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Having watched the Celtic game i am now slightly worried if we are in for VVD.....I AM HOPING it was a case of i'm not trying my hardest as i have a move to a Premiership club lined up. He passes well, glides forward great.....but his defending looked woeful....hoping it was a case of disinterested, a bit like Clyne second half of last season.

have watched the game and although he passes very well, is a threat going forward.....i'm not so sure about his defencive qualities! He almost looked disinterested when it came to defending. I think Saints fans will love him tearing out of defence.....I just hope he is as good defending. Like what i saw.....but this was the first time i really concentrated on watching him as opposed to watching just the game.

I do not believe for one minute we could have ever been interested in Chester. What can WBA give him that we can not?? Some people on this forum embarrass themselves with their ridiculous panicky comments and others i swear just deliberately troll to see how many bites they can get. Have people learnt nothing from the last few seasons....we do our business quietly, we do not announce to the world every target we have and every offer we have put in. The reason i have not bought a national newspaper for well over 20 years + is that they are full of crap......but so many on here are willing to believe every word they print1

Totally agree with the above. It has been an incredible journey and i have loved every minute of it. Being a Saints fan is just so completely different. 40 plus years i have followed Saints and i have loved the journey. What an incredible journey from Tuesday nights in Hartlepool to Thursday nights in Arnhem, I've loved it all.

leave MLG alone and find something else to moan about......his posts make me chuckle;)

In a word "NO"

fwiw i completely agree with the very reasoned response from Saint Armstrong

well i was amazed we were ever in the running for this player in the first instance .....but now Port have come in with $25 mill offer i pretty much think thats it....i live in hope he would prefer to come to us and the Premiership but would Porto be just as appealing to him???

never ever expected him to stay....and to be honest i dont expect any of our good players to stay more than a couple of seasons. As soon as a bigger club come sniffing it is inevitable they will be off....money talks...end of discussion really.

awful from the English youngsters. Midfield are scared to play a forward ball, everything is backwards or sideways......heavily reliant on Kane getting lucky but the service is crap!

As much as i would be gutted if Toby went elsewhere (especially bloody Spurs) i am confident that in RK he has alternatives lined up. We have to believe that RK knows a good defender when he sees one and one that would suit the Premiership. I'm sure we could find someone that will do the job and welcome being a first team player, playing in the Premiership, playing in Europe and playing for RK....the last bit cannot be understated at all.

was a big mistake taking JWP off. He is by far the best dead ball player in that England team. He was neat and tidy without being special. That all said this was a very decent Portugal side.

cannot complain with the business done by Saints so far.The outlay is minimal going by todays inflated transfer fees and potentially we have 2 very good players. I thought it had been confirmed that we were not taking up the option on ELIA......I havent seen anything regarding Djuricic though??? Watched him last night for the under 21's and thought he had a very good game....he is another talented young player that RK might think is worth taking a punt on again this season?

he is playing very well at the moment and very well taken goal

I've said before and i will say again.....i just don't think we are to fussed about Austin. At the right price he might have been a good addition but i trust we can find an alternative for a fraction of the price.

we should all know by now Saints do their business quietly.....the press/agents want to link us with everyone under the sun and we might end up signing someone that someone vaguely linked us to......throw enough **** and eventually some will stick. None of us know who is on our shopping list, we just have a reasonable idea what positions need to be filled, the rest is just pure speculation. I trust the club totally to sign players that will improve us and will be happy to only hear anything when the new players have officially signed and are wearing the "watch"!

I'm with window cleaner on this one....i am not convinced we are interested

If we are seriously interested in Austin (which i have my doubts about) i cannot honestly see why if he has the choice between us and Newcastle he would choose them. Newcastle....seriously badly run club, a club not going anywhere, hardly an inspiring choice of new manager, no European football and in the other corner we have Southampton!!!...enough said. If he doesn't come here i don't believe we were interested.

That is not entirely true. If anyone cares to look back when Ings name was first mentioned i stated i had it on very good authority that Ings has 2 offers on the table...one from Saints and one from Liverpool. It came directly from Ings sister here in Southampton. Ings is very close to her and her children and because of very personal reasons he was considering coming here. Now what has happened between then and now is anyones guese...it could be Saints interest that they made known to him late last year cooled or the family problem no longer became a problem......If i was not a 100% confident on what i posted i would not bother....i dont look for some ITK recognition, purely keeping fellow Saints in the picture about something i was lucky enough to be privy to.

god this is a bloody awful game

I didnt think i was too bothered if we made Europe or not.......BUT HELL YES I AM....We bloody deserve it!

Europe here we come!!!!

for what it is worth this is my view on our possible transfer market activity. IF we qualify for Europe i would not be surprised if our plan was for our existing squad being capable of getting us to the group stages. Get to the group stages and we see some extra faces brought in.....don't qualify and we might lose a couple that will be replaced but nothing else.

would normally cheer on the underdog but obviously want Arsenal to win......if West Spam can qualify through fair play, then i can accept us qualify because of Arsenal winning.

Goalkeepers Forster-8 We really missed the big guy towards the end Davis-6 Great servant and did not let us down when called upon Gazzaniga-5 Still not convinced Defenders Clyne-7 Excellent first half of the season, shame he tailed off Fonte-10 Top class leader and has really come on this season Toby-9 Probably would have been a 10 if he had stayed injury free.....now sign for Saints!! Yoshida-7 Has been solid when called upon Gardos-6 very little to judge him on. Strange signing on the face of it. Bertrand-9 Shrewd shrewd business Saints. Excellent first season. Targett-6 Has not let us down when called upon. Bright future hopefully ahead of him. Midfielders Davis-7 I like Davis and don't understand why he gets so much stick. He is reliable and does whats required. A few goals would help. Wanyama-8 The rock...enough said Reed-6 In patches he has shown what a decent player he could become. He is still learning and next season i feel is a big one for him if we get Europa football JWP-7 another much maligned player who i personally think is quality. He needs to learn how to defend better but technically he is one of our best. Morgan-9 This lad will be so difficult to replace if he goes. He really is the real deal Tadic-7 excellent first half of the season and difficult to understand why he went off the boil so dramatically in the second half. Djuricic-5 Not convinced Attackers Pelle-8 first season in the Premiership with the responsibility of our main goal threat. Give the guy a break he did well Mane-8 wasn't convinced at first but wow he has shown he has the attributes to be a great player for us....please stay on your feet, you are a gazzelle Long-7 Reminds me of Brett Ormerod, never stops running and occasionally scores. Forget the price tag and the guy did ok Ellia-5 not convinced