Bigger/better teams want our players who they deem good enough. The same applies to every other team. Bigger/better teams prey on teams further down the pecking order. I struggle to see what is so hard to understand.
Spurs and Liverpool are way, way, way bigger than Saints and clearly viewed as a step up in prestige, especially Liverpool.
When have Spurs or Everton "mugged us off", or Liverpool for that matter?
Big off today in a race, lost the back wheel on a 90 degree right hander on the last lap chasing down the break, which I'd just that second caught. Went down doing north of 40kmph ar_se 1st into the kerb. Thought I'd broken my pelvis but thankfully not. Some cracking road rash though!
Rear wheel will need sorting but frame etc seem ok.