VectisSaint

I thought we weren't allowed to agree with anything that Alex Crook writes.

Two comments from Tom28's post (whether you believe he is ITK or not) that struck me, if it is true: - Fairly amicable meetings by all accounts given the circumstances and the fact that they basically hate each other. - Apparently, VVD has softened a little and would consider moving to another top club besides Liverpool. He's totally hell bent on leaving though. What happened after last summer to make LR and VvD basically hate each other? After all a year ago Virgil seemed very happy to sign a year's extension, get a pay rise and be promised the captaincy and LR must have felt the same way. I see this comment as implying their hatred for each other pre-dates the Blackpool incident, maybe I am wrong. Also why is VvD hell bent on leaving, why has he lost all respect for the Club, what is it that has made him this way, ths doesn't happen because he is offered a move elsewhere, you can get that and still think highly of your current employers. Something inside the club is not right but unable to put my finger on it. Not many of our players who have been sold in the last few seasons have left with good grace (SRL being the obvious exception), it is not just the money or the lure of CL football, they mostly seem to leave with a degree of bitterness.

We could offer him a new one with a reduced pay and removes the captaincy. We could also reduce the length of his contract. He may not accept it but we could make the offer.

Surely the homonyme period is over...

There are zero accounts that he was fit to play end of last season. Why do people continue to post such absolute horse****. He is not "on strike" or working to rule. It is perfectly reasonable that he is still not quite ready for full involvement in a match but able to train with and without a ball.

Why do we need another RB when we have Pied competing with and covering Cedric?

He was very consistent last season.

Correct. We also don't show the full transfer value when we sell, we only book the instalments paid in the financial year (most sales are made in instalments, very few transfers are paid in full in one payment). Conversely when we buy we show the full amount in the year in which we buy, whether we pay in instalments or not. This is "standard" accounting practice for football clubs, and makes it look like we have received less that we would think and paid more than we think. All the nonsense some on here write about net spend is just that, and unless they have access to the detail of the books, nothing much can be deduced from a single year's balance sheet, only over a period of several years can our net spend be accurately calculated.

Given he was injured for the St Gallen match that's not really surprising.

Probably about the least likely outcome. Would need to be able to tackle, intercept etc. He has some good attributes, but not those.

Perhaps it's because he wasn't in the team that day. Clearly faked.

The Sun, the paper that is almost banned in Liverpool. Probably about the least credible source for such a story.

Guess you are getting mixed up with Redmond. Redmond, Cedric, Prowse, Stephens and Targett back tomorrow I believe.

You cannot re-open something that was never opened in the first place. Typical Yahoo crap, though to be fair it is only the headline that says this rather than the article by Kevin Palmer.

Harry Lewis signs a new 3 year deal and goes to the Terrors on loan. https://southamptonfc.com/news/2017-07-14/harry-lewis-new-southampton-contract-dundee-united-loan

We seem to be getting a bit short on the keeper front (obviously this loan was planned), assuming Gazza does go as well. Can only think one of the U18s is set to step up to the u23s/u21s, Adam Parkes presumably. With Taylor a non-playing keeper any issues with Forster or McCarthy (like last season) and we will be even more short of backup than last term.

He was probably worse than most people are making out. Apart from scoring a terrific goal he literally did nothing else. Had to be coached by Fonte when playing, he was so useless defensively. Going forward he was not even average. He has something on Erwin. Lovely bloke but **** footballer.

Not that VvD has posted any of the things quoted by breeza, they are likes of quotes by a boxer (Conor McGregor), a recording artist (Gucci Mane) and a so-called motivational quote. The only slightly concerning one is a like for Jamie Carragher for a comment about Sky's new PL (Liverpool) channel. VvD is not trying to be cryptic or clever. People reading too much into something they clearly don't understand.

Yep, its a shame not to hear about Liverpool or Pompey any more...

But given that the Dutch will hprobably have been eliminated by October that is probably not much of a hope is it?

Redmond. Sims was training last week, featured in videos. Seager missing as well.

Graham Hiley posted similar on Twitter this afternoon. It was tongue in cheek, but some people on here have problems with things that are not factual or scientifically proven.

Being considered for a loan move by Birmingham according to Birmingham Mail. Find it hard to believe that he or Saints would consider working with Arry.

Maybe it was J Rod and Fonte...

Ivan Golac.