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And our model sustained us for a few years before it all unravelled.... Not sure what your point is tbh. If in a couple of years they are even better than they are now then yes absolutely they've done better than we did, but currently they have not achieved anything above what we did, and I as I've already argued they haven't even matched our heights yet

Don't agree re football style. Under Poch & Koeman (& even Ralph) we tore teams apart - including top teams in the league. The higher fees they've received are also somewhat mitigated by the fact that fees have gone up hugely since we sold VVD. Time will tell re Brighton, but fully expect them to falter in the next couple of years as their best players are sold and they struggle to replace. They will also lose their manager at some point and it's a matter of time when they get an appointment wrong. I'd love to be proved wrong and for a team to continually improve and climb higher, but it's a nigh on impossible task

How so? We came 6th twice and got to a league cup final. They've come 6th once

100 for Prest today! Great stuff

Brilliant news, albeit it means we are unlikely to see him in a Hampshire shirt much going forward

He hasn't been at fault for any goals yet, so the stats are misleading at this point. He obviously did have a howler against Norwich which was fortunately disallowed, as well as a couple in preseason. I do think we need better, but seems that won't be happening

I thought he was snapped up early on? I might be wrong on that. The BBC did an article about him recently calling him England's version of Glenn McGrath. Still not confirmed who he's declared for but fingers crossed he's leaning our way

Disappointing to concede 4 goals, and to have generally defended so poorly, but also important to remember that we have a new system that the players will still be getting used to. The fact we scored 4 is a big positive. Once the midfield is more settled I expect we will control games better than we did today, which will help defensively. Hopefully we strengthen at both ends of the pitch in the coming weeks

Not sure if this has been posted before, but there's a charity game to raise money for Nicholl at AFC Totton - it's on Sunday 20th August at 3pm and features ex-saints players (not sure who though). Also a justgiving page: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23714382.1k-raised-charity-match-southampton-fc-player/ https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/chrisnichollcharitymatch

I loved the pennos in the France / Aussie match. Great drama! Here's hoping England find a bit of form today. If they can go up a couple of gears we have a real shot at winning

I agree no chance he chooses Brighton over Chelsea, but I think most would agree objectively it'll be easier for him to establish himself at Brighton and therefore arguably better for his career at this stage. It'll all be acedemic as I seriously doubt Brighton would spend £50m on one player

Brighton would arguably be the best move for him. Guaranteed starter and a team on the up. He'd probably sell for £100m himself in a couple of years

Ralph as well unfortunately.... He'd well and truly lost his mojo. Hopefully he'll be back to his best after a break

I'm guessing we wouldn't agree to the sale at the stated price without getting downes for a year. In that case if JWP is West Ham's top target it's better to bring him in and lose a squad player than just have the squad player on the books

Annoyingly Trent Rockets aren't even playing Turner...

I suspect they will be due part of any future sell on of livramento by Newcastle to compensate. Only reason I can see as to why they'd agree

Personally I think selling livramento is a poor decision. Yes we clear £20m, but he has the potential to be worth so much more and we should be using him this season. When we lose kwp we'll go from two first class right backs to zero. If Max Aarons signs that'll mitigate, but I'd rather we got a season out of livramento

Makes sense. Why cup tie him when almost certain he won't stay. Wouldn't be surprised if kwp, jwp & Adams don't play either

Lauren James was obviously taking inspiration from 2006 Rooney today.... Ffs

How we saw out stoppage time was incredible! Well done Saints (Momentarily) top of the league 😎

Surely we must have the record for fewest opening day wins each season? It's looking like we are going to continue that proud record tonight 😭 EDIT: Glad this comment aged well 😅

Not a bad team that! Surprised Lavia isn't starting so I guess they think his heads not quite there.

Apparently if you get a one day pass currently you get 12 months mobile sky sports access included gratis, so definitely an option worth considering if you're ok with watching most sport on your phone https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/1-day-sky-sports-membership-12-months-mobile-one-for-ps1198-4177063

Signing up "internationally" should be easy enough. I wonder what countries don't have EFL rights?