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Probably a decent signing, time will tell. With Dani gone that means 7 out and 4 in, still a net decrease in a painfully thin squad of three. Lets hope Celtic don't make too much of a fight of it tonight, and Henning Berg sees his team though to the next round.

Oh well, at least we have ditched one comedy director. Hofstetter the man who only spoke publicly once (knowingly) to put his foot in his mouth big time. Probably did more damage with that gaff about our finances than everyone else put together. At least we seem to be adding a bit more professionalism to the executive level of the company.

Will this one go viral on Twitter as well like the empty training ground and the pictures on his wall. Nice pitch, no players?

At least its now Pepe Reina to Bayern, rather than Artur.

Perhaps you could bake him a cake.

Oh good if Wreck It Ralph is excited with all his soccerball knowledge everything will be fine.

Fundamentally flawed because you forgot Guly

Early hours of Tuesday morning http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11667/9405914/transfer-news-louis-van-gaal-says-manchester-united-players-will-learn-their-fates-soon

I guess that's a yes then

It will still be the weekend until midday tomorrow somewhere in the world. Anyone expecting a signing from Celtic is being a bit naive given that have a CL 2nd leg match to do on Wednesday. I reckon all the players are holed up in a hotel somewhere in the New Forest waiting to be unveiled. Will probably be tomorrow. Is it legal these days to sign a player on a Sunday? Or are the rules the same as when Ted signed Mick from under the noses of Swindon in 1964.

Tend to agree, unfortunately as we saw last year December/January is the time of year when we need a squad rather than just a first XI

No but presumably they will arrange friendlies in the weeks when the group stages take place in September, October and November, though I assume these coincide with the pre-arranged international breaks. On the other hand we will probably lose Tadier if he joins.

Sums it up well.

Clearly won't be signing until after Celtic's CL 2nd leg (if at all).

The idea of a global academy is not insane, but the idea that it could be a Southampton brand is I'm afraid a little far-fetched. It is based on the idea that Southampton Saints (ughhh!) Academy is a world-wide phenomenon and would be well understood by fans of the PL, and therein lies the problem. We may have this grandiose idea that the Southampton Academy is the best there is, but in reality as far as the PL is concerned what (or who) has it produced. The only world renowned player is Bale, and he does not play in the PL. Even then most people would (wrongly) associate him with Spuds. Walcott and Chamberlain are hardly world superstars. Shaw? Really has not done anything of note as yet. Lallana, noting of any great note. These are all great products of our Academy, but there is no-one other than Bale who would be talked about out side of England. Whereas ManU for instance could easily point to the Beckham, Giggs, Scholes, etc raft of players who are all household names, and even Liverpool could boast more well known Academy products than us. Unfortunately the only Club that could really sell a global Academy brand would be Barcelona. In the USA Southampton is probably best known for the Titanic rather than any football connection, and many Americans would probably think you were talking about Southampton, New York rather than Southampton, England.

Swap deal for Manuel Neuer

Stars Bilbo Read as he accompanies Thorin Krueger and his fellow dwarves on a quest to retain Premier League status despite the Liver Birds and the Red Devils.

So should it be Le Reed ?

No, franky don't beieve a word the hockey coach said. His comments struck me as a load of bull****, and the follw.up fromMorgan only served to reinforce my view.

Not sure about players but I would have Redkrapp as manager, perhaps with assistance from Poch and Branfoot First player on my list would be Andy Townsend.

Think its petty obvious that Krueger was talking about Morgan in terms that were different than what Morgan had been told privately/had understood. To me it was yet another clear demonstration of the incompetency of Krueger. Morgan had actually handled everything very well before Krueger opened his mouth. Obviously he was asked the question about Morgan and JRod but should have given a vague answer unless this had all been agreed behind the scenes. Clearly was in motor mouth mode and did not think of the consequences of his utterances.

His Americanisms are Canadian.

Has he been signed by Liverpool?

Invest in Nandos, they must be doing a roaring trade In Moanchester.