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Chances are we may need quite a few transfers to put together a strong team next season. Koeman has the 'name' in world football to attract them. I wonder if something he asked for when sorting out personal terms was more freedom in the transfer market to make his own decisions, rather than having a comittee to all decide which player to sign. Purely speculation of course, but if I were a manager, I'd like to know the players I wanted that I were going to manage were the ones at the club. I'm sure Pochettino had his say in the transfers we made under him, but I wonder exactly how much of a say that was... Either way I think Koeman is a top appointment, even if it's for the short term before he does a Hoddle, ressurects his career and ends up at Spurs (!). He's the right man to rebuild the team if the jewels do leave, and could even be the right man to persuade those jewels to stay. He was Van Gaal's assistant at Barcelona too, so not only are the links good for us with other teams, it'll also make the Man Utd v Saints games more interesting!

I suppose from the youth team before the academy was set up you could include Oakley, Hughes, Tisdale etc etc

What about bedwetters with a urine infection? They can't pee even if they wanted to...

A return to stripes...?

Brazil Belgium Last 16

Martinez just signed a 5 year deal at Everton. Strange timing of that announcement!

I'll give him a Bonio if he puts pen to paper.

World Cup has started. Come on Saints, make the announcement.,

i think Galatasaray already have their manager lined up, so that'd make that article ballocks.

His English is very good. Well done Mauricio. It'll come in very handy when you're pleading for your job in 12 months time. :-)

Its good to see WBA fans have as much clue as Saints fans do as to what's happening at our respective clubs...

Stand in any high street in the country masturbating and you could achieve that... FWIW I got France, not going to winit but runner up or third place gets me dosh.

Aaaarrrrrggggghhhhh! Right, starting tomorrow I'm going to St Mary's and I'm going to kill one member of staff every hour until a new manager is appointed.... ...OK not seriously, but starting to get impatient now. It'd be nice to get this sorted before the World Cup. Doubt that'll happen now. Maybe it's wise of the club to appoint a manager during the World Cup so the appointment goes largely under the radar but it'd be nice to know what the future holds soon.

News not coming up at 23:30 re: managerial appointment... There, that should keep a few of you awake past bed time! :-) ...or not...

If we get that on FM 2015, it'll be fun! MLG, let it be done!

As much as we are weakened by Liverpool, we may go and do the same to the likes of Burnley. Anyway, If we stop Liverpool signing our players, they'll stop us signing theirs, and long term we'll benefit more from signing their players than they will ours. Besides I think it'd be nigh on impossible stopping Liverpool signing our cream, one way or another the players will get their wishes, and it'll be on bitter terms if we prove stubborn. I want to keep our jewels as much as the next fan, but if they really want out, get rid for as much dosh as possible and let the manager go out and sign decent replacements.

We should bring back Pulis and Forecast. They were so loyal that they stayed here WAY longer than we wanted them. :-)

Without reading the thread, I find it hard to believe a player set to feature in his first World Cup game TOMORROW is concerned about his future at Southampton at this present moment in time If he has, then screw him, we get a large profit and replace him. If he hasn't, journalists need to stop writing sensationalist ******** to make them feel like they have power to influence footballing proceedings. Now I'll go back and read the thread.

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?16745-Charlie-Miller-mural&highlight=Charlie+miller#.U5eJXye9KK0

He's on the banner above!

Eff it, I'll take any of those three. Let's just get it done tomorrow! Starting to get impatient now, just want the future secured so I can enjoy the World Cup worry free.

I'm a terrible fan, no other club would want me.

Well not Oscar Garcia, he now manages in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv. IMO if Koeman was given a second interview then it seems the board are pretty sure they want him. The snag may be personal terms, but with the a World Cup a matter of days away I wonder if we will hear something over the next few hours, let alone days.

Following on from Rickie getting his dream move to the club he loved as a boy, Sunderland have the arse with Newcastle because they signed Jack Colback and don't receive a penny in compensation. Colback says it is a dream move because Newcastle is the club he supported as a boy. So 2 questions: 1) Which current players supported Saints growing up? (I believe Ings is one) and 2) Which teams did our current players support as kids? (I suppose Shaw and Chelsea is a well known one...) TIA

RIP Rik