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On Sky from Swindon, Southampton say that they have had one bid about three weeks ago that was nowhere near his value and no contact since. Liverpool/media trying to pressure the player? Now confirmed by Sky SN from Liverpool in Boston.

On that front it seems to me we have to get a few decent signings in ASAP.

Lambert, Lallana, Shaw and Schneiderlin can hardly be players that were here because of Cortese's alleged promises. They have all been here since relegation to div 1. It was only last season that we raised our profile, the previous year we were in a relegation dogfight.

My head's already in Liverpool.

As Adam Lallana's father mentioned double their money.

I don't like the five players leaving any more than the next supporter. Last year we had a chemistry that in most games made the team perform well. If the five players were kept against their wills I maintain that there would have been no chemistry and we would have been on a slippery slope. Were these players as good individually as it appeared or were they effective because of the chemistry and blend? I am looking forward to next season because that question will be well and truly answered. Will Lovren be as effective without Shaw and the defensive midfielders or will it be that he isn't any better than Skrtl , Agger, or Sakho with Johnson, Gerrard and Henderson. Can Lallana fit in with the Liverpool forwards not accommodating his off the cuff idiosyncrasies. Will Lambert play much at all? Shaw I think will be the best but if he makes some of the mistakes he made for us I can't see the MU fans accepting it. Schneiderlin will be Schneiderlin, it's the way he plays but will it work. Football teamwork depends on the blend and there is no guarantee that blend will be there for those players. One thing they will have is a lot more money, but could there be a sting in the tail. Together they were good but separated there is no guarantee. If Saints buy sensibly and try and find a team that blends we could yet be a lot better than it looks at the moment.

Not the result. It was the way players were unable to adapt. Defenders giving the ball away, no defensive midfield and no pressing from the front. I could see what they were trying to do. If he doesn't get the players to buy into it he won't last until Christmas.

I watched the first half last night v Seattle Sounders 1-1 at half time. Spurs were dire at the back, Seattle could have scored five except for Friedl. They were making a very poor attempt at the Pochettino style. If they keep this up, he has problems.

Thank you for the comments. I must say that the club have brought this on themselves because of their wishy washy lack of positivity. A statement- No player will leave until the club have completed recruitment for this window and no negotiations will be considered for any player until then.

Lovren exposed and caught out v Spurs out left, two goals, Johnson against Sunderland stand out.

Reported about 23 US citizens on board. That'll concentrate the minds. If the Russian side did it I wouldn't mind betting they've been dealt with.

Photo of you both outside Solihull SC.

I think our default fee of at least £25m for players is good as it means the clubs coveting our players have to pay through the nose or back off.

If he is unfit get second opinion. If he is not contactable contact his agent, fine him the standard two weeks wages. If/when he turns up discipline him and fine him continuously as appropriate until he conforms.

If he is going get a replacement ASAP but don't let him go until just before deadline. Certainly not before 16th August.

Could well be the player on the right of the camera, he looks similar and his headphones are white as in the Croatian airport photo yesterday.

IMO now he has gone that's the way it should stay. We no longer have to accommodate him so players can be brought in that fit. He was a brilliant individual and one off but we nonetheless had to fit players around him. It won't be so easy for him at Liverpool.

According to reports, Rodgers is in the middle of a £135m spending spree and expects to sign another six players. I bet that wasn't on the horizon when he signed for Liverpool. It may well be that apart from the money this could be the mistake of his life and unless he plays regularly could spell the end of his international career.

A salt of the earth story. Don't let anybody tell you football people won't empathise and want to read it.

I think by the time, if it happens, Lallana wants out of the Liverpool bench we will have moved on and no longer need to make special arrangements to allow him to flourish. It's an area of the team that in itself is a weakness because the idiosyncratic has to be accommodated to the detriment of some other players. He worked for us now he has to fit in. Best of luck with that.

We can replace Lallana and Lambert but Suarez was a once in a generation player for Liverpool, it will be interesting to see who they try to replace him with. I can see their goal threat drop by 50% ish as Suarez did so much more than just score goals. The England failures won't cut it.

I like him, only Lambert could play in a killer pass other than him. I think he has vision and may well either play on the right or in the hole although I can see us bringing in another goal scorer there. That would give us a pretty lethal cutting edge. I think we could become a better and more effective team than last year if we keep or replace Lovren and Schneiderlin (no bid, RK) and bring in some further competition at GK, LB, CB, AM where injuries with inadequate cover effectively ruined our start.

What a load of smarmy bull****.

Face to face, we usually talk to him at home games or rather used to as he'll be following Adam at Liverpool.

It'll be another 'not a penny less than £25m!'