Matthew Le God

Southampton's strategy going forward according to Les Reed... Sounds like they have other targets areas apart from this region as well. First Africa, next stop Saints academies all over the world...!

Are you Lord Percy of Portsmouth?

The Sun linked Saints with a £3m bid for Curtis Davies on 7th May 2012 if Birmingham didn't win the playoffs.

Nigel Adkins and Neil Lennon between them confirmed back in January that Saints were more than just "interested".

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/120521/galatasaray-set-rival-southampton-celtic-star-172566

Well surely that would be resolved now we've been promoted.

I can't think of what work based issue there could be "strained" relationships about. Adkins has just delivered back to back promotions. So what do you think could potentially be the issue(s) that have caused a problem? Yes, I know you said you "don't know the specifics", but take a guess.

"Strained" over what issue(s)?

Balram Chainrai interview in South China Morning Post: "I have been approached by many fans and people from Portsmouth who requested me to take over the club." Sure you have!

Why is betting an essential? If the cost of food and drink is a lot for you then bring your own food and drink on the journey. There... saved you some money! Now cancel Sky and come to St Mary's.

"Training certificates", "CV's" and "presenting credentials" what are you talking about? He is a footballer (in theory) not an office temp. Are you aware of the Football Creditors rule which states all football creditors have to be paid in full? Saints can't just sack him on the spot for being rubbish.

I'm not even sure he will be 3rd choice. Kelvin Davis + a new keeper will be 1st and 2nd choice. The only other keeper is Chris Johns and he hasn't had a senior game and is very young so wouldn't count if Saints wanted to bring in an emergency keeper on loan at any point during the season (loan window or not it doesn't matter with keepers).

You'd see a lot more if you got a season ticket.

About 10 or 11 for a newly promoted team, which just happens to be the same as Saints had in 2011/12 in the Championship.

Here you go... http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/handbooks/premier-league-handbook-2011-12.pdf

What is your definition of "longest serving"? From their first 1st team appearance?

That is not true.

Will be hard to sell him because no other club will match the wages he has at Saints, so it is in his interest to sit out the remaining year on his contract.

When Saints were last in the Premier League, Gareth Bale was 15 years old and still at school.

Was £150k according to documents released by their administrator. Quite a bargain tbh!

Why is that so hard to believe? It appears Saints made bids not far short of that (transfer fee wise) for Rodriguez and Hooper whilst in the Championship, without Premier League TV money to call on. Those kinds of transfer fees and wages are quite common for mid table Premier League sides.

In theory they should, if the Football League do or not is an entirely different matter.

Chainrai back = [video=youtube;WxW6t8-1UA8] ...until he gets his £18 million (or as close as he can to £18 million) back.

Why "dream on"? Especially in the case of Matthew Jarvis.