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14 goals last season, £5.5m no thanks.

Two loans are enough, either swop him, sell him or let him see out his contract in the friendlies if he can't get back in contention.

I think we missed a trick in the short term taking Seaborne instead of the experienced Elliott Ward who has been a real success at Norwich.

Armitage Shanks is I believe a solicitor in the midlands so could well have relative contacts in that area.

Sounds like a better left back has been signed. The problems with the two existing left backs is that Dan Harding whilst a good tackling defender regularly gets caught out ball watching and gets wrong sided whilst of the two, Lallana has a preference for playing in front of Harding.

Let him go and get a reliable, stable, replacement in.

It's a balancing act, firstly no more than two or three, the team spirit is good so we need to preserve that, centre back, striker and maybe a proper all rounder. We don't need to waste money on big fees. There is still the Puncheon issue to resolve.

I think that was just to do a job on the day. I agree about playing wide right.

An absolute steal for £1m, already a very good footballer.

Whilst I'd prefer us to keep the kids with great potential and bring them in as the bedrock of the first team, for some reason I just don't feel the same about this one. It's just that with his father up to his neck in the unsettleing process it would only be a matter of time before he became an unsettleing issue for the other players. I must say I'm relieved to draw a line under it. I've a feeling the management see it that way too and the only issue was the price/add ons/sell on percentage. Of course they would say they wanted to keep him for negotiating purposes.

Bill, I think you should have used the word possibly a tremendous talent. There is no doubt he is brilliant for a 17 year old but in real terms he is very raw and doesn't seem to have a sharp football brain. his positional play is poor at times and will need a lot of work. Like Walcott in his hurry to get away I think he has gone to the wrong club. I really rate De Ridder who may not be as good as Chamberlain might become but is a far superior footballer at this point in time.

You should get treatment.

My judgement of him is based on watching two seasons performances. Going overboard about one good performance doesn't make him the answer.

We'll see. I hope he does but one game doesn't make a season.

Hammond played well yesterday in a team that collectively were well on top of their game. Leadership is not about looking good in a good performance. What he was criticised for by the current Saints first teamer, was going missing in a tough away match when he wasn't playing well, at a time when other players were letting their heads drop. That is the time real leadership comes into play. Yesterday he played well and scored a good goal, now he has set the standard he has to maintain it. If he can play well and lead and lift the team when we are playing badly he can be called a real leader. My view is that he isn't and when the going gets tough he will go missing.

Sums it up for me Ron. I thought Leeds tried to bully us but surprisingly had forgotten that league one was a lot more physical, I'm not sure we even noticed it, as it was the physical battle that we had to win in the first hour in every game last season.

What Adkins may well be thinking is that the movement/attackers could be quicker/slicker than last year, and there may be more passing by attackers around our box. It could be that he considers mobility in our central defenders more important. We'll know better tomorrow. For what it's worth in pre season I thought that Fonte and Seaborne looked a better balanced pair than the two right footers Fonte and Martin.

It really is amazing that people come on here, pontificate whilst insulting players that are doing their best, at the same time displaying a pathetic lack of awareness about teamwork and how football is played. McHail-Smith was the stand out striker in division one last year and probably the quickest, in itself Seaborne being outpaced whilst the last man was only a small part of that goal. Dan Harding, sitting square 20 yds to Seaborne's left was inept, because of M-S's pace he should have positioned himself behind Seaborne which would have pushed M-S wider but more importantly Seaborne wouldn't have been the last man, so would not have been sent off if he had clattered M-S. He wasn't able to touch M-S but M-S was able to push Seaborne. Davis also was at fault being beaten at his near post. Criticising Seaborne and trying to hang that goal on him shows a lack of understanding about what happened. For a centreback Seaborne does a lot of good things, he is still young and inexperienced (Conference, divs 2 and 1 only) and needs to be given time. Centrebacks rarely develop young and usually are in their late twenties before peaking.

Year 3 is it not?

It's tripe like this that has allowed them to be moved around and terrorise reasonable people wherever they have lived. The last place- the residents tried this approach and ended up calling the police on a daily basis, cars damaged, windows broken, excrement used as a weapon, noise, threatening behaviour the list goes on, they were moved on because the six month tenancy agreement ran out. They have not been named because the original court order prohibited the naming of the children. The family needs separating so they no longer can act in unison. The only reason they are being moved collectively is that it is cheaper for the council, ignoring completely the traumatic effect on the neighbours. All this was reported at the time of the first court order and the subsequent move.

If you didn't go to the WBA game check out the Saints Player highlights. Chamberlain had a few runs creating nothing, De Ridder was double marked but a constant threat. He should play, in any event Chamberlain's ankle didn't look good and he was out for a couple of months last time he did it. I think the Yeovil preview squad is just a list of the numbered players (twentyeight), they won't all be appearing tomorrow.

He is a good footballer, it isn't difficult to see straightaway that his positional play is spot on. He is quick and his crossing, passing was picking players out. Check out the Saints Player highlights. Chamberlain is potential, De Ridder is already an experienced player. We didn't pay a million for him to sit on the bench. Even if Chamberlain is fit he may have a lesson in humility to learn bearing in mind he has crossed the line in the way he is trying to get away. I personally think we should unload him asap.

I think/hope we may see the emergence of Schneiderlin as a top class midfielder this season. Cork is a good footballer, a lot better than I thought he would be, his movement is excellent so at last Schneiderlin has a midfield partner on the same level as himself. I hope that will raise his game. Another factor is De Ridder who looks a class act whose positional and link up play is going to give a real outlet down the right. Chamberlain is a brilliant 17 year old that plays instinctively but positionally naive, who will probably develop into a top player in due course but is a long way off De Ridder at the moment. With Lallana on the left and Lambert and Connolly in front it gives us a real footballing heart.

Giving the ball away plus Richardson doing the same is not going to be allowed by the management, together with Chaplow committing at least six late tackles. In a league match he might have had to be substituted. Adkins is looking to play possession football from the back. Richardson, Hammond and Chaplow will give the ball away, Schneiderlin and Cork won't.

He was a long way from being the best midfielder against WBA. He and Chaplow gave the ball away regularly, we didn't keep the ball until Schneiderlin and Cork came together. Cork scored, nearly got another and hardly missed a pass.