Matthew Le God

If you were a teenager at a struggling Championship club and Arsenal offered you a wage increase and quick route to Premier League football would you turn it down?

Match results aren't what Horseman should be judged on. It should be how well he develops players to be ready to move into the first team. They could lose every game 3-0, but if he is improving some of the players so Hasenhuttl can use them then he is doing his job well.

He is still only 18 years old. It doesn't have to be this season for a breakthrough.

Lots of problems with that. The window is closed and Stokes other keepers will be back by the time it does open. Stoke couldn't get remotely close to Forster's wages.

Denis Irwin

How does he prevent him going if an elite European club comes in for him?

I think you'd struggle to name many clubs in the UK who haven't changed their crest multiple times.

Using that 'logic' being 3 points above the relegation zone at the end of the season is not being in a relegation battle.

It is still competing for a place if you end the season only 3 points away from it.

We did as recently as 4 years ago! In 2016 Saints were only 3 points away from 4th at the end of the season.

You wouldn't be insinuating Ralph told him to do it... would you...!? 😃

Stuart Armstrong will miss Wednesday's game vs Israel due to getting booked today vs Slovakia. Helps keep him fresh for Monday vs Wolves. 👍

It has the Southampton club crest, kits and player faces, which are not available in the standard edition of Football Manager 2021.

I'll be improving Ward-Prowse further for the winter update, including a higher rating for free kicks. Not going to happen before then though.

Interviews he did during his time in Spain were in fluent English 🙄

Vardy has been a top Premier League player for 5 years, Ings only for 12-18 months. He is closing in on Vardy's CA with more and more evidence building.

The guidelines we have (which do have some flexibility) have Saints needing an average CA for the top 16 players to be 135. Ings is at the top end for a Saints 'star player' and will very likely be improved in the winter update.

If they keep up their form, that is likely to be close to what I'll do in the winter update.

That is irrelevant. It will only become relevant when the winter update is done. Which will very likely see Ward-Prowse improve in FM21 database if he keeps up this form.

An increase of 5 CA is not a small amount it is pretty much the guideline increase amount. Mason Mount is starting games for Chelsea and is above Ward-Prowse in the England pecking order. As I've also said, if both JWP and Ings maintain this level they'll get big boosts in the winter update, along with a number of other Saints players like Vestergaard, Romeu and Armstrong.

Very strange use of 'literally'. 😉 I'll probably give some of the backroom staff a boost for the winter update.

Southampton edition of FM21 available...!

That is Donald Trump levels of conspiracy nonsense!

The game has been moved to Monday 23rd November at 8pm. Live on Sky Sports rather than PPV. Gives more time for Bertrand, Walcott and Ward-Prowse to recover. Along with any international players.

It'll be 'God save the king'... like it was for hundreds of years before 1952. Though I'd rather with kept both God and the monarchy out of the national anthem. Not very inclusive.