Rebel

How much did we pay for him? Anyone remember?

Please not Defoe - he played for the Skates - it always ends in tears when we sign one of them

I'd easily believe that they sold more shirts this morning than last season as the home shirt is a lot better than last seasons Forest/Liverpool retro kit. And this seasons away kit is an awful lot better than last season white with red pinstripes. Still I'd prefer red and white stripes, quarters or even halves than just a plain red shirt. If they added a bit of black to the shirt and given us black shorts it would have looked like the centenary shirt and they could have got away with it.

Surely Poyet got what he wanted which was to walk away from Brighton - he was just hoping he could walk in to a premier league job at Fulham or Swansea Poyet and a Brighton deserve each other - the most histrionic set of fans we've ever had the misfortune to encounters - and one of the most self deluded mangers ever. Gus Poyet will be remembered as the man who introduced all that is bad about South American football to the championship - the diving, time wasting, the appealing for cards, the bad losing, the cheating. He's up there with Pulis and Fat Sam with his anti-football methods

Nainggolan

I'm not against changing the shirt for a bit of variety - and improving sales - along the same lines as Bayern Munich have done lately with a red and white as the base colours. But last seasons kit was truly awful - it looked like an old Liverpool or Nottingham Forest kit with the pinstripes, red socks and shorts. And I don't think sales were that good as a result - and certainly not on the levels of the sash kit and the stripes from the year before. This new seasons shirt looks a lot better to me than the last season Liverpool pin stripe - not as good as the centenary shirt above - but it's OK. I am led to believe it will come with red shorts and red and white hooped socks though. The socks may be its saving grace however and make it a bit more Saintly. I'd like to see us return to red and white stripes with black shorts at some point in the near future as this is the archetypal Saints shirt. But I'd also like to see us use the sash again at some point - and maybe a halved or quartered red and white shirt at some point as well. My favourite shirts are the late 70's barcode shirt and the early 80s Air Florida shirt which are both variations of the red and white stripes though. But they both came with black shorts.

Kieran Trippier at right back and Martin Olsson at left back - both would compete for a starting place at right and left back and be happy to step up to the premier league

I said the badge would be gold! Am I ITK?

And the away kit will be a black and white - as opposed to white and black - version of the Fulham kit with a silver badge

Apparently Newcastle have pulled out of signing Douglas on a free transfer - perhaps we should step in: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/newcastle-joe-kinnear-drove-derek-1967425

Collar is wrong and the badge is gold

Saints were definitely looking for new shirt sponsors. They approached a number of companies that I know of. As I understand it aap3 were more than happy to be replaced by a bigger sponsor paying more money. But now it looks like aap3 will be the sponsors for next year and a number of the sponsorship team are no longer working at Southampton FC.

That might depend on how many and which players we sell.

Lens had his chance - let him go to Kiev

The kits have been chosen. They are just waiting to sign up a new sponsor. The home kit will be a red shirt with white ends to the sleeves, with red shorts Based on the same design as the Bristol City and Hearts home shirts. The away kit will be black with a deep v-neck white collar. Based on the same design as the Aberdeen home shirt. The socks will be hooped. The badge will be gold or silver.

Douglas Franco Texeira from Twente - 6ft 4 centre back with pace - a Brazilian with a Dutch passport - out of contrct and on a free transfer

I'd rather go for Douglas - the Dutch Brazilian - on a free transfer

So far we have been linked with Victor Ruiz, Joan Verdu, Raul Baena, Phillipe Coutinho and Jose Callejon who all played under Pochettino at Espanyol - and Hector Moreno who plays there now. I have a feeling we will end up with at least one of them (ignoring Coutinho who made the wrong decision and went to Scousepool) - but how much of it is just easy paper talk. If we had to pick one I'd go for Jose Callejon to fill the gap on the right wing - he's a pacey wide right forward which is exactly what we need. However I think it will be Victor Ruiz as Valencia need the money - and I think Pochettino sees him as cover for centre back and holding midfielder.

Tandari Lee off back to Japan - Tokyo to be exact - according to the Daily Star http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/319028/?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1664096-southamptons-5-best-and-worst-transfer-signings-of-the-past-15-years? Vote - and then discuss!? McCann for me was the worst because of who he replaced - together with Le Saux and Van Damme he was the replacement for Bridge and Marsden down our left hand side. It meant we wasted what little money we spent from Bridges transfer fee - and started us on our way down. Morgan was / is the best - fir his age when we signed him, his value now and the talent and ability he's shown this season - and the potential he's still got. Lambert would be a very close second though - followed by Pahars for me. It brought a tear to my eye the day Pahars left - just like the day Matty retired.

I'm not sure you should pay a lot of cash for a player over 26. 27 at a push. Sure sign them on a free or get them on loan - but once they get past 28 their resale value starts to drop. Ideally you'd sign a player at the age of 22 and then sell him when he's 26/27 - with his successor lined up ready to go. I can see us selling both Gaston and Puncheon and replacing them with players better suited to the way Pochettino wants to play. If he stays I think Gaston will have a great second season - but he didn't have the impact that we needed from a £12 million player in his first season - that, the fact he wife apparently ones to move back to Italy and his sending off points to an exit this summer. With Puncheon it might be a money thing - he wants more - and Palarse are prepared to offer that and a good fee for him. I'd love to see us replace them with players like Callejon, Griezman or Rodrigo. Lamela would really be a nice surprise.

At 30/31 Diego Castro seems a bit old to me unless its on loan or on a free transfer. He also looks like he's had a bit of a lower league journeyman career I'd rather go for someone like Patrick Ebert from Real Valladoild

Maybe that's why we should have a B Team playing in the lower leagues - made up mostly of u23s but the odd 24 & 25 year old. That way they get game time but also premier league coaching and maybe a bit more time to mature and make that break through.

Marc Muniesa

Great - just tried to renew online - shows all my linked accounts including my Father and my Nephew and a load of friends - but it won't let me renew my Dads or Nephews season tickets with mine - as I've done for the last 3 years - only my mate's who has bought his own for the last 3 years