Smirking_Saint

Not entirely no, I think he did an ok job, but towards the end was more of a hindrance to the SR project and needed to go I think unfortunately he allowed the club to regress probably quicker then it should of done under his guidance, and really was only luck/Ralph that kept us up

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/23684925.wilcox-updates-southampton-reject-first-ward-prowse-transfer-bid/ Wilcox goes into a fair amount of detail here, and although a lot will be PR pieces it marries up with what Id heard and said on here at the start of pre season The club is comfortable in its position and will only sell if values are met.. which.. as a Saints fan.. is incredibly refreshing considering where we were under ‘Anyone can go’ Semmens

I think he plays for either personally, Chelsea are in as much need for a decent No.6 as Liverpool… possibly more so Id fucking love it if he went to Chelsea over the scousers

Here we go !!

Yeah its a gamble but he has the talent and raw attributes to be a very good CB at European level

One of my favourite Burnley replies… I mean.. it literally makes no sense

Their arrogance is absolutely breathtaking Not realy sure where the ‘myth’ that he doesn’t want to be here comes from, by all reports he’s pretty relaxed about the whole thing, absolutely no indication from anyone that he ‘desperately wants to leave’

Salisu has cut it in the prem and left sided CBs are more of a premium than wingers

I just think thats who we’ll sign…

Yeah I think so, if JWP or Sulemana stay it only improves on this… striking options worry me but I think we’re looking to do business there I personally think we have, overall the strongest or atleast a top 2 squad in this division… time will tell if we can shake off last years mentality and adapt to Martins system

Bednarek will be one of the better CBs in the division Smallbone has been our standout performer in preseason Baz.. tbf… I thought would be ok but his pre season form is a definite worry Not really sure what you see there

Im hoping when we see movement on these we can potentially bring in a CB target of our own, imo I think it’ll be Ronnie Edwards and I would hazard a guess we have it lined up already Lyanco will be an interesting one, not sure where we go from here but I reckon we’ll see him go out on loan

They’re different types of players tbh Caicedo is more of an 8/6 where as Lavia is probably more of an actual 6 So I suppose it depends what you want really, Lavia is more like Casemiro/Fabinho where as Caicedo is more like Gundogan

Im fairly sure he was part of the ‘French’ clique that were making noises about not wanting to be here towards the end of last season Its why I was pretty sure Perraud, Diallo, him and Mara would be off to some degree Whether those thoughts have since mellowed im not sure

I don’t think hd is, I think Burnley are pissing everyone off lowballing, but tbf they don’t have a huge budget Ive said it before, at 20m or so Id probably cash in.. thats a hefty amount for a 23 yr old thats only really had 1 good season, under that figure I think he’ll play a good part this year, and he’s looked sharp in pre season

Personally no, Ive said from the beginning it’ll be top 2, im confident

Well, not really, I mean we’ve signed Charles to replace Lavia… Tino is great if he stays, if he doesn’t then we have 2 x adequate RBs JWP… yeah, but I imagine the hope there is he stays… tbh with how Smallbone is playing Im less bothered about a CM, without JWP I think it will be Charles/Smallbone/Alcaraz but in that scenario Id expect a further CM to come in

Weren’t we linked with him ?

Ahh.. yeah not sure on that one

I mean… we have… we wanted Charles and Manning… we bought both even before the planned sales because we didn’t want to lose out…

Exactly this

There is plenty of time to go in the window and a European Champs next year. We’ve already started moving players on We’ll be fine Id expect another 2 minimum to be gone by next week, if it pushes on we’ll probably look at loans

Oh so now we’re not just selling them off cheap we’re subsidising them aswell Fuck me… let me know when you out your house on the market 👍🏻

Fairly sure Swansea want 20m for him which seems to be putting everyone off

No I think its two seperate clauses, a buy back OR a sell on fee (around 20%)