Cabrone

Very professional, thought Arnhem would put up a much bigger fight TBH but glad we're through. Great to see that Pelle is looking sharp, need a big season from him all the way till May. I hope Saints take this cup seriously all the way through, this is a good competition with some very tasty teams in it and we have a chance to go a long way. Big raspberry to all the losers at Wet Sham, what a joke club getting kicked out by a glorified pub team, at least we won't have to play them now.

If he wasn't English he would be rated nowhere near where he is. He may have his moments but what use are they if he's almost permanently on the sick bed?

Yes, he gets away with playing like a box to box midfielder in Scotland but would not get away with it in the prem - he'd be slaughtered. That said, he does look like he has a fair bit of talent and should adjust to become a very good prem CH that occasionally breaks forward. I'd like us to sign him but if we don't then there are other options.

Fonte will go down as one of our best ever signings in my book, an absolute legend that cost a million, dropped a league to join us and has stuck around from the bottom of league 1 to 7th in the prem - all the time improving as he went. What I'd give for us to find another Killer to partner him, that would be an immense partnership. My fav CBs since the late 80s: Fonte Killer Deano Claus Toby Lovren Ken Monkou Andrew Davies Jos The rest

Whilst it's tricky assessing players in Scotland as Scottish football makes any half decent player look world class this guy does look to have genuine considerable talent about him. Looking at the videos he almost seems to play like a very deep lying box to box midfielder, the amount of times I see him streaming up the pitch with the ball. Not so sure he'd get away with that level of freedom in the PL and he'd have to knuckle back down to more defensive positioning but nevertheless he looks talented. I think we'd have to be looking at £10M to make a serious bid.

7th again. Good run in the Europa too.

So, from what I can gather from this thread..... 1) Yesterday Toby was a brilliant player. 2) Today he's not fit to play for a pub team. 3) Spurs are a load of c***s. Have I missed anything?

Best of luck to Morgan, we've had some top service from him and £25M should be more than enough to get some quality replacements. Cabaye and Clasie would be a very good swap if we could get them.

Liverpool got a good deal and we've lost a class RB. Let's hope Ron has a quality backup in his sights.

I'd take both, don't see why they wouldn't fit well together.

Sorry - hasn't done it for me. Time to say goodbye.

I think we can get something out of this, if there ever is a time to play Citeh away it's now when they have nothing to play for. 90 minutes of passion could be what separates us from 5th and 7th.

Not for me, don't rate him + he comes across as a bit of a knob. He's got pace but other than that nothing else stands out for me.

A pretty good summary of LFC I'd say. Ouch.

As a manager I'd imagine working at SFC would be brilliant, a great structure, brilliant facilities and a production line that is the envy of every other UK club. Add to that the opportunity to get some silverware, become a hero and get some great kudos at a club that historically has won very little and I can see why Ron might want to stick around. He's been brilliant for us and we've been brilliant for him, long may it continue.

Well done Bournemouth, its always good for the area to have more than 1 prem team. I hope they can stay up next season as it's going to be very tough, especially after we've taken 6 points from them.

Don't be silly. Today, and for today only you should be wanting a Pool win. Getting more pleasure from another's disappointment over your own gains is not a good mindset to have. Come on Brenda and the Pool team. You'd rather gloat about Pool losing than have the chance to qualify for Europe?

Whatever happens it's been a brilliant season but if we could hang on in there and take it to a Champs League sh*t or bust encounter with Citeh then it would have to go down as one of our best ever. The fixtures aren't too bad TBH... Stoke (a) - mid table team going nowhere, hopefully already thinking about their holidays Spurs (h) - hopefully they do their usual end of season fade + we owe them one anyway Sunderland (a) - really nothing special, if we go there with the right attitude we should be better then them Leicester (a) - same as Sunderland - bottom of the table for a reason, bang average side Villa (h) - hopefully comfortable by the time we play them, 3 points. Come on Graziano, get your shooting boots on and lets make history.

Assuming Citeh lose.... It's not so much Citeh as our own form which is the biggest problem. We've been pretty flat and the goals have been hard to come by. If we can get our mojo back and put a run together then we are back in the mix but will we? We only need to be within 2 points of them to be able to take it to the last day, that's us getting 3 more than them over 5 games - deffo doable but can we get that run going?

Crazy if we can't get Boruc back, he's head and shoulders our best 'available' keeper. With Artur in goal I wouldn't miss FF, indeed for me Boruc is better in many aspects (command of box, taking crosses) but we may have shot ourselves in the foot on that one. KD had a good game yesterday and he is consistent and he isn't PG (shudder) but I see us leaking the odd goal here and there and turning tight wins into draws and draws into narrow losses. That's what a top GK stops. Hopefully Kelv will have a string of Leeds(a) performances while he's in the first team. Best of luck Kelv.

1 point more than I ever expected. Once again the meanest defence in the prem was immense. Aside from Chelsea no other team is within 4 goals of our tally conceded, remarkable achievement. Could we still pull this one around, regain our mojo and make a tilt at top 4?

Could possibly be a good time to play them if this is the start of a mini wobble for them, can't really see us getting anything there but if we do it's going to be an ultra defensive performance with a smash n grab at the other end. If we were to get something could act as a springboard for our own ambitions.

Arse and Pool looking odds on for champs league now. We just need to work out how to score, defence is as excellent as ever but those goals have seriously dried up. Whatever happens it's been a brilliant season though, to think that we were being talked as serious champs league contenders up to March is amzing. The players have done amazing IMO.

I think this game will either be a tense cagey affair where there are few chances or it will be hell for leather with both teams throwing everything at the other. Pool know that if they lose this match their champs league aspirations will be all but over. Arse would be 6 points ahead, we'd be 7 points ahead and Utd 5 ahead all with much superior goal differences and only 12 games to go. I don't see them overhauling Arse now that they seem to be getting up a head of steam and with an effective 8 point head start I wouldn't see them overhauling us too. Pool obviously know this and that makes them a dangerous opponent. We're going to have to be on our best form and our strikers are going to have to click. The prize is a big one - almost virtual disqualification of Pool from the top 4 IMO. We are at the business end of the season now, this is where we'll see just where we are at.

TBH we've been fortunate just to have had the services of such a quality player over a season, he was playing in the champs league final not too long ago so it was a real coup to land him. I'd love him to stay but reality means he'll go to one of the big boys.