david in sweden

..........£36 million ...nice one Les......

maybe ......none of the defectors have gone further in their careers, and no-one has been sold on yet....... (I'm not counting Lambert's later move onto WBA.....that was already a win-win situation from day 1.)

I really hope you're wrong ....time will tell.

well ......we live in hope.

His relative success at Spurs may be measured by the number of yellow / red cards he has ....by Christmas...

.....or if they win the thing ......

If it is to be Puel (?)...then expect him to bring one of ....Kuziello, Mendy or J-M Seri with him (from Nice). Every manager likes to have one or two of his " own " players with him when moving to a new club. Pardew, Adkins, Pochettino (ouch!) ...and Koeman all did.

If Saints have got it right (?)......Nathan Redmond may go some way to redressing the balance.

the actual amount may not be published, but there maybe future "add-on's" that kick in periodically ......and maybe a sell-on clause(?)

WHam will want some ridiculous fee for Randolph, whereas McGovern is available on a free from SPL Hamilton. I was quite impressed with McGovern's performances, and it would have been harsh to blame him for the goals that N.I.conceded.

so now it's just Pelle left to decide his future. With Wanyama already history ......and Mane about to join the Liverhampton exiles......what will happen to Graziano now ?

interestingly ......with a thread this long, I took a look back at the OP to see what that said ....and guess what......another false prophet. almost as outrageous as that poster who wanted to sell Shane Long in January to get some cash in for strengthening the team.

......just as long as it's not playing 24 passes before we get to the final third....we've had that already.

Les Reed to be blamed .....or praised? We won't know until it happens.

OK ....he's " another one for the future ", but you can bet some people will say he's waste of space if he hasn't played at least half-a-dozen games by Easter......

OK OK ...if it's Puel, I 'm happy....just as long as he can speak English....even if it is with ....a Frenzh akcent ...

Agreed. In previous seasons, Academy players coming into the first team was more of a necessity. Lallana earned his spurs over a period of several seasons. Luke Shaw's choice ahead of Fox was a no-brainer. Chambers took his chance when Clyne was out injured and Sam Gallagher was in when we had a injury crisis up top. For much of last season, almost all of the first team, and most of the bench had international experience at some level....whilst both of the youth sides had devastating injury crisis which took time to resolve, and although we saw a few new prospects, I didn't think any of them was anywhere near replacing a first team regular.

We haven't seen Gardos in action for over a year....on the road to recovery he must have learned something to better himself. How might he do at CB (with Fonte) and play Virgil as DM?..... VvD's more mobile than Wanyama was, he can pass better ......and can also " put himself about ".

.......perhaps, but not until the ink is dry on the divorce papers, Whitey. That may take some time. It won't effect our position in the European competitions, although hotel costs may be higher. Quite a few countries outside the EU play in Euro tournaments - don't they?

I think they may have been identified as good replacements......but if they want to come?....is quite another question.

Back from a short holiday, (where the internet didn't take up every spare minute of my life)..... Nathan Redmond?....not have been my first choice (based on the few games I've seen him in), but he is also still quite young and has progressed well of late. If he improves at the rate others have done, and becomes a " Mane Mk.2 ".......then he would be a very good buy, and I couldn't be happier if proven wrong.

Mmm...might be P.C. if Ronald Koeman decides not to visit that weekend....or?

........and those who are even lower down on the list will be housed in a B&B in Derby Road.........

Historically, there have been dozens of top rate, international players who've been absolute **** when trying to manage a team on their own.