Matthew Le God

Here is what we can win tomorrow...

What are you saying they haven't been honest about?

Koeman gave league debuts to 5 academy players last season (plus we have Ward-Prowse, Reed and Gallagher who are all around the first team and have played for them) and regularly has academy players training with the first team. Which other Premier League clubs did that? Let alone one that finished 7th!

Replace Morgan Schneiderlin with Jordy Clasie, sign another 1st choice CB... Plus: Keepers - Forster, K.Davis, Gazzaniga Defenders - Yoshida, Gardos, Martina Targett, McCarthy, Stephens Midfielders - Reed, Ward-Prowse, S.Davis, Gape Attacking players - Long, Tadic, Ramirez, Gallagher, Seager, Isgrove, Hesketh

Its not "getting away with it", it is to their credit they have the recruitment structures in place so we can find good replacements. Its not sheer luck. How do you propose Saints stop our best players wanting huge wage rises and Champions League football?

What makes you think that has stopped?

Alpine, I thought you were impressed with Cedric Soares and Juanmi?

Not really, we have a lot of options in the attacking roles behind Pelle... Mane, Ramirez, Rodriguez, Juanmi, S.Davis, Ward-Prowse, Long, Isgrove, Tadic - thats 9 players for 3 positions (sometimes 2) Alternatives to Pelle upfront can be using combinations of... Mane, Rodriguez, Juanmi, Long, Gallagher, Seager (a replacement for Pelle doesn't have to be a target man, we used Long and Mane upfront together away at Chelsea and it worked well)

This'll be an interesting listen.... Adam Blackmore ‏@bigadamsport Looking forward to interviewing #saintsfc director Les Reed this afternoon - hear it in the Sportshour tonight on @BBCRadioSolent after 6pm

No he didn't, he said we were short but Juanmi signing fills that gap in the squad.

Ramirez, Mane, Juanmi and Tadic could all play as a "number 10".

If you mean Simon Kjaer, he signed for Fenerbahce on 16th June 2015.

He'd be insured against injuries.

So you think we'll cope without Clyne then?

Are you wearing a blue coat?

I wouldn't even know where to start with that. So much wrong with two short sentences, you've got it down to an art form!

Leipzig came 5th in the German 2nd tier last season. I haven't looked to check how strong a line-up they've used today, but the club is at a decent level.

A compliment!

Koeman said he missed training due to illness on Monday, if that is true then its not a surprise he doesn't play two days later, even though he trained on Tuesday and this morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTcheaqt0rU

Yes, I think we can. It looks like West Brom want Evans this summer.

5pm UK time They aren't allowed to... Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC 2h2 hours ago Unfortunately. we're not allowed to stream the game. #saintsfc Will be highlights on youtube later today.

RB Leipzig ‏@DieRotenBullen 6m6 minutes agoView translation Unsere Startelf: Coltorti – Gipson, Orban, Nukan, Jung – Hierländer, Khedira, Ilsanker, Bruno – Quaschner, Sabitzer #RBLSFC

How do you know that? Just because Fonte, Alderweireld and Yoshida were ahead of him in pecking order that doesn't mean Koeman doesn't think he is a good player. Just that he preferred the others.