Matthew Le God

I'm not 44 ffs, it is one of Glasgow_Saint's "jokes".

Osvaldo has come in and in both articles about Mayuka and Puncheon leaving this was listed as a factor in them leaving. Plus we have Ward-Prowse starting in one of the positions Mayuka/Puncheon would be used and the emergence of Isgrove, Sinclair and Rowe.

Saints upgraded him with a £15m Italian international striker.

It hasn't been confirmed by either club, I guess when they do it can have its own thread.

BBC Solent Sport ‏@solentsport 50s French club Sochaux lining up a loan bid for Southampton's Zambian forward Emmanuel Mayuka, we understand #bbcfootball #frenchconnection

Where is that being reported?

SSN expecting one incoming deal for Saints today.

Remember, its not only Southampton's decision. Its a joint one between both clubs.

You've taken what I said completely out of context and put your own spin on it.

He is with the squad in Norwich, Saints have a bigger squad than 18, so some will always miss out.

Jack Cork has travelled to Norwich & is with squad despite not being in final 18. We have a squad of more than 18 players, they can't all be involved every week.

He was in the training videos on Thursday and is on the bench today so that isn't true.

Those four players I mentioned would all improve the under 21 team and give them a better chance of winning games. Difference is, Saints unlike most Premier League clubs use home grown teenagers in the starting line-up for Premier League games.

When Gareth Bale finally moves to Real Madrid, Southampton will overtake Tottenham in terms of net spend in summer of 2013.

Southampton's best young players are in the first team playing in the Premier League. Same can't be said of most of Southampton's opponents at this level. Shaw, Ward-Prowse and Chambers all 18 years old and started both Premier League games this season. Even Gazzaniga is still eligible for the under 21's.

Don't watch this then...

I doubt he has bothered looking in detail at the 2011/12 Southampton Championship accounts (not that they are particularly relevant to 2013/14) and the 2012/13 Premier League accounts aren't available, so as it came over on the SSN interview he is merely guessing.

Knowing Southampton's accounts from 2011/12 in the Championship is very different to talking about the wage bill in 2013/14 in the Premier League. I think Saints have more room for manoeuvre in the £52m than West Ham do, even more so if Saints shift Hammond, Sharp, Tadanari Lee, Martin Barnard and Forte.

Does companies house currently show Southampton's wage bill for 2013/14? No it doesn't, and that is what David Gold talked about on Sky Sports News... the Southampton wage bill for 2013/14. He doesn't even have access to the wage bill for 2012/13! So he has little idea how close to the £52m Southampton are as there is little in the way of data for Saints wage bill in the Premier League.

Can you read Glasgow_Saint? hypochondriac said David Gold knows nothing about Southampton's finances, not that he knows nothing about finance. Two very different things.

I doubt we'd suddenly start using a system we haven't used under Pochettino before this season.

Shaw and Schneiderlin both trained today.

Pochettino denied it when asked about him in this morning's press conference.

Nathaniel Clyne and Victor Moses will know each other well from the years playing together in the Crystal Palace academy and first team.