Saint_Tony

I've been impressed by Big Vic for the last couple of games. He's had a few problems with injuries, but I think he will be a key player for us next season

Exactly, no club can guarantee this, hence Reed saying we will 'probably' turn down any bids. We need to be realistic and accept its more than likely that Lallana and Shaw will leave. I can see Morgan staying though

Fair enough, if that's your opinion I have no problems with that. I'm just basing it on what generally happens in football when a mid table team has a player who is capable of playing for a better team and that clubs at the top of the table would like to buy. It's a pretty simple concept, but because so many of us don't want it to happen, we choose to ignore what is a likely scenario.

Too late for him to make a push for the squad. I guess because he does the dirty work in midfield, and doesn't contribute as much in an attacking sense, he goes under the radar. E Roy could do a lot worse than take him as someone to bring on to hold a lead. Gerrard's had a great season, but Wilshere's constantly injured and never really improved and in my mind too much of a risk to bother taking to Brazil.

'If you're not in sport to win things, what's the point?'. Like that mentality, shame MP didn't think like that in the FA cup. Hopefully that might mean what's the point in turning up to finish 8th, and we can aim higher. Jury's still out for me, we shall see in the summer what Ralph's true intentions for the club are

Yeah, whatever. Love how some posters get so wound up by posts that aren't based on false hopes. Lallana will leave, I don't want it to happen but would rather accept it now than wait for forum meltdown when it inevitably happens

Still have no idea WTF Mcinnes means

Ah I see, following Les Reed's statement yesterday, Lallana is 100% staying with us. Glad the situation has been cleared up

They offer odds to specific clubs, he could go to any number of teams. If he played for someone like Newcastle for example, everyone on here would be in agreement that he was too good for them and will move to a bigger club.

I'd bet good money on it. I'll be devastated if it happens, but in my opinion its odds on that it will happen

He's obviously leaving. Can't begrudge him a move though, he deserves to play at the highest level and sadly that won't be with us

We talk about us not having squad depth. Everton are in 5th, but look what happens when they play their own version of Jos and Yoshida at centre back. Great performance so far, would like to see Rickie bag a couple of goals though

MP 7/2 2nd favourite to be next Spurs manager behind Van Gaal, who is odds on to go to United

So that's Lallana and Shaw gone then? Hopefully whoever is in charge in the summer gets to spend most of the £55 million on new signings.

Got to agree with you, he's had a lot of opportunities and I've never been overly impressed. How many goals and assists does he have? I think he will probably end up in the Championship soon enough.

Nice to hear, there hasn't been a lot of noise coming from the boadroom regarding MP and transfers. Whilst there are no guarantees of what will happen, I'm pleased that Reed has come out with a fairly positive statement

I meant as in this season. Of couse he has achieved it, but also at the expense of trying to win a cup. If Lallana, Shaw and Schneiderlin as an example, left in the summer, I'd be gutted. If MP left, there's plenty of good managers who would take the job

Players for me definitely. I think there's plenty of managers who could have got the same points total with this squad of players. Don't get me wrong, MP is a good manager, but not as great as everyone says. People give Glasgow abuse for mentioning his 34% win percentage, but at the end of the day it's a fact, and a stat that makes disappointing reading. We appear to have several players wanted by all the big clubs, so surely 8th/9th place should be a minimum expectation with the squad we have?

Got to agree, any left back is replaceable, we'd be mad to try and turn down £25-30 million. Spend no more than £5m on a left back and there's some decent funds left over to strengthen the squad

He'll definitely go in the summer, don't know why anyone thinks he will stay

I'm hoping the summer hurries up so we can find out what direction the club is going in. Every thread related to MP, transfers and budgets is turning into pages of ****e with people slagging eachother off, very tedious.

We have Gerrard as captain, he's got enough experience. There's no need to waste 2 spaces on Cole and Lampard. However, It's stupid to suggest Cole shouldn't go just because he might have had a poor game tonight. I very much doubt Luke would be bombing it down the wing against a team like Atletico.

Wanyama must have a good win percentage, maybe MPs replacement?

Transfer will be made permanent in the summer

Will they get even worse when they sign Lallan, Shaw, Lovren and Schneiderlin?