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He's damn impressive. Interesting comments at the end re: English % of players in the prem.

I know! - It was just an example for people who said we shouldn't sign him.

Morgan. His ability to win balls without going to ground is brilliant. He's benefited so much from going down the lower leagues, IMO. Honourable mention to Yoshida. No mention will be made of Jos' long pass attempts in the 1st half which all went out of play

Not sure if I'm overrating it, but I thought the save from Anichebe was sensational.

Spot on. If Cork or Morgan get injured, we're struggling to fill the gap. Bit of a no-brainer if someone like Biglia becomes available, snap him up.

My main knowledge of Biglia is that a hell of a lot of big clubs have wanted him in the past (and he's good on FM). Seems semi-realistic to me. He seems to be on strike, and wants a move to the prem & we currently have an Argentine coach. Easy link for for journo's to make. Even I thought about it during the 1st half.

Are they still going to try and get Ince? Seems weird to think Coutinho would be 2nd choice.

Certainly an improvement over Colin Kazim-Richards...

Sneijder now signed for Galatasary. I'd imagine Coutinho is now their No.1 target.

Anyone remember this piece from Adam Blackmore's blog in August? http://bigadamsport.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/is-it-southampton-way-or-highway-for.html

And Cortese

Very good article DD.

Damn. Bad news all round then.

Also worth noting that he has very good links with Arsenal, so you can probably bank on the Theo enquiry being true....

Alex Goring Crook ‏@alex_crook Have been told #saintsfc players reacted positively to Pochettino's first training session today. Long live the king

Who'd have thought Liverpool's 1st choice is Thomas Ince over Coutinho!

Glad someone else remembered this.

That sums him up. Fantastic.

Damn..... That video of Nige when we got promoted is fantastic. He deserved better.

Very much this. I'm very interested to see how this plays out now.

Must be like Christmas for them. You lose Appleton, and then Adkins becomes available without any compensation needed.

...and then Forren signs. I'm pretty sure that's just "manager speak". Nigel said we'd bring in 1 or 2 over the summer, and we signed 8 players.

So we really can only do one deal at a time then

Thought Cortese said Wilkins had a job for life after Pardew left?

The thing about the committee is that it doesn't really matter who's in charge... That still goes on regardless.