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Would Sharp even want to play for Saints again after we gave him his shot of Premier League football gave him a few minutes (if memory served) and sent him off on loan? That's perhaps more the question than whether he's good enough or not. (Though I agree with some, if Guly can play in the Premier League as a bit part player, I'm sure Sharp could. Far worse strikers have graced the Premier League. We'll never truly know anyway unless we try him for a bit, not that I think we will.)

Bertrand is available for £8 million, not sure if they have another youngster behind him. I'd take Bertrand for around £5-6 million btw.

I would hazard a guess that Azpilicueta will still be their first choice left back and they're just looking to strengthen the "Cole" spot. In which case Shaw would've been far too expensive for them.

Burnley are certainly strengthening the area Ings plays in. It's easy to come to the conclusion that they're preparing for the worst.

Another Frenchman. Would be a good addition for them though. The Jutkiewicz transfer is a strange one, he's a decent player but Prem quality?

If his head isn't going to be in it, then we might as well take the money and bring in his replacement. I can see Morgan being professional if he's asked to give us another season, Dejan's already shown his unprofessionalism by using the media to say he wants to go. If he's not going to be 100% next season, get rid for Liverpool's big bucks and bring in 1 or 2 new CBs. I'd take a happy Lovren, but is that still possible?

First manager out is a tricky one. WBA fans will be almost immediately on Irvine's back if they start poorly, as will Newcastle with Pardew though I think they'll do OK this season. As good as Dyche did for Burnley last season, promoted clubs rarely stick by the man that got them there unless they do OK too. Hmmmm, I think A slow start could see Allardyce out of a job, as expectation to do better and change his style at West Ham could prove costly. He's already under pressure. IMO of course.

Lamberts lost it. Some very strange transfers this summer. Cole is long past it and Senderos is error prone. Along with Baker and Clark in their team, they will concede a lot of goals this season. Poor Guzan will have his work cut out. I can see them and WBA struggling.

I really hope Ramirez stays. I think he has great skills and with the right management could be a top player. Pochettino didn't rate him for whatever reason but with the right nurturing he could blossom under Koeman. Ramirez and Tadic pulling the strings sounds great, backed up with youth. Perhaps a winger cum striker addition wouldn't go astray as Jay's out for so long though, it'd provide better strength in depth. (Unless that's earmarked as Mayuka's spot.) Having said that Koeman did say in the interview Tadic was one of a few they wanted. I suppose it depends whether Ramirez stays as to whether we strengthen further.

Very confident with Koeman in charge. I like when he says Jay could be like the best winter transfer for us and that the squad should be ready for the first game of the season. I did not like the pushy Suarez questions.

Few false transfer stories required. "Southampton are interested in Chelmsford City's Tommy Forecast in a £30 million coup." Then post in in the Liverpool Echo.

Yuck, one line paragraphs. I hate that. True story.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/28246873

Twente will end up hating us as much as we hate Liverpool!

Are West Ham the new Norwich? ;-) I actually think Hull are going about their business well. Snodgrass was one of Norwich's only decent players last season, although perhaps they've overpaid. Seeing how much Tadic cost, compared to say Snodgrass and McCormack today, makes me wonder why anyone shops in this country anymore. Lallana was overpriced too IMO.

One good memory was the surprise win away to Wolves, 6-0 with a Saganowski hat trick. Does that qualify for this Fred?

Crystal Palace away. Relegation season. We lost 3-0 to a Shefki Kuqi, yes Shefki Kuqi, inspired performance. It was bitterly cold and my Palace mate was lauding it over me all game. We were awful, the best player for us that night was a certain Jack Cork. My mate said he liked the look of our right back that day, Lloyd James. He laughed when I told him both our full backs were midfielders. Our team that day: Southampton: 1. Kelvin Davies, 2. Chris Perry, 7. Rudi Skacel, 8. Bradley Wright-Phillips (16. Romain Gasmi, 81), 11. Andrew Surman, 17. David McGoldrick, 20. Adam Lallana, 23. Lloyd James, 30. Jack Cork, 38. Jordon Robertson (33. Joseph Mills, 69), 41. Alex Pearce (10. Paul Wotton, 45). FFS.

Welcome Tadic. Looking forward to seeing him in action. A few more top signings in a short space of time would be mint, and start to make the squad look strong. I'd love it if Koeman could persuade Gaston to stay with the promise of more regular first team football, as I think an up for it Gaston would be like a massive new signing. I wonder what marketing ideas SFC will come up with for Dusan? I reckon something for the ladies, the Tadic Todger perhaps.

Id take Bendtner on a free if it were one of 3 striker signings and the wages were right. Ego or not he's shown previously he can get goals, and has experience now to boot. Although of course I hope for better.

Dusan, Dusan, he's our man, if he can't do it... ...we'll flog him to Liverpool for 3 times what we paid. I'm home from work at about 4:15pm. An announcement at 4:20pm would be delicious.

So Koeman plays 3-5-2? OK: Boruc -----Chambers--Fonte---Lovren----- Clyne--Morgan--Wanyama--Cork--Targett -------------Tadic-------------- ---------------Osvaldo------------- Not that I can see Morgan, Dejan or Osvaldo still here, and the futures of JRod and Ramirez aren't certain either. So really it's a moot team selection. Lots more outs and ins and outs and ins to come IMO, twill be an interesting couple of months.

Whatever happens in the next few years, we are in a far better place than we could have been, and all of that is thanks to our Markus. The basic structure of the club was in place, and Markus got it for a song, but look at how much his investment has multiplied over the 5 years. What an inheritance he has given his daughter. Long may she find interest in us enough to keep financing our dreams. The highlight for me was the JPT trophy win as I was lucky enough to be there, but perhaps the best thing we did was achieve nPC promotion at the first attempt. (Was it nPC or CCC? I forget.) Let's hope we can enjoy more ups than downs over the next 5 years. RIP Markus, shame you weren't around in person to witness what you wanted us to achieve.

In typical SWF fashion, I shall now proceed to slate Tadic before he's even put pen to paper. God waste of space, just when we needed a Lallana replacement and we end up with a De Ridder. Mumble, groan. Is this how much we've sunk? Relegation a certainty. Just for the lols. I'm actually looking forward to seeing him in action!

Is that a typoo? Umm, that wass a typo. So was that. It'll be nice to get this first signing over the line. Maybe the powers that be will get a liking for it and keep doing it. Like an addiction. An addiction to signing players. Just like anyone that plays FM ever.