BARCELONASAINT

if you do a search on him you will find we were not the only club he conned. In fact the list is very long and for some of the clubs he joined he was their highest earner!......he seems to have completely dropped off the radar now.

hurrah Pelle scores nice goal

He knew what was coming his way but he doesn't care. The F.A. cannot hurt him financially, the bloke has more money than he could ever spend, he couldn't give a toss. I really hope he gets a lengthy touchline ban.

Now **** off you smug git. What goes around comes around, hahahahaha

I'm expecting a Chelski backlash tomorrow.....unless the Chelski players are no longer playing for their manager!

As the name implies....I follow Barcelona and always have done since i was a kid. Massive reason being my heritage, father was an avid Real Madrid fan so i had to follow his arch rivals....lol. Saints will always be my first love but Barca are a close second.

Manager chooses alot of the youngsters tonight and we get knocked out he is accussed of not taking the competition seriously by some.......manager chooses to take the competition seriously by naming a very strong squad and he is accussed of blocking the youngsters progress......Jesus who would be a manager????......Personally i'm pleased as punch we have named a strong line up.

really pleased we appear to be taking this seriously and so we should. I'm sure tonights approach has been very much influenced by our European exit. No excuses tonight for not progressing.

thats Shaw out of Sunday then!

I must admit that i was mighty ****ed of by both Saints abject start to the season and Wanyamas **** poor antics. Do i blame Wanyama for our Euro exit? In part yes, his antics almost certainly hurt the preperation of the second leg......but the 11 on the pitch were more than capable of getting a result. What i have to face is the fact that hardly any of our players if indeed any play for "the club". They play for us because we offered them employment at more than they were previously earning. This kissing the badge stuff makes me sick. Not one of them gives a **** when a bigger pay packet comes knocking. I would almost not have a problem with this if the players were honest. How many of our current squad do people think really play for "our club" and not the pay packet??? Historically i will say Matt Le Tiss and Frannie bleed red and white, of the current crop Kelvin Davies.....and at a stretch Ward

Mane looked happy enough arriving and as Saint Charlie said...we have a chance when he's playing. Cannot express how angry i feel about the Wanyama situation......does anyone actually believe he is ill??

I'm not sure what else he could say really......"we are relegation contenders now, our season is over, the managers heart is not really in it anymore and half the team want to leave because they want to be multi millionaires within 2 years".....believe me i'm as ****ed off as most at the terrible start we have had and my confidence as a fan is rock bottom.....but believe me i expect our highly paid team of muppets to at least talk the talk and give us fans some belief that things will change....I live in hope, which is a bit more than i did Thursday evening!

if Wanyama and mane want to go then **** these mercenaries and get rid......i'm sick to death of these pathetic, vastly overpaid prima donas. Oh and so much for the fabled black box that picks out certain qualities.....it's bloody hopeless at spotting spoilt brats!

the way we are playing at the moment Portsmouth is the last team i would want to face!

been at work all day which is normally a bummer on a Sunday but then i came home had a look at this thread and wanted to go back to work!

good if true...http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/transfer-news/southampton-win-transfer-race-virgil-6302516

The most concerning points for me are the lack of leaders on the pitch....I look around and i can't see anyone. Koeman, to me looks disinterested......has he had enough of having to rebuild.....how much did the Toby debacle do to Koeman losing heart. At this present time we are weaker....alot weaker than we were last season. I have been baffled by his team selections thus far. Nothing against Yoshi, thought he did alright but we were crying out for an attacking wing back like Soares???....and why the hell is Juanmi not given a chance ahead of Long...he had a great pre-season. Yup i know it is early days....but i cannot help being very concerned.

I rarely agree with Alps....but on this point i totally do

I think after 40+ years of following Saints that i'm close to giving up on football altogether. No clubs can compete with the top 4/5 sides and when you do get close to having a side that will give the big boys a run for the money you get raided. The players themselves are nothing but greedy mercenaries who dont give a jot about the fans or the club that gave them their chance to sign. Yes i'm ****ed off, but whats the point if we cant say NO or the players we signed from oblivion sulk until they get their

I love watching Saints and Barca.....

I really hope i'm right here but a large part of me thinks this VVD transfer is already done. I think the two clubs have already agreed the deal, the ammount etc etc and we have an agreement with Celtic that he will officially join after their CL elimination or qualification to the group stages.......if this is not the case we are taking a massive gamble that another club will get him and i don't want to believe we are that stupid.

to get a bit of perspective Arsenal 0-1 WestHam 1

ummmm, Celtic scrape through, guess thats no VVD for at least

Hypo, don't get me wrong i'm just giving an opinion of the game i watched him play at the weekend. I agree that he looks a class player and infact i would say he reminded me of Clyne in as much that once Clynes head was turned in January he just never looked 110% committed and i think this is currently true of VVD. I would be very happy if we sign him....i just think people should be realistic about the quality of the Scottish league.

ok i will put my hands up straight away and say i only really watched him closely at the weekend although i've seen Celtic plenty. I have to agree with Derry because the Scottish Premiership is awful. I can honestly say i was not impressed with him as a defender at the weekend. Going forward great, passing generally excellent....defending looked woeful, but i kinda got the impression he couldnt be bothered. I'm sure he can adjust to the premiership but i think people need to be realistic about the level he has been playing against and not expect a world beater.