Matthew Le God

He joined Saints when he was 14 or 15 years old from Thatcham Town, no real fanfare at the time.

I very much doubt it, the 4 years left on his contract puts the club in a very strong negotiating position.

Are you kidding? Villa have been buying Championship players for £33m. Ward-Prowse is a very experienced Premier League player, club captain, England International with 4 years left on his contract. He is worth £50m+ to us.

Alexander-Arnold's replacement hasn't been named yet. Southgate might view Ward-Prowse as the replacement, so makes sense to play him and use him for set pieces today.

Why would other clubs let this rumour influence their decision? If it was widely known agents did this, then the method would have no credibility with clubs as they'd be aware what the purpose was.

Villa have been paying £33m+ for Championshhip players, so any fee for our 26 year old Premier League captain with 4 years left on his contract will be huge.

Turkish yet again showing he doesn't understand burden of proof. You made a claim, you were asked to justify the claim and instead asked for evidence of the opposite. That isn't how evidence works!

How is this relevant? The academy system in England did not start until circa 1998, so Le Tissier was not in one.

I didn't spin it. Read my post in the context of what it was replying to! captainchris said... That is what my post was a response to. You keep taking my replies out of context.

Bournemouth to Brighton is a 200 mile, 5 hour commute each day!

It isn't Buendia's fault that the chances he created when he was last in the Premier League were messed up by his Norwich teammates...

Easier to perform magic when your key doves aren't injured.

The Bundesliga is a comparable quality to the Premier League and he came 2nd and 6th with a newly promoted club. Plus have you already forgotten how well we did during 2020 calender year? That showed for a substantial period he was able to get us winning and playing good football in the PL. Sure 2021 has not been good, but let's not rewrite the past.

Saying black lives matter, is not also saying other lives don't. In any case there is not a history of hundreds of years of repression of whites.

It is a Football Insider story by clickbait merchant Wayne Veysey. He barely counts as a journalist. He has come out with some absolute nonsense about Saints in the past.

I did not say you could. My question was about if Saints stopped signing 8 to 13 year olds, how would that help Saints as other clubs would get the best youngsters. Extremely rare for a player who makes it not to already be in the academy system before the age of 14.

They are allowed to do what they want and always have been.

It isn't 'some papers'... it was a Football Insider story by clickbait merchant Wayne Veysey. He barely counts as a journalist.

Report to who and for what purpose? Booing of the gesture is moronic... but it isn't illegal or racist in itself.

It didn't... as my question was how would Saints switching to only signing 14+ year olds if other clubs pick up the best players help Saints? Which you didn't address. Plus, missing out on 6 years of professional coaching isn't going to help.

That didn't answer the question.

Possibly a replacement for Grealish moving to Man City.

Lots of our best academy players were recruited at 8, 9, 10. Stopping recruitment at that age means Saints would miss out on players to other clubs. Only recruiting at 14 upwards means you've missed out on coaching them at a high level for 6 years. So how does that help us?

Why do you think they haven't tried to sell him? Maybe they have... but no-one wants to buy him.