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Anyone else watch the match day uncovered video for Watford. I see Jose is in the video pre match looking very relaxed and happy with the rest of the team. Can read what you like in to it I suppose but he didn't look like someone having some sort of breakdown due to winning the euros....

I guess Ryan's injury is worse than thought. When did he get this injury anyway? I recall he was injured with England but then he played for them so I assume he picked this one up in pre-season training?

People have very short memories we played like absolute crap in many games last season a very good final third of the season covered up some very poor football and performances at times. The second half against Watford was much better than a lot of performances we put in early last season. Watford didn't surrender possession we took it. Our finishing late us down with 25 attempts on goal we should have scored a second to win.

The club is in part a victim of its own success seven straight years of improvement has seen fan expectations go sky high in a way I've not seen in saints fans in my years as a supporter.

http://m.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/14683938.Saints_optimism_over_Fonte_deal/ The Daily Echo also understands that there has been no interest in Saints striker Charlie Austin. The 27-year-old only joined Saints in January for a fee of £4m, but has been linked with a move to Everton to link up again with Ronald Koeman if Romelu Lukakau is sold. Austin is also reportedly the subject of a loan bid from QPR, but again Saints have not had contact and, like with Fonte, would not welcome it either. Make of it what you will ( because these days I've given up on trying to work out who stays or leaves).

Can some one post up a club level guide please. If Glasgow is going to spam the boards with this stuff I might as well try and work out wtf he is talking about...

Personally I think all the unknowns make it quite exciting.

Depends if Zlatan is quick enough to get to Yoshida's one per game free back pass deal that he feels the need to give out every game he plays.

So just to confirm none of us having a ****ing clue what's going on...

TBF the sending off came quite late it wasn't like Watford player 60+ minutes with 10 men. We were well on top by then anyway.

It seems to be the way of the modern football fan. When they leave in a couple of seasons the same posters will probably describe them as irreplaceable. I still remember people making donkey noises at Pelle at SMS in his early games...

Ahh that puts me in an awkward position I think Crooks is a terrible pundit who talks ****e but when I read his team of the week I really wanted to believe every word... "I always felt Redmond never got the credit his football deserved at Norwich. While it seems that it's taken another foreign manager to bring the best out of an English player, Claude Puel's decision to play Redmond as a striker for Southampton, as opposed to in his perceived best position on the flanks, was pure genius. With his right foot, Redmond forced Watford keeper Heurelho Gomes to produce a first-class save. With his left, he scored a fabulous volley, having had a glance to see if he had enough time to make the strike. His movement away from the ball was sensational and reminded me of Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe at his best. If Redmond can cope with the physical demands that come with the new role, then Southampton may have unearthed a gem."

In the metro team of the week to http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/15/liverpool-maestro-philippe-coutinho-and-manchester-united-defender-eric-bailly-star-in-premier-league-team-of-the-week-6067760/

Haven't we just given new contracts to several key players who all seemed happy at saints?

Cedric has signed a new contract?

What for Fonte? Is this like when Arsenal were deffo signing Morgan or when Victor said Arsne was a big a fan...

Those days have been long gone for a while the only players who stay at clubs a long time are ones who don't get a better offer....

I assume you mean this

errrr except the suggestion is he is upset because he wants to go to Everton......

I half suspect that 50% of them are Charlie's other sock puppet accounts

Surely Jorge Mendes has some decent CB clients just tell him Fonte can go if he can source us a better CB for less than 12 million

If they had made a well publicised 9 million bid this place would be over run with blue scousers giving it large....

Off the top of my head Delph, Sterling, Lukaku, Stones, Berhino and Luis Suárez I'm sure there are plenty more.

What Everton bid? I would have expected Everton to be shouting it from the rooftops if they had made a bid.