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Not dismissing the suggestion, but why is Frank De Boer so highly sought after ? Great player like RK, and has done well at Ajax, and appears to excell at bringing players through, but this is in a bit of a one horse race,and probably has the best - or at least most tried and trusted - Academy in Netherlands to select from. Not looking the challenge the suggestion, but interested in the reasons for peoples choice.

Merkel has been naive in the extreme is she thinks Germany can accept 800,000 this year, and then the tide will stop. Are they realy going to turn away the 800,001st and onwards on the grounds'we've satisfied our moral duty'. The 800,000 will soon become 1.6m as this bloke proves, many will have family they want to bring, and the human rights lobby will insist they should be able to. And on and on it goes. I feel sorry for the German people and what Merkel has dumped on them.

I expect The Sun's offices might have set themselves up as a target given the 'Wham, Bam..' headline last week.

Just about sums it up for me. We've yet to firm up our new cult heroes as we had in L1, suspect VVD will become one. As for yesterday, something on the pitch to get enthusiastic about would have helped.

Clearly the actions of a player both keen and confident of taking a penalty. Can't help thinking some of our players would try looking the other way if we were awarded one judging by the way they want to stroke it towards the keeper. JWP , for all his other limitations, has probably taken our most convincing penalty since Lambert left, and he's probably behind Tadic and Rodriguez in the order..

Looks a nice house Corbyn is seen leaving. Wonder how many migrants he'll offer rooms to ?

Lets not hope he's involved in the recruitment of a new manager anytime soon:

Any suggestions for parking near the ground ? Have driven past the Hawthorns a few times off the Motorway whilst working in the area, and the only obvious thing of note is 'what a cesspit' .

So, any idea who might be in line to replace Blind ? Or, how soon will it be before we are in the market for another manager ?

I don't follow this: and.. No. We don't have to work around the clock to keep the f^cker, he is under contract. No solution to be reached, and unless Saints deem otherwise there is no % prospect of him making an exit.

Thanks for the generous comments here, CG. Its interesting how you and plenty of Feyenoord fans take a reasoned and relaxed approach to players leaving to further their careers, wheras most on here go into a rage when ours depart, although much of that is to do with the manner of their leaving I suppose. You mention VW, and a good example of someone not coming out of things well at the moment with a sulk, but there you go, thata a pampered prima donna player nowadays for you. I like your views of VVD , and look forward to seeing him play for Saints. (Who can we have next season ?)

...VW

If not being bought, then an out of contract perhaps, such as Vlaar.

Still worries me that we're left with such poor options as back up here.

He was, but the thing that surprised me with his signing, is that he was never allowed to play in a free role that he had at Swindon but was played in a wide position, and his effectiveness was lost (assuming he could have made the transition to the higher league anyway, that is). Then Branfoot arrived, and McLoughlin didn't suit his hoof and physical approach (Paul Moody & Dowie were preferred). Added to which we had a clause to pay a further installment to Swindon once he reached a set number of appearance, and once that was near he was not near the first team again. All in all, the transfer was a failure.

Another critical difference between MS & VW, is that Morgan had his 'blip' pre-season nad was fully focusssed again for the start of the season. VW has had all summer to consider his position. Perhaps a phone call from one of Levy's sleazy contacts to his agent has been the turning point.

Depends where, and for how much. Ideally £20m, but we all know he isn't up to a figure approaching Schneiderlin proportions. As for selling, anywhere but yids or Liverpoool, but I can't realistically see any of the 'top 4' wanting him.

I can think of another, who seem to be 'going backwards' at a faster rate than them..

Perhaps supportrs, and perhaps Reed, have to acknowledge there is not an endless conveyor belt of players, the level of Shaw, Oxlade Chamberlain, Chambers etc from the Academy. If JWP & Targett are the level coming through then RK it is understandable that RK seeks players from elsewhere (although not sure the Netherlands is the complete answer).

There was me just about to post ' does he have a song yet ? ' and you come up with that ! None too complimentary though.

I think many people have overlooked this possibility, and how that might affect how 'attractive' we appear to potential incoming players (in the abscence of stupid money to compensate of course).

Had we not signed Romeu then possibly we might have been interested, although I can't see this now. Unless of course we're planning to permutate any two from four (VW - assuming he's staying, Clasie, Romeu and Illarremendi), allowing for injuries and Romeu's inevitable suspension

There is still a week to go in the window, so perhaps we'll see where that takes us before damning the transfer activity of the whole summer, and of course Clasie has still to make an impact. That said, theres little to get too excited about by early showings.

Wages - fair point.

Wafer thin, and probably not a lot of goal threat between Pelle, Mane & Rodriguez . Seems to me they all need about 4 or 5 chances before they take one. But no worries, we can bring Long in from the bench.