Matthew Le God

Yoshida went off injured vs Sevilla, but was back in training today...

1) Praying is futile 2) His name is Ward-Prowse, not Ward Prouse 3) He is a very good player and can be used in the 2 or the 3 of a 4-2-3-1

If merely a better chance of Champions League football was their concern then... - Clasie & Pelle would have stayed at Feyenoord - van Dijk, Foster & Wanyama would have stayed at Celtic - Cedric would have stayed at Sporting Lisbon - Mane at Red Bull Salzburg etc etc They didn't stay, because playing in the Premier League & having Premier League wages is a bigger draw for them than Champions League football at a club in a smaller European league.

In the history of world football, what are the precedents for that? It is so rare it isn't really worth considering as an outcome. He isn't going to strike for an entire season, players don't do that.

Does that really make sense to bother doing intentionally by the club? This forum is read by a tiny, tiny, tiny % of the club's fanbase.

That Mirror "journalist" has a horrendous record for click bait articles and copy/pasting & rehashing old stories. It only makes sense to buy or have the option to buy Roberts, Saints since returning to the Premier League haven't spend their time developing under 21s for other clubs. I doubt they are going to start now they are an established top 8 team. Forster left Celtic in 2014 Roberts joined Celtic in 2016 They possibly have never met each other.

I'd like to see Alan Nixon's list of players who have signed a new 4 year contract in July and were sold a month later in August. It won't be a long list with many precedents!

It is a fake account, he is a complete bull****ter. Describes himself as "reputable" in his bio... shouldn't that be for others to decide rather than yourself?

Maxifoot don't claim it is their information. They cite their source as Radio RMC in the article.

Wednesday - weakened side loses 4-0 to Augsburg = Saints forum Meltdown!!!3 days later..Saturday - 1st team beats Sevilla 2-0

Caption competition time!

There are regular updates on the official Twitter and Facebook pages. Including videos of the goals soon after they are scored...

If it happens and anyone thinks saint lard is ITK, this Tweet pre-dated the thread... TEAMtalk‏@TEAMtalkEXCLUSIVE: @SouthamptonFC are set to give Matt Targett a new five-year deal and set to be announced today. #saintsfc

If Champions League football was his key motivation he would have stayed at Celtic rather than joining us. Money is the motivation and Liverpool could offer him huge wages regardless of them being in the group stages or not.

I'm puzzled why people keep suggesting swap deals, they are very rare! Even rarer when it is 4 players in the same deal! (can you name any time that has ever happened?) Plus... Loftus-Cheek is at Crystal Palace...

With only 1 year left on his contract, I doubt anyone would pay that much for him.

Gazzaniga & Stephens count as club grown. No chance Taylor will be missed off the list, they wouldn't have given him a new contract if they didn't intend for him to be 3rd choice keeper for the season.

The game in 3 days vs Sevilla is the tougher match, the starting XI for Swansea may be kept fresh to test themselves vs Sevilla in the last friendly of the summer. It is the Sevilla game when we'll have a better understanding of Pellegrino's plan for Swansea.

That is a little flawed Nick... van Dijk didn't seem to care about us holding onto a player before he signed... Schneiderlin asked to leave in 2014... he didn't leave in 2014 Wanyama asked to leave in 2015.... he didn't leave in 2015 van Dijk joins Saints in 2015 after both Schneiderlin and Wanyama had been forced to stay one more season.

I didn't say it was a full list did I? I certainly wouldn't write off Hojbjerg or Boufal and others yet. I was highlighting the absurdity of him calming van Dijk, Romeu and Cedric to be good signings and then blaming Wilson for the bad.

:mcinnes: Are you aware Wilson was at the club for van Dijk, Cedric and Romeu signing? Plus for example Gabbiadini? I know some of them would have been scouted before Wilson arrived, but he was still involved in the decision making process of which scouted players to sign. Plus, you know Les Reed has had a key role in signings since summer 2010? Cortese hired Reed to advise him on football matters, Cortese wasn't a football man... that is why he hired Reed.

Jack Stephens might be a bit miffed if we sign someone younger than him (Wesley Hoedt) who then goes above him in the pecking order.

Wheelies without a helmet on a wet track possibly not a good idea for multimillion pound footballers with hamstring injuries...?

Why do they need to make him promises? He signed until 2022, if they tell him no for a summer 2017 move he has to live with it. Just like Schneiderlin & Wanyama did when they were forced to stay another season. When September comes, if van Dijk is still at Saints, he isn't going to strike. When in world football has a player gone on strike after the transfer window has closed? If he wants to play for the Netherlands, going on strike from Septemebr to January or May isn't going to help him.

How big a squad are you saying we should have? You can only have a max of 25 over 21 year old players.