Saint Charlie

Solid. Not sure about his defensive positioning at times: lots of Palace's best moments were down the Martina:Fonte channel. Similar with Villa too. Definitely better than he was hyped to be though and gets forward well. Good athlete which helps him.

Simple point: he has had another excellent season. Like many I wasn't over bothered about his signing but has turned out to be a very good acquisition. Had a great game today but over the season has just been very solid defensively and a useful outlet going forward. Looks like a player who knows his position very well: good technical ability supplemented with excellent decision making. Good pen too (if a suprising choice of taker). Hopefully a starter in the Euros.

Class again today. Last 6 or 7 games probably his best run of form since he has been at the club. Strong on the ball, quick feet and generally plays the right pass. Links superbly with Bertrand too. Quality and a bargain for what we paid.

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/10283551/koeman-i-want-to-stay-at-southampton "I like the club, I like the fans, I like the players." "Of course, I want to stay, its all about ambition and sometimes ambition is about money."

He was a lot more aggressive today which was great to see. Similar to the Norwich home game which was his best performance of the season IMO.

Really impressive season, recovered really well from the bad period of form which shows how good Koeman is. Turning point for me was Forster coming back. Our win % with and without him must be substantially different. Key players found form towards the end too, even the run of the last 4 games was pretty special. Got to take this momentum into next season now.

https://audioboom.com/boos/4567722-reaction-listen-to-saints-boss-ronald-koeman-speak-to-bigadamsport-following-their-4-1-win Koeman wants to see investment in the squad to show real ambition, the kind that will see him extend his stay. Fair enough and as per the OP...over to the Club.

Absolutely fantastic! Tough game for large spells and little sloppy in central midfield and at the back, but we are such a threat going forward and could have easily scored more! Mane and Tadic were both in good form, especially Tadic who is a top player in this kind of mood. Great finish to an excellent season. Congrats to Koeman and the squad who have been brilliant.

https://audioboom.com/boos/4565223-listen-saintsfc-boss-ronald-koeman-with-bigadamsport-on-everton-his-own-future-final-day Good interview from Ronald. Basically, future will depend on the talks next week but he fully intends to be here next season. Hopefully the Club can show him he should stay beyond that (or at least sign to stay beyond that).

Seems like he is fine so should be good. Quite a decent chunk of prize money on offer for both teams today, could be a cracking day.

Good. He was in the training pics also. Could likely be his last game I guess.

Mane out would be a massive blow. Where does it say that?

Thanks for posting. Any potential fee mentioned? Sounds like a massive defensive midfielder - that a fair assessment?

Sentimental I'm afraid. He has a whole match next week to take the acclaim of the crowd, rightly so. We have a job to do today and other players are rightly ahead of him in their ability to do that job. Today isn't an end of season jolly for us.

Koeman is clever at always putting the ball in the Club's court (based on his quotes rather than the hugely speculative clickbait intro)

Sunday Times saying Everton have approached Mourinho!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3590746/Ronald-Koeman-consider-Everton-approach-Southampton-s-final-game.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Article neatly suggests that just about every possibility is possibly going to happen!

I think Stoke are ****e and West Ham generally pretty good. Demolished WBA easily in their last away game. Expect them to win, then its a bonus if they don't, but certainly far from impossible. Dangerous game for us though, will be waiting til we are winning before even thinking about other scores personally.

Payet apparently missing for WH with a knock. Would certainly help even if he hasn't been quite as good lately.

He is playing.

Adkins is back as Manager. Easily worth the money for a loyal Saint if you haven't yet got a ticket, should be quality.

Its Cundy. Its TalkSport. Enough said. BTW, Gloss emulsion now 2-4-1 at Wickes.

Saints interested in Flores apparently: http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/marca-leeds-target-flores-has-offer-from-southampton-espanyol-int Koeman on the summer: http://sport.bt.com/football/news/ronald-koeman-southampton-will-be-stronger-next-season-if-top-players-stay-S11364060928445 Guan's comments the other day:

I think its more agility/movement related why Koeman seems hesitant to play Wanyama and Romeu together.

https://m.facebook.com/notes/simon-peach/kelvin-davis-qa/1776464195922724 Good interview with Simon Peach expands further.