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It feels like 2008/09 season again. Selling off our more experienced players, gambling on young players or cheap imports. We’ll play some nice football and probably get a few plaudits for plucky loses but won’t know the know how or experience to close games off and do the ugly stuff. I fear for us I really do.

Seems to be the Blackadder goes fourth war tactic of doing exactly what we’ve done the last 23 times is the last thing they’ll expect us to do this time.

Our teams under Pochetino, Koeman and even Puel was hard working and hard to beat. Now were fucked after 40 minutes and fold like a pack of cards.

The names that were supposedly on the list and we end up with this guy let’s hope they know what they’re doing as this is a massive gamble That racist song is the reason why wanyama left

Maybe which shows how low the bar is.

We all know that’s how it works for us but to be talking about it all the time before we’ve even signed them is pissing me off

Did he work? For most of his time here he was third choice at best. For what he cost he was a good squad player but we don’t need squad players we need someone to come in and improve us now

This obsession with resale value and talking about selling them before they’ve even signed is really starting to get on my tits

Yes I get that. Fingers crossed because he certainly doesn’t seem like what we need. I really hope I’m wrong

Like we did with Elyanoussi you mean?

I’ve not been this excited since Kevin Danso

That’s it though he didn’t do anything. It’s not like he tried hard but wasn’t good enough. He was just there, then he was out on loan, then he was gone. Considering the circumstances he had to be one of the worst signings made by any club ever

Happy to agree to disagree. I just fail to see how you can think that comparing saints financial situation with other clubs of a similar size, with similar income is irrelevant. As you said we play in the same league, have the same TV deal, same agents to deal with, similar knob head mercenary players to work with. Surely the well run club mantra which has been trotted out verbatim for years says that actually how we are run financially verses others is very relevant. Anyway it’s quite boring so I’ll leave it there.

It’s impossible to see how it couldn’t.

Surely for all the reasons you state is why they are relevant. Their finances might not have an impact on ours, but what money they get and how they use it absolutely is relevant when comparing us with clubs that our peers of ours. Why do they bother printing tables of spend on agents fees and always listing clubs incomes if they’re completely irrelevant to each other?

Of course they’re relevant. Not really sure how anyone can say they’re not when we all play in the richest league in the world. Saints have the fourth lowest agent fees of all club in the premier league last season. So we can’t really use this as a reason why we’re skint https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/31/premier-league-clubs-spending-on-agents-fees-rises-to-272m-amid-covid-chelsea

But that surely applies to every club on every deal. If villa for example received £100m in transfer fees from Grealish then I reality it’s £75-£80m. If Burnley got £20m it’s probably more like £13m. I don’t see why agents fees bonuses and loyalty payments have suddenly become the reason why we don’t have any money. In fact saints pride themselves on their low agent bills, so if anything it should lessen the impact on our bottom line for every deal compared to other clubs In fact check this out, https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/31/premier-league-clubs-spending-on-agents-fees-rises-to-272m-amid-covid-chelsea saints have the fourth lowest agents fees of premier league teams last season. So I’m not really sure that agents fees washes

So everybody is in the same position then. So it’s totally relevant

Racist as well, perfect 🙄

Doesnt every club have to pay these or is it just us?

No, because if it's not to the tune of seven nation army or includes a line about hating pompey it never will

Simple song for this one... Lyanco, Lyanco, Lyanco, Lyanco etc etc etc Tune of the old 'ere we go song famous on the terraces in the 70s, 80's and early 90s

Sounds like the perfect centre half 🙂

Definitely one for the ladies & LGBT+

Squad player at a team that finished 17th in Serie A last season. Hardly seems the type to come in and improve us straight away.