Maybe AL's agent should have been a bit cleverer when negotiating his last contract and insisted on a release clause of say £20m if a Top 4 side came in for him? Unless of course his agent never thought he'd turn out to be quite so good and just snapped our hands off when we offered him a bloody great pay rise!
Re the Hokey Cokey chant. Could we not sing 'Southampton's number 1' at the end instead of 'Rah, Rah,Rah'?
For the pedants I realise his squad number is 31, but I think we all know he really is our no. 1 ability wise.
Does anyone recall that interview Nige did soon after last season ended, when he seemed to hint that he didn't expect to be around for the long(er) term? I wonder if he always knew Cortese's plan was to bring in a 'sexier' name?
Great point and great performance. Can't really have any moans after that.
It's refreshing to have someone capable of taking decent corners, lots of pace and whip on them and into dangerous areas. Gotta feel sorry for Guly, he looked absolutely gutted when he went off.
Mate of mine spoke to AL in a boozer in Christchurch, he said he expects to be out for 2 months. Certainly better than season ending, but still a lot of games to miss.