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I'm a bit late to the party, but Valery has looked good in the games i've seen at u23 level. I imagine it'll be Pied though, but if he gets released / moved on next summer (not sure when contract is up), we probably wont sign a replacement and plan to use Valery.

Always been impressed with him when I've seen him, and looked pretty good on his few chances in the first team. He's got great skill and can actually score goals from around the edge of the box. Think he definitely should be in the match day squad on a weekly basis.

Will this be streamed on our Youtube channel or similar? Be interesting to see whose playing and see what players like Hesketh are looking like. Hopefully close to getting around the first team squad again...

He was playing like a defender on the oppositions goal line for matches last year! I remember him missing about 4 of the easiest chances you could dream of last year. Think one match he even managed it twice... Yes, he did score a couple of good goals (notably against Bournemouth which was either just after or a match after he missed a sitter), but to say he seldomly missed sitters is like erasing half of last season from memory!

Wasnt he one of the three(?) along with Ward-Prowse and Redmond who trained with / made the England squad in Southgate's first or second match in charge? Certainly got a lot of potential in an area where we dont have much strength in depth, especially now Reed's gone out on loan.

Always liked Hesketh as an attacking midfielder, been a bit unlucky with injuries but fingers crossed he can stay fit this season and be the next one through

5 year deal confirmed!

As soon as I saw JWP on the 4th I thought, 'he'll place this and Redmond will step up and miss'. I guess Redmond's was saved, but we all knew that JWP would take a better one than Redmond. Abraham's penalty was the worst though, score that and it's a different story. Shame for the lads.

Quite like Gallagher - think he's got a good future ahead of him. He'll offer us something a bit different this season. I was trying to think of the last tall young striker we had and remembered Matt Paterson. Oh jeez he was out of his depth.

Agreed with all who have said he didnt look particularly good in the couple of games at the u21's, but as is young should improve. Sounds like a Gardos, hopefully stays fit enough to actually be of use occasionally. Would much rather have Chambers back (proven at right and centre back) and get one of the other 'bigger name' centre backs we were linked with earlier in the summer to jump straight in if and when VVD goes.

Fernando's pretty good, would definitely be a good addition to our squad. For 5 million it sounds like a good deal, but imagine he's on a big whack of money at City so might prove difficult on that front?

Would rather Pellegrini (mostly as know nothing about this guy other than he played for Liverpool for a short while)

I personally like Clasie, think he's a decent tackler, good passer and can hit a shot. He's always been a bit in and out of the team, but I'd like to see either him or PEH given a good run of games playing next to (/slightly more advanced than) Romeu.

Well he's been a right ungrateful b**tard this past season or so, with a real arrogance / entitlement about him when he just hasnt delivered on the pitch. Saints didnt need to give him a massive pay rise and contract whilst he had a potentially career threatening injury - it would be nice if he (or maybe more so, his familia) could remember that... It's a shame he hasnt got back to his best, but would be good to get some money in and free up some funds for someone who is currently good!

200k seems cheap for someone who's done very well on loan, is supposedly wanted by a lot of clubs in League One and the Championship and has had some first team experience with us. Seems weird he's deemed surplus to requirements to me, especially with our emphasis on youth etc.

Would be very surprised if Taylor and Flannigan are being kept on. Have either of them ever played for us? I guess Flannigan may have got 10 mins as a sub in a cup. Glad to see McCarthy not on the list, looks like he has potential (now watch him be sold)!

Cant be bothered to do the others. Redmond got 8 but played upfront sometimes. I'm guessing you're referring only to players who play as deep lying midfielders? If so, Ward-Prowse probably doesnt even fit in there.

no streams?

Exactly... Tadic would be a big loss (apart from his penalties). I think next season Redmond and Ward-Prowse are going to be big players for us, and hopefully Boufal and Hojberg, but I definitely wouldnt want Tadic to leave without another very promising creative player coming in. How many times does Tadic get the ball, turn a man out of nowhere and get a ball into the box? Not his fault half our strike force are woeful. His is a bit up and down (like all creative players), but is a major asset to us, and not surprised he was a little annoyed at being constantly subbed when most of the time he's the only one who looks like he might make something happen.

I guess so, but we do already have the world's best goalkeeping coach (as Saints like to believe).

Cheers. Taylor was a completely pointless signing and unless Caceres suddenly starts playing, I imagine all the rest will leave, possibly with the exception of Jason McCarthy who has done very well out on loan and could become a decent squad player for us in the next year or two.

Who is out of contract this season?

Plus Sims and McQueen who both made their debuts this season and have both looked pretty promising (McQueen especially). Would Koeman have played them? Not sure. Surely we'd say Stephens has also improved and Yoshida too? They're still not perfect, but much more solid now than I think any of us would have said at the start of the season.

Hopefully. Absolutely ridiculous they've just been 'given' that stadium. They've been dodgy for years, good job they have such modest, down to earth and friendly fans...

Personally I think he's been pretty good. He's obviously been told to make it work with a pretty poor strike force (J-Rodnogoals, Shlong and Austin), it was only by luck that Austin was injured and the other two so ridiculously poor that we had to get Gabbiadini. The defence is a joke - there's no way we should have sold Fonte without having a replacement sorted, and we've paid the price. Yoshida has been largely pretty good and Stephens has done surprisingly well, but they're not good enough against the very best, as shown in the last couple of weeks. Puel is no doubt being told not to play Caceres too, which is a shame as he's obviously got great pedigree. Forster has also been a bit of a liability. Puel has also greatly improved a number of our players - Romeu, Redmond and Bertrand have all been playing brilliantly. Sam McQueen has done very well when he's come in too.