Matthew Le God

No she isn't. Amy Lewis ‏@SkySportsAmy 50m I'm told Koeman will be handed up to £70m to spend on transfers by Southampton who expect to raise up to 90m if they sell star players That means it is "up to £70m" and how close they get to that figure is dependant on how many players are sold which could be £90m. We aren't going to spend £70m if no player is sold.

Why on earth have you added the £70m and £90m together? Amy is saying Saints will have £70m to spend, if we recoup £90m. I'm saying Les Reed has indicated it will be all money from player sales (lets use the £90m figure again) plus the existing transfer budget if we hadn't sold anyone. Based on the first two seasons back in the Premier League that is around £35m. So it would be £90m plus for example £35m = £125m.

FM15 will have Saints transfer budget after real life summer spending, not before or during.

Where have you got the figure of £160m from?

Why after receiving £90m extra compared to both 2012/13 and 2013/14 do you think they'd only spend the same again in 2014/15? On what is that based?

You've miss-quoted her tweet. She actually said... Amy Lewis ‏@SkySportsAmy 29m I'm told Koeman will be handed up to £70m to spend on transfers by Southampton who expect to raise up to 90m if they sell star players Which goes against Les Reed saying all money from player sales would be reinvested in the team. So if no players were sold, would Saints spend nothing on transfer fees this summer?

Kit #1066 is called the "Southampton", shouldn't we go for that?

Ronald Koeman has gained over 400,000 followers in the last 3 weeks! Ronald Koeman @Koeman1963 · Jun 7 Reached more than 100,000 followers! Thank you all! Ronald Koeman ‏@Koeman1963 · Jun 24 Wow! Over 500.000 followers. Hope to see you all at St.Mary's Stadium soon. #saintsfc We'll need a stadium expansion to fit those 500,000 in at St Mary's!

Daily Mail claiming Saints want £40m... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2666337/Luke-Shaws-40m-price-tag-rocks-Manchester-United-Southampton-bid-England-ace.html

Saints get new state of the art floodlights, Pompey get light floods....

Veho make speaker systems and gadgets, Saints are using a specialist LED lighting company... http://www.visionaccendo.com

Chelsea are also having LED floodlights installed this summer... http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1z8pnj_a-bright-future-at-the-bridge_sport

Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC We’re pleased to reveal that St Mary’s is to become the first stadium in Europe with LED floodlights. #saintsfc http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/23062014-st-marys-led-floodlights-1661239.aspx

When Koeman said in his interview he is going to improve his English at the Nunnery, he meant this... http://www.reginacoeli.com/about-us/the-nuns-of-vught.html In any case...

Why is it ridiculous? We don't live in a 100% democratic country if you can by fluke of birth (and not ability) become head of state. The principle behind that is a key argument against. Yes, they do benefit the country financially more than they cost, but the principle behind the idea that taxpayers should fund the lifestyle of a family and they then hold positions of influence through birth right is unfair. By having a Christian God in the national anthem the state is taking sides. I'm saying there should be a separation of church and state. That isn't pretentious on my part, neatrality and a secular government system is fair to all. It is you that is trying to justify an unjust state of affairs that favours some of the population over others, not me. The state should offer freedom from all religions and remain neutral. You are confused if you think I'm attempting to as you claim " throw my thoughts on the subject down somebodies throat". A state does that when they have a national religion as Britain does with the Church of England having power and/or influence within politics.

Thats a ridiculous analogy, as I hope you already know.

I think some people don't notice what young players like Schneiderlin when he first arrived and Ward-Prowse do for the team and what their roles entail. Most of it is unspectacular as they aren't dribbling past people and catching the eye, but they both have superb technique and are comfortable on the ball and do what appears to be the simple things consistently well. Add to that Ward-Prowse's superb ability at crossing, corners and free kicks and he is an extremely impressive talent.

Amazing how a number of Saints fans can't see his quality. Yes, he isn't going to dribble past people like Walcott, Bale, Shaw or Lallana. But at what his role requires he is superb and will likely be an England regular in the future. He was voted the 3rd best player at the Toulan tournament this summer, where he was also England's captain... His goal vs Brazil in the Toulan tournament, which won goal of the tournament...

Why is that a good idea for Saints? Saints have Shaw under contract until 2018 and no financial need to sell him, they could keep him and his value will rise by the time summer 2015 comes and he'd still have 3 years left on his contract.

If you like... then yes. But I was justifying the yes.

We had a wage bill of £47m in 2012/13 (last available set of accounts), a number of players signed new deals in 2013 so some of our top players are going to be on £50,000+ p/w in 2013/14 in order to match up with that total wage bill.

Thanks, that supports my point. The country is not 100% Christian and so it shouldn't have an anthem about Christianity. There should be a separation of church and state, something that is not the case in England.

Would it not be better if the anthem was something every Englishman could sing with passion about his country at sporting events?

Given what you said in the first two sentences, how can you then sing a national anthem with God and monarchy at its core passionately if you don't agree with its sentiment?

We've lost 1 player and pre-season training for those not at the World Cup is 10 days away. There really isn't a need for panic stations and jumping to conclusions.