SuperSAINT

The chaps at half-time on solent were saying there's whispers in the press-room that a new player is watching the game today with his agent. Kris Temple & Merrington have both seen him but neither of them recognise him.

He was one of those 'marmite' players. I remember watching him pre-season last year against whoever we played at St Mary's (Was it Hearts?) and although he was obviously angling for a move and wanted to impress the watching scouts he was an absolute class apart when he came on.

That might be Jake Sinclair. I'm not sure.

Boo! http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11688_6325458,00.html

Yeah, cheers for that. What position does Ward-Prowse play? What kind of player is he?

Much better stuff from Pards there. Good to hear that we're after players who will really make us stronger. He's right about the bench too. Aside from arguably Connolly, we've got no-one who can change a game for us. Anyone else think he's talking about players like Vassell?

The beeb reckoned we signed him on a 2 year deal at the end of August in 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/7588839.stm Weird. Would've thought we'd have 'done a Molyneux' with him if that was the case.

We were given the world (minus a winger, striker and central midfielder)

Yep, initial bid was 400k. Bournemouth told them what he was worth (1M) - Blackpool matched it.

London is where it's AT, apparently... Edgar Davids in talks to sign for Palace (random transfer!)

Would fit the bill. Plus Warnock keeps going on about needing 2 strikers, so it's fair to say he has zero future at Loftus Road.

I'm down with it. WIFM!

"I am retiring from football management but still feel I have a contribution to make to the game sometime in the future." CDAJFU as DOF?

Holy sh*t! RIP & Thank you Markus

Bristol City bid for Matt Phillips http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11688_6306475,00.html Doh.

Says Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is in because we lack the pace that Antonio gave us - He said that Chamberlain will come under some competition (soon) - Nearest we got to any transfer news!

I took it as just commenting on speculation - Adu got a mention too. Pards is on in a min - Wonder if we'll get anything new on transfers other than 'no comment'

Brilliant stuff, mate.

Think we just found out where all those missing pies went at half-time, lads....

Pards not commenting on transfers on his Solent interview just now.

Frustrating, but being a Saints fan it all had a little bit of inevitability about it. 1st half was great at times. Nice flowing football, played on the deck, great penetration down both flanks (the left side in particular) – But I never felt we had the aerial power to do them any damage. 1st half set pieces were good too. We just lacked a little bit of power, pace & guile in central areas to carve them open. 2nd half was just one of those typical bloody Saints moments. Bad defending for the goal and it sucked the collected life out of everyone. We didn’t we really do much until Lallana came on – I thought he looked great considering he’s had no match time. Everyone else just kind of wilted, the longer the game went on (Punch & Morgan in particular). Still, with a bit more luck, we could’ve blagged a late equaliser. No need to panic. Rickie would’ve had a couple in the 1st half alone if he was playing

Nah, we'd be 33.333% (recurring) complete -- Still need our central midfielder & striker please. Having Antonio back would be a massive boost IMO.

Norwich will be fine. They've got goals galore in them. Dodgy at the back, but they did have 6 news players in there tonight. Watford looked impressive. They've already made an infinte improvement on last season anyway

Kayne McClaggon has either signed for, or is on trial with Salisbury.