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Looked that way.

And as Everton have just got 15 million for a player contributing absolutely zero plus losing a big salary, once again for zero contribution, the price won't make much difference to them. Effectively they'll have swapped a player sitting in the stands these last months for one with something to offer..well in principal anyway. It's like if we could sell Gardos and get a new set of curtains for the boardroom or something.

Well isn't that what I've just said ? So I'm not mad then.. You're right though. people seem desperate to sign "big names" who are at the end of the line. We should be looking for another Mané type player, same price range would be handy as well.

At those prices and salaries I think I'd pass on both of them. Try to find a younger man with a bit more oomph left in the tank. Theo looked a bit light on pace in the Cup game against Norwich on a couple of occasions.

The thing is, as defenders get better and better blokes like Hernandez will have less and less effect on games, especially as they approach 30. Football has become very much a young man's game and the old adage of footballers approaching their best at 27/28 is just not true any more. With most top players playing 40 games a season from the age of 18 or 19, including internationals of course,some players are finished at 28 nowadays. Too many international tournaments every summer, didn't used to have all these high profile international cups for unders categories.

Burnt out, will probably opt for the easy life at the MLS.

And as I said the other day is now playing what must be Hampshire League standard football in the north somewhere or other. Balotelli coming to Saints would probably p*ss off Lemina as well, isn't he tupping Balotelli's ex ?

So anyway. Carrillo limped off with some sort of thigh injury after an hour of last night's cup game with Nice. No idea how serious it is or isn't.

Gaitan's agent has been tub thumping of late. Trouble is he doesn't play a great deal at Atli and wants to be in the eye of his national team coach in the build up to the WC. Don't think Atli are all that keen to let him go though, hence usual agent manoeuvres.

Griffit is playing local league football in the north of France, don't know how "au courant" he'd be actually. Not seen any "big name" player from France linked with Saints in L'Equipe or anything myself.

And yet he's scrubbing around at Celta Vigo, an improvement on Midtjytlland no doubt but it's not Barca or PSG either is it. Sort of player that won't be worth much once his pace has gone, which won't be yet awhile t'is true.

Why would they give us 99 million though. Have I missed some detail or other?

Statistics are occasionally deceptive and this may well be one of those occasions. The bloke hardly plays for Monaco in the league and there are some right crap sides to score against when he does. We need to get him in on loan to see what he can offer before parting with any serious money for what may well be another damp squib. There is no conceivable reason at this time to pay a lot of money for another maybe player. Monaco paid 8.8 million for him and nothing he's done there has increased his value by an iota.

Possible but highly unlikely. Sessegnon will want better than Saints. Tottenham if they sell Rose is my favourite.

Meaning that they're going to sell Sessengnon ?

Toby replaced Lovren, Van Dijk replaced Toby. It's the way of football, continual renewal for the most part. I think modern footballers burn out more quickly than of yore, Probably due to starting younger, more injuries and playing more games.

Makes no sense. Anyway Klopp will play Lovren and Van Dijk as likely as not.

Long is almost perpetually offside when he gets a scoring chance. Surely the coaching people must be able to do something about that. Never by that much either.

Against local league opposition. Counts for zilch. I mean if Long scored 3 goals against Sholing or BAT what difference would that make?

Monaco will be right chuffed to get rid of him for nowt let alone us giving them money for him. Sounds like the old agent horse manure at work again.

It's what becomes of replacing fans with customers I'd presume.

It's what happens when the front men aren't creating space to be passed into. How many times do you see a midfielder recover the ball, look up, see nothing and just slide it sideways to try to create through a different channel. Watched Everton-Utd the other day, when Pogba started going out and forward on the left it changed the whole game. Trouble with our creative midfielders and front men it that they're all a bit on the puny side. Fine artists they may well be but they've very little physical presence. Perhaps we could try Lemina out wide on one side or the other.

Although if Mr Gao dumped 40 million or so on it he'd at least get his money back :).

Never mind about all of those trivial things, how are the pies?