Jimmy_D

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?50398-Pochettino-Joining-Spurs-(Official)#.U4TC_F7sdO4

So, 9 years ago, Portsmouth were a Premier League team. Fleetwood were playing in the North West Counties League. (Level 9 of the pyramid, 3 levels below Conference North/South) Next season, Fleetwood will be playing at a higher level than Portsmouth.

Same happened with the Strootman to Utd market last year.

Oi, this one is meant to be staying on topic!

Other thread had decended into an argument about whether Saints could reach top 4, 5, 6, and then into an argument about people's general outlook on Saints, and it was starting to get heated. It was useless for anyone actually wanting to talk about Pochettino.

Ok, try to keep this one on topic, there are plenty of other threads to discuss our potential or lack of elsewhere.

Ok, speculation has clearly run its course. Start a new thread when there's something concete.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2637545/QPR-facing-50m-fine-transfer-embargo-breaking-FFP-rules-prepare-Championship-play-final-against-Derby.html Fun and games ahead.

Also worth remembering that this season, Cardiff got more money for finishing bottom that Man Utd did the season before for winning it. There's been a sea-change in the English transfer market and no-one knows what a good price is yet.

Foxtec the other side of Itchen Bridge is the one I use all the time, wouldn't go anywhere else now. He'll tell you exactly what needs doing, won't add anything that doesn't need doing, and also give you an idea of whether it's worth spending the money to do it.

Didn't know Louise had taken her coaching badges.

On that note, another cracker from the Express http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/476981/VIDEO-Luke-Shaw-has-TOLD-friends-he-is-joining-Manchester-United They can't even keep it consistent between the headline and the article who he's told this to.

Could just as easy argue that he wouldn't care if he was going.

Suspect most of the noise about this at the moment is on the back of the manager actually being appointed there now. Most of today, Shaw's been traveling to the England training camp in Portugal, so nothing will have changed today from our end.

Aaaaaaaaaaand back to waiting for news.

Far better chance of keeping hold of Shaw/Lallana at least til the end of next season if true.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27427146

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2629137/Mauricio-Pochettino-urged-speak-English-public-wants-Tottenham-job.html

Absolutely no chance they'll get him for £17M If that figure's correct and we haven't already rejected it, it's either because we're not going to bother replying at all, or we're just waiting to eat up transfer window time and leave them with less to play with and push his value up.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/14/luke-shaw-manchester-united-southampton-new-bid Nothing new there, just more speculation.

It's been @lukeshaw3 since at least February, that's when I last edited the useful info post with all the players' Twitter handles. I did have to change it from @lukeshaw_3 at one point ages ago.

If I recall correctly, Pompey were reported to be after him as well

Reaction on RedCafe is hilarious, along the lines of 'how dare they value him higher than our first bid' and 'we should go and buy someone else to spite them now' All comes down to how much they're willing to pay to not have to wait four years or to risk someone else buying him first. We don't want to sell, he's on a long contract, his value is expected to keep rising, and with Man Utd. not having European football next season, I don't think Shaw is going to try and force a move through this window. He's getting a World Cup spot playing for us. If next summer United can offer him Champions League football again, they might have more luck. Biggest risk of him leaving this window imo is if Chelsea offer him first team football and make him want to move.

When we bought Lambert for £1m 5 years ago... if you'd told me he would drag the team to the Premier League and play his way into a World Cup squad... Similar story with Lallana! And for Shaw to be the youngest ever defender England have called up to the World Cup... Huge congratulations to all of them, very proud to be a Saint right now

Feel an odd sort of pride having played for a Sholing Tyro team, even though there's no affiliation