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Another very interesting read Redslo. I find it fascinating that the US takes head injuries so seriously (finally after the lawsuits) yet in soccer it is not: as witnessed at the World Cup. The famous case of Jeff Astle who died way too early should have been a wake up call: but was not.

Read into that we didn't want him and his agent is dressing it up that he didn't want to come here

You really are a nasty piece of work Window Cleaner. Your snidey, personal attacks are quite nauseating and as for saying that all Krueger needed to do was say nothing is beyond the pale. So many fans were bemoaning the fact that the Board were not saying anything and then when they do communicate they just get flak. So how do you suppose we should have handled MS then? Just let him go because he sulks? I am confident about the coming season. Seems like we will have a top quality CB (possibly 2) coming in, a quality Keeper and then I think we only need another striker to be in good shape for the coming season.

captainchris - so you blame Cortese and Pochettino for Osvaldo too then? As FF says, the pendulum has swung way too far in players favor where they can just sulk and refuse to play to get their move. What seems to have been lost in this is that Spurs have supposedly offered 10 million for MS: which is derisory. What MS needs to realize is that someone has to come in with a bid that matches our valuation. So impressed with Koeman though - what you see is what you get and obviously does not suffer fools gladly.

Well I hope we do hold firm. If it means MS training with the youth team, so be it. He still has 4 years left on his contract so plenty of time to think about his behavior and attitude. Plus if Spurs truly have offered 10 million for him, that is just plain insulting.

Good man - we need committed players like FOnte. All of a sudden our future is looking much, much brighter and I have every confidence we will go into the new season with a much stronger squad depth than last year and a manager who has a PLan B.

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measure success....in whose minds? We already have neurotics like Saint Robbie making their own facts up. It has been a difficult summer, no doubt but what exactly Krueger spoke about can you take the hump with? He's right re disgruntled players - in my workplace we had a number of disgruntled staff who were bringing everyone else down. They were let go and we got new staff in who wanted to be part of the team and surprise, surprise results improved. Now should they have had replacements lined up sooner - absolutely. But if you are going to give Krueger et al a hard time, do it for the right reasons not for some self-obsessed, entitled view that has no semblance in reality.

Rojo and Hernandez? To be honest, I would be quite happy with regular signings and not "massive" signings as they have not always worked well for us: Osvaldo being a prime example and believeing he is above the club and other players.

Art - that;s what the headline says but read the article and there is nothing to suggest that is the case.

Redslo....welcome and really interesting stuff you have been posting and makes a lot of sense. Completely unrelated, just got back from a vacation in Morro Bay and spent a fair amount of time in San Luis Obispo - and loved it. The Bishops Peak hike was fantastic and the town itself had a fantastic feel around the Mission.

Guan - really appreciate your little tidbits: even if they are somewhat cryptic sometimes! I cannot really recall your info being way off: I feel fairly unhappy - not just with the Board but with this sense of entitlement posters on here now seem to have. We've got 90 million, spend it now or I'll throw my toys out of the pram attitude. I am feeling fairly comfortable that we will have a stronger squad than last season (where once we had 1 or 2 injuries we started to fall apart due to lack of cover) - although it would be nice to get some signings in (and not just loans). Think we are a CB (possibly 2), GK and Striker away from having a stronger squad. Also love how the Scousers are already on SRL's back: boy had Lallana better watch out!

Some of the press claiming we are about to go on a 70 million spree with the likes of van Dijk, Hernandez, Forster, Vlaar, Ashley Young(!!!) and Zaha as likely signings. We'll see.............

On his twitter page (the real one)

Taider has confirmed he is joining us

Batman/Delldays/Jamie has become a parody. First of all he says 14th through 8th is much of a muchness then says the 8th through 4th are of a different class. Thereby grouping 8th in both brackets! Then says Villa are a bigger club than us because they've won the League, finished runners up, etc. So by his deformed logic that means Portsouth, preston and others are bigger clubs than us. How anyone could argue that we are not a bigger club right now than Villa is beyond me. We finished 8th last season, our Academy continues to churn out new talent, we have had the truly big clubs taking all of our talent (how many bids did Villa get Batman?) and we have had a far better pre-season than Villa and have made the Tadic and Pelle signings whereas Villa have signed the likes of Joe Cole. Add to that we have Koeman ( a true legend in the game) as manager and they have Paul Lambert. You couldn't make it up...............

make your mind up delldays........so are you double counting eighth? Otherwise your statement makes no sense whatsoever. You really believe that Villa are a bigger club than us right now? Can't really believe you would think that.

Saint Robbie - you really are a tiresome numpty. Moan, whinge, whine is all you ever do. So we haven't signed any players this summer? Really - what were Tadic, Pelle and Bertrand with at least another 3 to come? Did you not see View From The Top's post where Chambers and Shaw had 'big club' clauses written in so we were powerless? And who gave those contracts? None other than your messiah Cortese.

Disagree re. Schneiderlin. Understandable reaction to be fair - I'd probably have reacted in the same way at his age. Unlike 'big head' Lallana and co, there have been no articles in the press where he is causing mischief.

What a great article.......superb. Really interesting angle re. the Academy too. Makes it more the shameful that Cortese completely ignored the marketing side of the club as, ironically, this could allow us to e marginally more competitive. Hope RK is doing something about this.....

He is a class act - that is obvious from the way he speaks. Intelligent, articulate and thoughtful. Whether he stays here for years or not, he comes across as a decent, level headed lad. Lallana did not, nor did Shaw (both came across as quite dim).

What a truly impressive young man JWP comes across as in a number of articles in Saturday's press. He seems very level headed and he is very bullish about our prospects this season and the fact he wants to stay with Saints. Future captain material for sure - hopefully he will get a new long term deal that he deserves. Class act - more so than some of our recently departed mercenaries. Really looking forward to seeing him play a big, big role this season.

What contract clauses did Shaw and Chambers have VFTP?

So pre - season results mean nothing....yet the same people saying this would be whinging and whining all day on here saying it was proof we were doomed if we had a bad preseason.

We're doomed I tell you, terrible pre-season and Koeman does not have a clue. We'll struggle to finish above bottom place........oh, hang on a minute...........