VectisSaint

That would be the same FIFA who thought Messi was the best player at the WC would it? It really has nothing to do with FIFA (or UEFA), transfers in England are regulated by the Football Association. Sorry but in this case MLG is correct, SRL was a Liverpool player before the WC started.

Rose tinted specs. of course he was. But he is 18, so to be expected. Shaw is not yet the complete full back and won't be until he starts to deliver some assists and a few goals. His defending is very good (especially for an 18 yo) but don't believe the hype that he is already the perfect LB. What we have lost is the potential improvement, I would not be greatly surprised if Targett next season isn't as good as Shaw at the start of last season.

Nope, technically Lambert became a Liverpool player before the WC. The old chestnut about the transfer window not opening until 1st July (which I thought was true) has been proved to be complete crap.

Turkey, he already has 4 caps, including WC qualifier. Question should be whether he is an upgrade on Jos? If so he should be snapped up. But then whether he is better than Jos is like asking if the Pope is Catholic.

Did he bite anyone? If not then he won't be suspended.

Thought the lad was actualy with Sholing reserves (or maybe Totton). He is 17 or so, think we would know if he was an academy player

Sounds like Lovren was thinking about the Jacuzzi again, rather than Liverpool.

FFS Alpine. Players get 3 weeks off when their team is knocked out of the WC. Nothing to do with the Club, it is a FIFA agreement. I guess you will be saying that Morgan is a wastrel as well will you? You have realised he is not back yet either. Our German contingent will not be returning for 3 weeks (so we won't see our new signings Gotze, Schweinsteiger and Neuer) until early August. Think you will find Gaston will be back this weekend as planned. If he's not then you a right to moan, otherwise just STFU.

God help us if we are relying on Krueger to increase our commercial revenues. Is he still around?

3 weeks. France only got knocked out on the 4th, should be back towards end of next week. Gaston should be back this weekend (knocked out on 28th June). Hence Lovren and Yoshida are back already, Croatia and Japan knocked out on 23rd/24th June. If we had any English players (left) they would have been back before they departed Good job we didn't have any German, Argentinian, Dutch or Brazilians on duty, they will not rejoin their clubs until August. Maybe that's why Guly is still on his hols (and that his contract has not been renewed). Still think Guly would have done better than Joe or Fred.

No evidence that they are a downgrade. More confident of Tadic. Grazi may well turn out to be better than SRL but will he bring everything else that SRL gave to the team, in terms of his talismanic properties, I hope so, but may take more time.

Has decided that he does not want to play CL football. Its the start of a new trend, the thinking footballer, I can play less games per season, travel less and still earn a shedfull of money by playing for a team that is not in the CL. He also does not want to play with a bunch of no-hoper England players an has found Stevie Gee's accent tiresome.

It would be amazing if Liverpool got all of their targets, they seem to have been linked with every player who has 2 legs the same length. I guess that rules Pelle out, but not many others.

Diet is very important, dill is claimed by some to be the world's healthiest food.

Her friend is far left in the original picture, I guess that's who you are after. :-)

They appear to be playing at home to Burundi on Tuesday as well in a friendly, Lesotho away on Sunday. Guess that means Big Vic will not be at Swindon.

Though Billy Sharp is a bit of an imposter

Really hope that he is staying and that he will show his true potential this season. Under Koeman I think he will play a slightly different role, especially without Lallana around. He has fantastic skill and awareness, his major drawback is not that he gives the ball away but that he gives it away in dangerous positions. Take him out of these positions and give him more freedom and he will be great I believe. Remember he is still only 23. I think Ron will transform him.

Try the OS. There is also a good interview with Ron about Grazi on (Saints) YouTube

Any ideas whether Boruc returned last week? Wondering whether there is an issue, a few comments suggest that he has not shown up yet after he got married. We certainly need a good back up for Boruc, and of Boruc is not around we will need to good keepers.

They probably do, but Osvaldo's native tongue is Spanish. He is not Italian therefore he cannot be Pelle's "fellow countryman", he simply plays for Italy due to an accident of his ancestry. Pedantic perhaps.

Thought Pelle was Italian.

Any chance you can make sure your "friend" goes nowhere near St Mary's again, we don't need any accidents thank you.

No, common knowledge was that he would probably be fit November, in the team December, hence view that he might be ready to play against Burnley. Now Ron's comments would suggest January at the earliest, and depending on your interpretation, end January. Always said we need 3 new strikers if Ossie doesn't say, one to cover JRod not being available, now even more convinced this is the case.

Worrying comment that no-one seems to have picked up on is that J-Rod is not likely to feature until the New Year. Ron said he will be like a new signing after the winter break - has no-one told Ron that there is no winter break in England?