Matthew Le God

Are you going to sweep the rebuttal to your previous nonense under the carpet? Deals for lots of clubs go into the final few days of the window because multiple parties are out for themselves in order to get the best possible deal. With the window closing earlier it will probably see the large amount of activity that used to happen for many clubs at the end of August, instead happen at the beginning of August. What you continue to overlook when posting is that it is the 12th June. Hardly any clubs in the Premier League have signed players this early in the close season. Yet bizarrely you make statements like this... ...when you have no evidence to support it.

Please show me with evidence where Mark Hughes has inferred your claim that... 1) "Looks increasingly obvious we won't be signing anyone" 2) "Will struggle to hold onto the few we have" I have a suspicion you've just made it up again!

I'm intrigued to know how you've jumped to both of those conclusions. There have been very few signings by any Premier League team so far this summer.

Out

I don't think he is deliberately trolling, I think he is a sandwich short of a picnic and isn't aware of it.

Why do you continue to make nonsense like this up for the last 12 years? The top six have so far announced 4 signings in total between them, at an average of 0.66 of a player each. 3 of the top 6 haven't announced a single signing! Liverpool = 2 signings... Fabinho & Keita Arsenal = 1 signing... Lichtsteiner Manchester United = 1 signing... Dalot Chelsea = 0 players announced as signed Man City = 0 players announced as signed Tottenham = 0 players announced as signed How on earth is that "extremely active"?

Do you think Pele, Maradona and Messi would have failed to make an impact in the Premier League?

He is taller than Maradona, the same height as Messi and slightly shorter than Pele, are Maradona, Pele and Messi "too small for the Premier League"? Players should be judged on ability... not size.

Premier League football allowing for them to put themselves on show for an even bigger move, nice area to live and a club with among the largest wage budgets in world football.

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Pre-season training doesn't start for three weeks. Even if they signed today, they wouldn't be doing anything for weeks at the club.

Onion

If a deal was close and the club were usurped by Liverpool... how is that a clanger by Les Reed/Saints? Liverpool are a significantly wealthier club, offering bigger wages and Champions League football. That isn't a "clanger", that is the reality of football when a richer club makes a player an offer.

What makes you think the club set out with the intention to sell them? Bids coming in and then accepting those bids is very different from actively looking for a buyer. Based on what? Having an injury last season does not automatically make him "injury prone".

Miserables

Can you link to these please? Because I don't recall the club saying that at all.

Pattern

Nah, because for the FM18 Winter update it is actually... CA: 136 PA: 145

What exactly do you mean by that?

It is not unusual for clubs to release a video interview after a managerial appointment. Pellegrino, Puel, Koeman, Pochettino, Adkins, Pardew etc etc all had one.

This might be useful...

Disaster!

Tirade? I've been reading my Little book of calm...

If they did leave it wouldn't be good for Saints, income would drop significantly which would impact all areas of the club.