Matthew Le God

You agree you would write an article about Saints in the same way an attention seeking Talksport presenter & Mirror "journalist" who supports Portsmouth would right one? :mcinnes: At least you've reached the first stage and finally admitted it at long last!!!

What is "quiet" exactly? You support Saints, not West Ham who feel the need to blurt out to SSN they are signing X, Y & Z. Just because Saints transfer news isn't in the press, doesn't mean they aren't doing lots of things behind the scenes. In any case January really isn't a good month to be a buyer, as it is harder to get good value for money.

Not sure why you've jumped to that conclusion.

Play the demo for free and decide for yourself... http://www.footballmanager.com/news/play-fm17-demo

The midfield 3... - Under Koeman...CM, CM & AM - Under Puel... DM, CM, CM They both form triangles, but facing in different directions.

Pied doing ball work again...

After 19 games... Koeman 2015/16 = 12th Puel 2016/17 = 9th & a League Cup semi final

After 19 games... Koeman 2015/16 = 12th Puel 2016/17 = 9th & a League Cup semi final

After 19 games... Koeman 2015/16 = 12th Puel 2016/17 = 9th & a League Cup semi final

It appears you both have English comprehension problems, read what I said word for word again.

You know we haven't played in a diamond since the first few games of the season don't you? It is more like this...

People have been giving him stick for his kicking. Which hasn't been great, but many overlook the difficult way some of them have come back to him, especially those at pace on to his left foot that need to be dealt with quickly. Apart from that I see little wrong with his game and some people seem to just be looking for scapegoats anytime we lose.

Our main formation doesn't have an AM role.

Jeremy Pied is back running again... https://twitter.com/JrmyPied/status/814139843580141568

Bigger than the Boufal deal and a new club record?

No where in that article does it say Schneiderlin is available for £13m or that Mourinho is happy with it at £13m. It is merely the bid West Brom have made at the moment, doesn't mean it will be accepted or Man Utd are happy with it.

Are you aware how daft all of that is? We have scored enough goals to be 7th after 17 games. It would be nice if we scored more, but it is possible with a defence as good as ours for us to still finish high despite not scoring many. A 1-0 win gives as many points as a 4-1 win.

Some Saints fans complain when we sell players, but we sign players who are current 1st choices for other clubs. They forget the football transfer market has a pecking order, which evolves a little over the years but it is hard to compete with the elite at the top who have current incomes 2x, 3x or 4x+ more than Saints. Player bought for Saints current 2016/17 Premier League squad... 1st choice at previous club at time they left Forster - Celtic Cedric - Sporting Lisbon Maya Yoshida - VVV Venlo Clasie - Feyenoord Gardos - Steaua Bucharest Fonte- Crystal Palace Long - Hull City Davis - Rangers Rodriguez - Burnley Austin - QPR Tadic - FC Twente van Dijk - Celtic Boufal - Lille Redmond - Norwich City Not 1st choice at previous club at time they left McCarthy - Crystal Palace Romeu - Chelsea Martina - FC Twente Bertrand - Chelsea Hojbjerg - Bayern Munich

The club have been scouting Sporting Lisbon's Ruben Semedo over a long period. Semedo has many similar qualities to van Dijk and is 3 years younger... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yYSbtgGjAA

*didn't

We did get relegated in 2004/05 for financial reasons. Why on earth do you think we did?

No he hasn't, you are jumping to conclusions (again!!!) What he actually said was... How does anyone get "Liverpool are about to sign José" from that? Could just be two mates looking forward to see each other in a few weeks at a cup semi final.

Ronald Koeman gives all Saints fans an early Christmas present...

I think your search for an idiot should look closer to home. - 7th in the Premier League - semi final of the cup to come If you think we have remotely close to a squad that would be in a relegation battle, then your ability to judge player quality is extremely poor (as is the case for a lot of bed wetters on this forum).

Nope, I liked Koeman. This thread is to highlight to people like you that Puel really isn't doing a bad job. Ok, we'll have occasional setbacks in the season, but that isn't the time for the endless negative drivel. Look at the bigger picture and we remain with a good chance of finishing top of the "best of the rest" outside the top 6 rich clubs. Scoring more goals would of course be nice, but it is points/league positions that matter and Puel so far is performing well.