Saint_Tony

Not claiming to be ITK, never posted before but have a contact who knows someone at Spurs. Rumour is MP has already met Levy twice in the last 6 weeks. Feels he could take them to the Champions League, but wants to bring in J Rod, Lallana and Chambers. Could be bull****, but my contact has got correct info before. Would be devastating if it's true

Maybe sign Altidore from Sunderland as well? Look at his record in the dutch league

So he's off to Spurs within 2 weeks. At least that gives us plenty of time to appoint a new manager for pre-season

Isn't 'MoPo's' win percentage up to around 35% now?

I think a lot of posters are over exaggerating his contribution this season. He's missed a lot of games, and he's been hit or miss in those that he's played. However, I have been very impressed with him in the last few games and think he will be one of our key players next season. I forget he is still young and has huge potential

Correct, he's only going to leave for a better job. If Lallana and Shaw leave I'd still expect him to stay if no other team makes an approach.

Far too defensive, will be very surprised if we score today. 2-0 Swansea

You need to have a range of opinions. The only thing I hate on here is when certain posters claim 'the forum said this' when referring to the opinion of 1 or 2 posters. You need the likes of Glasgow on here, otherwise we'd just be one big happy family having a big party because we are in 8th place and none of our good players will ever leave.

Wasn't there one at Derby? Beattie hoofed the ball way up in the air, Paul Jones misjudged it and it dropped it in off the bar? Only goal of the game if I remember

No point, he's off to United in the summer...

Yeah I'd definitely take Coleman, another quality (English) player

I don't think he was ever going to take J Rod, his injury means Roy doesn't have to worry and can tell us he might have selected him. I think Rickie's performed better in the last few games, and what other options are there other than Carroll?

No, Clyne and Cork have no chance, having never been called up. Swap Barkley for Cork and I'd agree with the midfield and forwards. Can't see Dawson getting selected either

I said Carroll could have a chance if came back and went on a scoring run. Think he only scored 2 since coming back, and has had minimal impact

Yes exactly. Some people miss the fact that there are a lot of clubs who are a much more attractive proposition for a player than the mighty 8th placed Southampton fc. It's just the way football is, it's not a difficult concept to understand

Good post. Good post. A lot of people do need a reality check. There seems to be a lot of posters who won't accept that bigger clubs will bid for some our of best players and that they might leave. It's getting to the point where we are disgusted by any report that Lallana is going to Liverpool, Shaw to United etc. The likes of Shaw and Lallana are England internationals, of course bigger clubs will be inteterested. If they played for another team eg. Newcastle, we would all be saying they are too good and will leave, why should it be any different for us?

That's the thing, recently it's been difficult to feel too down if we lose, but equally to get excited about winning. I'm inclined to agree with you, this could be it. I'd loved to be proved wrong, for us to keep our key players and too invest heavily in new ones, but just can't see it.

Got a leicester and man city outright double for a big payout. Thought Leicester would be the tricky part! Bit of a sweat on it now

Why should we get a mention? We will finish 8th, and aren't involved in a relegation battle or a challenge to qualify for europe or win a title

It is a good achievement, but it's probably about where we should be with the players we have. In a way I do find the PL a bit boring, not just sitting in 8th, more the fact that I preferred playing midweek games in League 1 and Championship. That's not to say I would swop that for where we are. Now time to smash through that glass ceiling! (or hit it very hard and come down to earth with a bump)

Luke Shaw 'is worried that he might miss the boat'. Seriously?

So we're all writing a player off who I doubt anyone's ever seen play?

It means there's 7 teams better than is, 12 not quite as good. Room for improvement. In reality it doesn't mean anything until we find out what happens in the summer

Walk into most teams? Hasn't even been able to get in ours recently

People on here actually suggested Altidore on the hcdajfu thread once