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And my name's Bobby Davro

Not under his original moniker anyway....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38291201 "Mark Venus: Coventry City in a 'sad state', says League One club's caretaker boss'

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/14961355.Puel__van_Dijk_buyout_talk__not_true_/ "Southampton manager Claude Puel says Virgil van Dijk does not have a £25m buyout clause in his contract"

More good news. Going back a year or so, Seager was the striker who was showing most promise at U21 level. Was prolific at that level. Been out almost a year now hasn't he? Hope he picks up where he left off.

Full time. Saints go through to round 4. The future's bright...

Now Saints close to getting a 3rd. End to end stuff

Man Utd miss a sitter, although great save from Parkes in the end

Yes!! Saints take the lead. Another great strike, from Smallbone this time. 4 mins left

A screamer from O'Connor to equalise on 82 minutes

Utd take the lead on 64 minutes. Cracking goal from Chong (complete with Fellani tribute hairstyle)

Game started 20 minutes ago. Live stream here: http://cricfree.sc/watch/live/manchester-united-u18-vs-southampton-u18-live-streaming

Exhibit A m'lud

There's a difference between speculating who we may or may not sign (hence me suggesting earlier in the thread that Barnes could/should be 'promoted') and getting cheesed off about something that hasn't happened yet. I tend to do the emotional stuff (e.g. 'getting cheesed off') once I know what's actually happened. Call me old fashioned.

Less of the random please. I'm 100% predictable.

Rather than try and read between the lines of Puel's broken English, I'm going to play my old fashioned card again and wait and see how things pan before forming a point of view on our January transfer dealings. Nothing is a foregone conclusion (apart from the eventual destruction of the known universe of course)

Forster Cedric Yoshida VvD Bertrand Romeu Davis Hojbjerg Sims Redmond Long Subs: Taylor, Fonte, McQueen, JWP, Clasie, Boufal, JRod

Sweepstake for first person to post: "FFS. We would have been drawn against "? #butterflyeffect #chaostheory

Ticks all of the "type of player that Saints would go for" boxes, plus the Puel connection of course. Looks like more like a Tadic/Boufal winger/attacking midfielder than a Pelle/Austin striker though.

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Yep. Wouldn't be surprised if we see Barnes on the first team bench sometime this month. I think he may have been ahead of Olomola in pecking order before he got injured?

You're seriously asking the Saintsweb Forum intelligentsia to give our new players time? Chortle

It's ok... After our next manager takes the helm, Puel will take his rightful place alongside Pochettino and Koeman in the Saintsweb Forum Selective Memory Hall of Fame...

Marcus Barnes