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Unlikely but then our DMs have scored more than our CMs so it can't really be that difficult.

Not a bad start by our bowlers in York's second knock but Dawson and Edwards are now getting flayed, 32 off of the last 2 overs including 3 nbs from Edwards. We'll need some solid, sensible 4 day batting tomorrow, I'd put Smith in at opener probably.

U21s level football, apparently Gazza is good in the U21s.

Well it's just a 3 year extension really(time wise that is), I'm sure he'll be just great anyway. To me he just can't be much worse than anything that we have already, he's quick and brave and doesn't spend all afty on his arse appealing to the ref. In fact he even scored sat on the ground last season.

Although it's more 4 than 6 just now, perhaps we'd need another 30 like him to be on the safe side.

We'll have to see, Jay was all about pace, if he's lost only a fraction of it he may be diminished somewhat. No reason for him to have lost anything really.

Well you obviously haven't been listening to the forum experts today then, apparently he's just what we need for some reason or other, something about one cross that landed on Pellè's head against Spurs defence, one of the worst in the PL might I add and certainly the worst in the top half of the league. .

Doesn't seem to make sense, he was out with 2 different injuries at the same time apparently, possible of course but you just need to count that as one absence and not 2 surely..

Not for Liverpool anyway, must have played about 30 games last season and scored 20 odd goals in the PL. Anyway this season he's still scored more than Balotelli and Lambert put together despite only starting in a handful of games. Another player on whom last summer's WC has taken it's toll.

Very little I expect, he's got his contract, he must have kind of got used to limited playing time and no other bunch of fools are going to give us anywhere near 12 million £ for him so it must be carry on as you were.

Sometimes it's too expensive, taking a hit on one salary is less than the bill for insuring the whole squad. No idea where we are with that though, you'd have to look at the line by line accounts. Insuring a 30 man squad against loss of playing time would probably run into a couple of million at least. Statistics obligé, no PL club goes through a season without losing at least 1 player for a fairly long time.

Over this no, our form since we took 26 points from 12 games has been patchy, these last few weeks it has become poor. As long as the majority are content with it and accept small compensations like a couple more points or 1 place better I guess it's OK. For me we've not done as well as we could have expected mainly due to management errors. I'll leave it there I think.

3 out of 4 wouldn't be bad. On JRod...great now let's get him onto the pitch and say ciao to the other lump.

I bet it doesn't though, just the bench. Gazzaniga apart that is.

Right, I didn't want to remind you all of this Ralph gem from last September but it seems that I have no option; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2754285/Southampton-stronger-following-summer-exodus-claims-chairman-Ralph-Krueger.html So if we're stronger we should be doing better right ? If you dig about on Redslo's blog or in the forum archives I'm sure that you can find the original audio Solent interview.

Nah, a wee bit of internet research informs us that she jacked it in after DNA tests were inconclusive and she decided he was too monstrous to be related to anyway.

Well I don't have the facts to hand either but I've got the impression that he played some really useful innings last season, anchor type batsman.

apparently not, we're doing "as well as can be expected" seemingly. Mind you from my limited experience of hospitals when they tell you that it's not usually a very good sign.

I think he might actually but that's only because I can't see any of the really big name sides being interested in the player that I've seen for the last few games. We'll have to make an effort on money though.

Walcott always was all about his pace, if it's on the wane he may be a pretty average footballer really.

So 2 years then, perhaps there were some option years because I don't think we'd be able to terminate his contract otherwise, well not unilaterally unless there's some sort of unknown reason that is.

Comes from Norway, not the ocean of footballing talent that it used to be.

Expect us to make maximum effort on Clyne, he's a young player and we'd owe Crystal Palace a bit, we have no evident replacement and are there all that many competent right backs about . Form has fallen away a bit of late so perhaps Utd won't be all that interested, perhaps they'll go for Trippier instead or Van Der Wiel or Aurier or one of the others we're linked with from time to time. Can't see many other 'top' clubs in the market for a right back just now.

Depends if you have the time or inclination to read the forum on a regular basis I suppose. http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?54132-Saints-Meet-Orjan-Nyland-Buyout-Mirror#.VVH4t_ntmko

Someone said we agreed to meet their price, last week I think.