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He's back in training this week.

It was Friday I was told so looks like old news now.

Only snippet I've had is that we're very interested in 'a greek forward who plays in the dutch league', which I've deduced to be Tasos Douvikas as Pavlidis who plays for AZ would be well out of our reach. Douvikas scored 19 last season and can play off the wing or through the middle. No idea if we've bid but sounds like one to keep an eye on.

"Sign some experience!".... "No not that experience!"

Swap deals get rumoured all the time but are incredibly rare in football with how complicated deals tend to be nowadays.

Couldn't even save the date for it.

Would it really though? After a poor season by his standards in the Premier League, he's now playing Championship football and at 28 has no re-sale value to West Ham. I'd say it's about fair, although of course it would have been nice to get more. If a significant chunk of that (if not all) is upfront - which is sounds like it is now compared to the previous deal they put on the table - it'll help us buy our replacement targets sooner.

That missed header/handball on the line at their place early in the season got them wanting more.

On Lavia, it's a tough balance now between trying to get as much money as possible from the deal and concluding it quickly (hopefully by the end of the week) so that we can use those funds to go after our own transfer targets nailed down before we get too deep in to August. Martin's comments last week that we have targets who are willing to wait suggests that we will be going in for them as soon as we let two or three go. Hopefully we've done much of the ground work on those incomings so that we don't spend weeks negotiating on a fee with their respective clubs and personal terms. I suspect we'll accept the latest bid on the table give or take some minor adjustments and move on.

They're just on the wind up. There's one or two on there whose only contribution is to tell people where they should sit in the stadium, what they should wear and sing etc and where they should come from. They're just fishing for bites so I'm not sure why people are nibbling. Nobody genuinely gives a toss where our fans are from and currently live.

Expecting nothing from this which will mean we need at least 4 points from the Brentford/Spurs home double.

On Marsch, I think whoever followed Bielsa at Leeds was on a hiding to nothing because he was so idolised. He did keep them up though despite them falling like a stone and getting carved apart every week when he arrived. Performance wise whenever I've seen them this season I've been fairly impressed and they've dominated plenty of games, but just haven't been clinical (case in point the match v Man Utd yesterday). They lost Raphinha in the summer who pretty much kept them up single-handedly last season so they were never going to pull up any trees this time around. Tactically it makes sense - he gets his teams playing aggressive and in a four at the back which is everything we've been crying out for - and he's (apparently) a good man manager which is the opposite of everything we've been told about Jones and particularly Hassenhuttl. The accent would grind I'm sure but he's clearly made an effort to cut out the Americanisms since arriving in England so the Ted Lasso comparisons are just lazy. We could do a lot worse, basically.

I don’t think it’s a lack of desire for the large part, they’re just a bunch of losers because that’s all the core of this group have done for 4 years. Any form of adversity in a game and they crumble because the mentality is so weak.

Wouldn't piss on the bloke if he was on fire in front of me. Lost a 70/30 header with one of their strikers today and turned around to start blaming someone else, something he's done his whole career. Scored more own goals than I've had hot dinners. Bringing him back from his loan was a microcosm of the last 4 years - accepting mediocrity and the lowest possible standards.

They're likely to go 4-4-2 again as it worked so well last weekend so I'd match them up and put big Paul up top with Adams. ------------------------------Baz------------------------- --KWP (if fit)--------DCC-----------Salisu------Perraud-- --Edozie------------Lavia-----------JWP------Sulemana-- --------------------Big Paul---------Adams--------------- In to 'em, fuck 'em up etc. 0-1 loss, Jones sacked, too late for replacement to save it.

Listening to the recording, you can certainly tell Semmens is pissed off at the situation based on a couple of his answers. One on Jones' comments at the weekend and the other about first teamers in the B team. It's clear as day to anyone that Ankersen is the one keeping Jones here and his stubbornness and unwillingness to admit mistakes will relegate us.

Is it being 'hosted' by Blackmore/Solent again or is some club stooge doing it?

Permission granted for anyone attending to rugby tackle those asking questions about food in the concourse, a testimonial for JWP, the womens team or stadium expansion.

Genuinely think that if they sack him now and appoint someone mildly competent we will stay up. The galvanising effect amongst the fan base and players would be massive as everyone hates the bloke.

Pavlidis from AZ is the one we should be after. 15 goals and 7 assists in 19 including a hat-trick at the weekend. Brilliant in the air, can clearly finish and his link-up is superb. He's only 24, too.

They were very lucky to win against Leeds - got carved open numerous times - but have certainly improved in general under Emery. 1-1 draw.

Been watching Saints for 22 years and that’s in the top 3 worse performances I’ve ever seen from us, including the 9-0s. Never seen a team so devoid of a single clue as to what they were doing. Appointing a championship manager to keep you in the Premier League is only going to end one way, especially when his style of football is back-foot, counter attacking and hoofball which we simply don’t have the players to play with. Go down, get rid of most of this squad who are bunch of losers and start again. 11 seasons and out.

Only going for the light show. Will then leave the ground after that, shouting '#WeMarchOn' through the streets of Southampton and fill in my matchday experience survey when I get home no matter the result.

Such a shame to see Son failing again 😂

Don't think we really learnt anything new. Diallo, Adam Armstrong and Walcott are tragically bad and most of the rest of them aren't much better. First half was atrocious, second half a marked improvement but still so far off the level required. Good luck to Jones getting this rabble to play well and win games.