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That's twice you have said Gyan now. Something is afoot and i'm telling all my friends.

Hey Shane can you skip training 3 days before the season starts and come down for a random medical. We'll figure the rest out later. It might happen that way but is it likely do you think?

Doubtful since K,Billy said he was due a medical today. I would assume that means all the financials and other agreements were in place.

Except this time next year we'll need that extra 4 or 5 million we've paid over the odds. We'll be Spurs. Long is a good player but £12M is not value and we are Saints. We're not blessed with self-generating income until the end of time.

I see Rojo has pulled a Dejan then. What a knob.

I had my pocket picked by a Romanian at the train station and as he was running off I asked him what he thought of Gardos. He said Gardos isn't as quick as he is.

You're stuck somewhere between Romania and Morocco there.

'Utterly bizarre' would be Fonte running naked down the mutant mile. This is just a football opinion which you can take or leave. I won't be offended if you leave mine.

I'm sorry but he isn't quality and he's not 'proven'. He has proven he can just about get by, but he puts us in the cart too easily, too often and costs us points. I completely agree that he is a top, top bloke who bleeds red and white, and I love him for it (Fonte? He can come round my house anytime) but.......he just isn't good enough in my opinion. I wish I thought he was, but I don't.

Ooh I dunno, you could add a couple of million to it and try buying Chiriches (for example). Or someone else. I'm not suggesting that it is as easy as popping down the shop and buying a 10p mix up but I think £5M is a great offer which we should accept and use for a younger replacement with decent resale value in 3 or 4 years time.

Yeah. I'll take the £5M thanks, prime or not, but I accept your opinion.

He's not a premiership standard centre half and he's 30. I don't think being short at the back (maybe) today is a good excuse for not taking a great offer for someone who isn't worth close to that much when we have time to get a replacement or two in of better quality.

£5M? We'd be nuts if we didn't accept that.

No, I don't think we should discount Phil. I think Phil should discount his taxi driver. Liz Hurley please.

He makes exceedingly good cakes too

Spider 'might' stay. Just level-setting expectations :-)

OK, let me rephrase that. If you read between the lines......... We have signed 2 players we should be happy with. We have reportedly made serious contact regarding others of good quality (i.e. reading between the lines Forster was serious contact, Ings was serious contact). We have Guan's confirmation that the club is working on 'good' signings. Do you need more? I'm personally quite content with what we appear to be doing out there.

Faith kept and thanks for confirming what anyone with a bit of logic should have assumed. It can't be easy trying to get quality players with all the competition around but it's obvious the club are doing their best. It must be that lack of ambition.

It's the passage in his bible, Brendan 17:8 "and the devil shalt come a'callin and ye shall thee p1ss all over the saints and swear allegiance to him"

Please God yes! If he has to go then please let someone put the kibosh on Liverpool

Lol. Very good Mr Fry. I caught myself in moral outrage there for a second so, really, you have an excellent point.

Morgan is my favourite player and i would hate to lose him. However, i think the impact of losing him is not THAT great simply because we have quality cover in his position. I'd be happy enough with a central midfield of Wanyama and Cork. They aren't gonna win any prizes for creativity but they do a very effective, understated job. Lovren, on the other hand, would be a big loss. Losing him, without a decent replacement, would cost us a lot of places. Fonte is a liability without Lovren, and an accident waiting to happen even with him, but just about passable. Losing Lovren is losing 2 centre backs without replacing him(them). As things stand right here and right now though i think you have to have extremely dark glasses to think we will be in a relegation scrap

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Not when he has a year left on his contract he isn't

Ah yes, but it was the Mona Lisa of red pandas. It's all in that enigmatic panda smile. This thread will be worth millions in a few years time