Matthew Le God

You are looking for something negative that isn't there! The statement by the BBC attributed to Adkins doesn't say there is a problem does it? You can improve something that is already good you know. They are going away for nearly two weeks in total at the start of pre-season, group of lads away together likely to make them a tighter unit. Well we hope!

Would be nice if they could show some pictures of it.

Chris Powell. Things would have been really bad if Darren Powell was getting England caps at left back! And Sven didn't have to play him, at the time he was ignoring giving Wayne Bridge his first cap if I recall.

He is four years older than Lallana as well.

That will teach me for using google quickly and scan reading. And ignoring the mentions of Eddie Howe and the big picture of him! Okay, it proves that they have in the past used Solent Uni, so not unreasonable to think they may have this year aswell.

UPDATE: I should learn to read http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/cherries/clubnews/4469931.CHERRIES__TESTING_TIME/?ref=rss They may have only just missed each other, or perhaps a slight crossover if some Saints players did it later. But in any case, we now know they were both at Solent and people from Solent have access to both sets of data to make the comparisons Gemmel stated in the OP.

I have no idea when Bournemouth's were. But Saints (for the first team at least), I believe were over those two days and at Solent University. Adkins confirms most of that in a recent interview with the BBC.

Yes, that.

Solent University, 30th June and 1st July.

All five of them have a great deal of experience at Championship level. The defence is actually the department where Saints have the most experience at a higher level. You can add Frazer Richardson to those five as he has also played 100+ game at CHampionship level.

As I said earlier, it is a random person photoshopping...

Nothing in any way substantiated. Plus it is now officially the 2011/12 season and the club is back to using the badge it used before the anniversary on the website.

It isn't real though.

It is a photoshop of this 4 year old PSG Nike shirt. You can see both shirts have exactly the same creases and the changes on the sleeves, umbro badge, Saints badge and aap3 aren't well done.

He only has 252 posts. He doesn't really have a reputation for anything, until now for being a bull****ter.

Or he made it up.

Deserves a week ban for "making" me listen to Radio Solent for over an hour.

Unlikely to bring in two strikers, with Barnard, Lambert, Connolly and Do Prado already at the club that would make six and top heavy. So it wouldn't be Mellor (as Lambert cover) and a player to play with Lambert, it will just be an expensive strike partner similar(ish) to Sharp.

If Billy Sharp had signed, Saints wouldn't be putting a £3.25m striker as "cover". He'd be starting pretty much every game. As Sharp didn't sign, I think it is reasonable to assume the club is looking for other strikers at a similar or greater value who would also go straight into the starting XI.

Rare for a signing to be announced on a weekend. Few people would be at St Mary's and importantly the FA's offices would be closed, so the player can't be officially registered and deal formally concluded. Any deal would have to be done in the week and then a delayed announcement until the weekend.

That must be a worrying feeling for you.

Not at all, I want to know what was said as the opening post doesn't say much. Nor has anyone else mentioned they heard what was said.

Lallana from Bournemouth. Still owe them 25% of any fee if we ever sell him. A huge percentage of youth players move around. Just look at the 15 new 1st year scholars Saints took on this summer, a number were at other club from 8 to 16 years old.

Apart from the opening poster in this thread, did anyone else actually hear this on BBC Radio Solent? What exactly did they say? I've been listening to Solent now for the last 40 minutes. They say there is an interview with Adkins coming up, which will be the one that was on Saints Player yesterday about Cork, maybe they will mention it after that.

More reliable than the News of the World.