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Did they sub Mario because he swapped shirts? Or because we was sh*t?

Another one... Dirk Kuyt this time. http://www.insidefutbol.com/2014/10/22/southampton-boss-ronald-koeman-ready-to-bring-former-liverpool-forward-dirk-kuyt-back-to-england/167263/?

Loosely linked with a non-league "wonder-kid" http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/sunderland-afc/sunderland-join-burnley-and-southampton-in-race-for-non-league-wonderkid-1-6908758

Think it has good potential - I'd listen again.

Agree with the above - It probably needed a little bit more Saint-Armstrong whilst Dan finds his mojo.

Agree. They had quite a few injuries back then I believe - And they've added Song in midfield since that. They've impressed me since our game up there.

It's a Swiss thing isn't it?

Great stuff. Nice to see Ronald being so smooth with Katharina.

Agree, but it helps him to retain his under-rated status

Carly Baker, UFC Ring Girl. (FYI).

I'm adding "de-boot" as my favourite Koemanism after that

Hopefully we're scouting central midfielder's like crazy and find a better one than Taider.

Yeah, didn't we sign Morgan on the recommendation of Georges Prost?

Since most expect Morgan to leave in the summer, It makes the decision not to have signed Corky up even more odd.

"After I refused to play the friendly against Leverkusen on August 9? The chairman came to tell me he will let me have the weekend to think about it. I talked to a lot of people. Some told me to start a trail of strength, to go on strike, that the club will finally give up. But it was like tossing a coin. My agents never told me to go on strike, they just told me to make my decision. I also felt the officials will not let me leave. They would have preferred to put me on the side-lines for 6 months. So I resumed training-sessions, I really needed to play football again and I played against Liverpool. At Anfield, all the Southampton fans applauded me and chanted my name. It was so heart-warming. So I knew I would spend the whole season at Southampton."

Rafa Silva loosely linked again. http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/southampton-in-portugal-for-the-portuguese-hazard-on-sunday

Possibly. I think we will see what he's made of if Pelle gets injured.

Fair point - What stood out for me is how the hell Watford are getting more commercial revenue than us!

That back-heel assist was alright

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/leisure/11142479/Southampton-FC-targets-sustainable-growth.html

I might be dreaming this, but wasn't it because our incoming manager (Poch) wanted Osvaldo and because of the future cost of him we had to sign a cheaper alternative defender to the one we had actually wanted?

Yup. Like has been said before, he clearly knows is stuff otherwise Cortese would've booted him out long ago. He was the only one on the board with any football knowledge so I'm glad we've got him. The only slight question mark for me is the Cork/J-Rod & maybe Clyne contract scenarios.

What a fantastic article. Enjoyed reading that. Excellent work Mr Wilson.

If he had a consistent run with us, he'd be in IMO.

^ Ha! Was just thinking along similar lines. I was so happy when Rickie/Jay/Adam got their call up's last season, but after the summer we just had and hearing about Gerrard's little chats with them, I just can't get that excited by an England call-up any more.