Matthew Le God

What we have going for us over the two you mention is a stadium already at 32000 and less likely to be a white elephant.

Lots of first half bedwetters in this thread!

They have moved the pitch one metre closer to the Kingsland so the subs have more room to warm up. The pitch is exactly the same size (a size the PL demands of all clubs if their stadium is big enough).

A MLG stadium expansion thread, oh go on then... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45035459 The 2018 World Cup bid came at a time Saints were in a financial mess, so didn't put themselves forward. If the FA go for a geographical spread as they seemed to want in 2018 then Saints could possibly be up against Bristol, Plymouth, Brighton or even an unlikely Portsmouth bid to represent the South of England outside London. Even if other home nations join in, you would need a lot of stadiums for a 48 team World Cup.

Saints are mentioned as having an interest in him in the Mirror article.

Our wages won't have dropped that much since 2017. Saints wages were significantly above a lot of other teams in 2017 yet you think most are now above us. What evidence do you have for that claim when there are PL rules in place restricting yearly increases in wage bills!?

The most recent available accounts show otherwise. Only 7 teams with higher wagebills is not "most of the Premier League". Swiss Ramble‏ @SwissRamble Apr 4More Following the growth, #SaintsFC £112m wage bill is the 8th highest in the Premier League, just behind Leicester £113m and only £15m lower than Tottenham, but ahead of Everton £105m.

What about wages?

A universe where coming bottom of the Premier League gets you circa £100m in TV money. £15m really isn't out of place for a player who did very well in the Championship last season.

Palace paid a similar amount for Benteke.

The Echo article does not say that. If he leaves on loan to Burnley he won't be playing at St Mary's, only if he is sold.

Fulltime 2-0

Nah, this is a fun sponge... I was just pointing out facts...

Yep, manager reps go up and down. We've previously had a former Liverpool manager and a former England manager as their stocks dropped to the point where they'd join us.

He is the Dijon goalkeeper, so he has a lot to do.

Struggle? More like impossible in current circumstances.

Charlie Austin just hit the bar.

Translation of Dijon's latest tweet is interesting... 49 ' Romeu Strike! It's flirting with Bobby Allain's skylight! (0-2) #DFCOsaintsfc

Video of the goal... https://twitter.com/SouthamptonFC/status/1023208244821549056

No, 2-0 to Saints. Gabbiadini scored in the 46th minute.

Gabbiadini 2-0

On every tweet there is a "translate tweet" button.

Lemina only trained on Friday this week, he is unlikely to be fully fit. Why have you just made that up?

He isn't in matchday squad...

The club said this to someone who asked them yesterday... Southampton FC‏Verified account @SouthamptonFC Replying to @ryansfcbishop14 They are being sent out from this week Ryan, so you should receive yours soon! #saintsfc