S-Clarke

Hand in a transfer request. I hear he wants to join Italy.

He had class 5-6 years ago, but he's gone now. Time we all faced that fact! Peaked at an early, early age and is now nothing but an average, paceless player.

I don't sense a natural goal scorer out there. So many attacks, Wellbeck, Sturidge and Rooney - all outside the box. What's the point in that? We lack an Owen type of player these days, we have lots of ''attacking forwards'' but none that I would call and out and out on the shoulder centre forward. Someone who lives and breathes goals - knows where to be and when.

The 2 full backs are decent to average PL players, nothing more. They're not international level, and the full back area's are our achilles heal. Throw Shaw in, I would. Also Wiltshire hasn't ever ''happened'' - lots of hype as a young player, but nothing has ever happened with him.

Rooney and Gerrard were pants, and held us back. Positives in the young players, but this is a tournament too soon - valuable experience though, has to be said. Also not massively convinced with Baines at international level.

It's not really a terrible decision, both very much competing for the same spot - and it looks as if pace has won out here.

TBF, he's a very good player. PSG's GK.

LOL, yeah just saw that. Holy jeez. One relegation spot nailed.

Clearly won't and can't happen. This is a done deal.

Why would he come here?

Because apparently Koeman was quoted as saying that he would ''take him'' to his new club.

Who would you want then? Name some names.

Players would have been incredibly naive to buy that sort of thing, especially seeing as it wasn't even NC's money he was playing with. I've come to the conclusion that andrew_saintsfc is speaking a load of garbage.

Buffon is out tonight.

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That's what it's like to be Tottenham, never getting in the top four. You signed Mauricio, we signed Ronald Koeman, Ronald Koeman, Ronald Koeman

Classic Alpine, jumping to conclusions without actually reading things fully. At least he admitted it though, I'd never have thought it.

I don't need to, it's true.

And the fact that it's clearly true!

Pretty epic night for us to be 'closing' in on an international dutch legend as our manager, tbh.

How's League 2 going for you?

Why are people underwhelmed by pre-season fixtures? Seriously? are you having me on??? It's a friendly, before the season starts. It means nothing.

I think it's been clear that Koeman has been in the running for at least 2 weeks, always the preferred option. I think we need to trust Reed.

Utterly ridiculous decision. Epic fail for the ref.

Who I've spoken to hasn't, but we'll see.