Matthew Le God

30th June 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22205197

Very rare in modern top level football for a manager to have sole responsibility for transfers. Things are done by transfer committees of CEO's/chairman/head scouts/DOF's/managers.

Did you treat Lallana and Le Tissier the same from their first team debut onwards?

It is from a press conference on Southampton property moments before Pochettino faced the press; the club is well aware, arranged it and put it on their youtube channel! How does it undermine Pochettino's role?

Bloody hell! Cheer up! That is some bizarre logic.

Pretty much every club pays for transfers in instalments and have outstanding transfer fees to pay, this isn't unique to Saints. Saints will get circa £17m this summer just as prize money for an 8th place finish. Let alone next season's TV money, selling Osvaldo and removing Sharp, Forte, Barnard, Hooiveld etc from the wage bill which will fee up money to be used elsewhere. They also should be able to get a better sponsorship deal than they had with aap3.

Perhaps not, but it'll make their probable team line-ups more accurate. Plus BBC Radio Solent never seem to look at the training galleries/videos and appear confused when players are available/missing on match day.

Illness or injury, who knows...? Maybe a journalist at the press conference will ask a question about the game and find out? You'd think if a journalist was going to a pre-match press conference they'd do some research beforehand, look through the training photos/videos on the Thursday and see who wasn't present and ask questions about it. All they do is ask constant questions about Shaw/Pochettino and then appear surprised when they get the same (lack of) answer week after week.

It normally does indicate they weren't in full training that day. 72 photos is quite a lot for someone not to appear in at all if they were present, even if just in the background.

30th June 2018

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If Chambers for example makes an attacking run, crosses it, Lambert knocks it down and Rodriguez scores then merely looking at "assists" won't give Chambers any credit as an attacking fullback.

Not many, but it doesn't mean they don't play with a huge amount of attacking license. If Chambers for example makes an attacking run, crosses it, Lambert knocks it down and Rodriguez scores then merely looking at "assists" won't give Chambers any credit as an attacking fullback.

We spent £73m on players in the following two seasons in a huge net spend (one of the biggest in England).

Saints will get circa £17m in prize money for an 8th place finish. Why "use" the Shaw money to cover debts of Osvaldo and Ramirez when other income covers it? Osvaldo will also likely to be sold, might not get what we paid but it will bring a reasonable amount in.

No, it goes into the club's account. In the last two seasons since returning to the Premier League Saints have spent... 2012/13 - £37m 2013/14 - £36m Both whilst under the ownership of Katharina Liebherr. Saints don't have to sell Shaw, and are likely to spend in the summer regardless of Shaw going or not. If Shaw goes for £30m that is additional money on top of circa £17m prize money, the huge amount of TV money, sponsorship money etc.

This whole discussion is about if we sell a player for £30m. So yes, if he is sold when we don't need to sell him, then why not spend £8m to 12m on a replacement?

Any other clubs outside those 8 are already behind Saints in terms of player quality (we've already overtaken clubs the size of Newcastle, West Ham, Aston Villa etc in terms of player quality). Plus left back plays quite a pivotal role in a Pochettino team and its important we get a high quality replacement if Shaw really does leave this summer. It is teams like Newcastle and Everton that Saints will be looking to both overtake and/or stay above in years to come if it is to progress from its current 8th position.

New player contracts with bigger wages? Plus a new deal for Pochettino would indicate he is happy with the direction of the club.

tbf our three fullbacks have similar qualities to wingers and are often found in very advanced positions with midfielders covering them for large parts of the game. Plus Chambers and Shaw both have histories of playing as wingers in their youth careers, I think Clyne may have as well.

I doubt any club looks to stand still, even if Rupert Lowe is in charge. Getting above 8th is extremely difficult but I doubt Saints won't be trying to achieve that.

Why not? If Shaw isn't sold we'd still need to sign a striker and possibly a centre back and keeper in the summer. If Shaw is sold for £30m we'd need a high quality left back. Hard to find someone even at the level slightly below Shaw for under £5m. What is your definition of the top 4?

Of course they are, and it is how Shaw is replaced if he leaves which will play an important part in how strong the squad/team is. If Shaw is replaced with he best young(ish) left back the Championship has to offer i.e. Cresswell then the team will be a lot weaker. If it looks abroad for example in the £8m to £12m range they should be able to find an international left back in his early 20's of a good quality. A left back version of Lovren, who at £8.5m was a bargain.

Aaron Cresswell at Ipswich Town is the best young(ish) left back in the Championship. He is probably good enough for a bottom half Premier League team, but I think we'd be better off looking abroad. Saints are no longer looking to merely stay up, they are looking to improve on 8th. Not saying there won't be the odd player that might be useful from the Championship, but the club is better off looking for players that have already proven themselves to a high level and combine that with academy products.