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Obviously its speculation but I doubt we'd have got so far in the deal as reported if either wages or failing a medical were the stumbling blocks. Another piece of speculation posted on here which seemed plausible to me was the length of contract.It was suggested that Ward only wanted to commit to 18 months.Saints clearly want to build longer term. As for Neville,I have always detested that f^cker and hope he never ends up with us.

If there is any mileage in the speculation that the deal collapsed because of the Sky announcement then it would not have been Sky that angered NC but presumably someone at Coventry,or even Ward himself, for leaking the story.

No.He got all his bad signings out of the way at Charlton.

With cup ties and postponements we might face two games in a week more frequently now and Jaidi is not up to that.So I expect he'll be rested quite often in the second half of the season,hence the need for quality in the squad.

As you have your ear close to SMS,any news on Seaborne ?

A better and more reliable source than that is Ottery,I'm sure he will give us all the info we need and more.

I've just edited that for you Ron.I think you omitted an important word there.Remember how we thought GH wouln't go to Tottenham etc.

I'm sure he is older than 22. edit: checked Exeter site,he is 22.I was mistaking him for their other centre half Taylor.

Ditto.Think we should be aiming for better.

Had McSheffrey expected the paparazzi to be out in force he would have put his dentures in.

Well said. I was also embarrassed by the comments of a knob posting on a Palace forum over the signing of Fonte."We'll be in the prem in 3 years...you'll be in administration blah , blah..". Having lived through Saints nearly disapearing I don't think administration of another club is something to gloat over (possibly with one exception of course,but even then there are limits !). The responding Palace fan then launched into a halfbaked 'f'in scummers ' type of post.I know Palace fans can seem like a jumped up bunch of spastics sometimes,basking in the fact they are or think they are a team from the capital, but even so I thought the Saints fan posting there was damaging the image of the club and its fans. Like you I remember how we were always a popular club for the way we were run -in pre Lowe days - and more importantly for being relatively successful by doing things the right way. I'm enjoying the Liebherr era and pleased we have some serious ££ but lets remember our roots.

I don't think it is quite as straightforward as to state they "would be... "fact". Certainly in theory they should work well together and seem a perfect combination.However I also remember when Channon and Osgood were the best strike force in the old second division ( "fact") and should have had no difficulty in ripping that division to shreds.Unfortunately they didn't bond as quickly or as well as we had hoped,or the media expected.

Whereas in a Hampshire dialect it sounded more like 'useless c^nt'.

More likely a website complete with its own forum to cater for such mass interest.

Nowhere near the standard of Anders Svennson's, or Mario Licka's 'doris' though.

I'm openminded about this to be honest.Yes he'd potentially be a major signing for us in L1 based on all the reports read,but personally I'd prefer Stock. Having said that still don't believe Stock is a likely signing for us.

Jonathon Woss now on Wadio Solent ?

I picked up our dogs crap this morning and popped it into a poo bag.Kept the hands warm.

Unless he is out of contract in the summer or has expressed a desire to leave. Not that I believe it to be true or likely either.

and into Glos.

Hard to believe that a player Doncaster were trying to hold onto in the summer, with Premiership clubs interested,would now drop to L1 even allowing for his Winchester connections.

ditto

He looks good and yes HCDAJFU ,but TINFC (there is no f'kin chance).

That is probably the sort of video evidence we used to decide on signing Delgado,Chala,and 'the Torpedo'.

Not an overwhelming vote of confidence from their fans is it ? One extract caught my eye, Do we need an attacking mf,as we have Lallana and Schneiderlin as creative players,its probably a right sided mf we lack,or a good ballwinner and motivator (an Alan Ball or Jimmy Case type). Lines is young so no reason AP and Wilkins can't develop his game.If we don't go up this season then we'll probably see AL and/or MS leave so good planning ahead perhaps ?