Matthew Le God

When Saints refused to sell Schneiderlin he still had 3 years left on his contract which gave them some leeway, Clyne only has a year and his value is dropping quickly the closer it gets to the summer of 2016 when it expires. There is a big difference between the two situations.

No they couldn't! You have set your sights extremely low.

Yes, straight into the group stage.

I doubt we'd keep him if he doesn't sign a new deal or his contract will run down in June 2016.

The home kit looks like a market knock-off Chelsea kit from 2001.

The home kit looks like a market knock-off Chelsea kit from 2001.

£35m £40m

He has also played in European matches and for the Netherlands.

In order to "lose it", don't you need to currently "have it"? Has that ever been the case for alpine_saint?

Forster hasn't injured his cruciate ligament, its his patellar tendon. Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC We can confirm that @FraserForster underwent successful surgery this afternoon after damaging his left patellar tendon. #saintsfc

The release/retained list is for players that have a contract expiring on June 30th of that season. Boruc doesn't want to play second fiddle to Forster.

[TABLE] [TR] [TD] V.2. [/TD] [TD] The first Transfer Window in any year shall commence at midnight on the last day of the Season and shall end on 31st August next if a Working Day or, if not, on the first Working Daythereafter, at a time to be determined by the Board. [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Page 200... http://m.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/handbooks/premier-league-handbook-2014-15.pdf

He plays in a different position. Davis generally plays for Saints in one of the three in a 4-2-3-1, Clasie plays deeper.

Do we? In the 6 years since the Liebherr takeover we've risen from 68th in England to 7th in England. Does that not suggest our transfer strategy has been extremely effective?

His loan had finished so there was no need to recall him and his contract ended this summer.

Harry Isted made his under 21 debut this month.

Dan Demkiv Chris Regis Niall Mason Mark Irvine Have also been released by Saints.

In the past she's turned loans into equity and could do so again... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17547804

Could say similar of people using the number of 50's or 100's in cricket as a gauge of how well someone has done. Why 50 and not 49, why 100 and not 99? So why not 33 goals conceded?

Since football began in 1992 and the Premier League started, only six teams had conceded 33 goals or less in a Premier League season. Saints can now join that list... Chelsea x11 Man Utd x10 Arsenal x8 Liverpool x6 Man C x2 Everton x1 Southampton x1

Koeman told the press a couple of weeks ago that the plan was for Gazzaniga was going to play two games and Davis would get the final game.

I did say that yes, but that isn't the same as saying if old footballers had the same conditions as the current footballers do they wouldn't be as good or better.

At no point did I say that. If the like of Greaves or Best been born in for example 1995 and had better diets, no smoking or alcohol and been trained in a modern academy from the age of 8 then I think they'd have been better than they were. They were still very good players, but would have been even better in the modern footballers environment.

Footballers of today are getting thousands of hours of professional technical coaching from the age of 8 (sometimes younger) upwards. In the 1970's and 1980's they were joining professional clubs at 16 after school and the coaching they received wasn't close to the level they now get. They also had a drinking and smoking culture, had poorer diets, played on terrible pitches and didn't have the high level of competition for places from international players from all round the world in their squads. You are looking back with rose tinted glasses, the footballers of today are technically more gifted. Southampton's 2nd place team of 1983/84 had only a handful of home British Isles internationals, Saints now have circa 20 current/recent internationals/under 21 internationals in their squad. I think if the two sides met on a modern pitch with a modern football the team of 2014/15 would win.