Matthew Le God

Hard to believe that it is the true reason. Saints kept on smaller players from the same cohort. If they didn't think they'd be big enough for one role, they could find a different role for them. Plus the medical department would have been fully aware they could grow taller after the age of 16 when released.

Norwich conceded 75 goals the last time they were in the Premier League.

That is appalling 'journalism'. That article is simply rehashing Noel Whelan talking to the terrible website Football Insider. There is no news in the article.

Hilarious! 🙄 Explain why it isn't a valid question.

Why do you appear to value open play involvements higher than set piece goal involvements? A goal is a goal regardless of it being in open play or from a set piece.

Not at all, imagine someone else asked you the question... and then give answering a question a try for once.

Play the post, not the poster. It wasn't an unreasonable question.

Why would you ignore them? Do those set piece goals and assists not count as goals and assists? He is exceptional at them and that is a skill that has value.

Why are you seemingly using that as a negative? It is to his credit he is superb at them, being good at them boosts his value. A goal or an assist from a set piece can win a game just like one from open play can.

Have you considered the hardships faced by black working class people could be for both their race and class?

I've already pointed out to you that last summer, 6 months into a pandemic we spent more on players than we sold. So what exactly in the accounts are you basing your claim?

'Republic' would need a different definition in this other universe.

The 'Republic' in 'Republic of Ireland' is a big clue they are not and can't be a home nation! 😉😇

£30m for a 26 year old, Premier League captain on the fringes of the England squad and has 269 top flight games under his belt and 4 years left on his contract is very cheap! Championship players are being sold for £30m+, a £30m bid shouldn't be remotely tempting for Saints.

The evidence shows otherwise. We spent more than we brought in last summer (£37m+ spent), despite being 6 months into a pandemic and having Gao as an owner. It also doesn't mean you sell you're captain when he has 4 years left on his contract. Situation was different for Hojbjerg with only a year left and his value dropped due to that.

What about the club's financial position means we need to sell players massively under their value? The repayments for the Covid loan the club took out aren't due to start for years from now. What evidence is there that the club can only afford the loan through player sales rather than other sources of income?

One of them isn't a home nation and is a foreign country.

Yep, it whooshed over your head that my post was agreeing with/supporting your post! I wasn't disagreeing with you! Quite the opposite! 😁

What relevance does Villa being European Champions 39 years ago have to football in 2021? £30m is the price of a player after a good Championship season... not a 26 year old Premier League captain with 4 years left on his contract.

Because uprooting your young family is a big thing for what is only a slightly upwards move. It won't make a big difference to his career like a move to the big 6 would. He has already finished 6th, 8th, 7th and 8th in the Premier League with Saints. Villa at best will only match that. He may as well wait and see if a really big team ever want him.

Our superb form during 2020 was without Rohl and with his replacement.

We've relatively recently paid that kind of price for backup centre backs (Salisu), central midfielders (Diallo), keepers (Gunn) and wingers (Djenepo) and others... so why not fullbacks?

That isn't what a 'sitter' is. A 'sitter' in football is an incredibly easy chance.

It is you that jumps on me on this forum most of the time... not the other way round! 🙄