Matthew Le God

Neither of those links work.

Every Saints league/cup game has a press conference in the two days before. It is mainly about the build up for the West Brom game, but journalists will ask about transfers.

Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC 1m For the first time, we will be streaming Mauricio Pochettino's pre-match press conference live on our official @YouTube channel. #saintsfc

Looks like we may be able to watch it live based on this tease tweet by the media department... Tom Coull ‏@TomCoull 2m Don't suppose anybody wants to watch Mauricio Pochettino's pre-WBA press conference live on YouTube at 3pm? Nah, probably not... #saintsfc

The club has seen what he is capable of in the Championship. That can give you an idea of what he'd be like at the next level, he's a good Championship player but doesn't have the ability to be a good Premier League player. If he really was good enough for the Premier League you'd think at the very least the newly promoted clubs like Palace, Hull and Cardiff would be interested knowing Saints want to sell, but they signed other targets. Instead Sharp was on loan in the Championship last season and this summer has attracted reported interest from Doncaster, Bournemouth and Sheff Weds. Saints are looking to push on into the top half of the Premier League. To do that they need to sign Italian internationals like Osvaldo, not use Sharp. If Saints were happy to remain in the bottom half I'm sure Sharp would be reasonable cover, but Cortese has far more ambition than that and Sharp doesn't improve the current starting XI.

How do you know for certain he doesn't want to come to Saints?

Why do you say that? None of us really know what the situation is. We went through an on/off transfer saga (if you believe the media/agents) with Ramirez last summer which concluded on deadline day.

You said it was random, I linked to an article which shows it isn't, and yet I'm an "absolute clown"? Plus you don't know the meaning of "irony".

No it isn't. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/06/secrets_of_the_fixture_compute.html

Sky said it is a 4-2-3-1 Welbeck upfront, with Rooney, Cleverly and Walcott behind him.

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No, I'm saying it is a strange logic Give it to Ron is using. I have no idea what Osvaldo has or hasn't done. But turning down a wage offer, does not mean a player by default wouldn't be interested in a move, merely he isn't happy with that particular offer. It is a negotiation process.

Have you considered Saints might have more money than Swansea?

You've taken a leap there, turning down a wage offer doesn't mean he wouldn't want to come here.

I agree, if that was the plan for Saturday I'd imagine they would have tried it against Real Sociedad at the very least.

Clyne was in training last week...

Its not even 3 days to learn the new system for a number of them, as they are away on international duty until Thursday/Friday and Saints will travel to West Brom on Friday.