S-Clarke

This is pretty pants to be honest. No one looks any good.

I must admit, it will be so, so, so odd to see Lambert playing for another team. Just plain downright weird.

Or until he has a good enough season whereby we can sell him. But he won't play for us again. He's earning too much for a start.

If we wanted to get into Europe, we would keep the team together and add 1 or 2. We're not intent on doing that, so any ideas or statements about Europe is just PR waffle for the fans to lap up. We are in the midst of a fire sale, or board are seemingly inept at everything - so at this moment in time, the future looks atrocious.

Does anyone? It's like everything is being handled by work experience kids.

Nice to see the club are on the ball. An incredibly transparent outfit we have.

It does kind of remind me of how McGoldrick was promoted those years ago. Never ready, never quite good enough, but we sold all our experienced players and relied on him. That ended well. All we need now is a dutch manager talking about the boysh.

Contracts have been withdrawn for both. They were on the table. Fonte is next out of the door, apparently.

No Southampton players starting, never mind.

Craig Mackail-Smith. Would be a good partnership with Billy Sharp IMO.

I feel that RK is the spokesman, that's all he's been appointed for. He's there to take the hits, he's there to take the flak, whilst the others run around in the background ripping everything up. I'm sad that we felt the need to appoint someone like him when we had John Williams knocking at our door. RK is sure a clown, but you also need to look at who is making the calls behind him. The entire place is a mess.

Yakin has joined CSKA (apparently, will be announced tomorrow)

But then was stuck in a relegation battle all year - with Valencia eventually finishing 15th I think. and they finished bottom of the CL group.

I didn't quote what exactly was said, but more or less what was inferred - which was the case. Was mentioned in the full Solent interview, and as above on the echo. He would be made to look a clown if Rickie does go and we don't have a manager.

And played for them too! Managed Ajax, Benfica, PSV, Valencia, AZ, Feyenord - not bad. By all accounts though, his time at Valencia and AZ was awful - sacked from both clubs. Feyenord picked him up when his stock was at his lowest, although he's done a lot to redeem himself there. Good enough name and would have plenty of contacts. So we'll have to see. Not sure I'd be able to go back to hearing someone with a Dutch accent talking about the 'young boyesh'' again though. Flash backs.

Ronald Koeman seems to be the fancied one....being backed very heavily. What's everyone's thoughts on him?

Well, we do need a big name incoming to deflect from the big-name outgoings.... but I can't see us signing a manger who is currently at a club, reckon it will be an unattached foreign manager myself.

See, this is a little OTT. And what do demonstrations actually achieve anyway? They will do what they want, we have no say no matter what we do. Pointless exercise, and a bit OTT at the moment!

I think you've hit the nail with the 'hands off' reference. That's exactly what we've refused to say. It's literately been a come and buy from us since they came in. ''We've inherited a tough financial situation'' ''we will start discussions with clubs at the end of the season'' ''we will do what is best for Southampton'' ''players will go on our terms''. Clubs will lap it up, easy pickings. Lots of young, hungry English talent to be had on the south coast. Lambert did kind of come out of the blue, I thought he'd be here whatever....but it makes you think, if Lambert can go....who the hell else is attracting bids? Cork? Was that bid for Fonte from Hull true? Probably. At the end of the day we've opened our door, and I fail to see why. I don't see any sense in the asset stripping myself, I think it's just downright naivety and people in positions who don't know what they're doing. But they're taking the **** out of us, which is the worst thing. Transparency my arse.

If it's Garcia I will demand a refund of my season ticket!

Don't give up Rog. It'll be an entertaining season I reckon, maybe not in a mainly positive way...! but I don't see us going down, i'll put that out there now. We'll probably be in a battle of sorts though - so the end will be exciting!

I don't know what they want to do, and the worrying thing I feel is that they have no idea either.

Trust me, players were more than happy enough to stay here. It's like they have literately put everything up for sale and are entertaining any phone call. Ok, they've rejected bids, but it's probably followed by....''But if you came back with this, we'd accept''. Not hard nosed, easy pickings of English football once again. ''Come to Southampton, we do all the handwork and develop these players for you. They're now available for you''

Got a feeling ''What's the ****ing point?'' will be replacing ''It's Happening'' on the SMS banners shortly.

He could start by stopping talking such utter dross? ''No players will be sold without the new managers consent'' - lambert gone, without a manager. Good start.