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Don't forget he was 'on the verge' of an England U21 call up on joining us, and Spurs didn't really want to let him go... ... according to his first interview on joining us..

He did, but judging from the social media coverage, including his own, whilst with us it seemed it was reserved for nocturnal activities with'Disco Dollies' in nightclubs.

Aged 45 but still better than Tommy Forecast was in his prime.

That could be the "add ons" in any deal though if either qualify for CL etc... The sort of Jackanory contract that Les Reed was probably master of.

Can you imagine the outpouring of bile from the Dildo Brothers, and all their fans, if we field a - let's say - inexperienced team against Bournemouth and lose, only for West Ham to ultimately go down instead ?

I would hope we get £20-£25m without a player exchange, if KWP is on top of that so be it.

This is a full Danish international you're talking of, against a bloke of 23 with what 20-30 Premiership starts to his name ? It depends entirely on the £m coming our way, and what the "weighting" is in the valuation put on KWP. But "absolute win", I doubt it. I'm not convinced that KWP is a £10m player on the strength of some reasonable - but not spectacular -displays to date. We seem to have a history of allowing the norf London yobbo's to sell us short, don't be surprised if it happens again.

Would prefer Zeefuik for the suggested £4-5m. he would appear to offer a bit more strength and speed than KWP.

I'm with you on this. Ideally would like to win both, but if we are to lose one would rather Bournemouth benefit from it and stay up in order to play them next season. I don't subscribe to the "we" send them down, they've managed to do that themselves by some inept displays over the previous 20 odd games before their Leicester game. Double joy if West Ham go down.

Suggestion of Salisu and a second CB to be brought in. https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/07/15/report-says-centre-back-still-priority-for-southampton-after-salisu-move-gets-done/

At what stage do we have to fret over whether or not we can obtain a work permit ? Could we have been dealing with this behind the scenes over the last week prior to an announcement, or can we only apply once he has signed ?

I wouldn't mention Obafemi in comparison to either. Ted MacDougall was a goalscorer throughout his career, MLT could give the impression of being casual at times but had sublime skills that very few players come near.

Probably another summer of spending big to then underachieve again next season.

Burnley, unattractive to watch but very effective as ever.

Think they can still get 101.

Saw Brett Angel and one of his brothers play for Cheltenham in the 90's. Brett looked a good prospect at one point, his brother though spent most of one game goading the opposition supporters (in the Conference !). Wasn't Hungerford also the starting point in Charlie Austin's meteoric rise to becoming an internet sensation ?

League One player don't forget.

Bet he thought he was signing for Everton with those dugouts.

HT : 0-2. Norwich down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oCfefO0VT0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBdlEOS0lpg Second clip from the FA Cup Final Replay 1970. Not sent off !

I'd also like Bournemouth to stay up, but stayiing up at West Ham's expense and them losing would be even better. Can't see West Ham going down though; the six points we've gifted them this season are critical.

Sad news - Big Jack was one of the iconic football figures as I got into it in the 60's/70's. Although revered for his heroics with England I couldn't really take to him as a player at club level, playing for the niggly 'Dirty Leeds' team of that era (the 7-0 didn't help either) but two recollections of him at The Dell stand out. First was Channon gliding past him with ease in about 1972 (when Leeds were at their prime,)leaving 'Big Jack' sprawled on his arse, whole crowd roared, final proof -if needed - that Channon was a special talent. No one did that to the likes of 'Big Jack'. ' Secondly was his last league game for Leeds, April 1973, although I was still young I was struck by the warm applause he received from the Saints fans when he went off injured, it drove home that we were saying goodbye to one of the great figures of the game.

Fair point Vectis, I asked for that and should have worded it diferently, point being the kits didn't clash and there was no need to change.

Wasn't Zeefuik meant to be c £4m ? He does seem to have a bit more strength,aggression and speed to his game than KWP. Dusic also raises an interesting point re spurs and how long Levy will back Mourinho's judgement so don't think this deal is a foregone conclusion.

Redmond is frustrating to watch sometimes and he often seems to do a 'headless chicken' running into blind alleys. That said we're a better team when he plays than when he doesn't so I'm not going to critiscise him for a couple of below par displays since the re-start. Despite his talent Boufal doesn't do it often enough, and is frquently unavailable with injury, just hope Djenpo isn't going to go the same way.