Jimmy_D

I’m pretty certain that we actually do have relatively major funds to compete with bigger fish than we did before, both for new and already present players. I’m also pretty certain that no-one thinks that means we’re not a selling club any more.

I was surprised VAR didn’t turn it over myself.

I wonder if Verstergaard has directly cost Leicester more than 9 goals yet…

I don’t have the words. Condolences to the friends and family, Minsk will be missed. RIP to a true Saint.

Great game of football! Could have gone either way but it’s probably the shorter recovery time that’s made the difference to stop us winning.

Hadn't realised how good a streak we'd just broken. Spurs had quietly turned THS into a fortress, and Conte had an even better record. Even more impressive that we looked so dominant against them.

Only just been able to catch up with this, what a win! Ohhhhh When The Saints...

Nope. Must have been too far down the order. Goes down as a huge error in my book.

Non-league Boreham Wood through to the last 16 without conceding a goal. Expect Everton will be a step too far but that's a phenomenal run.

Wow. Incredible result.

Now they're really giving them a game!

Looks like Boreham Wood are giving Bournemouth a bit of a game here...

Don’t think he’ll ever be welcome in a stadium again.

This match has been nuts

Not the worst draw. At least we'll likely put out our strongest side, or close to it. Feels like we're due a win against them at St Mary's.

And into the hat! Made it a bit tougher than it probably needed to be but that's cup football.

That's the sort of goal that can give a striker a massive boost of confidence. What a hit!

To be fair, I reckon the fact that there's been no media speculation of teams making offers for JWP is probably due to us being a bit better off now.

Tell them it’s not enough, presumably.

I was more angling that the only reason Chelsea would refuse to loan us players would be if they saw us as a threat. In any case, as good as loaning players from Chelsea has been for us, with the new restrictions coming in on outgoing loans from the end of next season, it's not a route we should rely on for players, regardless of Chelsea's attitude towards us. EDIT: Doesn't apply to domestic loans.

Chelsea will send us players on loan if they think it'll be good for the player's development, which would obviously seem to be the case for Broja. If they're that worried that Saints are going to turn the players head enough to lose them, and as a result refuse to loan a player to us, that probably means we're doing something right.

Chelsea are already going to refuse to sell us anyone they don't want to.

Broja is here because we wanted him here, and because Chelsea wanted him here for this loan. The suggestion that a few comments to the media that he's enjoying it here and might want to stay longer, that they could lead to sanctions such as cancelling the loan, or lead to Chelsea stopping dealing with us... well that sounds pretty ridiculous to me.

What we should do in terms of the club's relationship with Chelsea is one thing, but that has no bearing on the fact that there's zero chance we can be sanctioned for tapping up while the player is contracted to us.

Tapping up doesn’t really apply in this case, he’s on loan to us and in effect we currently hold his registration, so there’s no unauthorised contact between club and player.