Matthew Le God

I can list on the digits of one hand all the clubs in world football that aren't a "stepping stone club".

How can the Croatian FA stop people claiming to be Croatian fans taking flares into a stadium in Italy?

Radcliffe to Man Utd made the national press, as did Dodd and Williams leaving.

EA Sports are significantly bigger and richer than SI and signed a long term exclusive deal.

Theo Walcott is back in the England squad after a similar(ish) injury and 10 minutes of first team football for Arsenal. I think you are overestimating the length of time until he'll be back in our team and underestimating how good a player he is and the value of such a player in the current market.

This is an era of Championship going for £11m, Rodriguez scored 15 Premier League goals in 30 games last season. Yes, he has been injured but is English, 2 1/2 years left on his contract is proven in the Premier League and is at a club don't strapped for cash. I think you are underestimating how much that does to raise his price. We got him for £7m as a Championship player, he isn't going to be sold now he has proved himself for £10m.

Daily Mail in the last hour. Rodriguez contract... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2831319/Jay-Rodriguez-set-new-Southampton-deal-Mauricio-Pochettino-targets-striker-Tottenham.html Schneiderlin contract... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2831289/Morgan-Schneiderlin-holds-contract-talks-Southampton-French-midfielder-hints-exit.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Saints offer Schneiderlin a new contract according to Neil Ashton... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2831289/Morgan-Schneiderlin-holds-contract-talks-Southampton-French-midfielder-hints-exit.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

As you say, the club will be in a good position to get a high quality replacement. But I think the main worry is that Paul Mitchell knows Southampton's transfer targets for the next few windows, if he leaves he'll take that knowledge with him and Spurs might be bidding rivals for those players.

Can the other 90% of the ENIC shareholders not force a change?

I bet MK Dons felt the same about Saints when we got Paul Mitchell from them.

If we keep on playing as we are, I'm going to have a very good case to make a lot of player CA improvements for the next big update!

Indeed.

Because he is on the club's favoured personnel list. Something I may change for the winter window update as he really doesn't seem very popular any more.

EA Sports are considerably larger and richer than SI and signed a long term exclusive deal for the Premier League rights. In any case its pretty easy to add them and numerous other logos, kits, trophies etc to your game if you want from fan sites.

I like this alpine_saint, please stay this way and don't revert to type.

You started it, you invaded Bejiing in 1937.

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From the Villa game onwards according to this... http://connorarmstrong.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/an-evening-at-staplewood-tour-of-markus.html

I think its likely it was just a guest of his niece rather than anything more. But good to see the wider Liebherr family are interested in what is happening at the club.

Markus Liebherr's older brother Hans Liebherr (junior) was at St Mary's for the Stoke City game.

If Man City come 3rd they'll go into the Europa League in the New Year.

If/when extension is built it "could be close to £40m" spent on Staplewood.

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