Smirking_Saint

They checked my heart rate at the gym today, was 44

I actually think theres a good player in there that could do well, but 12m and what is likely to be high wages is just too steep

You seem to have a firm grasp on the hierarchy of modern football there Roger

I ****ing love it that Les goes from zero to hero dependant on current situations at the club

Fair play to this by the way, Ive always been keen to keep myself relatively fit, a lot of which is because I still try to haul my battered body around a football pitch, therefore Ive never really needed a fitness band. Anything that gets people fitter and healthier cant be a bad thing though, so whatever works for you I suppose. Still one of the best lifestyle choices is to get all of the convenience food out of the freezer (quick meals and boxed goods) and just fill it with meat and vegetables.

Of course he would want the Chelsea job, why wouldnt he ? He has no real emotional ties to us only those that have been forged recently Anyone with their knickers in a twist over this needs to get a grip really, it'll be a shame he left but not disasterous, plus it differs from Poch as IMO Chelsea are a much bigger step. My worry is that it parallels the Poch exit due to the 'lack of ambition' vibes in and around the club, but nothing more than a worry. For what its worth it won't happen, Ill be shocked if Chelsea want Koeman

Spot on Horrible club

Summer I think

Unfortunately a rare ITK moment, I know one of Austins mates

He has officially signed by the way From the horses mouth

So you are saying his engine is not what it used to be ?

He doesnt want to play for QPR, there was a midweek game that he 'missed' due to injury which was basically because he didnt want to travel

Regardless of the fact that the 'product' is wildly overpriced, what amounts to effectively a 33.3% increase in that already inflated price for what Id percieve as a minimal impact from a transfer fund point of view isnt going to go down very well with us the customer.

Dont really see the massive fuss about Austin, I cant believe there isnt better options out there for the money ? Added to his reported injury problems. Dont get me wrong Ill be reasonably happy if he signs but I just dont get the constant clamour to bring him in

The only player put of the recent academy graduates that looks reasonably adept is Reed, and he has the unfortunate issue of having effectively four maybe five first team midfielders above him in the pecking order. Behind him Im struggling to name any that Id be happy to see grace the first team. All of pur 'promising' youngsters are on loan at teams way below our level or not getting game time. Those still at the club Koeman would no best, and if they arent good enough as judged by Koeman then I think Id be inclined to believe him. You cant just chuck in youngsters just because we as fans want to give them a go, that could be disastrous for both our form and their development if they habe a particularly poor game.

I quite like Utd and Spurs, both are decent footballing sides in the whole. I really enjoyed watching them today vs Leicester, Poch has got them playing decent football these days, and fair play to him and them. I dont get the Poch hate really, he left us for a club that was willing to pay more money, to provide more money and are essentially a bigger team. Thats football, that is what happens. Will he be a decent appointment for Utd, very much so in my opinion

Sigurdsson Shelvey Bony Austin Townsend Any of them would do, but we need a striker, have done for a year now

I might be around next week if you need me to play attacking centre back again

This is the other side, I hope that this isnt the overall plan of the club, as like this year 'replacing' players does not always work

I somewhat completely agree with this theory, it would be nice to get to a point where we perhaps pay enough to get a bit more longevity out of our players, for instance Everton seem to manage it pretty well, but I dont know the state of our finances to comment But there will never be a point, without man city style investment (which is largely redundant now FFP is involved and which is unlikely as we are a far smaller club) that we will keep our best players indefinitely

Every player at every club is a money grabbing c*nt, in fact pretty much everyone in the world seeks one of two things, money or some other form of reward. The question needs to be asked why we seem to have so many more looking for ways out then the majority of other clubs, but then we dont seem to pay the going rate

We could more use a striker that can put the ball in the net to be honest, thats our biggest issue, that said he is looking dangerous right now, but Id still rather a fully fit and on form Tadic, Manè or Rodriguez Im glad for the lad though, always seemed to give his best

Agreed its been difficult for him this year, hence why Im not personally asking for him to leave, I personally think thats very short sighted, but he needs more help from the board, just spend for his 'realistic' first choice targets. As per Poch vs Koeman, we have and had two top coaches, my personal opinion is Poch is better, nobody has to agree with me on that, what would be nice is to not lose another good manager

Yup, its about situations and squads too, RDM has a champions league winners medal. Not the I am specifically talking anti Koeman, I personally think he is a decent manager managing a team that is going through a bad spell right now, not helped out by 2 of our better players seemingly wanting out. Ill still maintain the fact that personally I see Poch as the better of the two. As far as Saints are concerned, I think we need to spend some money to effectively show some ambition, but we'll see. Im not going to start getting too anxious yet, there is easily 4 teams worse than us this year, and we have a bit of a history of poor December patches

He always has been, I still maintain he is the best coach I have seen at St Marys in my time as a Saints supporter, he wont be at Spurs long either, think he'll land a big job within 2 seasons.