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Sounds like he may have had a difficult debut, potentially at fault for both goals in a 2-0 defeat!

Nice couple of backhanded compliments from the manager about Saints and the player! "They have produced a lot of players, probably not so much in recent years, but in the past." “It’s been great since he came in pre-season. We liked him immediately, he’s trained every day and he’s given himself the opportunity to go to a good club, but that’s all it is.... He is a long way off being a footballer yet, but he knows that himself.” I thought he sounded pretty close to be fair, 17 in March and seemingly certain to get a contract as a professional footballer...

How much would we sell for? 30-40 mil? Or double that for Newcastle 🤣😜

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Same issue for me

Also hoping for this!

It says on the OS he’s still building fitness - not sure if that means he’ll be on the bench or not… ”In terms of returning personnel centre-back Jack Stephens continues to build fitness ahead of a return from a two-month knee injury he picked up at Manchester City earlier in the season.” I read this as he was probably not available and therefore expecting Lyanco and Salisu with Simeu on the bench?

Thought it was an ok performance, but how many times have Saints played very well in the first half and been hanging on in the second? There's no point being a good team for only half a match... Thought Adams played very well and JWP, Redmond (first half) and Salisu also pretty good. Livramento exciting going forwards, but again looked knackered near the end and probably time to get KWP back in at right back who at the moment is a better right back (and probably one of our best 3 or 4 players). I'd be keen to see Perraud again, as we weren't cutting down that left side very efficiently with our right footers. Thierry Small also looks like he could be really good in a year or two... Shout to Elyounoussi who looked pretty good when he came on. One common thing was there were about 3 or 4 occasions when we were breaking and our players seemed very reluctant to play in other players on the break who were in better positions...

Amazon Prime 'error at our end' 5 mins before kick off...!

Don’t forget, Saints have to pay 4 times the agent fees of any other club to have ever existed

They won! Only watched the last 15 mins or so and didnt see the trialist, so guess he wasn't that good? Good to see Smallbone back, and Kegs looks a decent prospect. Simeu pretty good, a bit unsure about the left back.

Footballing world (and anyone with morals) now desperately hoping Newcastle lose all remaining matches this season.

Do away teams stay at Southampton Harbour Hotel? Seems to be a lot of people hanging around waiting for people to get on the two luxury coaches parked outside

I’m surprised that Horseman is still in the role. Results have been horrendous, even when we’ve had most of the best players playing

If he's 6 or 7 million and only a sub at his current (not very good) club, then I think the whole 'we're allowed to reinvest everything we bring in' is proven to be a load of rubbish. Unless this is a smokescreen for someone else coming in (clutching at straws)! The Croatian guy sounded like a much better bet, especially as it wouldnt have broken the bank...

I also wondered that. A very rapid hair loss?

I thought Valery was our standout performer first half. Given a lot of the ball, beat a man and showed good skill on 4 or 5 occasions and whipped in 2 or 3 good crosses which could’ve been converted. Also put in 3 or 4 good tackles. Second half not quite as good in a different position, but didn’t think he was awful there either.

Welcome Dynel. Hope you have a fantastic career with Saints and go from strength to strength. Certainly looks like a player with a bright future ahead of him.

Isnt this the guy who is originally from Southampton? I think someone on the forum knew his family?

It seems too logical - heavily linked a few years back, played (well) under Ralph (I think) previously at Leipzig, just had a decent season in the premier league yet in a struggling team, still young with potential, in our price range... We'll probably offer 4mil and then walk away 🤣

Great move for him and good to see he's signed a new deal, as was looking promising when playing regularly in u23s.

N'Lundulu needs a loan to get games playing regularly. Being thrown on with 5 mins to go every third or fourth match hasnt really done him many favours. He can then also (hopefully) work on his celebration.

If those two performances were him focused on the Euros, I'm guessing this is a proposal for Spurs to pay City £100mil to take him?! 🤣

Ramsdale is pretty good (and an upgrade on our options) but think Sheffield United paid over £15mil for him...!

Loftus-Cheek doesn’t suit our playing style at all, but on his day can be a good player, as he’s shown earlier in his Chelsea career, some England appearances and did well at Palace (stood out probably due to quality around him). JWP won’t be pleased to have to run an extra 30% in matches to accommodate him though!