Matthew Le God

What does according to "Facebook" or according to "social media" really mean? There are 2 billion people registered on Facebook. The actual source is The Mirror & The Telegraph.

Pickford cost Everton £30m, Butland would likely cost more.

Jeremy Wilson‏Verified account @JWTelegraph 2m2 minutes agoMore Bit more detail on Van Dijk deal. It's £70m, rising to around £75m. Southampton wanted big chunk up front as they plan to be active in January too and want to get an attacker in quickly.

That would be a disaster for Saints. The club would have a huge fall in income, smaller income = worse players and lower standard of players for fans to watch.

Are you aware the vast majority of top level transfers are done in instalments over a number of years and most would include add-ons? Saints won't be doing anything different to the rest of the market in this regard. They will be buying and selling players with similar transfer structures to everyone else in the industry. I'd love to one day see you meet some of your claims with some actual evidence. I fear that day will never come. Already many overlooking Celtic get 10%, plus FC Groningen & Wilhelm also get a % under FIFA rules.

No first choice player was sold in the summer of 2017. The addition of Hoedt & Lemina strengthened the squad compared to the previous season. van Dijk will likely be sold, but if you seriously think Saints can long term keep a player of his quality then you are living on a different planet! (possibly Skaro)

Utterly bizarre you included the summer of 2015. In the 2015/16 season Saints finished 6th in the Premier League! ffs

Time for change, it really isn't working!

Sammy Lee the Everton coach?

I'm yet to see any good evidence from those that wanted Eric Black out of the club that he was a negative impact on the squad. We simply don't know and it is jumping to conclusions to say you do know. If anything his influence this season decreased, as he was demoted from assistant manager under Puel to 1st team coach under Pellegrino. Seems some people just want to find scapegoats!

I'm yet to see any good evidence from those that wanted Eric Black out of the club that he was a negative impact on the squad. We simply don't know and it is jumping to conclusions to say you do know. If anything his influence this season decreased, as he was demoted from assistant manager under Puel to 1st team coach under Pellegrino. Seems some people just want to find scapegoats!

I made no comment on if were were or weren't in a relegation battle. All I said was that 18 points from 18 games is not on target for relegation as Dangermouth claimed, being 12th highlights that. How have they got to one game from the halfway point of the season and not played each other? Plus in any case... when rival teams play each other they can't both get 3 points so points will be dropped. I'm puzzled as to what you think I am in "self-denial" about. I explained earlier in this post exactly what my point was, I was responding to Dangermouth claiming 18 points from 18 games is relegation form... it isn't. If it was then we'd by definsition already be in the relegation zone and we aren't!

I know we are only 3 points above 18th, but how can it be relegation form when we are 12th in the league?

What happens if we don't? (apart from a meltdown on this forum)

Being charged isn't the same as being found guilty.

Why ****? Keeps Everton at a catchable distance.

I have a feeling you wouldn't recognise either of them if you passed them in West Quay.

Pretty rare (and for good reason) for a manager to walk away from millions of potential compensation.

In its 132 year history he club has had two golden ages in the top flight... early to mid 1980s and we are still in the current one of 2012 to the present day. Les Reed is a key part of the second one, Cortese appointed Reed to overall the football as Cortese had no background of high level football. Paul Mitchell was under Les Reed. It was Reed overseeing things in terms of football when Mitchell was at the club.

It is the manager's job to motivate and get the best out of the players! That is his remit. We have a better squad of individuals man for man than Burnely... but Sean Dyche is doing a signicantly better job than Pellegrino with a less talented squad.

Can you enlighten us as to how... 1) this "power" manifests in reality 2) which players 3) your good evidence to support such a claim (not just a hunch) ???

Did this person have a copy of The Sun with them? https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/3902616/southampton-reward-virgil-van-dijk-replacement-jack-stephens-with-a-huge-12-5m-deal/

When is his "time"? Stephens is older than Hoedt.

His last loan was in League 1 from February to May 2016, he wasn't ready for the Premier League at that time and had many players above him in the pecking order. The loans helped him get to his current level, better playing regularly in League 1 than the under 23s.

He was in training before the Arsenal game. With nearly a fully fit squad, some players have to be left out of the matchday 18 even if they are fit.