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And what happened the last time we relied entirely on youth without investing in the 1st as required? Mmm....

Pleased to see him go, but somewhat disappointed go see we've not done any inbound business so far and would hazard a guess that nothing will happen full stop. This isthe new order we will be living with now...home grown or nowt.

Got to have a place surely? Has stayed through thick and thin, one of the best players to wear the shirt and he's team captain. No argument IMO.

Can't see it myself - why would he not be happy here...has support of the players, coaching staff, Board and fans. He has the Academy cream to pick from - a stated interest of his since his previous club. Cortese might have sold him the dream, but it's his dream now.

Fulham, while possibly the worst team in the league, will be a completely different proposition to Arse. They will chase and niggle more - could be a difficult game for the lads to control. If we manage to penetrate their defence rather than just play keep ball, it could be a mauling. 1-2 Saints.

Vucinic would be a great swop with Osvaldo...hope this is true.

Incredibly entertaining game. Cork was superb, but then so was Morgan....their partnership has to be one of the best in the league on that display. JRod twice made poor and soft challenges one of which that led to their 1st. Sam G is looking OK but he is still too young to lead the line in a Prem team IMO - we need a strong experienced player if we're to reach our full potential.

Yeovil's only just down he road for you Ottery - split loyalties today? (;

This will be very interesting indeed - first test of resolve by the new Exec.

Fair play bud.

Nothing wrong with retaining a few Championship players - who knows we may need their services next season.

Completely agree with this - its a surprise the club employs players that smoke...when you're looking to all your players to give 110% and then there's players that by choice degrade their performance by smoking, you have to wonder whether the Policy makers really mean what they say.

IDE = Intelligence Dumping Entity. Fancy description of a mongboard basically.

I think you're under-playing the importance of car park pricing. That would need to feature strongly in any Q&A otherwise what's the point?

So you're in Lymington, there's going to be spare seats, but you want to support the club from your armchair for free? Thats a shame.

And once again a poster and fellow Saints fan has been flamed for expressing a heartfelt view. It's not Barcelonasaint who should be hanging his head. What a place this has become.

Good post...agreed.

Nah.

Guy needs to wake up and smell the coffee...he doesn't deserve to be dining at the top table of football in England or anywhere else. Loan him out of here real quick and get a decent replacement in pronto. I didn't want to say anything, but I never trusted his beard anyway. There...said it now.

We will win on penalties after a 2-2 thriller.

We should saunter into the next round, even with our 2nd string out. But the cup usually turns that logic on irs head. I cannot imagine we will risk 1st team players with the Arse on Tuesday, so the road to Wembley might be somewhat slippery on saturday.

You see you've made your usual mistake of not reading exactly what you've quoted. You said I made a ststement when in fact I asked a question - so if anyone has demonstrated a lack of intelligence, I'm afraid you've scored an own goal there fella. And you did try to shoot down my comment by comparing Negredo...but that's ok I can understand why you would be embarrassed by that. Anyway, point I was attempting to get over was that IF JRod was back in the Championship now, he would not be worth anywhere near the suggested £20m even though he might appear to be better than he is now.

I dunno, perhaps, just perhaps, he seemed like that becuase he was up against a lower level of defender? Don't get me wrong, I think he's got a lot of potential and he's certainly improved with MoPo, but he's worth nowhere near £20m at the moment.

So based on overall skill and results, you place JRod at the same level as Negredo??? What???

Lets put it this way, if JRod wss plying his trade in the Championship now, how much would we expect pay based on his current form? Not £20m...I would argue more like £5m to be honest.