S-Clarke

Well, there was only really one stand out comment in amongst all the pre-empted waffle. ''I guarantee that Morgan and Jay will be here by September, absolutely gaurentee. They will not be sold and they are part of this'' Now, if they are sold - then the board have just opened themselves up to an absolute hammering on protest levels, and they've just put Ralf out there to be hung by the masses. If either are sold now, then every single person on the board needs to go - their positions will then become untenable.

He's put his neck on the line right there. If they do end up going, his position will be untenable.

Here we go.

lol, is that some kind of sick attempt at gallows humour by the club or something??? 2 clubs with hardly any players....let's match them up!

He's on NEXT.

He'll be gone next season. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23286316

''But we still have Guly on the ben........'' oh.

Oh great, they've wheeled out Nick Illingsworth.

PSG french left back isn't he? Utter class act fwiw.

TBF, it'll be a case of them not going anywhere until we have an acceptable bid - of which we're still negotiating.

Or come out with something stupid like.....''Koeoman has a transfer budget of £90m, and we will let him use it all'' Wouldn't put it past him.

The mouth piece is being wheeled out in force it seems. Appease the masses with PR waffle.

Should write a book. ''How to downgrade a football club in 1 month - for Dummies''

Is Rushton the fella on SoccerAM? Amazes me how people as average as him get gigs like this.

They've developed a new app called ISale.

Amy Lewis also mentioned that Morgan is speaking with Saints today.

Can we guess what he's going to say? ''FC Southampton is a great club, and there are so many players queuing to join us. We have never been in such a strong position. We have lost players, but we will replace those players and build on our success last season with our wonderful world-class manager in charge, we have opened a world class training facility which we will use to continue nurturing players for the top 4 clubs. With the continued support of our passionate and loyal fanbase, which shows no signs of diminishing, we will enjoy another successful season in the history of #teamsaints''

This way they have a bigger national audience to address.

The charm offensive is in full swing, we have the delights of Ralf to enjoy in the next 2 hours.

Oh great, this is all we need. When the going gets tough, wheel out the mouth piece.

Fraser Forster, Danny Ings and go on...Ryan Bennett.

Bit part players? 50 goals in 57 games, and the most creative player in the league. I don't think that makes them bit-part players? If they were subs for Twente and Feyernord, fair enough - but they were the key players for each side.

He nailed his anti-cortese parade to the mast, so this situation is obviously not going to be portrayed as bad by him - even if he wanted to, it would make him look silly.

Maybe this is the reason English players don't go abroad? Ashley 'Plz can I come and play?''