Matthew Le God

Pundits aren't paid to give unbiased views, the broadcasters are fully aware that ex-players will favour certain clubs and I'd imagine they like the dynamic that gives. It also can't count as tapping up because Carragher is merely an ex-Liverpool player and doesn't officially represent the club. I imagine if you were a Sporting CP fan you'd be annoyed to learn about Jose Fonte tapping up Cedric Soares?

Perhaps we knew we couldn't compete on wages so there was no point bidding.

The new TV deal is already included in FM15 if you use the latest database and starts in the 2016/17 season.

The core group you describe as getting us to the Premier League has decreased significantly in number, but that has been with another large group of better players who got us to 8th and 7th.

How do you know for certain when his injury problem started?

Sunderland Echo 2 days ago said Sunderland weren't interested and didn't make a bid... http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/sunderland-afc/video-sunderland-not-interested-in-georginio-wijnaldum-but-have-other-dutch-transfer-targets-1-7323782

Read it in context of his entire post, in the 2nd paragraph he says Davis, Reed and Ward-Prowse are all small... but so is Gueye. I don't think Clasie's size really matters, he is very good at winning the ball.

He is 5 foot 9.

Its pointless to use Wikipedia as a source for football unless you check the citations it uses. The articles can be edited by anyone in the world. I could go on it now and say Imbula has signed for Saints for £60m.

Football years... 2015/16 - pre-season training begun for some clubs 2014/15 - 6th 2013/14 - 2nd

They finished 2nd a mere two years ago.

Is Ronald Koeman worried about Clyne & Schneiderlin leaving? Nah, he is currently playing backgammon on a yacht... #wemarchon

Its not that amazing, pretty much everyone on this forum if put in the same situation would do the same. They are being offered huge pay rises and better chances at international level.

If you were him at Palace in 2012 in the Championship and a Premier League club offered you a big pay rise... what would you have done?

Yep, I did say it was a tiny %. The same thing happened with Gareth Bale going to Real Madrid, even though we didn't have a sell on clause we still got some money.

Saints would get a tiny % of that fee due to FIFA solidarity contribution. At Saints from 8 to 16...

How else could they do it? They have too many qualifying rounds to fit into a short space of time for much notice to be given.

Why are you always so dismissive of the academy?

Have you considered it is possible that he could want to join Saints, but also he'd be interested in joining other clubs as well? Its possible for both to be the case. Also if Spurs have an offer accepted for him and Saints don't, then he can't join us regardless of how much he would like to.

And you'd be a terrible juror... Instant Classic lied and you took his word in order to turn it against me.

Why does anyone ever need to say "IMO"? Who else's opinion could I have thought it was? Last season... Imbula - 37 league games - 2 goals - 2.4 tackles per game - 1.2 interceptions per game - 1.8 fouls per game Schneiderlin - 26 league games - 4 goals - 3.7 tackles per game - 2.6 interceptions per game - 1.8 fouls per game Plus Schneiderlin playing in a stronger league. Don't take this as me not wanting Imbula, I'd actually quite like him. But on a stats basis, Schneiderlin wins.

On what is that based? He is 3 years younger than Schneiderlin and looks to have a lot of potential, but is currently behind Schneiderlin in the pecking order for France.

The link is in the post above.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/32971963 BBC at 12:21pm...

Before vs After, Liverpool vs Southampton, Ian Ayre vs Les Reed, Brendan Rodgers vs Ronald Koeman...