wild-saint

i was thinking of of team made up of players that didnt start or get picked in the squad that would beat the current england starting 11 and have damn decent chance of qualifying out of that group and came up with the following - Ruddy clyne terry shawcross shaw cork wilshire ward-prowse lallana jay rod lambert i know a couple had injuries but it really isnt rocket science. the key is mobility in midfield, pace out wide at full back, strength and defensive nowse at centre back and decent technique in your front four. yes its saints biased but the point is that it goes to show that thier are players out there who could play the system we adopted stt his world cup if you get over the ingrained problem we have of the press picking the team.

clearly not on this occasion as both saints and bournemouth want cash up front or no deal.

heard some interesting gossip / information on the lallana to liverpool links. i heard fro someone at the bournmouth end if the conversation (close enough to be involved in any decision making) that liverpool have offered slightly north of 24 million however the caveat is that its paid in installments over 4 years (didnt ask how many). Bournemouth have absolutely said no chance we want our 25% up front no negotiation andsaints also have said all up front or no deal as we need to spend the cash on replacements. clearly liverpool have a budget for a number of players needed to bolster their squad for CL and dont want to spend a large chunk on one player up front so will only pay over 4 years. sounds like unless either party backs down nothing will be happening and young adz will be returning to SMS with his tail between his legs.

oh hilarious, the chuckle brothers. Is this what we have to look forward from you this season Glasgow?

whilst i will of course still go to most of the games, I can confirm that should saints appoint Steve Bruce then the board / owners will officially lose my support moving forward. That is all.

i like the look of tuchal personally and he defo fits the profile we seem to favour. He insists on all players to committing to attack and defence whilst preaching fitness. Turns out he is a big fan of the bielsa style and importantly has lots of experience managing acadamies ans using academy players at mainz. sounds like a perfect fit if you look at sucession planning.

to be honest thats my feeling on the situation. great player, personally my fave player since MLT. he may have been born i n liverpool but he was made here. he should have a sense of pride in ensuring it doesnt fall to pieces in my view. he had his chance at liverpool when he was a kid and ****ed it up. some repsect to the club that pulled him off the league 1 scrap heap and made him into an england international is due here i think.

why not? he called a bunch of times yesterday and maybe he was busy doimg other stuff. maybe lallana didnt leave a message. maybe he keft his phone in the office. maybe he was having a few beers at a mate bbq and thought hey ill call him in the morning. he knows lallana wants a move and is going to push for a move. its clear he is going and maybe we dont want to dance to his tune and cant be arsed again to tell him nothing is happening until after the WC. Lallana is clearly getting nervous that LFCs ultimatum that they wil move on if not compketed before the world cup hence the number of calls to the board yesterday. personally i say **** him and deal with his sulk if LFC do pull out

how about over the last 5 years we have given him the opportunity to develop into a player who is going to the world cup and feels he owes it to us to hang around and ensure it doesnt all collapse lika house of cards. we deserve this. just an alternative view

it will take some explaining if lambert does go.

this, im rapidly losing interest

how lomg was delivery?

he is in italy at the moment so i wonder who giving poch permission to speak with spurs and negotiating his exit fee

great idea it would keep the prem league open most of the season

meaning? stay or go rumoirs?

Probably true in the long run that they will go but is still doesn't change the fact that he is guessing like the rest of us. Que Sera, Sera

yeah quite the budget he blew there. maybe 200 quid return in the redeye flight out of stanstead and back that evening after a short interview with an ex chairman. no expence soared there then ha ha

To be fair I have heard that line trotted out everytime we have sold a star. I cant think of too many times when we have been stronger at the end of the transfer period.

add to the fact that they are also being outshone by the better half of Manchester as well. Clearly the timing of the bid is a blatant bid to reflect away from the catastrophic failure this season has been for them. Although that doesn't mean the bid would have come at some stage anyway. Overall I would like to think the club wouldn't be stupid enough to negotiate any transfer of any player prior to a world cup but then nothing would surprise me with saints to be honest.

how mant times have i read this statement over the years in one form or another when our best player is about to be sold?

the only thing i cant blelieve is our resident ITK glasgow didnt break this news or come to think of it the danny fox news.

although football is a confidence game particularly when you have the talent. maybe he is starting to gain his. a young kid can easily start to grow with a little confidence.

i think the injuries had a significant effect bearing in mind they were key positions with limited cover (boruc and lovren) that had big influence on our points haul for a big chunk of games. add to the fact that osvaldo didnt work out i feel we would be have been hard pressed to finish higher than 7th.

out of interest, if you put jose morinho or alex ferguson in charge of our side at the beginning if the season, where do you think we would have finished with the same set of players and suffering the same set of injuries. significantly better than 8th?

now he has gone, i can see no reason why he would waste time or money on trying to destabalise the club. can so eone give me a proper reason why he would other than because he is bitter? or am i missing something her?