Fatboy40

Of course not, but I do feel some sympathy for him. You can see that he's a broken man, successive failures have stripped him of his confidence, and no EPL player would listen to a damned word he says. He needs to start again, take a job in Championship with a stable team, build up his own self belief again.

Last night, what the hell was going on in his head, at times he was just stood there motionless like a shop dummy! He really does himself no favours and almost encourages us to critisise him, frankly he's embarrassing especially when compared to the effort show by JWP.

Rather than buying a '1 day pack' and finding it's not there is anyone able to confirm if tonight's game against Palace is on Sportmania, thanks.

Love it, and sadly true, a little bit of self control please Sofiane.

Boufal will improve if he can drop the ego.

I'd be there with my son but he came from school feeling ill, gutted

Yo Gabba Gabba's goals were good but it was the second half banter between Defoe and Stephens that was a highlight for me, Stephens just laughing at him and not being intimidated (good lad!).

Romeu, 100%, just gets on and does the job. The Cuprinol of defensive midfielders and I love him for that.

Throatwarbler Mangrove

An interesting piece of the article... Caceres is said to have also rejected a move to West Ham due to failed contract negotiations. ... I wonder when this was then ?

Regarding the transfer request though it's black and white, he either did or he didn't, there is no grey. He was a brilliant player for us and this transfer request lie, from either him or the club, has left a very bitter taste in my mouth (can you tell ?).

Got it now, a Les Reed quote to BBC Radio Solent that 'He's formally asked for a transfer'... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38523114 ... and I know it's now history, I should probably leave it, but Fonte in his TalkSport interview this morning has indirectly stated that Les Reed has lied (I can handle deception and bending the truth but not outright lying, from either party).

I don't know if anyone else can find something but I'm struggling to find an official announcement direct from Southampton Football Club that Fonte handed in a transfer request. Without an official confirmation then is the whole 'transfer request' situation just rumour ?

So taking this at face value either he, or the club, is lying which is a bold and risky statement to make !

I know that a club can never have too much money but things can get a bit silly, for example when we were away to Liverpool in the EFL cup I can remember from the billboards that they have an official ice cream FFS

I wouldn't single him out, however he's not good enough even as an emergency backup. Yesterday you could see he knew what to to, positioning etc., however he could be knocked over with a feather and Arsenal could easily bully him of the ball.

Surprised he's not got concussion from all those headers, absolutely brilliant !

Very happy, he seems like a genuinely nice guy, just wish he'd update his YouTube channel

Loan With Option To Buy = Yes Buy = No

Boufal is the new Fernandes for me, he just needs an FA cup substitution strop and he's there. And I think that Tadic is better than good old Fabrice, less petulant.

Puel = Sturrock With Dress Sense ?

Now you've said that it's going to stick in my head, any egg stains on Puel's shirt at all ?

I let the thought of this sink in for a moment and then had a big smile on my face, although I doubt the club would have the balls to make such a bold move.

Ooh, very nice... how about a straight swap with Fonte, allowing him to end his career back home in Portugal on a high and giving Cedric another Portugese buddy ?

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