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hahahahah 40mil that is surely a joke, if they bought him for 850K 2yrs ago (claude bought him), he has played well in a French League I think he would be more of a 15mil signing or 20mil euro but I rate him for sure. O

I think Mcqueen is more attacking fullback (given his previous positions) in the bertrand mold but needs to work on the defensive side, Targett is the sort of safe option but I think Sam can develop into a more modern player.

Bro are you mirroring my account hahaha #cocowatch

Interesting he looks like a hard and fast type runner who is physical and can score unlike tadic, what can you tell us about him ?

Ok I am in cos he is fun to watch anyway #ziyechwatch and I can go to the pre-season friendlies here in Amsterdam to give my scouting reports :-) And here are some links to him from last month - http://://fr.starafrica.com/football/articles/mercato-southampton-insiste-pour-hakim-ziyech/ - This is my favourite, says he is our priority signing for the summer :-) http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/04/04/with-dusan-tadic-toiling-should-southampton-challenge-for-hakim/ http://://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2017/04/214237/snubbed-renard-hakim-ziyech-courted-english-clubs My straws are being fully clutched

we need to find a new #watch

See Ziyech has been rated the best player in the Eredevise for this year by whoscored, another we missed out on, a faster younger version of tadic

I dont have much to enjoy about this game but Romeu, Boufal and Gabbi getting stuck in is nice. Cedric is having a terrible game which I am not surprised since Tadic is his outlet. Am waiting for JWP to start doing something offensively or defensively at least.

To be fair tracking back and defending is something boufal probably does far more than redmond and tadic, in all the games he plays he is always coming back and getting stuck in.

If we are talking centre midfielders I know it is a oldie but Feyanoord should win the Eredevise today and Tonny Vilhena has been excellent this season and at 22yrs old he could be ready but I don't know if his mums cancer is in remission which is what has kept him in rotterdam the last few years, he's on a new contract but we all know how that works.

1 assist and 0 goals this season no thanks

here's my hipster entry, what about pal dardal from hertha ? he's their club legend though so probably no chance. Done a very good job and is something like 41

Decent article from Mr Crook on why Forster and Stephens should take a spell out of the team for this game. http://www.espnfc.com/club/southampton/376/blog/post/3113650/southampton-must-take-fraser-forster-and-jack-stephens-out-of-the-firing-line

We miss half a eriksen from our midfielders Christian Eriksen: Has scored or assisted 16 goals in his last 12 appearances for Tottenham in all competitions (12 goals, four assists) Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk

Brum mail say west brom http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/west-brom-tipped-land-wolves-12935920

Makes me want to buy Wylan Cyprien even more to cover/replace Davo

Marca describing Gazza as a wall after yesterday's heroics he single-handedly got the win for Rayo after doing 5-6 worldy saves apparently, their forum loves him, seems like a Kelvin Davis v Leeds effort yesterday. http://www.marca.com/futbol/segunda-division/2017/04/17/58f49885268e3e8d4e8b45f1.html

Unlike Tadic at least Boufal tracks back and tries to win the ball back a lot.

He has too. Him coming to us was a proof of concept that he is good enough in this league, he has exceeded that and is now the finished article. There are not many world class CBs available so think the price will be closer to 60m if he goes and I expect him to go to a mega club (replace Pepe if Varane goes to Man U).

Calling Dubai Phil to this thread for golf talk

Didnt watch Bournemouth game, hope we are not as bad as that game.

Take Davis's name out of the discussion and imagine the sort of return (goals/assists) you would expect from a player who has played a large majority of his career in the AM/CM position. Based on that Davis is not giving us the return I would expect in that position but based on value (cost/wage) he is currently above his value in my opinion. A hard working, assist making, goal scoring CM/AM is an expensive position to fill, it will be interesting to see what the club do.

Interesting info assuming they mean our soares ?

Boufal can go past his man and has more pace, Tadic can stand his man up and passes forward better

Called it