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"It was believed Southampton had the evidence to incriminate Liverpool but, in the weeks that have followed the complaint, they have not put it forward." I'm trying to work out why we wouldn't want to incriminate one of our premier league rivals. Surely neutralising Liverpool in the transfer market (which might have been the outcome) would have been to our benefit in next season. The only logical reason is that we haven't completely closed the door to the notion that VvD might still end up at Liverpool. In other words, we'd rather take 'stupid money' from Liverpool than hold onto VvD at all costs...? Or maybe I'm thinking too hard about this whole malarkey.

For something that seemed pretty nailed on a month or so ago it does seem to be dragging on somewhat. That said, I've taken my eye off the Pompey Takeover ball of late (#shock #horror) so perhaps there's been an update or two that I've missed.

Agree. I'm pretty sure all our previous managers in recent history have been formally introduced 'in the flesh' on the day they were announced. It does indeed have a whiff of being rushed through to avoid being gazumped.

Was just about to post the same. One assumes that Liverpool will now retract their apology given it turns out they've done nothing wrong...?

# whataboutery klaxon # Maybe its as 'grubby' as the deal Labour and/or the SNP were allegedly hatching with the DUP in 2010 and/or 2015?

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Is it me or does the white bit look like an apron or bib...?

That will only likely happen if he's does well with us, so 'every cloud' and all that

How many weeks is it now since the wonderkid football deal broker (forgotten his name already) announced that the next Chinese premier league club takeover was 24 hours away?

https://southamptonfc.com/news/2017-06-23/announcement-mauricio-pellegrino-new-southampton-first-team-manager

Nah....he's not trying to bait people. Never has. That would be against the forum rules and the mods would have come down on him like a ton of bricks long before now if he was a wind up merchant. No, it's simply someone exercising a different opinion, innit guv?....

Lighten up sir. It was a tongue-in-cheek post. Perhaps I should start taking life more seriously, then I might fit in on here #winkything

I've got a slightly larger set of genitals than that fella

I wonder if this Argentinian will get a better welcome than the last one...? https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?t=42469

You'd have thought members of this forum would be used to such behaviour by now

His full name is Mauricio Andrés Pellegrino Luna, so I'm going for 'Lunatic' or 'loon' for short

Morning, afternoon or evening? Cheers

Probably around the same time we ask the same question about life itself

Sounds like he ought to have a test for diabetes pretty sharpish

The article on Pellegrino's tactics posted earlier (this one: https://www.umaxit.com/index.php/columns/english-clubs-should-chase-mauricio-pellegrino-hes-the-real-deal ) suggests that Pellegrino's reputation for being predominantly a defensive coach is a misrepresentation of his time at Alavés. It would appear he adjusts his tactics depending on the opposition (which I guess Puel also did to a certain degree). On reflection, I'd be happy if we go with Pellegrino.

Textbook

ITK or random punt? Cheers p.s. Martinez?

Unless I've missed it, I can't see anything in the reports of yesterday's opening discussions where there was an agreement to conclude divorce settlement discussions before future trade arrangement discussions begin. Davis & co conceded a while ago that the divorce discussions would start first but as far as I can tell they're still maintaining their stance that there will/should be an overlap of discussions in due course. Davis: "Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed". Whether the EU agrees with that stance is still up for grabs as far as I can tell, but it seems like a logical approach to me. Perhaps the headline in this FT report of yesterday's proceedings is less sensationalist, given it doesn't come from a Murdoch source...? https://www.ft.com/content/34b704a0-54d7-11e7-9fed-c19e2700005f "Britain and EU agree to focus on divorce at start of Brexit talks"

So Samuels is saying that clubs shouldn't offload players who don't want to play for the club anymore? Interesting logic.