Matthew Le God

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/476362/EXCLUSIVE-Break-the-bank-Southampton-s-6m-to-keep-Pochettino

In which case I still don't see Huddlestone as a good replacement for Schneiderlin, as he is slow and lumbering.

Central midfield is one of the few position Saints don't need to sign someone, along with right back.

I don't think it does that at all, Guly was out of his depth in the Premier League and would leave regardless of who the manager was next season if the club wants to progress. Guly was an important part of the League One and Championship promotions and if he wants to stay in England he'd be a good signing for quite a few Championship sides. If Saints gave him a new deal he'd be taking up an over 21 spot in our 25 man squad that could be better filled with someone else.

Abridged version of OS article. Released... Guly do Prado Jonathan Forte Lee Barnard Matt Young Joe Curtis Andy Robinson Jamal Branker Fraser Colmer Corby Moore (joined American team Indy Eleven http://www.indyeleven.com/news/detail/uuid/fmkhtf1gw3kp1x4kksg9hdozg/youngsters-moore-spencer-add-attacking-talent#.U3ctYF5pfR7) Charlie Higgins James White Tom Leggett (signed pro deal at Villa after being told of release by Saints) Isaac Nehemie (signed pro deal at Villa after being told of release by Saints) New contracts offered to... Cody Cropper Lloyd Isgrove Sam McQueen Omar Rowe Jake Sinclair

His contract ends 30th June 2015.

If he did go, I'm sure Saints can attract a very decent replacement if they really are willing to pay £6m p/a.

£115,000 p/w! Bloody hell! Does seem unlikely.

I got it from here... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2630230/David-Luiz-Frank-Lampard-Fernando-Torres-help-Chelsea-lead-way-comes-World-Cup-squad-selections.html

Conspiracy theory link with Mike Oldfield...!

Yep, so includes Schneiderlin.

Nope, equal 18th along with Schalke and Roma.

...more players in World Cup 2014 squads than Southampton... 1. Chelsea ( 18 ) 2. Manchester United, Bayern Munich (16) 3. Napoli (14) 4. Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City (13) 5. Juventus, Arsenal, Liverpool (12) 6. Atletico Madrid (11) 7. Porto, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Zenit (10) 8. Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain ( 8 ) 9. Southampton, Schalke, Roma (7)

Glass ceilings are there to be smashed Kraken, SMASHED! [video=youtube;cMkmGb1W-9s]

There are only 17 clubs in world football that have more players in World Cup 2014 squads than Southampton... 1. Chelsea ( 18 ) 2. Manchester United, Bayern Munich (16) 3. Napoli (14) 4. Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City (13) 5. Juventus, Arsenal, Liverpool (12) 6. Atletico Madrid (11) 7. Porto, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Zenit (10) 8. Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain ( 8 ) 9. Southampton, Schalke, Roma (7)

Originally when first publicly unveiled it looked like this... It was also going to look like this at one point... A key reason the cost doubled to £30m is because the main pavilion it is now significantly bigger, as is the scale and scope of the development as a whole which has now expanded into nearby fields.

£30m upgrade of Staplewood training ground is nearly finished...

Are you happy with Gazzaniga or Davis playing in Boruc's absence? I'm not saying that Schmeichel is definitely the answer, but we do need more keeper competition.

That article is dated 1st May 2014 and is a rehash of a Danish newspaper article we discussed in this thread over two weeks ago. 30th June 2015

He joined Zenit St Petersburg in March.

I was hoping for an actual link in the press to Saints for him, not a random musing. Wouldn't this be better off here...? http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?49873-Summer-2014-HCDAJFU#.U3PQSV5pfR4

I bet it still fools some Saints fans on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram etc. With black shorts and white socks it would look pretty good.

We didn't have it as recently as 2013 according to this... http://www.express.co.uk/comment/columnists/matthew-dunn-/371570/Saints-bubble-is-burst-by-freeze

In the past it has been condition of entry to the Premier League to have undersoil heating or "some other adequate system of pitch protection to the reasonable satisfaction of the board". I guess given the money sloshing about in the Premier League, Saints have now installed it rather than continuing with the bubble and hot air blowing system which is less reliable. Or perhaps the Premier League have tightened up the rule this summer and no matter what you have to have undersoil heating.

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