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Definitely buying this, was going to already but great news that KL very focused on the future, the Liebherrs have been just marvellous for SFC and the city as a whole. Hoping I can order it online from the club if it sells out in the megastore not living locally.

A very promising player with strong pedigree in an area we need to strengthen for peanuts in today's market - what's not to like. Will be interested to see if he's Victor's replacement of whether Clasie follows Ronald to Everton. Now for a Mane replacement and a striker. Pied proposed signing Ok as we'll need depth in full back and wide areas with the EL. Can see us bringing in an experienced back up keeper as well. Now the focus is on Fonte and Cedric for tonight's final - cheering you on lads!

Read their appearance figures in the second half of the season. Moreover, can you remind us again of how many games Jay has played in the last 18 months? I'm a huge fan of Jay's but we don't know yet if he can get back to his former levels. My point was predicated on perhaps Puel not having experienced the English top flight yet and the intensity and physical pressures it places on strikers. This is especially true if he wants to introduce a pressing game. Puel is a more experienced football manager - my management career is in another field - butI have been watching Saints since 1983 so I know a little bit about English football thanks. Not aa much as Reed and co granted but enough to make sensible comment. As for your immature 'melt' comment, have a look at my previous posts - I've been consistently supportive of the Board and owners since the takeover. Moreover, I have a 5 hour round trip for home games, easy to have a pop when you live nearby. For the record, I'm very happy overall and wouldn't swap our set up for an but do have a concern IF we don't replace Pelle and that's only because of the EL group stages.

I agree it's a good deal considering his age but I'll miss quite a lot him as a player and enjoyed watching him in the last 2 years. I'm very concerned if the club have leaked that to the Echo that there's no replacement for him with the amount of football we have to compete in during the first half of next season. That would be sheer lunacy - and unnecessary with the new TV deal. Hope that's the Echo speculating or Saints trying to bring the cost of their first choice replacement striker down. Austin and J Rod have big question marks over their ability to play one game a week (although I feel sorry for J Rod, he was on fire before that sickening injury at City) let alone two on a regular basis. Surely that Echo report is wrong?

I'd also add to that a vile economic system and some of the most toxic neoconservative pressure groups in the world. But hey, Brexit supporters want the UK to be more like America!

Yeah, Bournemouth signing well, was surprised they let Ritchie go but Ibe is worth the gamble and Lewis Cook for £6m is bordering on obscene value. Mind you, Leeds signed Roofe from Oxford yesterday for £3m which is a lot for them so that was a sign Cook would be sold. Have a feeling they'll spend big on a centre half as well. Impressed with Boro's business as well, shrewd and quality signings on paper without taking needless levels of risk. Can see them doing OK next year. Spurs got a good deal on Victor after taking a bath of a couple of last year's costly signings. Saints did well with Redmond for that price but keen that Puel assesses the squad and pushes on. As for West Ham, they seem obsessed with having a marquee signing for their new council house but Bacca at £30m and 30 years old...really?

I agree on the home kit, much better with the red yoke, which looked miles better than with the naff white yoke version. Away kit is OK, if bland, but looks more like a training kit than an away kit. Would like to buy the home kit at first glance but the away kit might go with more of my wardrobe (and therefore keep my missus happy).

Absolutely - winning the vote is the easy bit - no one will thank them who voted Leave if is a sour exit on poor terms. I'd get some experienced heads who can mix negotiation skills with ability to absorb complex detail - Rifkind, Alan Johnson - those sort of people. Cool heads at needed for article 50 and I didn't see any of those in the formal leave camp. As for Farage, look at his voting and attendance record at the EU parliament - can't do detail.

I wouldn't be surprised - it'll cause mayhem though. It's probably more a pause for reflection which Merkel has also called for inspite of Brussels threats for a fast exit - but the latter could also be a pressur tactic on Gove and Johnson to walk the walk. Interesting times Trousers, I still think we'll exit eventually but enormous can of worms about to come wide open.

How old are you? Grow up, these are serious issues with a lot of skilled jobs in our major industries at stake. It's not a football match where anyone wins or loses. If the first phases of exit are mishandled - and with Johnson, Gove, Fox etc involved there's a high probability of cocking it up - we all lose our shirt. They need to get some experienced cross party negotiators in there who have the attention to detail and negotiation experience to pull the best deal out. I still think they will activate article 50 but anyone who didn't think Boris, Gove and even Farage who isn't an MP FFS were pale and petrified at what was facing them on Friday as reality dawned is a liar. They should be eager to take up article 50 asap but they are bricking it. I don't agree with bit on Cameron stitching Boris up; this was genuinely a disaster for DC. That said, Boris has to now prove that he isn't the Redknapp of domestic politics propped up by his media chums. His stint as London mayor did little to dispel this.

You make an interesting point on what people were considering when they voted. This is particularly so with so many of the Labour heartlands. Were they voting against perceived elites? Also though, are they expecting more equality as a result of voting Leave but at the same time voting for Gove, Fox and Farage, who are probably less fussed about social and economic equality than Cameron or Osborne, whether it's in those heartlands or not? Or is it a mandate for a shift in economic policy? Hard to know at the moment. Boris and Farage looked like worried men though at the prospect of having to possibly carry through their promises - NHS investment, protecting science spending, investment in UK regions The people have spoken, many of whom haven't voted in the last few general elections. IDS noted this yesterday. Happy with democracy and respect the vote - just hope that people realise there are no guarantees that they will get the type of change they seem to want. Corbyn screwed and a total lame duck. He'd have been better off standing down and fighting for what he believed in.

