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A common feature though is that will all speak English to some degree. I don't suppose Paco/Silva/ Schmidt will speak Dutch /French as well as English if they do speak it at all.

I know, feel the same way. But what if there are two bids on the table, one from spurs the other from Everton ?

Just did a google translate of the headline: Southampton interested Bartosz cabbage. Jacek Zielinski: could handle.

Inevitable question, and not one people on here are likely to know the answer to, but wonder if any of the characters featuring on here over the last few pages speak English. De Boer does I think, but as for the others (Paco, Vitor Perriera, Silva, Schmidt) its a bit of an unknown. No doubt Poch's old mate might be able to help out, although at the time it was said MP could communicate in English on the training ground reasonably well but not for interviews.

We'll need spurs £10m to pay RK's garden leave...

Because without bringing the EFC offer into the open Saints would have no knoweledge of it, let alone match it. I read it as his previous agent did not even relay the EFC approach ro RK thinking the Saints deal had been agreed in principle.

A week ago I would have agreed, but not sure how this would now happen without a massive climb down by RK. Of course neither he nor Saints have said anything publicly. If you read the link above to the Sotonians post it reads that this has gone beyond making up between the parties. Whether that can be believed of course is open to discussion.

No far from it. When England get to a tournament it becomes a yawnfest as they routinely underperform after all the pre-match strutting and preening. IF they advance out of the group stage it can get interesting, although we inevitably live in fear of it going to penalties.

I'm surprised this didn't feature in another thread earlier in the week - courtesy of some retired scouse c^nt who worked for the same employer for 31 years.

Whoops - meant Sterling.

Was hoping Arsenal might also be in for him to up the bidding war but it seems unlikely. In the past I've been of the view we should avoid dealing with Spurs but if we did have to consider any bid from them our starting point should be that Trippier is part of any deal.

Didn't se the first half, but from what I saw of the second it appeared that Sterling had borrowed the clown shoes that Wellbeck normally plays in for England. We looked a bit ponderous going forward, and I couldn't understand the comentator salivating at Wooney's effort bringing about a 'great save'. Lamber a couple of seasons ago would have put that into the corner out of his reach. As for the equaliser, there was some inevitability to that as our team went 'backwards' inviting the cross, and looping header. Vardy should have been on at some point to stretch the Russian defence, but no ,Wilshere and Millner !!

Schmidt is not without his moments though: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11891/10179498/bayer-leverkusen-coach-roger-schmidt-banned-for-five-games

Same sentiment as about 99% of posters on here as well at the time though.

Before Adkins the last British managers we employed were: Pardew - sacked, but something behind the scenes was not right. One rumour went he went to newcastle was that he & Ashley had hatched the possibility of him going there in pre-season (whilst still on our payroll). Burley - hic !! turned out to be crap 'arry - say no more about British managers being more loyal. Adkins - perhaps woulsd have remained loyal, but not given the chance of course. I'd like to agree with Lawrie and would prefer an English manager, but are there any real contenders with suitable experience ? Howe has one year in the top division, Rowell no top flight experience. No surprise we cast the net wider is it ?

Didn't we play his team , Leverkusen, in a friendly a couple of years ago?

Don't think its unfair to say relegation is not a good season by any stretch of the imagination. Doesn't mean he's a bad manager though. Strachan had been relegated before joining us, not a bad manager for us though was he ? Poch was sacked,as was Lawrie (although not in his last job) before coming to Saints.

Think he was.

Further read on Paco Jemez: http://statsbomb.com/2016/02/the-fascinating-nature-of-paco-jemez/ And with some remarkable prescience & foresight the article includes this:

Roger Schmidt interview: Just to wile away a few minutes.

One of them doesn't measure up for the job though. ie he's no 'measure- schmidt' !!

Yes - impressed by the presentation of both last night, certainly for more senior roles rather than the leadership of their parties. Stugeon always puts forward her case fully, and in many ways you wish you had someone like her arguing on yopur side. Shame that I just can't agree with much that comes out of her mouth. No 'heavyweights' from the opposition to face up to him then ?

Anything much younger though and some might label them "inexperienced", ie Howe, & Silva. AVB is perhaps the exception to this as still young, but quite experienced (certainly experienced of getting the sack).

At 46 ???

Wengers's previous job was in Japan prior to Arsenal.