not they turn out to be little gems. More ambivalence please folks!

Excellent news. I like it when our summers turn into "sagas". Always a sign of a good season ahead. Lovely jubbly

Pelle!!!!!!!!!!

Aye, you'd never get anyone on here reacting negatively if we didn't progress....no sir-eee.... (Remind me, how long have you been a member of this forum....?) (Edit: yes, I know the negative brigade on here aren't representative of the wider fan base, but...)

I replied to a poster along these lines last week when they said it should be easy for us to attract a high profile / high calibre manager. I suggested it could actually be more difficult due to the success bar being a lot higher than it was when Koeman joined. So, doesn't surprise me if our options are indeed being restricted in the manner you describe. Thanks for sharing your insights FloridaMarlin; appreciated.

I'm English and I support Ireland when we're not playing them. I do this purely to annoy people who get annoyed by such things. It's quite a successful ploy.

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I'm not a member of the Adrian Durham fan club, but this piece seems pretty bang on to me... https://m.soundcloud.com/talksport/listen-adrian-durham-onn-fan-violence-and-slams-uefa

Pardon my idle curiosity but did this Jack Schitt chap used to post on here or has he only arrived on the message board scene since the inception of the Sotonians message board?

I'm still sticking with my "Koeman helped engineer new contracts with release clauses for the players he was keen to take to Everton with him" conspiracy theory, and its that 'loophole' that the club are now trying to plug. Highly unlikely I know....

Humble apologies. I'll print out a few Mensa application forms and hand them around

Only if you throw people with an IQ of sub-50 into the mix.

He missed out the "and backdated" bit. What an utter cesspit of a club.

They really are more deluded than Pompey and their fans, aren't they? (Things you never thought you'd hear yourself say #182)

Plausible IMO

* Trousers hands over conspiracy theory baton *

Me? Tamper with source material?

Everton ‏@Everton NEWS ALERT! @D_gibson4 has extended his contract by two years to 2018. #EFC. #bigclub #ambition

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Except that there aren't any bookies offering odds on him. Oh, I see what you mean...

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/koeman-announcement-set-delayed-until-11449659

http://soccer.nbcsports.com/2016/06/09/how-ronald-koemans-southampton-tenure-unraveled-quickly/ (apologies if already posted - don't think there's anything particularly new in it)