Matthew Le God

It growing at 9% of course isn't good, but 4 years leeway to recover from Covid and reducing the need to panic and sell star assets.

You have taken my post completely out of context. I was responding to the claim that Saints would sell him even if he did not want to leave. If Ings does not want to leave, Saints can not force him.

No we don't. Repayments start in 2025, not repay by 2025. "Nothing to repay until 2025" - Toby Steele from 5:40 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p093tbpp

If he does not want to leave they can not force him. They aren't holding a gun to his head!

Yes it was an inexperienced bench. But it is daft to sign a player until the end of the season if we only need to cover players missing for a few weeks.

No he is injury prone and if Djenepo and Redmond are due back in a few weeks there is no need for him. What is the point in signing him only for us to have other number 10s return to fitness shortly after he arrives?

Hummel Saints Draper Tools? Putting the band back together!

Evidence = Watching them play and knowing the level of a bottom half league one player. Sure I'd rather Long didn't start PL games for us. But to say Long is league one level is nonsense. He'd be a starter for a number of Championship teams.

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Those players are also significantly better than bottom half League One level.

No it isn't if you define arrogance as the 'exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities'. It is not an exgeraration to think Forster, Diallo, Long and our other non 1st choice senior team players are far better than a bottom half of League One level of ability.

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Because Trump is crazy

2021 is competing with 2020 for crazy news! A pillow company owner has met with Trump and wants him to... 'Trigger emergency powers' 'Blame Iran/China' Enact 'Martial law'

1) Over 30 years. 2) I didn't say the under 23s, I said reserves i.e. not our first choice. Plus 'too many' of anything by definition is a problem.

If Whelk is taking GCSEs then Whelk signed up to this forum at the age of 5 in 2010!

Reserve players doesn't mean under 23s. Just our non 1st choice players.

It is not particulary arrogant to think our reserve players are better than a bottom half league one team. It is reality.

He may be back in training tomorrow. So not a huge issue for games beyond Leicester.

And Saints will have a chance to get Vestergaard, Redmond, Salisu and Djenepo back in the squad to play Leeds.

We still have a game in that mid week.

Bertrand wants to sign a new contract. From the horses mouth...