Saint Pete

And you don't think it will be crowded if they put a station right alongside the stadium? Personally, I think we're lucky to have a stadium so close to city centre, unlike say Brighton where they have to crowd onto trains/buses from the centre.

Hopefully, they'll keep quiet about us for as long as possible!

Would be good if Long can get off the mark today.

Your comment on the Pelle off side demonstrates the problem with using a review system in football. Often you can look at TV replays of offsides and penalty decisions over and over again and people will still come to different conclusions over what is the correct decision.

Personally, I've never understood why people take the **** out of this all the time. The term soccer always used to get used quite a bit here when I was growing up (a while ago admittedly!) There were TV programmes called Soccer Special, sticker albums called Soccer Stars '80, etc. It's just an abbreviation for association football, which must be a term originating from over here. In fact, come to think of it, there's still a reasonably well known programme called Soccer Saturday on Sky!

Really good video - great character. Sure he will be popular and do well at Norwich too.

Squad wise, we look pretty strong now. It's too early to make meaningful comparisons with last year's first 11 as we need to see how some of the new guys settle in first. I still think we should have taken the hard line we have taken with Schneiderlin earlier in the summer and we could have been in even better shape, but credit where credit is due, we generally appear to have spent the money well and did particularly well today with the 2 key signings in the areas we needed to strengthen most.

All the best Jos - played important part in our rise back to the prem and always seemed very popular with rest of squad.

No big fan of Ramirez for us, but seems a strange one given Koeman comments the other day. Would have liked to have seen if Koeman could get more out of him - maybe, at least given it til January.

5 Live: Rumour about Ramirez to Hull?

Micah Richards off to Fiorentina, according to BBC.

Agreeing to sell so many of our players early in the window and before we had secured replacements didn't help us much either.

Exactly. So why aren't we offering him a new deal?

So Koeman says Cork wants to stay and is doing very well, but club have no plans to offer him another contract. Just don't get it! With all the upheaval this seems on the face of it a relatively easy and obvious one to sort out.

Anyone know if we have offered him a new contract yet? If not, very difficult to understand why, especially given that even if Morgan stays for now, realistically he is likely to go in January. Don't see the sense in letting a proven performer like Cork go when so many others have left. Hopefully, common sense will prevail...

I think this is a fair post. There's no doubting Boruc is and has been a very talented keeper. He may not be expressing his frustration in the right way, but it's understandable at this stage of his career if he wants to move on when Koeman has indicated he views him as very much second choice now. Time will tell whether the club and Koeman have made the right choice in spending big on Forster and sidelining a keeper who could have continued to do a good job for us (as he did last year) for another few seasons.

I see QPR have signed Vargas on season loan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28868727 Hate to say it, but reckon they've got a good one there.

I don't think Townsend is as bad as some are making out, but definitely a question mark over whether he is worth the price quoted. He's certainly not the finished article, but personally think he has shown potential to be a player than can have an impact. Needs more end product, but maybe enough there for Koeman to work with to improve him? However, if available, I would rather see us make a move for Gnabry, although that would probably only be a loan I guess. Have been impressed with him in his brief appearances for Arsenal to date. Not sure if he's injured at present though?

To improve as a squad, you need to have backup players who are good enough and feel like they are part of the squad - it's called man management. I thought the whole point of signing another keeper was to improve our options in that department, which was a problem last season. If Koeman's comments push Boruc towards the exit, I personally don't think we will be any better off than we were last season (i.e. one decent keeper but no backup) and will need to go out and recruit another keeper.

I agree. Can't help thinking the club are managing the Boruc situation badly. I don't know why Koeman had to come out so publicly at this stage making Forster his No.1 keeper and talking about Boruc contract, rather than just saying "We have 2 quality keepers now who will provide competition for places". Would have been far better for team morale in my opinion.

The club really do some hell bent on dismantling the entire successful team from last season, don't they? I fully expect Cork and Boruc (and probably Morgan) to be gone by 1st Sept.

Interesting that he describes keeping a core of disgruntled players as an "insane risk". Personally, I think selling off said players before lining up adequate replacements is an insane risk.

I've stopped listening now - nothing to hear here!

I agree. Lovren is a key signing for Liverpool as they were weak at CB last year - you would certainly expect him to get the most games of the 3. I think Lallana could do OK eventually but think he will need time to settle in, so it's a case of whether he is allowed that time.

Don't really understand the logic in signing Taider unless we are going to sell a midfielder, as we are already pretty well stacked in this department. I fear this could mean the end for Cork? (assuming Morgan is staying now).