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Shaw linking up with sterling could be exciting. Lallana coming on!

Need lallana on to make something happen.

Although it was petty and embarrassing whinining on about it, it wasn't about the penalty was it, it was about the comments that were made to Lallana for daring to question the referees decision. I don't like the ref, loves himself a bit too much but I reckon he'll be on his best behaviour tomorrow.

The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup and from the 2015-2016 season onwards the winners of the previous season's UEFA Europa League will qualify for the UEFA Champions League, the winner entering at least at the play-off round (assuming they do not already qualify through domestic performance), and will enter the group stage if the berth reserved for the Champions League title holders is not used. So if we come 6th this year. in 2014/15 we're in the Europa cup. win that and in 2015/16 we're the current champions and enter the qualifying stage of the Champs league? Actually it looks like we might miss out by one year. Must go for Europa next year.

We need to invest in the first team and if the current first team aren't good enough, they become the reserves.

Brilliant thread. Made me laugh after the crap result and the massive overreactions of some people!

Boruc Clyne - Fonte - Yoshida - Shaw Cork - Schneiderlin Rodriguez - Davis - Lallana Lambert Subs: K Davis, Chambers, Wanyama, JWP, Guly, Gallagher, Jos (or Lovren if near fitness - an 80% lovren is better than Jos) Keep a similar team, fresher legs on the right in Clyne and hope the away day passion gets us through.

I really like the Winter Olympics, as a spectator sport it's a lot more exciting. How many events are there in the normal olympics that can be life threatening and dangerous? There's a proper edge to the winter olympics that just makes it's more enjoyable to watch. Just watched the moguls, blimey, people face planting left right and centre. Cracking stuff.

That's fair enough, there's a reason why the earlier rounds are called qualifiers.

Although sort of agree with your sentiments, Everton were in the Champions league in 05/06 after coming 4th in 04/05. Knocked out in the third qualifying round though so never made it to the group stage. I think they were nearly relegated for it though in 05/06 so it might not be something we'd want to look at anyway. I'd be very happy with an FA cup final again.

Done, good luck.

If Roy has been at the last two games to watch saints then as well as keeping his eye on the three forward lads I think it's more likely he'll be looking at Shaw and Clyne more thoroughly. I think lallana is on the plane, maybe rickie if he can keep banging them in and I actually think clyne or Shaw will be going as well, probably clyne.

I would have lallana Rooney and Johnson behind sturridge. That would be an exciting front four.

Could Johnson be a threat to Adam's place? Both play out wide and come in. Like to see both in the team personally and Townsend on the bench.

I like to get someone in because I enjoy the transfer window and it's exciting when news comes from the ground regarding an iminent signing - Only for it then to be a youngster or something. We do a have team that can keep us at this level though, we're not going to have to look over our shoulders. If no purchases this window then hopefully the saved wages and 15m from osvaldo will be invested wisely in the summer.

Young striker, not sure how good. http://www.caughtoffside.com/2014/01/27/southampton-track-second-sassuolo-striker-diego-falcinelli/

Is he really worth that much? If everyone takes off their rose tinted specs he's worth about 12m tops. 22m is a steal, can buy a striker and left back for that.

We will keep our best players if KL wants to sell up. We are an attractive club to someone out there. Hopefully cortese and his new backers

Why would city ruin Shaw? If he's the world beater everyone says he is he'll walk into the team and hold his own, he'll only be ruined if not good enough for the team and they replace him with someone better. We would have to be mental not to accept 30m but I'm assuming it's something like 10m up front and the rest when certain criteria is met.

Why would city ruin Shaw? If he's the world beater everyone says he is he'll walk into the team and hold his own, he'll only be ruined if not good enough for the team and they replace him with someone better. We would have to be mental not to accept 30m but I'm assuming it's something like 10m up front and the rest when certain criteria is met.

Nothing brilliant about Di Matteo, scraped through a couple of games to get xcl and was poor at west brom. Prob a reason why no one has taken s punt on him. Hopefully we can do a lot better if poch goes.

If you have followed the website whoisthesecretfootballer it is 75% Dave kitson and the other 25% Dave kitson telling other footballers stories. Deffo kitson

not quite our best 11 but still a decent team against a weakened Everton side. Hopefully lots of goals as jumped on over 2.5.

He's the sort of signing Man U would want to make to help push for the top 4 this year so I can see a January bid coming in if a bid is forthcoming. Regardless what anyone says about saints being a new force to be reckoned with he'd be a fool not to jump at the chance to play in a team that can make him a starter for England not just a squad player and play in the current champs league campaign. getting past cortese would be the difficult aspect, I honestly believe he won't take less than 30m.

He's French, he should only play for France. Which I hope he does.