Lord Duckhunter

Seems strange that a bloke willing to go on strike he wants champions league so badly would sign for spurs.

70,000 people wont pay £45 plus to watch somebody give a old granny a bed bath or wipe her rear end, so I don't know what exactly your point is Viking.

Very very risky buying players from the WC, look at that Gyan fella Sunderland bought. Too many players have the tournament of their lives and then are pretty average.

For clarity could you explain the following ; What was " the project" Where would we finish in the league during " the project", average position. How much roughly would " the project " cost Who was going to fund " the project" At the end of " the project" , which football club would we be comparable to?

FFS we have a 1963 page **** take of the skates on this forum, yet people are slagging off kl for not spending to take us to the next level. Peter Storrie used Gaydmaks money to take Pompey to the next level. Peter risdale took Leeds to the next level. I can't see much difference in the fantastic project of Nicola's than those two. OK , we may have supplemented our spending with a couple of home grown talents, but there's not that much difference. One thing about the project that's always puzzled me is that Nicola wanted half the team to come through the youth system. Where are all these champions league academy players lined up to come in during the next couple of seasons. It was all pie in the sky nonsense. A solid premier league side maybe, but no chance of 5 home grown players playing in the champions league for Southampton, complete and utter nonsense. It probably only Barcelona or Ajax or somebody bigger, but Southampton, no ****ing chance. The only chance we ever had is for a benefactor to spend billions, and I can't even believe Marcus would have done that.

What "project" was that then? My project to **** Madonna ended when I got married.

Why are people blaming the board? They are not actively looking to sell players, they do not want any players to leave, their business model is not based on developing and then selling on players. The players want to go and once that happens its pretty much a done deal in the modern game. That's why Nicola couldn't keep ox once his old man wanted him to go. That's why had Liverpool bid for Lambert under Nicolas leadership he'd have been gone. We are not a champions league team and there was never ever going to be a hope in hell of us being a champions league team, regardless of whether Marcus died or Nicola stayed. Look at what's happened to villa and thank kl that she seems to be a bit more sensible than them. The best we can hope for is Europa league and a cup win, which makes poch's attitude in the cups even worse. Here's a heads up to some of the depressed on here. If McQueen or Gallagher come good and reach champions league level, they'll move on. Get your heads round it, you've got a few years notice, start excepting it. Its not going to change, regardless of whether Williams,cortese or Ralph is running the club.

A contract is something that your own players should always honour, but players you want to sign can break theirs. In simple terms Adam is a big headed **** and Liverpool a load of ******s for signing him, but jrod just wanted to play for a bigger club and we were perfectly within our rights to make an offer to Burnley. Hope this helps.

What complete and utter pony. If you turn up next season they're not going to say "whoopsy, saints aren't playing, but we've arranged for Yeovil to take their place". You signed up to watch the players of Southampton Football Club play 19 other clubs. What do you want the club to do, issue a list of squad members before offering season tickets?

Talksport reporting Arsenal in for him now.

Utd are buying potential and with potential comes risk, will he kick on, will he stay injury free, will money change him. At the moment it is a great deal for us, as he stands now, he is replaceable for under half the money. Whether it remains a good deal depends on his progress during the next 4 years. However ,any valuation must take into account the diminishing amount of years left on his saints contract. The board obviously decided that this was the optimum moment to sell and looking from the outside I tend to agree. It doesn't matter if he becomes the best full back that ever played the game in 4 years time , because he becomes worth £0 once his contract runs out. He was never going to sign a new contract ,so the judgement then becomes , is it worth keeping a player for another year or two who wants away but we may get more than £34 million for? I personally think the risk is too great and the board have done the eighth thing. As an aside , him moving also ensures our acedemy continues to receive great reviews. Its a real selling point to the parents of the best youngsters that your kid can have a great football education, play in the first team early and still get a big move early in their career ( because of the way we've devoloped them)

All the cases you mention happened whilst the player was representing his club. If Gaston gets a ban for an incident in Uruguay's next match, and that ban extends to saints games. Do you not think there will be many posters on here complaining about the unfairness of it? What if Morgan pushes the ref over ala d'cannio in the french game and is banned for 8 saints games, do you really think everybody on here will say " fair enough". Supporters are the same the country over, most are one eyed and will forgive their stars anything. Don't forget one of our greatest has admitted to spot fixing,but no saints fan really cares, whereas had glen Johnson admitted such a thing, our posters would want him banned from England teams for life. All football supporters are the same, Liverpool's aren't any different than any other clubs

Very very selective quotes. There's plenty saying get rid or he's let the club down. There would be exactly the same % of morons on here sticking up for our best player if he did the same thing. Why do people on here seem to think we're somehow superior to people from Liverpool? I've met as many twts in Southampton as I've met in Liverpool.

Perhaps she was dying for it.

Agree, and I felt the same about Gaston coming on. I watched the Uruguay game rather than England in the hope he'd get on. The past few days I watched yoshida, MS and Gaston with more feeling than watching lallana and Shaw. I thought Morgan was excellent, only gave the ball away once, his pass completion must of been in the 90% area. Yes, it was a bit of a stroll and he gave simple passes, but I like the way he zipped the ball into peoples feet and looked very comfortable receiving it.

My point is the hysteria from the British press, compared to the jokey tone of the Defoe incident. Admittedly it was Defoe's first bite, but do you get a free one, before there's outrage. Is there degrees of biting, or does it matter who you bite. Those calling for Suerez to be banned for years were quite happy for Defoe to play for England since. Biting is either disgusting and has no part in football, or it is like a headbut or an elbow. You cant say, it's only disgusting if you do it twice, or do it in the world cup or do it if you're a Carlos-kick-a-ball.

Defoe got a yellow card. No fuss in the media, no outrage from supporters. I guess if your English biting someone is a bit of a lark, whereas those dirty Foreign bastards are cannibals .

The English media are hypocrites, as is the FA and many many supporters. It is "part of the game" according to Martin Jol , I guess biting an Argie is ok when you're English. And before people start, there is no way I'm sticking up for Suerez, but why was Defoe treated so leniently, and if biting is such a horrendous offense why did nobody care about this? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-412157/Mascherano-rages-FA-punish-Defoe.html

I'm not sticking up for Suarez, BUT watching the UK media and the 3 stooges on the BBC in particular, my mind does wander to another incident. An incident that was treated rather less seriously and in some quaters as a joke.

Barca won't touch him with a barge pole this window if there is a big fuss over this. I'd be amazed if Madrid did either.

Who is going to pay the asking price now?

We're more likely to see him now, barca and Madrid won't touch him this pre season.

Agreed , he looked class , whilst most Uruguay players were just hacking it away and hoofing it anywhere he kept his head.

He was pulling his shirt down showing the ref his shoulder and going nuts. Not the normal way you react to a headbut

Looked like it to me and the Italian is pretty convincing that he did. Great corner from Gaston, but Italy should have put this to bed by now.