Matthew Le God

Problem is most national journalists and fans of other clubs seem unaware of this.

Because he would have half a season more experience under his belt. Just like if Bale or Walcott had stayed longer, their price would have gone up if still time left on the contract. There is no pressure financially to sell him now and he is under contract for the next two and a half years.

He talks of Saints great relationship with Arsenal, despite Saints having pretty much no one left from the Walcott deal in 2007 that would have been involved in the deal. He is making it up as he goes along. 9 hours ago the same journalist said Liverpool were signing him.

Last time Saints played Man Utd, VDS, Vidic, Berbatov, Nani, Anderson, Carrick, Neville, Rooney etc all played. Saints were also weaker opponents in the 2008/09 Championship relegation season compared to how they will be in a few weeks. I doubt Fergie will rest many players, too much of a potential banana skin to make too many changes.

Then why not just wait until the end of the season and sell him then for more? In any case, Adkins said this afternoon he isn't going to be sold. As Cortese also said in December.

If this needs to be said, could it not have been in the 8 page long Man Utd ticket thread, rather than all on its own?

4:57pm Saturday 15th January 2011

Not really, you just need to know what the reserve players and youth team players look like. They also show quite a lot of Ben Reeves in todays videos.

If they lose this they may be a little screwed... http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jan/13/portsmouth-tottenham-hotspur-asmir-begovic

Also tipped by English FA's Director of Football Development as one of England's big hopes and scouted by all the big clubs in England. £10m is cheap if anything, considering he still has possibly over 15 years as a top player left in his career. Luckily both Cortese and Adkins have said he won't be sold and we have little reason to doubt them.

He doesn't want to give any hint to Paul Ince. Notts County will have spent the 5 days before the game training for a match against Saints not knowing if they will be facing Lallana or not. Makes tactics harder for them and they will have wasted time either preparing to face Lallana when he won't play, or preparing not to face Lallana and he does play. Sensible approach for Saints to take.

Adkins in interview today - Extremely confident Chamberlain won't go - Media have made up the £10m figure as Saints haven't given any player a price

Adkins in interview today - Extremely confident Chamberlain won't go - Media have made up the £10m figure as Saints haven't given any player a price

Chris Powell close to becoming Charlton Athletic manager according to a BBC reporter. That is a big gamble, given his lack of experience. Seems a little "too nice" to be a manager.

I would have used Labour foreign secretary rather than Pope.

Don't worry Trousers it isn't you. It is a home game at St Mary's on the 25th January 2011 against Charlton, Chez and bjk can't read!

Dalglish has also stated he would like the job long term. Compare Dalglish's four top flight titles and two FA Cup's as manager and his legendary status amongst Reds fans to Adkins' two promotions from the 3rd tier and it is a no contest. Nigel still has a long way to go to get the Anfield job, as there will be a lot of more experienced managers ahead of him in the queue. In any case under Cortese he looks to have the ambitions and the resources to overtake a poor Liverpool.

Nope, someone put it on the "always reliable" football-rumours.co.uk hours ago.

At least it is making Liverpool looking less appealing to go to...

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Saints wore a red and white sash kit 51 years before Peru did! Now that is history...

In order for Saints to be top at 5pm on Saturday, what Bournemouth do on Friday night is irrelevant as they have fewer points than Saints. It needs a Saints win and Brighton defeat to happen.

Exactly. Docker-P's logic is completely flawed. He undermines his own argument.

I think you will find it hard to name a club that hasn't made significant changes to its kit. If you were a Saints fan in the 1950's how would you have felt when they changed the shorts and socks from the blue Saints had used for the previous 65 years?