SaintBobby

I'm going to bow to the praise on here. I must have simply missed something. I thought he was okay, but he didn't dazzle me. I was also expecting more bullet headers, seemed to me to nod the ball away sometimes. Ings and Redmond were the two who impressed me most. Romeu looked good in 442 as well.

Four Four Two magazine has us finishing 15th

This Saints team look terrific.

3 0 now Hey ho

2 0 Lawrence again

Comedy defending by Vestergaard, slides and misses the ball and man completely. Lawrence gets in one on one and scores.

1 down

Vestegaard on

Bit better in the last ten or fifteen mins of the half.

This is pretty dire. Mainly Derby pressure and only one half chance for us, which Redmond ballooned.

"In and around". Probably the most irritating and stupid phrase in football ever.

Blimey, think that would have been a great read but for the record-breaking number of typos in a single blog!

Alpine, if I recall.

I'm still pretty certain we won't sign anyone at all in this transfer window as others on here have rightly said.

Renewed x 4. I'm afraid I'm a sitting duck for the club. If we'd been relegated and they'd doubled the price, I'd still have renewed. I'm that much of a mug/addict.

Milan trip was great, beating Inter 2-1 at home was also pretty special

I'd take Wilshere. Gamble, but not a bad one.

Love watching the World Cup for its own sake (and have taken 2 weeks off work to do so). But also love speculating about (realistic) HCDAJFU prospects. I haven't seen any yet, I don't think!

This is pretty ridiculous. You seem to be saying that we can't make any remotely fact-based judgements until there's a formal announcement on the official website, or something. Betting odds do indeed reflect the size and scale of bets rather than the truth - but you can place at least some trust in the wisdom of crowds. Something that is 1/5 is generally speaking much more likely to happen than something that is 100/1. Newspapers and websites get a huge number of transfer stories wrong and often rush to publish the thinnest of rumours. But they also get many more stories right than a random story generator would produce. If Saints get linked to a particular player in newspapers, websites and/or with the bookies, that is some reasonable evidence that the player could be coming to Southampton. Guaranteed? No. Overwhelming? Probably not. Compelling? Well, not usually. But reasonable grounds upon which to form on opinion in the absence of any inside intelligence or info? Certainly so.

Lol. Any other advice?

Obviously, the whited out dinosaur image is Les Reed.... (joke: I just whited that out to hide my Mum's name!)

Hey, Hoping for some help here. My dear Mum got a lovely birthday card for her 70th, signed by some of the squad. But, who is who? Some are obvious, but I think we have only worked out about four of them! Any help greatly appreciated!

I would be utterly amazed if we don't sign anyone I'd happily place a bet that we will sign at least 2 players. I agree though with those who think we aren't going to open the chequebook with a view to totally rebuilding the team.

Love & light (if I have identified the right internet profile, you have so many).

Dier and Henderson in centre midfield is so glaringly our weakest link for the World Cup. Not quite sure who i'd recommend instead though.