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Stop being silly to try and force what ever point it is you're trying to make. It's obvious we won't sign better players than Shaw or Lallana, or Morgan if he goes. If that was possible I think other Champs League teams might be competing with us. However, doesn't mean we won't sign other really good players and still have a very fun season. No reason why not. But the fact we'll have a weaker starting 11 is basically not up for debate or discussion, it's just sadly true.

You could do. But then a few minutes later it'd be automatically changed back and you'll get an angry little warning letter from the Wikipedia geeks. True story.

Looks like Fonte with the attitude of Osvaldo! Interesting!

Oh Adddaaaaaam..... you were gonna be the new ****in' hero why have you gone and ruined it all like this? It could have been such a harmonious break up, feel his relationship with the club will always be tarnished now. Eiiissshhhhhh

Don't care about that lot, but certainly a pretty good amount of experience for us. Won't hurt.

Poch has tricked all of them into thinking without him their careers are Southampton are a waste of time. I reckon he has, directly or indirectly, got it into the players heads that it was ALL about himself last year and without him they're nothing. I reckon he's done us some serious damage, that argie.

It's easy and understandable to be angry at the board... but the players are being c*nts. They board clearly don't have much choice. Just hope Koeman knew about all these (potential) departures before he joined, but I think he will have been informed.

The biggest load of twaddle in that OP was the bit about how the players would've still left if Cortese was still here. No. They wouldn't. Poch would be here and so would the players. Cortese is gone now, we can all move on, but let's not try and kid ourselves that if he was still here all this would have happened.

It's daft that he isn't already in the England set up. OldNick's had a mare.

I wonder if they found the captain's passport floating about on the water after the sinking. Bet they did. That's normal.

A lot of "we live in a democracy" kind of thing going on here. Are you sure about that? Getting one choice every 5 years with the option of 3 undemocratically elected (as party leader), identically raised and educated public schoolboys, hardly sounds like democracy to me. Do you believe you're making a difference and that they're listening to you? They're not.

Oooh this made me think it worthy of a reply. Congratulations, you triggered a positive emotional response within me!

Glad nobody is in agreement with the OP The song itself is fantastic but the lyrics are truly preposterous. As captain, Gerrard has been forced to sing it half-heartedly for years, bet he can't wait to quit. God save the Queen? F*ck off.

If it's really bad for the psychological development just give them a healthy dose of psilocybin mushrooms when they're a bit older. All those deep lying fears and anxieties will be lifted for ever. Jobs a goodun

Well, quite! Agree!!! Can't stop them doing it though, in the comfort of their own homes. Well, not on any logical or moral grounds anyway.

Hope everything is dropped for him asap and no more news stories break like this about it. Arrested for "drug offences"? That should read arrested for "non-taxable drug offences". What a completely f*cked up world we live in. Why wasn't I arrested for drinking a Cherry Coke last night? We all know that's worse (or as worse) for my body than some of these Class As...

Bloody 'ell gov, never thought of that one! We've been here chatting footy for years and never thought to just let the manager get on with it! Cheers sadoldgit, all along we just needed your advice! Can close this board now mods.

Can we all agree now not to be too upset when we lose 5-0 to Liverpool with goals from from Lallana (3), Lambert and Lovren?

Great stuff.

Our manager uses Twitter. We are so 2014. hashtagsaintsrule

You don't leave your best player out of the team if you've any hopes of succeeding in the competition. Brazil wouldn't leave out Naymar, Argentina wouldn't drop Messi. So what was Hodgson thinking not starting Lallana against Italy? Pick your best players Roy, that'll help you win games.

My apologies to the board, it seems they do know what they're doing. Very much so! Excellent appointment.

I heard from a dutch reporter on Talksport the other day that Van Gaal and Koeman don't get on at all. Extra spicy for the Utd game then.

Boom shake shake shake the room

To delude (v) means to make someone believe something which is not true or real. Deluded (adj) means you believe something which is not true or real. Believing Mancini is a poor manager and not good enough for Southampton Football Club is kind of.... deluded.