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Pleased for him but we'd be jumping around the house screaming if he was still a saint.

Experimental defence not working very well. No commanding presence at the back.

Can't blame Luke, you expect Smalling to clear. Perhaps not surprisingly he wasn't tall enough

Sure, but his apparent behaviour about any potential move has been a kick in the teeth to Saints fans.

And no photos of him signing another teams shirt.

Totally disrespectful if true. Idiot.

"Hey, someone's pinched my boarding pass... You there with the camera!"

Of no consequence if the money on offer is as pathetically low as suggested.

Regardless of whether he wants to leave, hands a transfer request in or anything else. Liverpool haven't matched our valuation have they?

People wanted the board to fight for him. That's what they seem to be doing. If he wants to go there is no easy way to make him stay but risk a 'worsening' of relationships. What can they do except ignore him until Liverpool put in the bid they want? Right or wrong, they are playing hard.

On the other hand you could say he's lucky we gave him the chances to prove himself over the years. We've paid his wages and helped him develop. We owe him nothing.

Renew because whatever happens, bad or good, the team will need support! If it's bad you can sing "what the f**k is going on?" like we did under Lowe. If it's good, "oh when the saints!"

Rumors on here would have me believe that. But this feels like the first tangible test of what they say against what they'll do.

£25m before the world cup? We say no thanks. Why would we sell now? Liverpool are now leaking news to the press and putting us under pressure.. The board better not sell. But I fear the worst.

It changes everything. Totally different mood in this house. It's back to being just England rather than our lads. Even though he's not gone yet!

Rooney probably the quietest player on the pitch. I though he said he wanted to prove his doubters wrong? Barely seen him make an effort.

Cracking goal from sturridge. Need him to get confident! Sent from my C5303 using Tapatalk

Lallana would be the dream. But an unrealistic one I think. Either that or Schneiderlin... Davis.. JRod?

Give it a few days and we can just delete the thread

It isn't the loss of one footballer - it's the loss of spirit, the spirit that has carried us from league one upwards. The departure that triggers off further departures. The togetherness of the squad torn up. Rickie leaving is far more than just the loss of one footballer.

By the time the world cup starts it seems there will be no Saints in the England squad... Sent from my C5303 using Tapatalk

I can't remember a time when any club that finished 8th sold off all their key players. We are losing the backbone of the team. Can we really not convince them to stay? Sent from my C5303 using Tapatalk

Probably putting 2 and 2 together... Spurs already have a gazillion midfielders.

More likely Chambers and/or Lovren and/or JRod? Hopefully no-one will follow.

A totally different type of club to us. He is certainly not a perfect fit for them. They need a proven winner..