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"To go to a club like Southampton, and I'm not being disrespectful to Southampton, there's no expectation." So says Neil Warnock (in telling us Tottenham would be making a mistake in taking Pochettino). To be honest my expecations of Colin W***** are not high, and I'm not being disrespectful to Colin.

So if he sacked him....

Yes the project. Projects by definition have and end though it's common terminology these days with foreign managers.

Whether or not clubs feel comfortable about making bids for are players is neither here nor there. Any inference that clubs were deterred by Cortese from making bids for our players is laughable. Whether the players would have felt less comfortable in wanting to leave ( if indeed they do) is a more interesting question. Would Cortese have sold? Probably yes, at best price. £17m for Lallalna. They can stick it.

Apparently no communication from Deschamps throughout the qualifiers and then he picks out of the blue as stand by for the World Cup squad. Very odd.

Body swerve. I'm not making any claims so no obligation to link anything. Do it yourself if you're interested. You are making a claim. Back it up or it's pure conjecture. Off to the match now. Enjoy your day on here.

Dark forces.

Which are the stories you think he has leaked with the intention of harming the club?

Signs this group that's taken us so far these 5 years may be broken up. Looking at the photos posted which bring back lots of happy memories. Could be some sad farewells tomorrow.

Maybe but this journalist is quite different from the sports journalism students that tend to write for these websites. He's very well connected, including to MP I believe.

Yes you're quite right, he's been consistent in what he's said and I took him at face value. But with the passage of time I feel the balance has shifted in favour of him going.

We good be saying good bye to our Manager and some of our better players. Keep the ovations for our own.

Until they're sold.

This suggests he's genuinely undecided. But the signs are not good.

Anyone mentioned synergy yet?

Surely there are things he could be getting on with before Monday.

Saints player profiles seem to be young, up and coming, with resale value, or homegrown. He doesn't fit either of these profiles.

Designed by a committee. Drawn by a child.

Didn't MP stay loyal to Espanyol...and then found that his better players were sold?

Lallana's response to that last question only served to add to all the uncertainty. I must admit to being more concerned for having seen the interview. How many points will we finish off what would usually get a CL place, 20 points or thereabouts? It will obviously take significant investment to make up those 20 points. Better contracts for the best of the existing squad and quality bought in. I can't see that happening. I missed the beginning. Did MP make any input? Did the Chairmen say anything of note?

Pulis. When I saw Palace at St Mary's they were so poor I was convinced they would be relegated. Plenty of effort but no quality. Pulis has worked wonders there. Brilliant management.

Football fans create atmosphere. Music spoils it. Can't say I've noticed the music when Saints score. Music just prior to ko, at the very point the crowd gets going, drives me nuts.

On the contrary, the move started with a perfectly timed last ditch tackle in Saints' penalty area, through midfield to a stunning finish. Pity it had to be him but so it was. The goal of the season.

West Brom away first game of the season, memorable only for the late penalty and last Saturday's late winner at Swansea in a similar dull game kind of bookended Saints' best away points tally in the PL, within which probably Liverpool and Manu were the best of the results. Norwich and Fulham are always good days out. Sadly we may lose Norwich too. Had never been to Stoke before. Interesting place! The Old Stock Joint in Birmingham is a cracking pub.

Having read the two articles in the Observer I can't see how the authorities are going to resolve this. There's been serious inconsistency in how the rules have been applied. Altrincham docked 18 points for a similar offence. It's a right mess.