That was Ryan Seager, who was on loan at Crewe. All for playing young players but current crop are different proposition to Shaw and that crop. Anyone that says we won't need to buy to replace Victor needs certifying (or thought Lowe and Wilde's experiment would end well) and seem to remember the club saying they were seeking a replacement thankfully. Hope the mention on the Telegraph small transfer budget isn't true though, especially with the new TV deal. Would expect to see a decent budget but not OTT or anything that puts the club at risk. Some of the messaging out of the club via the press and the low-name new manager are a concern though.

Thinking the same way as you, not inspiring as an appointment at all. Hope he makes me eat my words though. Sounds like they spoke to him at the time of appointing Koeman so not a random selection I reckon. Mind you, Lowe spoke to Poortvielt and Wotte before appointing Burley so that may not saying much!

Has just been linked with Forest by the local paper there as they are set for a Greek-backed takeover. If so, let's hope the club have some better and more exciting options than Puel in the bag!

I agree, TUC rep making my ears hurt although she made a good point at job losses not being patriotic although the shrillness lost the sharpness. Ruth bossing this debate. Caroline Lucas always speaks well. Ruth demolishing Boris again. Now Andrea gets it and not looking so smug now either. Gisela going about Turkey again....:

Ruth is quality, if she'd been leading the Remain campaign it would win by miles. More clarity from her than we've heard for the rest of this sorry campaign. Sarah Wollaston is a dagger in Leave's heart, started in their camp but appalled by Boris, Farage and Matthew Elliott. Local MP and decent egg. Khan and Andrea alright but others awful and Boris dripping wet cloth, very poor. Gisla terrible, TUC speaker bordering on hysterical.

£50m might be a bit too high as a release clause, perhaps £35-40m where it could be attractive to buying clubs but gives Saints a very healthy margin on the player and wards off the running down of the contract issue. Just thinking about it from the player's side. £30m even might be more conducive to getting agreement - that is likely to be activated in the future but would motivate Sadio to play near the top of his game so the club still wins because his contract won't be running down.

Seconded Adrian, replacing Victor is not something to skimp on. 'Big' signing required both in terms of physique and transfer fee. Won't miss his attitude at times but will miss his work-rate and muscle against the big boys, the latter of which will be difficult to replace. Hoping RK might take Clasie with him giving Saints a profit and then the club could go big in the midfield area to compliment the under-rated Romeu and Davis.

Reluctantly I agree. Moyes would be a sound if uninspiring choice. Garcia and FDB are more exciting and Emery probably unattainable. Pellegrini still good if he has the energy and appetite. Someone posted well in response to me on Puel and Periera and made sound points but just not inspired by those two although accept they could do well. Zenga just a Magath type wind up by Murdoch's goons

Quite possibly the case but sure I read that they are looking for more than one country as well? Puel's CV is ok but hardly standout and didn't pull up any trees at Nice. Pellegrini by the far the best candidate left if the Telegraph articles on the remaining shortlist are accurate. A lot of good managers seem to have turned the role down. Puel would say to me that they had to get someone for the start of the preseason and they couldn't get anyone from their shortlist - not inspiring.

I see 'None of the above' have more votes than Puel or Periera combined! This should send a message alone. Feel very sorry for the STHs if Puel appointed - will be a long and not very fun season. Massive drop in stature and quality from Koeman if Puel or the other joker was appointed.

Voted for Pellegrini first time around and did so again although was excited by the prospect of Garcia or FDB. Pellegrini would be a fantastic appointment but Puel or Pereira would be disasterous appointments and should be opposed. Puel's teams play dreadful football and not the type I have any interest in watching. He's only managed in France so bit hypocritical to rule out FDB for only having managed in Holland. VP has a modest CV and a volatile temperament. Huge question marks over Les Reed's future for me if either of those two are chosen. Let's hpe someone else at the club has some input and steers him towards Pellegrini.

First change I can remember was Lawrie to Nicholl. I can recall fans being hacked off at Lawrie's comments but all forgotten now. The Nicholl years were exciting but we couldn't defend to save our lives which limited the best finish to seventh despite some superb young players. Then the players got Chris the sack by losing 6-2 at relegated Derby and not trying. What happened next though - as you describe above - Branfoot's appointment. We'd been linked with all manner of big names but for Askham to have done that was astonishing. For younger posters, imagine the club appointing Steve Evans, Alan Knill, Steve Davis or Aidy Boothroyd today - it really was that bad. Not as bad as the diabolical football which followed and the huge sums squandered on has-beens like Dixon and Speedie. Took us many years to recover and even longer to rid ourselves of Guy Askham - thank God we eventually did although it took administration.

Garcia would certainly be worth an interview and fits everything we've heard from the ITKs around criteria. He's managed some serious players at Roma and Lille and bags of European experience. Don't know if language might be an issue but MP did OK!

Irrelevant though if they can't spend it or waste it on average players. Would much rather have our planned and structured approach to growth than a splurge on mercenaries to desperately restore distant glories, wouldn't you Charlie? As our welcome visitor from the North East points out, their new owner doesn't have bottomless resources either and could be an unsustainable Leeds style rush. Will be funny if Erwin doesn't join his brother!