Matthew Le God

If Forster is injured on 5 minutes, would you be happy with Davis playing the rest of the game instead of Stekenlenburg? I wouldn't, as for as great as Davis has been for this club it is a big drop in quality between the two. I can't see Koeman wanting to potentially risk a European spot for sentiment. The testimonial is the day for Davis, not Sunday.

I'll ask again, as I didn't get an answer... How many 21 year old central midfielders can you name that regularly start for top half Premier League teams? I doubt you'll come up with a big list.

How many 21 year old central midfielders can you name that regularly start for top half Premier League teams? I doubt you'll come up with a big list. Ward-Prowse still very much has age on his side, and is vastly more experienced at PL level than his peers in the England under 21 side he captains. Here is the under 21 squad announced for the summer Toulon tournament, whilst JWP has a large number of minutes for a top 7 Premier League club, the rest are either playing under 21 football for their club or at lower PL or Championship teams.

And what if players get injured early in the match or we aren't winning the game and we need good options from the bench to change the game? The match day 18 is likely to be the strongest possible group Koeman can pick as he aims for Europe.

How are West Ham as a club to blame for something that happens in the streets outside the ground? What could the club do to stop it?

In order to do that you'd have to drop Stekelenburg from the bench. And what if its 0-0 and we have K.Davis on the bench rather than Stekelenburg and Forster gets injured after 5 minutes? There is a big drop in quality from Stekelenburg to Davis.

Correct.

No they won't. It is a 60,000 capacity stadium. They have made tickets very cheap and announced today they've sold 50,000 season tickets. With 3,000 away fans, segregation cutting in... that leaves under 7,000 for general sale.

Yes, he was poor. I agree his one ball to Tadic was good for the first goal, but he is far below the quality we need as a top 6 side and was very poor yesterday. Poor first touch, out of position often, easily beaten, unforced errors in passing etc etc. Its not just a one off either, he just lacks a lot of attributes we need in a right back at this level. Cedric has some things he needs to improve as well, but I feel more confident with him playing.

So what? He was terrible yesterday. Defensively he is a liability, poor technique, positioning, decision making and is targeted as a weak link by opponents. Just because we haven't lost games, doesn't mean he played well.

I call it something potentially lost in translation when a player is using a second language and doesn't fully know the meaning of the word "couple".

I'm intrigued why you think either of those are relevant to knowing the summer destination of a PSG player, especially merely being a Juventus season ticket holder. The vast majority of Saints season ticket holders haven't a clue what Saints are up to, let alone a player in another country.

I wasn't talking about something Pamplemouse had said. I merely used his quote as it said the score in the West Ham vs Swansea game. Other people on this forum had written off our chances of catching West Ham, it is far from over yet.

I remember being told we couldn't catch West Ham. Their game in hand is vs Man Utd and final game is away at Stoke.

http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stoke-City-Potters-explain-reason-white-panel-new/story-29237855-detail/story.html

Cheers for that, would have loved to have seen that conversation.

When did he play for van Gaal or Conte?

I think Bertrand & Forster are far more likely to want to sign an extension than Mane. But even with them (in particular Forster) could go in the summer. Mane and his agent will know they could get a huge payday from one of Europe's elite. I don't see it as a big problem, Saints have shown they are very good in recruitment despite what some on this forum think. It isn't by luck or a fluke that you regularly make good signings, the systems and processes are in place at Saints that they will continue to recruit well. Yes, we'll have the occasional bad signing, but the good ones far outweigh the bad. If another employer offered you 2 or 3 times your current wage would you not be tempted Batman?

I didn't say it was a strategy, just the reality of the situation. If a player doesn't want to sign a new contract then it makes sense for the club to get as much as they can and reinvest in new players.

He has 2 years left on his contract. He probably won't sign a new one and this summer will see his value at its peak. If we don't sell him in the summer his value will start dropping and it'll end in another Clyne situation where he sold will a year left on his contract cheaply.

That only applies if it is for the same incident. His yellow card was for something completely different.

Why not? We have come higher than the previous season every season since the Liebherr takeover. 09/10 - 51st 10/11 - 46th 11/12 - 22nd 12/13 - 14th 13/14 - 8th 14/15 - 7th 15/16 - currently 7th They have reinvested the money from sales and we have the best squad the club has ever had in its 131 year history.

No Dembele or Alli in Tottenham's central midfield vs Saints.

Even when played out wide it was still clear for anyone with an eye for a player that Shane Long was a very useful asset.

The contrast between £49m Raheem Sterling and Sadio Mane today was vast. I think I'd be disappointed with only £30m in the current transfer market.